This week, all of the schools in the Harbourside Learning Partership were involved in the inaugural Harbourside Games. This competiton, held at Ashdown athletics track, had 3 categories - KS1, Lower KS2 and Upper KS2. Across the partnership over 500 children represented their schools, including 140 of our own Longfleet pupils.

 

The events were:

Standing Long Jump, 75m Hurdles, 75m Sprint, Howler Throw, Hammer Throw, Speed Bounce.

 

Mr Howeison, the Chief Executive of the HLP was on hand to give out the shiny shields on offer for each category, and we are pleased to say Longfleet won all three! A fantastic effort by the children who participated and the adults who organised the event.

 

After their success at the Poole Schools Gala, Longfleet took children to be a part of the Poole Schools Swimming Team to compete in the Dorset Schools Gala. Poole Schools were competing against other areas of Dorset, including Christchurch, Bournemouth, Weyport and South, East, West and North Dorset. Eventually, Poole Schools won both the Year 4 and Year 6 competitions.

In Year 4, Longfleet took the winning 25m Mixed Relay Team from the Poole Schools competition to compete against the other winning Dorset Schools. After a close race, Longfleet finished first and are now the Dorset 4x25m Mixed Relay champions!

 

Back - Alfie    Breaststroke - Jamie    F/S - Digby   F/S - Christopher

 

Christopher was also part of two individual races. He finished:

1^st – 25m Breaststroke

2^nd – 25m Freestyle

 

In the Year 6 competition, Gabriel raced at both the individual 50m Freestyle and was a part of the 25m Freestyle Relay events. I am proud to say he won both of these races.

We are incredibly proud of the Year Six students who raised a whopping £674 during their Enterprise Project. The children worked incredibly hard during the Summer Fair to welcome customers and sell their products, wearing our school values with pride throughout the afternoon!

After the success of the Year 6 team at the Kwik Cricket competition, Year 5/6 Girls and a mixed Year 5 team have also played in tournaments showcasing their batting, bowling and fielding skills against other Poole schools.

 

For the Year 5/6 girls this was their first competitive tournament and they did brilliantly to win half of their games. Their fielding especially was excellent, with some great diving stops and catches. 

 

The mixed Year 5 team all bowled overarm throughout the competition which was brilliant to see, and their bowling improved dramatically as the competition progressed. Nathan was the pick of the batsman, whilst his brother Harry bowled very straight on a good length throughout.

The children visited Moors Valley Country Park for a "What's that crawling in my garden?" workshop. The children took part in a Mini-beast Hunt around a beautiful meadow and woodland area. They embarked on a Woodland Walk to find out about the characteristics and habitats of these mini-beasts. The children particularly enjoyed the smelly cocktail making (some were truly ghastly!) and caterpillar camouflaging, where the children learnt all about the importance of camouflage. After lunch, the children then enjoyed playing on the play equipment. A truly wonderful day had by all! 

Over the past two Tuesdays, children from Year 5 and 6 have taken part in athletics events against other Poole schools.

Our first competition was 'Quadkids' on Tuesday 5th June at Broadstone Middle School. It is a team event where each pupil takes part in four events: 75m, 600m, standing long jump and vortex howler throw. We took two teams of 12 children and thoroughly enjoyed the event.

Our second event was Town Sports that took place at Ashdown running track. Pupils competed in two individual events and we had three children who made the final on the day. Two of our girls finished in th etop two and have therefore have qualified for the County Finals and will represent Poole in their races - well done, Jess (150m) and Sophie (75m).

Thank you to all of the parents and families that helped with transport and supported the children!

A huge well done to all the Year 3 and 4 children who took part in the rounders match at Yarrells. Considering many of them hadn't played before, they put in a fantastic effort and only missed out by half a rounder! Blossom was named player of the match for her spectacular opening rounder and everybody else represented the spirit of Team Longfleet brilliantly! Thanks to the parents who were able to come and watch, your support is always greatly appreciated. 

Perform Walking In The Air live in concert with the BSO!

https://www.bsolive.com/snowman-2018/

Click on the link for details of how to audition.

 

 

The Butterfly Recount

Caterpillars

Before the half term, we got to take care of some caterpillars. We went into groups of three and each group got a caterpillar. First, one person put the food in. Everybody thought it was a bit disgusting, but it was really just like wet sand. Next, Miss Helm helped one person put the caterpillar in. Finally, the last person poked holes in the top of the lid to let the caterpillar breathe. We got to name them. At first, they were small and black, but a few days later, they got a bit longer, bigger, and green. After a while, they went into shapes, hung from the lid and turned into cocoons.

 

Cocoons

They stayed as cocoons for a while. Then we put them into a net and we all had our half term holiday. The cocoons were light brown and spotty. They were cocoons until Thursday 31^st May. The caterpillars had now become butterflies and when we came back they were ready to fly away. When you entered the room the first thing that you noticed was the butterflies because they looked beautiful and they always flapped their wings and ate their fruit.

 

Butterflies

Once the caterpillars were butterflies they started flying everywhere in their net. We took them out on the field to let them free! Miss Helm and Miss Thompson both put their hands in the net to get some butterflies. They both had a couple of butterflies on their hand. One of them wouldn’t get of Miss Helm’s hand and just stayed there. They finally got off her hand and fluttered away in the soft, calming wind. Quite a lot of butterflies flew away but unfortunately a couple of butterflies fell on the green grass. We went to check on them but we had to be careful where we stepped or we may have stepped on one. Luckily, none of the classes stepped on them, the butterflies were all safe and we hoped they would fly away and not get hurt. We went inside and the butterflies had flown away.

 

By: Lydia H, Jiya R & Elizabeth K

Reception enjoyed good weather for their recent trip to Poole Park.  One of the most exciting highlights was posting a letter home, handwritten back in class.  Each class took some time to think about things they wanted to thank their families and carers for, such as playing games together, helping them to stay safe or going on special days out together.  A few parents have confessed to shedding a tear or two at some of the lovely messages their child had written!  Having posted our letters, we had fun creating natural art in the park, feeding the ducks and geese and enjoying a story.  Everyone showed great resilience on the steep ascent up Birds Hill Road on the way back to school!