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Home for Gnomes... Maths with BPS!

Some of the girls in Owls had a great opportunity on Wednesday to work alongside pupils from Bitterne Park Secondary. We were hosted by some girls from the very able maths group in Year 9 - including a couple of our ex-pupils - who were inspiring our own girls with some of their aspirations to be scientists, doctors and musicians and how maths is important for their prospects. They then worked together on a 'Home for Gnomes' investigation which really tested their knowledge and application of their mathematical skills! We were given 'Marvin', the gnome, to look after and bring back to school with us.

Disco Beach Party...!

Some pictures from last Friday's beach themed school disco for the children. Led with her customary enthusiasm - plus foam and ballons! - by Crazy M, the children had a brilliant time. Thanks for your support and the PTA for their time in organising it - now we're onto getting ready for the Summer Fair this week! Don't forget to be there!

English and Spanish!

We thought we'd share some of the work with our Spanish visitors from this week. The Spanish students gave us a great insight into life in Spain and Spanish schools with some presentations they gave - all in English! We also wrote and illustrated some traditional stories in parallel in both English and Spanish and our visitors will take a copy back to Spain with them.

Our Visitors from Spain...

We have had a fantastic week with our visiting students from Spain. The 8 pupils from Teruel have been marvellous ambassadors for their school and country. They have been working mainly with Kestrels all week and our children have really enjoyed learning about their life in Spain as much as they have been keen to share it! We would also like to say well done to Kestrels for the warm welcome they've shown to the students and for the all the families in our community who have hosted the students. We've had a real sense of community, shared values and togetherness that crosses national borders!

Summer Fair Raffle 1st July

·       Free Family Photoshoot, Free 9X6 Print plus £150.00 discount off any package!

·       Active Nation – Free Pay and Play Sessions

·       Indian Head Massage or a Swedish Body Message

·       Luxury Manicure

·       A Family Swim!

·       2.5 Hours Free Cleaning

·       Family visit to Furzey Gardens

·       The Race Centre - £90 Voucher

·       2 Free tickets to Kid 2 Day

·       £3 Voucher for Coriander Lounge

·       Free Entry to Play Shack

·       2 Free Cocktails and 2 Free tapas at Mango

·       £25 towards a meal at Mango

·       The Songbird £5.00 voucher

·       Longdown dairy Farm

·       One month free full membership & Induction

Plus many more!!!!!!!

Directions

Today Robins found something odd in the classroom. It was a treasure map left by the naughty Pirate Pete. We used our knowlegde of directions to follow the the map and found some gems.  Miss Cole said she was going to use them to buy herself a new car but we all decided that we need to find the rightful owner which turned out to be Mrs Ditchfield. When we got back into class we found lots of blank treasure maps and some instructions. We were told to make our own treasure maps and write our own set of directions. We used words like left, right, forwards, up, down, quarter turn, half turn and three quarters turn. Great work Robins.

The Pig part 2

Well it was another amazing morning at The Pig today.  The children learnt so much about the restaurant and garden.  They have sniffed leaves and been amazed by the various smells and tastes that can be produced by plants and fruits.  We met the pigs and saw inside the smokehouse and were allowed to try home made biscuits and applemint slush.  The children enjoyed that sooo much they have decided to make and sell it at the summer fayre to let you all taste it too!

Thank you to Mr Finn and Mrs Chance for driving us.  I think they have both picked their lunch for their next visit!