Girls from Year 1 and Year  2, joined the other the other Cluster Schools to take part in a skills session with lots of fun drills and games. They also played a number of mini games against both their own and the other schools.

The enthusiasm and effort of the girls was tremendous, it was really exciting to see so many of our girls participating in the activity with such enjoyment. All of the girls were a credit to their schools, each will receive a certificate from their teachers to recognise their contribution.

Miss Lay said "We hope that this will inspire them to take part in other sporting opportunities in the future. Well done Girls!"

 

Today the children had the fantastic opportunity to step into a different reality thanks to Google Education and their Google Expeditions app. The children spent half an hour with the Goggle headsets  and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

So what is Google Expeditions?

Expeditions is a new product that allows teachers to take their classes on virtual field trips, immersing students in experiences that bring abstract concepts to life and giving students a deeper understanding of the world beyond the classroom. The Wildlife Conservation Society, PBS, the American Museum of Natural History, the Planetary Society and the Palace of Versailles contributed to developing the curriculum for students. These trips are collections of virtual reality panoramas — 360° photo spheres, 3D images and video, ambient sounds — annotated with details, points of interest, and questions that make them easy to integrate into curriculum already used in schools.

 

We were also extremely fortunate to have a local community channel come to visit our school and make a report on our experience for their news programme 'Big News'. 

 

A huge thank you to Google Expeditions and Big Centre TV for everything they did today. 

We had a fabulous turn out for our walk to school with a core group of parents and children meeting at the church car park and joining our walking bus every day – very well done. We were lucky with the weather too which was a blessing. Thank you for all your support in helping our children establish healthy lifestyles and of course a huge big THANK YOU for the Crossing Patrol Warden who kept us safe crossing very busy roads – keep up the walking!

The NSPCC's Speak Out. Stay Safe. programme has visited our school to make sure our pupils have the knowledge and understanding they need to stay safe from abuse. 

This is a nationwide programme for children in years 1-6 across the UK and Chanel Islands. with their help of their friendly mascot Buddy, they presented an assembly to the children and will deliver a workshop for Years 5 and 6. 

If you would like to know more about the NSPCC's work, or take a look at the wide range of information and advice which is available for parents and carers, please visit their website www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/ or www.nspcc.org.uk/schools or www.nspcc.org.uk/pants

 

On Thursday 22^nd September, 10 children from year 4, 5 and 6 went to the Factory to take part in the first of 3 tournament s games against Our Lady of St Rose of Lima. The children were split into two teams and each team played one game lasting 15 minutes with a short break for half time. In a highly competitive and tight first game, where the score swung in favour from one team to another, we eventually came out winners with a 5-3 win. The second game was equally as tense. Despite some excellent defending, and bounces not quite going our way, we ended with an unlucky 4-1 loss. A big congratulations to all of our children on a fantastic performance and a great show of sportsmanship all round. Good luck for the next tournament.