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Science Day
We had Science Day which was a great success. Nursery and Reception spent the day looking at dinosaurs. They were making volcanoes, finding dinosaur bones in sand and making their own fossils. Year 1 and Year 2 went on a minibeast hunt into the forest. They made minibeast hotels and spent lots of time on the search for bugs. Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 spent the day looking at the heart and how to keep our bodies healthy. They spent time doing a circuit of activities to see if physical activity had an effect on the heart rate. Years 5 and 6 were all given the opportunity to get a hands on experience with the heart. In the afternoon, the children in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 spent time looking at an artist called Dan Cretu. They used his artwork for inspiration to make their own fruit sculptures.
Visit From Neil Spencer
Neil Spencer, Pastor at Woodford Baptist Church, visited us this morning to speak about Simon from the Gospel. The story tells us of a man named Simon, who when Jesus meets, is renamed Peter. Peter means ‘rock’, ‘strong’, ‘stable’ and Jesus could see the good in Simon that he could not see himself.
Watch more from our Assembly to find out what else we learn.
Shropshire: Day 3
The moment the Year 6’s have been waiting for… the high ropes!It certainly takes some confidence to get up there and balance across the wires. Our Year 6’s have done extremely well and are loving the challenges.Water Polo in the pool to cool down and some rock climbing this morning.Update from Mrs Alderson over on the Holiday Blog:“The first activities this morning were high ropes and climbing. After break and later this afternoon the children will be playing water polo. They are really enjoying themselves and its great to see their confidence grow day by day as they challenge themselves in a safe and secure environment.Good evening everyone! The children are all at the DISCO and we’re having a well deserved hour to ourselves! We promised them we wouldn’t take the iPad and video their dance moves! They are all so happy, relaxed and enjoying themselves; and we are too!This afternoon one group did crate stacking and the others did the blind trail. Both great activities which they will remember forever.”
Singing Practise
Mrs Phillips started our singing practice with a lovely stretch to; wake us up, get us to sit up straight and take the time to get focused. We then did a few breathing exercises that help us to use our full lung capacity when we sing. Being aware of our breath helps us to stay focused, sing to our best ability and refreshes our brains with fresh, clean oxygen!
Singing
The first song of the day, is as always, our warm up song ‘Tumba’. An easy song to remember and a tune we all love to hum or sing along to, we started quietly and then progressively got louder!
We then moved on to our hymn of the day ‘Colours of Day’. A beautiful song, with a soft tune and a lovely message that Jesus will bring light to our lives.
Easter Songs
After we had practised our hymn, we moved on to our Easter songs – we practise these songs each week and we’re getting better every time! Mrs Phillips was very impressed with how well we remembered the lyrics, tune and said that we “sounded very musical today!”.
What do you think? Pretty good huh!
