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Year 3 enjoyed Art Day on Friday 7^th June which was linked to World Oceans Day.  The children studied natural and man-made objects and how oceans are becoming increasingly polluted.  The children learnt ways we can significantly reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in our oceans by recycling everyday items.  Children  were shown pictures of sea animals affected by marine litter and created their own artwork based on it. 

Throughout the day children created their masterpieces using various different techniques.  We would like to say a big thank you to the staff at Heathrow Airport who kindly visited our Year 3 children and helped them perfect their creations.

 

Year 5 enjoyed their trip to Hyde park on Thursday 6^th June.  The children were put into groups and were given a map of the park. They were asked to navigate themselves around the park finding places of interest using the skills they had developed in their Marvellous Maps topic in Geography.  The weather was great and our children took the task on board and thoroughly enjoyed exploring different areas within the park. 

 

Did you know that by the time the children in Year 5 are 40 years old, there will be more plastic in the sea than fish!

Year 5 have been developing their persuasive writing techniques and have been researching about the destruction single use plastics are having on our environment. In order to hook the children into the topic, children collected various different recycling materials and created a class display that depicts the devastation being caused.

The children were all very engaged and became quite passionate about the topic and discussed ways that we can help our environment and save the planet.

 

Our Year 6 children started their journey to Butlin's on Monday 20^th May.  Keep a track of what they are up to on a daily basis with our regular updates.

Monday 20 May

09:30 - Left school on time all excited about the week ahead!
11:51 - We are in Bognor Regis now.  Time for lunch before we head off to Butlin's.
12:24 - We have had lunch and we are now playing in the park.
13:13 - We have arrived!! 
14:04 - Having lots of fun at the fair.
18:13 - Relaxing after the funfair.
19:58 - We have had a fantastic evening.  We have completed a scavenger hunt around the site.  Now we are off for some hot chocolate and then bed.

Tuesday 21 May

08:26 - Good morning everyone! We are enjoying a yummy breakfast to get us started for the day.
09:00 - First stop, archery.
09:51 - Well done to our archery winners!
11:40 - In the Skyline discovering animals.  Getting close to the snakes!
12:00 - Lunchtime
13:48 - We are enjoying making and decorating our note books in a Arts and Crafts session. 
14:00 - We are about to start our dance workshop.
14:48 - Thoroughly enjoyed doing a fun dance routine to 'Gangnam Style'.
17:42 - We have had dinner and now we are enjoying a bowling session.
19:05 - We are now playing a game of sand cricket and rounders.  The sun is still shining and Mr Burns has been buried in the sand!

Wednesday 22 May

08:43 - Good morning!  It's day 3 we are having breakfast and then we are off for our first activity.
09:33 - We have started to learn some circus skills.  We are becoming expert jugglers and diabolists.
13:30 - The sun is shining, we are swimming and having an amazing time!
17:00 - We have had dinner and we are all set for our Go-Karting session.
19:38 - Having fun at the disco!!

Thursday 23 May

09:00 - Good morning! We have had breakfast and are ready for another action packed day.  We are spending the morning climbing, zip wire and high ropes.  
11:38 - It's a beautiful day and we are enjoying the beautiful beach before lunch.
13:41 - Enjoying a cheerleading session.
14:58 - Having a fun football match.
15:30 - We are back enjoying the beach.
20:00 - We had a lovely dinner and finished the day off by watching a film at the cinema.

Friday 24 May

11:04 - Good morning everyone! We have had breakfast and bought our souvenirs and now we are off to our drumming workshop.
13:30 - We have started making our way back to William Byrd Primary Academy and aim to be the school at 16:00.  See you all soon!

 

On Friday 17^th May Nursery held a Maths Workshop for parents/carers to discover simple ways of how they can support and improve their child's maths development at home.

Parents/carers had the opportunity to carry out numerous maths activities with their child during the session.  Thank you to everyone who attended.

If you would like more information about supporting your child at home with maths please do not hesitate to speak to our Nursery staff who will be happy to help.

 

Some children in Year 4 have been upcycling empty tins from our kitchen and painting them to make hanging vegetable and flower tubs!

Others have sown carrots and peas in our vegetable garden which are flourishing amongst the lettuce that are now being cut to eat in the salad bar at lunchtimes.

A variety of tomatoes, green beans, lettuce and  sunflower seeds have also been sown to plant into tubs and into the vegetable patch. You can see the children here planting out some of the biggest seedlings in trays where they will feed and water them before planting them outside later in the term.

Any surplus plants will be on sale at our Summer Fair in response to the many people who have requested this after last year’s successful season. If you have any empty pots which we could use for this please send them in with your child.