All of our chicks have now hatched.  We managed to hatch 11 out of 12 eggs and we have 7 girls and 4 boys.  They are all enjoying their new home with food, water and light and are certainly the centre of attention in school at the moment!

 

 

Year 5 competed in four matches against Oakdale school on Thursday. All four teams showed great commitment, skill and knowledge of the rules. The games were high scoring, with a 9-9 draw in one game and Longfleet victories in the other three.

Day 2 - one by one, they started to hatch! They looked really worn out when they came out of their shells, but it didn’t take long for them to fluff up. Everyone was really excited! 7 chicks had hatched when school finished today.

On Tuesday evening, our twelve eggs, incubator and brooder box were delivered along with a poster and some manuals. We were all very excited as we were told that the eggs would hatch on Wednesday.

 

 

Reception enjoyed making pancakes on Shrove Tuesday!

To encourage the children to become more aware of their learning behaviours, Reception have introduced ‘Learnersaurs’.  Their names are:

• Explorasaur
• Solveosaurus Rex
• Stickasaurus
• Askaraptor
• Tryatops
• Thinkadocus

Each Learnersaur will help the children to understand the way they learn best.  To launch this, Reception had a Learnersaur Day, with planned activities to develop their problem solving skills, ability to cooperate with others and persevere at tricky tasks.  One activity involved designing and making an effective egg protector for a dinosaur egg! The children also worked hard as a team to create dinosaur dens outdoors.

The willow artists arrived in school today and work has begun on our new willow classroom (The Secret Story Dome!).  Every class will have the opportunity over the course of two days to go and help Mary-Ann and Angus build the dome and make their own willow wands to take home.

Book Week 2017 began with a visit from a fabulous author, actor and story teller - Chris Connaughton.  He told stories to each year group across the school and had all the children spellbound. 

 

For information about Chris's books please see:
http://thebeltheronpathway.com/

 

Thursday was a busy day at the school as we held the Spelling Bee finals for the whole school, a Pirate Theatre workshop for our Reception pupils and a Kite Making afternoon for the Year One children and their parents.

 

We appreciate all the effort that has gone into learning the spellings for the competition and the standard across the Grand Finals was very high.

Year 6 SATs information meeting is this Monday 6th February from 15:30 - 16:30 in the year 6 mobile classrooms. Please come along if possible!