Wheel-a-thon

On Wednesday 22 May we had our first ever Wheel-a-thon to help raise money for the purchase of some new school bikes for children to use on our new bike track. Miss Keene, with the help of our student leaders, did a tremendous job of organising a variety of different activities to entertain and educate the children in a fun filled programme that ran from morning interval until the end of the day. At one of the stations the children learnt about bike safety and how to stay safe on the roads. Mr Wilson demonstrated some bike maintenance skills and the student leaders ran some fun activities like relays and novelty races. There was also a delicious sausage sizzle for lunch. Many children gained sponsorship for riding as many laps around the bike track as they could and there were prizes for the best decorated bike and helmet. This was a very successful and enjoyable fundraising and we would like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors.

Anti Bullying Week

This week we have been doing a series of activities to help us gain a greater understanding of what bullying is, how to deal with it, and how to prevent it from happening. In one activity we traced around one of our hands and then wrote on each finger the name of someone who could help us if we were being bullied. In another activity we drew a picture of ourselves, swapped it with a partner who then screwed it up. When we were told to try to flatten out the creases we realised that no matter how hard we tried, the creases could still be seen. This reminded us that the effects of bullying cannot be removed just by saying you are sorry. Finally, we sat in a circle and tossed a ball of string to someone else in the class while paying them a compliment. We ended up with an interconnected web of string to remind us that we all have a support network to help us whenever we need someone to talk to or help us.

Pitcher Plants

Last week Mrs Kaye brought along a pitcher plant for us to investigate. Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have special types of leaves which trap the insects that these plants feed on. After close observation and a class discussion about them, we carried out some research to find out more about pitcher plants and recorded our findings on an observation worksheet.