Sports Day Takes a Rain Check

 

We have had to postpone Sports Day due to the awful, rainy weather. The new date is Wednesday, the 10^th of July 2013 (next week). So, here's hoping for sunny skies!

 

Isle of Wight tree climbing and archery

On Monday 17^th June we went to the Isle of Wight for week full of activities like tree climbing and archery which most children liked.  For tree climbing we had to learn to make an acorn knot which would stop us from falling and hurting ourselves. In archery there was a bull’s eye for each person with a balloon stuck on it.  I shot two balloons. In archery you also had to aim properly to pop a balloon.  Luckily, we were all on target!

Long Walk in the Isle of Wight

The Wishing Seat

This week is our first week back since our trip to the Isle of Wight.  Our trip was full of many fun activities and we (apart from loads of muddy clothes as well as stinging nettles and mosquito bites) are still left with many magnificent memories. But one of our activities was very tiring and also not the most enjoyable. This activity was our 8 mile long walk. During the walk we had seen historical buildings like: The Devil’s Chimney (a tall building which smugglers used to hide in from the revenue men). We also tried to run up a very steep hill, without stopping, named Nansen Hill. None of the pupils from our school made it without stopping, but a student from St.Dominics, the school which was staying at the East Dene Centre with us, made it without stopping. When we arrived at our destination, we were all given Whippy ice-creams with flakes in cones as a treat. We then made our way back, and made a wish on Victoria’s Wishing Seat, so called because Queen Victoria herself sat there and made a wish, and it came true! Hopefully, the same thing will happen to us!

School journey, 2013

Here safe and sound rolling down a hill. Nice view.

Durkan Competition

On Wednesday 22^nd of May 2013 there was a competition from the building company Durkan. The competition was for the company to use our drawings, which we made, in their new building site. The employees of the company came on Wednesday to announce the results. Each class had three winners. We made the pictures of the constructions two weeks before, which was on the 8^th of May. The results were very good choices. The pictures showed safety features of a building site and were very detailed. The winner of each class got a voucher from WH Smith!

Healthy Bake Off

On Thursday 13th June the whole school had a healthy bake off. The year 6 and year 5 classes made an Asian noodle salad and it went pretty well. Year 5 did the cutting and we did the mixing and cooking. It smelt so nice that even we wanted some! All the classes had a competition to see who would make the most money. As of now, we don’t know who won but my class made £58 and we’re certainly hoping we are the winners!  

The End of Year Performance

Year 6 have recently discovered that they are doing Grease for their end of year performance! So far, we have done auditions and we have been assigned our parts. The script is done and we are working vigorously to learn our lines off by heart.