Cricket Tournament

Wednesday saw the rearranged cricket tournament for mixed Kwik Cricket at Gorse Lane.
11 children attended and played some good cricket coming 5th overall.

Our team with 3 girls and 8 boys.

                                   Waiting to hear the results on a not so warm afternoon.

Thank you to parents who transported and stayed to support along with Mrs.Millar.

music concert

On Tuesday our musicians, who have lessons in school, took part in a music concert for parents and friends . Mrs.Atkinson , Mrs Deal and Mrs Jones accompanied their pupils whilst the drumming teacher left backing tracks for the drummers to play along with.Everyone enjoyed listening to the variety of musicians that included; singing, flutes, clarinets, trombones, violins, piano, drums and guitar. The last group were Mrs Jones violinists who played 3 pieces to show what they have been learning in their after school violin group

Mrs Jones with her violin group- a fabulous way to end the concert.

every Wednesday.

Small School Sports at SKDC

Friday June 21st was Small School sports at the SKDC stadium. We took a team of 22 children from Y2 to Y6. They competed in 2 heats and if they were in the first 3, they then competed in the finals.


Our team waiting in the stands...

 The following children all made it through to the finals...

3rd place in the final.

2nd place in the final.

3 rd place in the final.

1st place in the final.

 2nd place in the final.

1st place in the final.

 a finalist in the hoop race...

 a finalist in the skipping race...

 a finalist in the sprint race...

The girls relay: 2nd place in the final.

Boys relay team : 3rd place in the final.

                                               

                                                    Awaiting the results...

We were 4th or 5th- we couldn't hear as it was quite loud: 1 parent thought 4th, another thought 5th.
A super team effort with excellent individual efforts.
Thank you to the parent helpers and supporters- I could not do it without you-same time next year?

Polar Explorer Workshop.

On Tuesday we welcomed Simon, a polar explorer ( and rainforest/ mountain explorer too) to class 3 to talk about the 'Frozen Kingdom'- our topic this summer term. Simon shared some of his experiences with us, showed us photos, involved us in team building challenges , taught us about the geography and animal of the polar regions and many other things resulting in a fun packed day for class 3.

We were split into teams of 5 or 6 ...

could we work together?

We had to rearrange the cylinders into a pyramid  using elastic- no hands. 

Communication was key!

Success!

                                                                       We did it.

The next challenge was a tower: 1 on top of the other.

4 children were chosen to dress in real explorer clothing- Simon took photos of them with a green screen background making it look like they were in the Antarctic.

Learning about Polar animals.

Another team game: how quickly could the team pass through the elastic circle?

Hazards: join the word halves to make hazards that Polar explorers face.

We then saw some pretty 'gross' photos( Simon warned us so we had time to look away!)

Learning about the hazards that explorers face- real photos and real accounts of what happened.

The end of a successful day photo...

...grrr- polar style.

Thank you Simon- a fabulous day- we learnt lots as well as impressing you with our knowledge too.

Here are the photos Simon took...