Our Year 5/6 girls took part in the Norfolk School Games Football Finals this afternoon. The girls were fantastic, winning 4, drawing 1 and only losing 2. Then went onto the plate final and worked hard to win 2-0 with two goals from Hannah.
Well done to the whole team for a super team effort. Thanks to Mrs Corden for driving the minibus and supporting the team.
Mr Roper
On Monday 10th, 18 Year 3& 4 Children travelled to the UEA for the final of the sportshall athletics which they qualified for earlier in the term. We were up against 15 other schools from across the county. We were representing North Norfolk. We participated in field and track events. All of the children represented the school to an immensely high standard. The competition was strong and we kept a high sportsmanship throughout the event. Mr Pegg is still the reigning champion of the teachers javelin competition reaching a PB for him of 21M. Please find the results below.
Well done to all children who participated and thank you to the staff who attended and gave their support to the children.
Miss Parish
www.norfolkschoolgames.co.uk/year-3-4-sportshall-athletics-county-finals-2020/
We were lucky enough to be invited to take some children to visit Mark Thompson’s Award Winning Spectacular Science Show at the Auden Theatre, Gresham’s School.
Miss West organised to take a minibus filled with excited scientists along. Each teacher in the Juniors (Year 3-6) nominated a child who has shown a particular interest in science to go along.
Quotes from the children when we got back to school:
‘I think that you should definitely go if you get the chance.”That was a blast of fun!”It was definitely a blast!”It was more spectacular and magical than I expected.”He set fire to his hand without burning himself!”Very inspiring, it makes me want to know more about science.’
‘I caught one of the air doughnuts!”I got to go on stage and failed when I tried to blow up a giant balloon but I did get a roll of toilet paper blown in my face!’
The show really did prove to be a hit!
If you would like to find out more visit www.spectacularscienceshow.com You could learn how to make toilet paper fly or what elephant’s toothpaste is like!
Wow! What a busy and brilliant day we’ve had! The children (and teachers) have learnt how to thatch a roof, studied the environment of the Broads through some Ecology research and even found out what the local Barn Owls have been eating by dissecting pellets! We even managed to fit in a little time to use watercolours to capture the breathtaking views.
After such an eventful day we settled down after a lovely dinner to watch the footage from the wildlife cameras we had set (the fur from Chinese Water Deer had been discovered earlier), and are about to listen to a story whilst sipping hot chocolates.
We have had a wonderful day and enjoyed relaxing time before dinner thinking of everything we have experienced and learnt today.
Room inspections took place this morning during a very hearty breakfast (a lot of toast was consumed!!!) Some rooms achieved 10/10 for tidiness. Wonderful results! We then got layered up and went out on the broads to enjoy a boat trip. It was wonderful to travel along the river and see the Barton Broads. We saw incredible wildlife including an otter, a kingfisher and beautiful birds of prey etc. We learnt about some of the experiments scientists are doing along the broads to protect the ecosystem.
Hot chocolate was then enjoyed and of course biscuits were gobbled!! We then went to Toad Cottage which was an old thatchers cottage about 200 years old. The children were so excited to explore this cottage. We learnt about the past and how the lives of the inhabitants differed from our lives now.
We then had a wonderful afternoon crafting our own animals, from habitats we had encountered, out of clay. There were some incredible creations. We then played the hawks and blackberries game and learnt about food chains along the marshes.
Tea was absolutely delicious and the children are now relaxing before a Book quiz!! We enjoyed watching some footage of an otter in the boathouse!!
All in all a wonderful day. We say thanks to Mrs Robinson and Mrs Hooker for all their help and amazing support and welcome Miss Reid and Miss Murray to join Mr Cooper and Mrs McCaig.
The coach journey was great and we have all arrived safely and quickly found our rooms. The children have really enjoyed setting out their rooms and getting to know the beautiful building and surrounding gardens. The children were hungry already so lunch was a great success and most remembered what sandwich fillings they had ordered!! We went through the How Hill rules and then we were layering up ready for our first activities.
We went for a walk through the marsh which was wonderful and looked for animal tracks and signs of habitation. We saw an otter slide and investigated some deer footprints. We also installed a trail camera so we will look at the footage tomorrow night to see what animals we have captured on camera!
We then went to a bird hide and saw cormorants and other birds it was so lovely to see one of the broads called Crome Broad. We also learnt about floating woodland and the different types of ecosystem and species that live in harmony in the marshland and forests.
We looked at leaf identification and also played the ‘hugging a tree’ game… Super fun!! We then had a well-earned drink and biscuit and then went dyke digging. Amazing results the children found so many incredible fish and aquatic invertebrates. So much fun. The children were amazing and impressed us with their identification skills and safe handling of all the creatures.
We are now having a weaving lesson as each child has a loom for the week to weave their magic.
All the children have been amazing and we have loved seeing their smiling faces and can do attitude. Roll on an amazing evening and bright morning tomorrow.
At the beginning of the year, each of our 4 houses chose a charity to support. To encourage even more hard work and effort in school, the winning team with the most house points at the end of a term will be able to donate £100 to their good cause. Last term’s winners were Madge and their chosen charity is Great Ormond Street Hospital. Here are the winning Madge House Captains together with Ben, who recently underwent treatment at GOSH. A letter and cheque is on its way to London. Well done to everyone in Madge, will they win again this term or can another team claim the prize?
Half term is 21st October to 25th October
Christmas Holidays start on the 19th December
