This week, Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed their Activities Week. They have been swinging through the tree tops at Go Ape, laughing at 'The Nut Job 2' and showing the teachers up with their excellent bowling skills. They also enjoyed a more relaxed couple of days when playing games at Whitecliff with their friends. The children thoroughly enjoyed Sports Day and demonstrated excellent skill in a variety of sporting activities. 

 

The children truly deserved a wonderful week after all of their efforts and all of the teachers are extremely proud of them for their achievements this year. 

On Tuesday 3rd July, Zoo Lab visited Year 5. They showed us several rainforest creatures. These creatures included: a snake called Ruby; a Chilean Rose Tarantula called Tilly; a millipede called Gavin and a snail called Alan. 

 

Gavin had a whopping 248 legs! Milliepedes can grow more. Alan can grow up to the size of a football! Wow!

 

We got to hold and stroke them except for Tilly because when she gets scared she flicks her hair on her legs and if they land on you it starts to itch. 

 

We learnt lots about the rainforest and the life cycles of these animals.

 

Written by Layla and Megan, Kites class 

 

Ten boys from Year 6 had their first taste of watching live cricket last Friday evening at the Ageas Bowl, Hampshire, and loved every second. From having their shirts, tickets and cricket balls signed by famous players (including last year's Ashes debutant, Mason Crane), to getting their faces on the big screen, the children had an amazing time. Apart from the result (Hampshire lost by a considerable margin!) it was an experience the Year 6 children won't forget. Thank you to the parents for staying until 11.30pm to pick the children up, and to Mr Heawood for kindly driving the minibus to and from the ground.

The results were in today for the children who took ABRSM Clarinet and Recorder exams in June. The results were fantastic and a real credit to the children’s hard work.

Congratulations to:

• Teddy who passed Grade 2 Clarinet with Merit
• Ava, Coralie, Matthew, Skye, Mia, Carrie and Lucy who all got a Distinction for Grade 1 Clarinet
• Evie and Eden who passed Grade 1 Clarinet with Merit
• Abi and Thomas who passed Grade 1 Descant Recorder with Merit

Everyone at Longfleet is very proud of you!

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.