Outdoor play rehearsals, July 7th

Seeing as how it was such a nice and the sun was shining, we decided to take advantage of the weather by taking our production rehearsals outside.

Scene groups rehearsed their lines and their manner of delivery in the sunshine and inched ever closer to our big date of July 18th - with 11 days to go, it's looking pretty good!

Careers morning Monday July 7th 2014

Today saw a very interesting break from the usual Monday classroom routine - two guests from Leeds University came to see Year 6 and led two very different tasks.

Mr Lawrence delivered an interesting lesson on symoblogy, where images were associated with memories and other associations and this resulted in our class creating their own coats of arms linked to life experiences and priorities.

Miss Wier delivered an interesting university life workshop during which she spoke openly about life as a university student, how to get to university and how to learn to look after yourself when away from home.

All in all, we had a fascinating morning and we would like to thank both of our guests for their time.

The ice breakers - would you rather... game with some interesting choices!

Discussing which jobs require a university degree

Discussing our career ambitions and the qualification paths we may need to take.

A starter's guide to symbology - how do the images we see every day affect us and what symbolises our own values?

Sports Day 2014

We decided to change the format of sports day this year, moving away from the round robin concept and moving back towards traditional, competitive sports.

Feedback from parents and children tends to suggest the new format is very popular and it was excellent to see the pupils from all classes compete so hard but in a wonderful, sporting manner at the same time.

Events included 100m and 50m sprints, the 4 x 50m sprint relay, the traditional sack race and obstacle course as well as the bizarre 'fancy dress race'. Add to this the potato and spoon, the javelin and the shot put and all in all this made for a wonderful sports day we look forward to revisiting next year!

That's it, Hayley, leap like a salmon...

Lightwater Valley Friday June 27th

On Friday June 27th Year 6 went on the first of our two end of year treat trips; Lightwater Valley.

After some minor delays, we arrived at the park just aftern ten in the morning and enjoyed four hours of fun and games.

This year saw the added bonus of no sunburn for anybody (Mr Harrison's head looked like a pink basketball last year by the end of the day!) and no lost shoes so all in all a wonderful trip on some scary but exciting rides. Let's have a look...

Dates for your diary - Important events for June.

Thursday June 19th and Wednesday 25th / Thursday 26th - S.R.E. workshops

• Best behaviour please!
• The workshops will last around an hour and will be delivered by Mr Riley for the boys and Miss Kitchen and Miss Duplex for the girls.
• Girls and boys will have the workshops in different classrooms.

Friday June 27th - Lightwater Valley trip.

• Bring a packed lunch.
• Wear your uniform please.
• Inhalers and other medicines must be brought in.
• No ipads or other expensive, breakable items.
• We leave at 09:00 and will be back at school at 15:00.
• If it's hot on the day please bring sun cream.

Monday June 30th - Sports Day.

• Please be at school by 08:50 sharp.
• Come in your PE kit, you can wear it all day.
• Please wear your house colours!
• Bring a water bottle.
• We will start our first event at 09:15 and will finish around 11:45 on the field.
• Plenty of cheering for everybody, regardless of their event or house.

Monday June 30th - Year 6 Prom.

• We will start at 18:00 and finish around 19:30.
• Don't have any tea as there is a massive, massive buffet if Mr Riley doesn't eat it all.
• Dress nicely - gentlemen don't forget your finest evening clothes!
• Tickets are £8, please pay at the office.