Buddies assembly

Miss Frowen has been running a weekly Buddies assembly where we can share our favourite books with a 'buddy' from another year group. Courtney and Adam from year 5 said that they think the assembly is "really good" and Ben from year 5 said "It's really good to get to know other people".



Take a look at how the assembly works for yourself!

Junior Leaders

Twelve Y6 pupils have become Junior Leaders! They have been working with Mr Tomley from Lakers School and with our staff at lunchtimes to provide activities for the rest of the school to join in with. They are very responsible, putting out equipment and ensuring lots of pupils get involved and have even designed some activities themselves. Don't they look smart in their sweatshirts? Thank you to Mr Tomley and Lakers for providing these.

Wow! Did you see Year 4 in their Harvest Assembly? They introduced the Seeds For Africa Charity to the school and explained how we can help children in Africa to grow their own fruit and vegetables, providing them with the nutrition they need to grow strong and healthy. They give the children water, seeds, tools and trees to shade the growing vegetables.

You can help by donating any loose change you don't need to our collection (Mrs. Martin would be happy to receive any donations) and by supporting our Non-Uniform Day.

It made us feel excited to be helping some children of our own age to enjoy life that little bit more and very grateful for having so much healthy food available for us to eat.

Cotswold Wildlife Park

Oh dear - were things ever so wild in the Cotswolds as when Year 4 hit the ground? We had a great time learning about the animals of Africa. Do you know why giraffes have black tongues? We do! It was a fab day and the weather was great.

We walked through the Madagascar enclosure and had great fun as the lemurs watched us watching them, then we saw those gorgeous meerkats - Mrs. Moore would have loved it. There was so much to see and learn and a good time was had by all.

The adults were a bit quiet on the bus going home though... they just couldn't keep up the pace!!!!!

Year 4 Faith Bebbington

Year 4 had a great time working with Faith to create super African Animal Sculptures! Can you guess what they are made from? Old newspaper!!! Both Class 3 and Class4 worked hard to complete a giraffe, a monkey, an ostrich, a crocodile and a baby rhino. You can see them in the school entrance.

Y3 Art Day

Y3 were fortunate to be able to work with Faith Bebbington, an artist from Liverpool. First we looked at some figures that Faith had made and then we created a forest using willow frameworks, newspaper and packaging tape. You can see them on display in the entrance of school. Can you identify which trees the leaves come from?

Y3-Y6 Buddies

Y3 and Y6 have been working together as 'Buddies'. They have been using their time together to develop their enjoyment of reading by sharing books.

Cadbury World

Year 6 visited Cadbury World as part of their theme on Aztecs and Chocolate. We walked around the factory and saw how chocolate was made. We even had some free tasters of Curly Wurlys and Buttons!

We watched the workers moulding and decorating chocolate. We even had a go at writing our names in chocolate and saw this amazing teapot made out of chocolate!

We looked at how the Aztecs used to live and how important chocolate was to them.




We all had an amazing day at Cadbury World ~ we enjoyed the ride looking at cocoa beans from around the world and we especially enjoyed the free samples! We also learnt alot about how the Cadbury Brothers started the factory and the development of chocolate.


Well done year 6!!!

Victorious Victorians!

Today year 5 visited the Dean Heritage Centre to help them to learn more about life during the Victorian times.

During their trip, they were involved in 2 workshops - One being the Victorian Schoolroom and the other, a Forester's Cottage, restored to what it would have been like during the Victorian times.

Here are some pictures from the day!

Meeting Ma Meek's pet, Curly Tail

Doing the 3 R's in the Victorian Classroom

Tackling the washing

A bit of Victorian schoolroom punishment - The back straightener!

Ma Meek's kitchen - where's the oven and fridge?

We even managed to sneak a trip to the museum, shop and playpark!

Hooray!

Well done year 5 - you behaved brilliantly!

Clubs!

This week, many of our clubs have started running again. From cookery to cheerleading, animation to gardening!

Here are some pictures from this weeks Wii and DS club!!

Good fun was had by all!