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• Sports Day 2020

  Thu 25 Jun 2020 Year 6

   

  On Thursday 25th June, children from Reception, Year 1, Year 5 and Year 6 took part in a variety of physical challenges for Sports Day. It was one of the hottest days of the year so far. Whilst it was a quieter Sports Day than normal due to lockdown measures, the children participated in a familiar range of activities: 50m sprint, football dribbling, speed bounce, standing long jump, throw and catch, assault course and egg-and-spoon race. The teachers were kept busy timing the children and recording results; some also participated in the events. 

  Some Year 6 children gave their opinions: 

  “It was fun and entertaining; I liked the sprinting most.” 

  “It was really hot but the activities distracted me from the heat.” 

  “I liked the fact that the groups were smaller, so it wasn’t as competitive.” 

  One of the teachers also said, “Taking part in some of the challenges was really good fun – we worked as a team.” 

  It was a sporting success. 

• Boreatton Park

  Thu 21 Nov 2019 C Rowney

  In the week beginning 4th November, 36 Year 5 and year 6 children went on a residential trip for a week at Boreatton Park.

  During this week they took part in activities such as:

  • Climbing
  • Abseiling
  • Giant Swing
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Canoeing
  • Raft Building
  • Tunneling
  • High Ropes
  • Obstacle Courses

  The children really enjoyed their week at Boreatton and showed great personal qualities such as Bravery, Teamwork, Respect, Resilience, Trust and Perseverance.

  

• Bulb Planting October 2019

  Mon 11 Nov 2019 K Jackson

  ‘Let’s Grow Together’, St Michael’s Church, October 22nd 2019

  On Tuesday October 22nd 2019, Year 5, accompanied by 2 members of staff (Mr Rogers and Mrs Vann) visited the church to take part in a bulb-planting morning.  The bulbs were being planted as part of the project ‘Let’s Grow Together’ and were part of a campaign that aims to eradicate polio.

  Children joined a collection of volunteers from the church and Reverend Reeve, to dig holes for the 3000 bulbs, which were then planted by each member of the class, ten at a time.

  Once all the bulbs were planted, the children were then talked to by the volunteers about the charity and when they should expect the purple flowers to be visible on our way to church.

  They really enjoyed being part of the process, especially when they were told that the bulbs will not only grow for one year, but may well still flower when the children are much older. They really liked the idea of their influence being felt at St Michael’s for many years!

   

   

  Pupil Voice:

  ‘We went to church to help children in Pakistan and Afghanistan that have a disease by planting crocus bulbs and making the people in charge of it feel happy and valued.’

  ‘ It made me feel important because you would never get to do something like that ever again. Planting bulbs was fun’

  ‘I felt happy about planting the bulbs because I was helping members of the church and trying to get rid of a rare disease called polio. One day, I will go and see the bulbs we planted grown into beautiful crocus plants.’