FABULOUS NEWS FOR CHARLEIGH

By Claira Salter2nd March 2021

Charleigh recently took her guitar exam and passed with a distinction. It was lovely to hear that this was announced as a surprise on the open mic night she is part of each month. Charleigh is also a regular singer on the open mic nights with her brother (and occasionally other members of the family too!). A true star in the making.

Well done Charleigh

Her is a video clip of Charleigh completing part of her music exam, she also completes lessons weekly in school with our guitar teacher John Guest. Lessons will resume for all students after Easter – look out for further information or ask your crew leader if you’re interested in learning how to play the guitar!

SUPERSTAR FUNDRAISERS!!

By Claira Salter2nd March 2021

A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO RONNIE AND CHARLEY

During February these girls have taken part in a daily running challenge with their family to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer research.

The challenge was 28 miles throughout Feb.

As a family they have completed 438 miles and raised £1241! Wow!

The Buck children raised £149 on their own just on loom band orders alone!

Above is a breakdown of the challenge and some pictures of Chaz and Ron!

They have done really well! They finished their challenge with an 8mile bike ride ton Sunday – we are extremely proud of them both!!!

Superstars!

Thank You Brendan! 💫

By Sophie Myers26th February 2021

A big thank you to our very own Fossil expert Brendan for bringing in his special collection of fossils and minerals. It really helped us yesterday when we sketched our own fossils. Brendan has lots of interesting facts that he shared with us that helped the rest of the class to add extra detail to their sketches!

Thank you for making our Expedition lesson special Brendan!

 

Green Top Challenge – John o Groats to Lands end… and back!

By Tom Ambler26th February 2021

Throughout March, as a school we are planning to walk from John o Groats to Lands end and back! That’s 1,748 miles!

If my calculations are correct as a school we only need to do 110,505 steps a day! Easy!

So charge up your fit bits and smart watches and get your walking shoes ready!

At the end of the week complete the google form that I have attached to this blog and we will record your steps. There will be weekly prizes in school for most steps in a week and all school staff will be getting involved too.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy the challenge

https://forms.gle/NS77okSz3h224dRv5

 

 

 

 

What do you know about Fossils?

By Sophie Myers23rd February 2021

Yesterday in Expedition, the children were challenged to research and create slides on fossils. Everyone collaborated brilliantly creating some superb slides and Google Docs!

Shout out to Lyle, Oliver, Alexsis, Lexi and Paige for their extremely detailed and professional slides.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11kgi6auBaeicjMw-a1-284bs6Yl_5O259e3kKPfd0yM/edit?ts=6034c368

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CsTsWxXewCxmZC7nzWhwcCLG4UFBX0Lgk6oSbQ1i0ks/edit?ts=60351463

Year 5 and 6 Accelerated Reader Winners

By Rebecca Knowles12th February 2021

A huge well done to all of the Year 5 and 6 children who quizzed on Accelerated Reader and earned themselves a raffle ticket over the last few weeks!

Below are the Year 5 and 6 videos revealing our winners! Well done!

We will get your prizes to you some time during the first week back 🙂

 

YEAR 6 WINNER:

 

YEAR 5 WINNER:

Adaptation Experiment 🐦🐤🐧

By Sophie Myers11th February 2021

Yesterday, as part of Case Study 2, we investigated how different shapes of beaks have adapted to pick up a range of different items. We had lots of fun trying to collect the ‘food’ in 30 seconds to see which beak was the most successful.

 

SUPER SETTING DESCRIPTION! ✏️📚

By Sophie Myers11th February 2021

Over the last few days, we have been working on our vocabulary choices using an interesting range of adjectives and adverbs. Yesterday, we practised labelling images with a variety of description and today, the children had a go at editing and improving a setting description.

A big shout out to Levi, Freya and Kaleb for their awesome setting descriptions using a fantastic range of vocabulary!


Kaleb: 

Levi:

Freya:

Fantastic Science Work

By Tom Ambler9th February 2021

I would like to give a HUGE shout out to Freya for her awesome science work today. In our biology case study we have been learning all about Charles Darwin and his theory of adaptation. Yesterday, we studied how finches that Darwin discovered on the Galapagos Islands adapt to the environment they live in. Today, we used several household items to act as the finches beak to pick up small items and see which beak is the best. Freya has produced a fantastic science report linked to our experiment. Well done Freya!