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COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Brilliant Borreaton
Year 5 had a brilliant time on their three-day residential
trip to Borreaton Park near Shrewsbury at the start of
July.
During their visit they had the chance to take part in a
wide range of outdoor adventurous activities that were
available at the site. These included: driving quad bikes
around a track, riding on a giant swing, jumping off a tall
pole onto a swinging trapeze, learning how to fence and
shooting rifles at targets. Lots of children worked
extremely hard to conquer their fear of heights and were
pleasantly surprised at how much they actually enjoyed
doing some of the more challenging activities.
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For many children in the class however, the highlights of
the trip were probably the raft building task where they
had to work together as a team to construct a raft out of:
plastic barrels, wooden planks and rope before then
attempting to float it on a lake and the big disco on the
last night when everyone (boys included) got to show off
their funky dance moves.
All the children had so much fun that nobody even had
the chance to get homesick. The whole class were a
credit to the school and I’m sure that they will take home
many happy memories which they will remember fondly
for many years to come.
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Reception children went on their first day trip out with Parkfield this term to the
Eureka! museum in Halifax. In the morning they explored the ‘Me and My Body’
gallery before then in the afternoon having play in all the different buildings in the
pretend town, including the: post office, garage, bank and even Mark’s and
Spencer’s!
Eureka!
Golf Lessons
Year 5 have been enjoying their
golf lessons every Monday
afternoon this term.
Penalty Shoot-
Out
The whole school enjoyed doing
a sponsored penalty shoot-out
organised by Pro Score Academy
with half the money raised
going to the charity Action for
Kids with the rest going to us.
Capoeira Dancing
Children across the school also
enjoyed taking part in capoeira
workshops for one day in July -
an art form which combines:
martial arts, music and dance.
Arts Week
Each class had a great time
during Art’s Week working with
our visiting artist Susan
Aggarwal. They enjoyed making
several large pieces of art using a
range skills - including: painting,
printing, weaving and drawing.
Wild Show
KS1 were visited by the Wild
Road Show and had the chance
to learn about and touch a
range of unusual and exotic
creatures including: a giant
millipede, an albino hedgehog
and a lizard!
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Summer Fair
A HUGE thank-you to the PTFA
for organising yet another
successful Summer Fair – they
raised £837.20 in total!
England Day
The school supported England’s
football World Cup campaign by
coming dressed in red and white
clothes one day in June.
Cracking Cefn Lea
Year 6 had a fantastic time on their residential trip to Cefn Lea in Wales back in
June. The week began on the Monday with a stop off in Welshpool and a visit to a
falconry centre where the children loved watching the bird show. On the Tuesday,
they went to the Red Ridge Centre where they had the chance to have a go at lots
of adventurous activities like artificial caving and kayaking on a lake. On the
Wednesday they visited an animalarium in the morning where those brave
enough got to hold snakes and baby crocodiles and they then went rock-pooling
in Aberystwyth in the afternoon. Finally on the Thursday they then went to the
Centre for Alternative Technology to learn about renewable energy sources and
King Arthur’s Labyrinth to learn about the man behind the famous legend.
As you can see it was an extremely busy but fun time and everyone came back to
school on the Friday very excited and very tired!
Skipton Castle Trip
As part of their topic work on ‘Castles’, Year 1 and 2
children went on a day trip to Skipton Castle in
Yorkshire to learn about its history.
They had a great time exploring all the rooms
inside what is considered to be the best-preserved
medieval castle in Britain, including the: kitchen,
great hall and bed chambers and finding out
what exactly life was like for the people
who used to live in the castle. Some children
even got the chance to go down into the
dungeons and experience what it would
have been like for prisoners
when the lights went
off!
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Expo Chef
Children in Year 2-6 enjoyed an interactive cookery demonstration one morning
by the visiting Expo Chef in the hall. They were all shown how to make a range of
healthy meals like: burgers, fruit smoothies and fresh salads, with some lucky
children even being picked to try tasting them!
Soldier Visit
As part of their topic on
superheroes, the infants were
visited by a real-life superhero
this afternoon - Molly's dad who
is a soldier in the army. He told
them all about his experiences
of fighting in Afghanistan and
answered questions about his
uniform and equipment.
Life Education
The Life Education Caravan
visited school to teach children
about how to look after their
bodies, including taking regular
exercise and how to respond to
peer-pressure.
Ballet Lessons
Year 6 enjoyed a visit by
the English National Ballet
who taught them how
to create a dance for
each of the four seasons.
May Day Celebrations
Children from Years 5 and 6 took part once again in Middleton’s annual
May Day celebrations outside St. Leonard’s Church at the start of May.
They all ignored the clouds and brought their own sunshine
to the event by joining in a procession around Jubilee
Park before then dancing around the May pole in front of
the watching crowds. They performed a variety
of traditional dances to mark the arrival of
summer and the end of winter, including a
beautiful platted ribbon and a tangled
spider’s web.