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Summer Camp 2023

7 Jul 2023

Wow! What a fabulous time we have all had at our Summer Camp! The weather was perfect, everyone had fun and we have all created happy memories. Class 1 enjoyed playing in their pop-up tents in the sunshine whilst Class 3 and 4 set up camp. It was team effort with everyone ‘pitching’ in! 😊 Tents erected, sleeping mats and airbeds in situ and everyone happy with the sleeping arrangements … oh, and the all-important toilet tent prepared too!

Then it was off for a hike up to the Hills and Hollows, collecting sticks and pine cones on the return leg of the walk – for the camp fire. Both Ollie and Joshua commented ‘I enjoyed walking in the Hills and Hollows and I liked collecting sticks.’ Back at camp, it was time for some fun and games… football, tag and a hilariously energetic game of 40-40 out. Tea followed, pizza and chips … described by William as ‘the best pizza ever!’ and ice-cream for dessert. The menu was also popular with Aurea, who reflected ‘My favourite part was dinner, we had pizza and chips and it was delicious.’

The evening entertainment comprised of songs around the campfire – an impromptu but beautiful rendition of ‘Let It Go’ preformed by Aurea and Angelique – toasting marshmallows to make S’mores (which are an absolute must if you haven’t ever tried them!) washed down with hot chocolate. Steven wholly endorsed the S’mores ‘I have never eaten S’mores but I really enjoyed the sumptuous snack.’ Both Angelique and Aelita loved the songs around the camp fire – ‘they were very funny and nice.’

Then began the bedtime routine – all campers were safely zipped up for the night by 9:30pm and, after giggles, chats, fun with torches plus a few trips to the toilet everyone was asleep as the clock approached midnight.

We awoke to a beautiful, sunny morning. Gradually, the camp came to life and started the day around the camp fire before hungrily tucking into breakfast of cereal, toast, bananas, juice or hot chocolate. There was just time for a game of Twister and football before we started to break camp. Joseph summed it up perfectly ‘Summer Camp was a brilliant experience. Staying up late, eating pizza & chips and having fun!’

As I write, all the children are heading out for playtime so there is just time for me to say a huge thank you to Mrs Johnson for organising the Summer Camp with so much thought, precision and planning; Mrs Sellars, Miss White and Ms Arnold for setting up camp, making the ‘best ever’ pizza & chips dinner, making delicious hot chocolate and a hearty breakfast! Thank you must also go to Angelique’s parents, and Steven’s sister, Stella, for helping with setting up the camp; and to Ollie’s mum for helping out at teatime; and lastly to the families who loaned camping equipment. All contributions of help and equipment were gratefully received.

 

Mrs Gentry

 

Space Day – Wednesday 5th June

5 Jul 2023

Class 3 and 4 had so much fun during their Space Day on Wednesday. After watching a short film about Space, their first task was to create a tray of food suitable for an astronaut to eat in whilst in Space. The food had to be securely attached to the tray so that, when the children tested them upside down, nothing would fall out. Also, food had to be not too flaky as the crumbs would float around! Other criteria included a balance of food groups as well as pleasing aesthetics!
Then they conducted a scientific investigation to see which was the best straw to carry the balloon rocket along a piece of string. It was noisy, fun and full of friction! 😊
Class 3 and Class 4 worked together in pairs and small teams during the day and it was wonderful to see their collaboration, creativity and enjoyment.
To round off the day, the children began to design a moon buggy. They will continue this DT project next week – we can’t wait to see their finished vehicles!
Well done everyone!
Miss White and Mrs Gentry

Sports Day 2023

3 Jul 2023

This afternoon we had fun competing a variety of races at our sports day. Luckily we managed to complete nearly all of them before rain halted proceedings!
Thank you for braving the wind to come and cheer your children on.

Dysart Park Family Fun Day

3 Jul 2023

Sunday, the school’s PTFA enjoyed meeting with people in the community at the Dysart Park Family Fun Day. There was fierce competition in the ‘Shoot the Hoop’ challenge as well as the ‘Golf Challenge’, with people popping back to improve their score to win a meal for two at Prezzo. ‘Guess the marbles in the jar’ also proved popular as there was a £40 meal voucher for Katana restaurant to be won.
Thank you everyone for your support.

Past Pupil – Kate Hindley

29 Jun 2023

How lucky are we! Recently, a past pupil now working in illustration, has kindly used her connections to acquire a selection of new picture books for the school. These all had personal messages and drawings on the inside cover from the illustrator Kate Hindley.

 

Class 1 – Bird’s nest

28 Jun 2023

Mrs Gentry kindly brought in a bird’s nest to share with the children. The children were amazed by it and decided to have a go at making their own using the hay we had in the classroom.

Class 4 Music- Sky Arts

27 Jun 2023

Class 4 accessed the music materials created by Sky Arts. They investigated our instruments in school then created musical score cards playing their pieces based on a character from these.

 

Sky Arts – KS2

27 Jun 2023

Last week, KS2 looked at the artist Nathan Wyburn, who uses different materials to create portraits rather than paint or drawing media. Known as 3D mark-making, they used wool to create an image from their own self portrait.

 

Sky Arts- Music Class 1

27 Jun 2023

Class 1 took part in some of the music activities provided by Sky Art’s last week. They enjoyed listening and moving to a range of different music genres. as well as discussing how these made them feel.
We explored different ways of making sounds with our voice and body including clapping, tapping, and clicking. The children then went on to explore a range of musical instruments to explore to find a sound/instrument that was a unique as themselves. The children then had a go at using the instruments to make their own theme tune. As you can see the children clearly had a lot of fun.