SSOC report!

We've had a great term organising SSOC this term with lots of exciting activities!  Our latest SSOC Challenge was an obstacle course and loads of children joined in.  Some children received certificates for excellent and improvement in balancing and team work.  Well done to them!

Look out for our next exciting event which is BENCHBALL next term.

We would like to wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SPORTING NEW YEAR!  (Working off that Christmas Dinner!)

 

 

Reading our Just So Stories to Robins and Owls

Swallows made up their own Just So Stories in true Rudyard Kipling style and then we read them to Robins and Owls.  They really enjoyed listening to them and they were a great audience!

     How the Angora Rabbit got it's fur

 

  How the dog got it's bark

 How the giraffe got its spots

 How the blob fish got it's blobbiness! 

 

How the leafy sea dragon looks like a dragon

 

                                           How the pelican got it's deep beak!

 

Dulcimer Workshop

The children in Starlings and Swallows class were treated to a dulcimer workshop by some very talented musicians. They then attended a dulcimer concert in Malvern.

Bikeability

The children in Starlings and Swallows carried out their 'bikeability' training last half term, learning how to be safe on the roads. Well done everyone!

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Take a look under 'children' then 'class pages' for information about activities and learning in each class. For whole school events see this blog!

Dodgeball Festival!

 

 

Great fun was had by all of KS2 playing in the dodgeball competition that was organised by our SSOC!

 

We saw some great team work, determination and dodging!

 

 

Well done to BIRCH who won the tournament!

 



Natural Materials

Last week, the children in Starlings class used natural materials outside to make outdoor art, working very well collaboratively!

Lurking in the shadows

As part of Starlings class topic on animals, the children made shadow puppets and used these to talk about their pets and favorite animals.

Special Visitor!

Yesterday the children had a visit from the Welsh Bird of Prey Centre! Mike showed us 7 birds and told us all about them. Then some of the brave children got to hold the falcon. What an exciting surprise visit for the children!

Chocolate Matters

As part of Starlings science topic 'States of matter', the children learnt about matter that is reversible and irreversible. As part of this, they used melted chocolate to pipe their names and then ate it when it had solidified! Next they will be carrying out experiments about evaporation. 

Observational Drawing

 Last week, the children in Starlings class learnt how to draw from first-hand observation by drawing leaves. They then learnt how to increase the scale of their drawings and how to use a contrast between soft and dense lines. The artwork will be used to create a display about how animals use colours to protect themselves or to hunt!

Summer Term Roman Memories

 I come to update the blog about this half term's activities and find a huge amount of exciting things we did in the summer term in Starlings class! So, here's a few of our Roman themed activities: 

Cross Country Trials at St. Annes's

We are soooo

 PROUD

 of all the Year 5 and 6 who participated in the Cross Country trials on Friday 9th October.

We competed against St. Annes, Franche and Sutton Park.

A huge congratulations to all, but a huge well done to one of the Year 5's

 who came first out of all the Year 5 children, and

one of our Year 6's who came 3rd out of all the Year 6 children who participated!



SSOC update!

We have been busy with our SSOC Challenge of the Week.  Shoot out and target practise with skittles have been really popular.  Well done to the people who received certificates in our Congratulations Assembly!

 

Our next Intra-Competition event is a practise cross country run for Swallows (Y5/6) at St. Anne's Primary School in Bewdley.  We are looking forward to this challenge (and possibly getting pretty muddy!).

SSOC 2015

We, that is SSOC (School Sports Organising Committee) have been busy deciding what competitions we would like to do this year.  We are going to organise a competition/festival every half term. 

Our first competition this half term is dodgeball where all of KS2 will be involved.

We have also organised a SSOC Challenge for every week and this week's Challenge is shoot out!  We will choose one child from each year group to receive a certificate  which could be for effort, skill or determination that will be awarded in the next Congratulations Assembly.

Find out who received certificates in a couple of weeks!

Cafe Hirondelle (Swallow's Cafe)

Bonjour!

Today Swallows organised a super French Café.  All the children in the school sampled lots of different French food and brioche was definitely our favourite!  We really enjoyed speaking in French, asking what the children would like to eat.  Bon appetite!

Summer Fayre

Everyone had a wonderful time at our annual Summer Fayre.  

The glorious sun shone and we performed our country dancing,

... had our faces painted,

...bought sweets (!),

and bounced on the Bouncy Castle!

What a fabulous day was had by all!



KS2 JUDO

On Friday 10th July, Starlings and Swallows had a fabulous morning learning new Judo skills!

"It was awesome!"

Jumping Jaxx Training

 

 

On Tuesday 30th June Year 5 were taught by some  Young Ambassadors from Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre.

They learnt how to deliver Jumping Jaxx which they will lead at lunchtimes next year.

 

 

We really enjoyed ourselves and found this really useful for next year.

Thank you!

 



 

 

 

 



JAM PACKED DAY!

We've been sooo busy that we haven't even had time to blog!! Mrs Mayall and Miss Hutton are writing this as the children are settling into bed.  So... very briefly, we have had another fabulous day - great sleep, lovely breakfast, Stream Study (the children found lots of creepy crawlies!), Tunnels Revisited (we even shut all the hatches to make it really dark which the children loved!), lunch, Treasure Hunt, BBQ and BONFIRE where we all toasted marshmallows over the fire. Finally, we sat together for our final hot chocolate and shared proud and funny moments!
The children have been absolutely wonderful and a pleasure to bring away on this trip.  We are so proud of each and every single one of them!
See you all tomorrow!