Lundy Cabbage and the Lundy Cabbage Beetle found! So was our Accommodation, The Barn, our bags, teddy bears & food. And after a tour of the southern end of the island, climbed 147 steps of the lighthouse and orienteered round the village we've eaten pasta, had Keri's surprise pudding and are about to explore the 'tennis courts' playground. (Everyone's fine [...]
This term classes 3 & 4 have been working on dance with Mrs Evans. On Wednesday we finished our unit by performing our dances to each other. Class 3 have been doing Ancient Egypt, and were working on dancing in unison and cannon for their performance... Class 4 have been doing Vikings and were working on changing tempo from [...]
Amongst the many other events of last week, class 4 managed to squeeze in our annual 'Class 4's Got Talent' contest... It was a great morning with some memorable dancing, singing, gymnastics and comedy... The final results were: 1st - Owen and his guitar 2nd - The illuminated Stars - Jess, Esther and Gracie 3rd - Ruby [...]
Lundy - last time I mention it this academic year I promise (maybe not actually!) We've loads of really nice photos if you'd like to view or download them... but I've also, finally finished editing the Go-Pro footage. Sadly, we're missing the main bulk of Wednesday's walk due to a dead battery - the quarry, German 'Heinkel' bomber, Admiralty's lookout, [...]
A big well done to our Year 6 (and 6 yr 3,4 & 5 boys) who had a great day at the cricket tournament yesterday... The two teams did really well, with some great batting and bowling techniques, and it was noticable how much everyone improved over the course of the day. The year 3s and 4s should [...]
Class 4 were lucky to have 'Ranger Rose' come in this afternoon to share her knowledge about the local habitat. Although the workshop was based around habitats, the interests of the children diverted the discussion to focus on hedgehogs and badgers in particular...always great when the children are passionate about a topic and ask question after question. 😀 [...]
Whilst Year 6 were in having a great time in London, Year 5 were having great fun working with Ms Dando and Miss Trute performing different kinds of poetry. The children wrote the their own words for The Silence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX_vvhf8c4A&rel=0 In the Dragon Who Ate Our School, Year 5 chose all their own actions for their performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6yFYB3bi2c&t=33s&rel=0 The whole [...]
Last week Class 4 were busy designing and building their own motorised vehicles for our big class 4 car project. First they worked in teams to make cars out of various materials with the aim of travelling the maximum distance from a ramp. Then, using what they had learnt, they designed and made their own motorised cars in preparation for [...]
In pictures....learning.... The biome at night... YHA... High up... Written report to be puplished by class 4 pupils later in the week! A massive thanks to Miss Trute, Mrs Benfield, Sam Hood and Paddy Fox and also to our coach driver Ian who got us there and back on a [...]
Sally from Devon Waste Education came into class 4 today to talk to us about our waste. We learnt all about what we throw away and how we could reduce the shocking amount of waste we produce in today's world. We found out that just to make a battery we need different materials from all around the world [...]
