Bridge Engineering with Mrs Dutton

Wow! What a fantastic whole-school challenge we had yesterday. Children worked in mixed-age groups in order to design, make and test paper-straw bridges … some more successfully than others! A shout out to all of the boys and girls who worked in my group – you were all fantastic!

Year 6 Bridlington

Wow – what a fabulous leavers treat we had today! The rain mostly stayed away from Bridlington and everyone had a great time on the beach – playing football, playing cricket, digging in the sand, burying each other (and Mr Kershaw!) and splashing in the sea. It is clear our children do not understand ‘only paddle’ and as you will see on the photos below they got VERY VERY wet! Apologies for the amount of sand and sea water they brought home in their bags and on their clothes but they were having too much fun to stop them!!!

Thank you to everyone who supported Y6 fundraising this year – the fish and chips were amazing and the ice creams were delicious! No better way to start the leavers celebrations this week especially after their hard work all year was rewarded with excellent SATs results last week.

Thank you for all being amazing year 6.

From the Year 6 Staff Team x

GT Arts Festival: Performance Poetry Workshop

Last Friday saw the return of our Green Top Arts Festival, a day totally dedicated to the Arts and performance – in all its guises! To start the day, children were able to select from a wide range of teacher-led workshops – from dance to cartoon drawing to music and singing – there really was something for everyone!

I thoroughly enjoyed working with the fabulous bunch of pupils who opted for my performance poetry session, where children worked collaboratively to recite and perform a poem all about different types of animals. I was blown away by the leadership and teamwork on display in the different groups, and even more so by the fabulous performances crafted by the children themselves in such a short time. Well done everyone! Mrs Dutton x

Transition: Our Future Year 3’s

This week, I have enjoyed a fabulous two days transition where I was able to get to meet my lovely new class and get to know everyone. We spent time exploring our feelings and zones of regulation as well as different creative activities. A big thank you to those parents who could make it to our share a book sessions, too. Now, I can’t wait to get started with everyone when we come back in the summer … it looks like we’re going to have a great time in Year 3! Best wishes for a beautiful summer everyone, Mrs Dutton x