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• Walesby residential trip Y3/4

  Tue 25 Jun 2019

  Walesby Trip

  The day started with all the children coming in at normal time and putting their stuff in the hall.  We went into Year 4 and did the register to see if everyone was here. About an hour later we made posters for our room. There were lots of name rooms. At 11 o’clock we set off. At 11:30 we were there and had our lunch on the grass then we found our room, got our clothes, got out our sleeping bags and pyjamas, put them on our bed and went to get ready for our first activity.

                  One hour later we had finished our first activity. We went back to our lodge and played for half an hour. Then we went for our tea. One hour later we went to our second activity. At about 19:30 we set off to the campfire and we sang lots of crazy songs. We returned to the lodge were we all got our pyjamas on and got our pillows and teddies. We went to the hall and had hot chocolate and cookies.

                The next day we got our lake clothes on and went to the lake, Our first lake activity was kayaking. The kayaks were attached together so it was easier to paddle.  

  We also had a go at bodyboarding which was successful. We had a disco until around 10:15pm and went to the shop we all had £5.00 to spend. On the last day we packed our bags- put them on the bus and went home.

   

                                   By Iysha and Jessie

   

   

  

• Whitehall residential trip for Year 5/6

  Tue 25 Jun 2019

  White Hall Trip

  On Monday the 10^th of June 2019 it was the day of Whitehall. Everyone who was going to Whit hall had to arrive at school at around 8:45 so we would leave approximately at 9:30. Everyone took all their luggage onto the bus and said goodbye to their parents, and then we set off.

         After about an hour on the bus we arrived at Whitehall; it was foggy and cold outside but we just ignored the weather and got off the bus. We then obviously started unloading the bus, there was so many heavy bags to carry to the field that we were camping on. After unloading the bus, we were taught how to build our tents!

       After that, we went off to put up our tents, and we were put in groups of 5 or 6 so we could work together to do it. We were lucky because when we had finished it had started to rain.

  After building our tents, we went to Mrs Johnson to find out which tent was ours. Once we knew that we had to go to our tent, make our bed and put our pyjamas folded on top of our bed. Next, we made our way outside and ate our lunch we had brought with us from home.

        After that we went to our first activity of the week and everyone enjoyed that. For the whole week we woke up, got ready and went down to the cottage and had breakfast. Then we had to get all of our bags ready for the activity that we were doing that day. Each day every group had a different activity but they had at least 2. After the activities we got back to camp had hot chocolate and a biscuit and went to bed. On Friday we went shopping and then went back to camp put all of our bags onto the bus and then put all the tents down and came back home.

  Grace and Caitlin

    

  

• Easter egg competition

  Tue 30 Apr 2019

  This year we decided to do things differently at Easter. The children decorated an egg - but only with crayons and paints - this was because the eggs had to take part in the "Eggolympics"

  Each egg was judged on appearance and then it was rolled along the ground towards a target - the closer to the middle of the target - the more points that it scored.

  The next event was an "Eggsticle race" which was against the clock. Many eggs didn't make it past this point!

  Lastly, the eggs were attached to a home-made parachute and dropped from a window or a ladder. The final points were given depending on how well the eggs survived the drop!

  It is fair to say that the children really enjoyed the whole competition and every child who entered were given an Easter egg which had been kindly donated by a parent. The final winners for each class received another egg.

  Thank you to all parents for supplying the eggs and helping to make the parachutes.

  

• Extreme Wheels-Free holiday fun for KS2 in New Houghton

  Tue 09 Apr 2019
  See poster image below for free fun for KS2 age pupils in New Houghton on Thursday 18th April.

  

• Key stage 2 Easter Performance

  Tue 09 Apr 2019

  Last week saw the fantastic production of The Rocky Monster Show - a totally new play full of challenging songs and fantastic costumes.

  Whilst Year 6 were relegated to SATs revision and recording the narrator parts, it was left to Years 3 - 5 to perform it - and perform it they did!

  It was absolutely brilliant from start to finish, the main characters had so many lines to learn and the language in parts was quite technical. The staff had also worked hard to create a stunning backdrop, effective props and great lighting.

  Thank you to all the children for working so hard, thank you to all the staff for the hard work they have put in and thank you to all parents and friends for supplying costumes and supporting us at all the performances.

  

• Lea Green

  Wed 03 Apr 2019

  What a fabulous time we all had at Lea Green! It was great to see every child having a go at every activity that was offered to them. The most loved activities included The Ropes Course, The Zip Wire, The Obstacle Course, The Buggies and The Treasure Hunt. As the weather was amazing, the children were also lucky enough to have a picnic and some free time playing on the park and exploring the grounds. The children were an absolute credit to the school and we received numerous comments about how well mannered the children were when walking around the buildings as well as sitting at the dining tables. We loved the food, especially the lamb roast dinner. They loved it that much that most children even had seconds – we just couldn’t fill them! All children worked so hard during the day that bed time was well received by every child – within a few minutes of being in tucked up in bed, every child was settled and fast asleep without any issues at all! A big thank you to all the parents who helped their child to pack their bags, this made the children more organised and independent which enabled them more time to enjoy the activities. Hopefully your child has had chance to tell you all about their experience at Lea Green and there will be a photo disc available if you’d like to see how much fun they had! , 

  

• Sportshall Athletics

  Wed 03 Apr 2019

  This week Mrs Johnson and Miss Appleton took our year 5/6 team to the County finals of the Sportshall athletics competition. To reach this stage of the competition is a fantastic achievement in itself and we were competing with schools that had over 600 pupils in them.

  The children tried really hard and did their absolute best - they were unrelenting and even when they were not in the lead, they never gave up and supported each other brilliantly.

  Everyone had practised hard before hand and on the day, despite not winning a medal, they all enjoyed themselves.

  Well done to all the team and coaches.

  

• Choir trip to London

  Wed 03 Apr 2019

  It was a coach full of excited children who set off down the motorway for a fun-packed two days of singing and activities. Before we were even at the M1 the DVD was playing and we were happily munching on brioches kindly provided by all the fundraising.

  We dropped our bags off at the scout camp and then continued on to Wembley arena. There were gasps of amazement as the children saw how big the arena was and the afternoon was spent practising the songs, getting autographs from boy bands and having photographs taken.

  The actual concert was amazing and it was lovely to see that so many parents and family had made the journey down to support us. It was a very proud moment when our banner was paraded around the arena and our name was read out.

  The children sang and danced all evening and loved every minute of it. the staff were so proud to be part of such a wonderful event.

  We got back to the Scout camp about 11.15pm with a coach full of very sleepy children (and adults) - bedtime was easy as everyone was so tired!

  On Thursday the children took part in some activities (see photos) and then we set off home.

  It was really nice to take children of all ages and to see how they looked after and supported each other.

  have a look at the photographs which show what a wonderful time we all had.

  

• Red Nose Day fun

  Tue 19 Mar 2019
  

• Year 5/6 Swimming gala

  Mon 11 Mar 2019

  On Wednesday 6th March eight children took part in the District's swimming gala at Clowne. It was a morning of constant swimming with individual races in front crawl, breast stroke and back crawl and then lots of relays. There were 12 schools who took part and our children did really well, they all swam their very best and encouraged each other whilst they were racing.

  We came 7th over all which considering the schools who entered, was very good indeed.