Abernant Day 3

Well Class 5 are halfway through their Abernant adventure and having a fabulous time! Everyone had a great nights sleep last night. The most exciting activity children had today was raft building! Children seemed a little too eager to get wet! Yet they had a great time building and then testing their rafts. One group also went down the zip wire today, I was so impressed with how brave everyone was! Mrs Russell also did it (I have video evidence too!). We also learned some survival skills and children had a go at using a splint to create a spark for a fire. Two groups participated in blind trail today, where they had to do an obstacle course blindfolded (very amusing to watch I must say!) I have never seen the children so enthusiastic! Let's just say the children got a tad muddy.....(please refer to photos below). Everyone has also had a go at rock climbing, there seems to be a correlation between distance climbed and length of the children's legs! The children are still eating well and the meatballs and jam rolly polly went down a treat at teatime! They have just had a drink and a snack and are now in bed ready for a busy day of kayaking and canoeing tomorrow. Yesterday the children each wrote a postcard, hopefully you should get them on Friday (fingers crossed none of them get lost in the post!). Myself, the staff and the children are sending our best wishes to everyone thinking about us at home :)

Abernant Day 2

Wow! We have enjoyed a day of fantastic sunshine here in Wales for our first full day of activities. The children had a good nights sleep last night and no one was up in the night. They devoured a full English breakfast this morning, the bacon and hash browns were the most popular! Every group participated in Lake Challenge today which was a zip wire across a lake, the children enjoyed it and almost everybody took a leap of faith and swung across the lake, I was so proud of them. Other activities we enjoyed today were: obstacle course, fencing, rifles and orienteering. The children particularly liked getting very muddy on the obstacle course! They are all looking forward to a good night's sleep tonight. I am really pleased with how all of the children have settled and they are doing both themselves, their parents and our school proud :)

**** Please note, as I alternate between groups daily I cannot guarantee that each child within the class will appear in a photo on every blog, I aim to make sure each child is seen at least twice over the week on the blog so please don't panic if your child happens not to appear on the photo for each day. Every staff member takes lots of photos, which I will put into a gallery once I return to school and the internet connection is a bit more reliable!

Abernant Day 1

We have arrived safe and sound in Wales! We had an uneventful journey and enjoyed our stop at Welshpool. The children have settled into their rooms nicely and have enjoyed getting unpacked and creating a poster for their doors. The children split up into 3 groups and for their first activity they ether did archery, fencing or den building. We enjoyed a tasty chicken or gammon dinner followed by apple crumble. After dinner we all went on an evening walk through the town. The weather was rainy to begin with but the rain cleared after dinner. The children are currently in their pyjamas getting ready for a hot chocolate before bed. We are having a great time and the children are looking forward to the various activities tomorrow, especially zip wire and lake challenge. Thank you for waving us off this morning. Will keep you updated tomorrow night :)

Year 3 homework

This week's homework and spellings  are available in the year 3 area of the website.

Class 2 Page Update

I have uploaded a few photographs from two very exciting days we have had here in Class 2 this week.  On Wednesday we took part in an Inter-house Athletics competition (Winners to be announced in tomorrow's achievement assembly!) and today was World Book Day.  We have had a fantastic week so please take a moment to take a look at our class page for lots of lovely photo's! :)

PTA Meeting

We are holding our next PTA Meeting on Wednesday 11th March at 7:00pm in the school hall

 

April-May Extended School Booking Forms

Due to children in year five being at Abernant between Monday 9th and Friday 13th March, booking forms for all clubs will be handed out on Monday 16th March rather than Friday 13th March. This is because all clubs are on a first come first serve basis and it wouldn't be fair to the children who could not access the paperwork  at the same time as everyone else.

Class 5's Fish!!!!

Class 5 are thrilled to announce that we have welcomed 2 new additions to our class, 2 beautiful goldfish named Shadow and Sushi! Shadow is a Black Moor goldfish and Sushi is a Pearl Scale goldfish. We brought them using the money raised from Spooky Snacks back in October. I must say a huge thank you to Ellen and her family for generously offering their fish tank, it looks fantastic! As fish need to be introduced slowly, we have 2 fish to begin with and we plan to introduce a few more once we return from Abernant. I see this as a great opportunity for children to develop their sense of responsibility as we are all collectively responsible for the maintenance and well being of our fish. If you are ever wondering past our classroom, please pop in and have a look at our fabulous pets!

Extended School Club Update

Clubs which are full:

Dance
Gymnastics
Arts & Crafts
Football

Places still available:

Netball

Please send in your booking forms for netball as soon as possible after half term to secure your place within the Netball club.

The Art of Quilling at Moorhens

Children from Ladybirds to year 5 helped out with a project in quilling.



We designed a parrot to go on Moorhens wall, but as it was quite large, we split the piece of art into 3 sections so that it was easier for the children to do.

We couldn't believe how well the infant children got the hang of this, but some would leave playing on the computers just to have another go.

This was a great social event for the children as it took quite a while to do and the stories and jokes which were told were a great way for the children to interact with one another.

The children were proud in what they had achieved and were happy with the final result.