Year 5 enjoyed our Sport and Science Week! They took part in lots of exciting workshops including dance, karate, table tennis and a wonderful Inclusion Workshop. The children all participated well and enjoyed trying new activities, and practising new skills.  In class we looked at the role of a personal trainer or coach. We then took part in an investigation to see if we could improve our partner's exercise scores by coaching them and giving them helpful advice. We were amazed at the difference in scores, and how showing our partner encouragement and some handy tips could improve their performance so quickly. The children also enjoyed taking on new roles and trying something new! Well done Year 5 for your brilliant participation in an exciting week!

A BIG THANK YOU to our fantastic parent visitors who came in last week for our Sport Science Week!  The Year 2 and 4 children learned all about how to stay fit and healthy, and what it takes to be part of a fitness bootcamp. They even got to try out some of the exercises!  Years 4 and 5 also took part in a fantastic workshop where they learned all about nutrition and how it can fuel our play and exercise. They were also sugar detectives and took part in fun activities to test their new knowledge.  Our visitors put so much time and thought into the presentations, and the children loved listening and learning to experts from our own community.  Thank you again for the wonderful workshops, we loved them!

Personal Development

Year 5/6 Archery

A huge well done to our Year 5/6 archers who attended a tournament last week (on World Book Day - look out for the costumes!). This was not a sport which they had tried before, but they approached the session with enthusiasm, determination and a brilliant attitude. I have just received the results, confirming that they placed 3rd out of 8 schools - a fantastic achievement! Well done to our brilliant team, and a big thank you to parents for their support with transport for this event!

 

Year 3 have had another fun afternoon as part of our Sports and Science week.  This afternoon we took part in a variety of inclusive activities such as seated hockey, curling, cup stacking, table tennis and more!  The children had a great time!

This morning we have been training to become embalmers!  We have worked through the process of mummification and all achieved embalmer status! The children have spent the morning learning about the process of mummification by mummifying a fish! The children were brilliant and everyone took on a task and had a go!  We cleaned the body, removed and washed the organs, placed them in canopic jars, stuffed the body, stitched it up and have left it to rest in natron (salt).  In a few weeks we will removed the body and wrap it linens.