A massive thank you again for all the fabulous entries to our annual Christmas Tree Competition. I'm very glad that I was not involved in the judging; as always the standard was incredibly high! Below are photographs of our worthy winners. Huge congratulations to them! Y4 Y5 Y6
The FS2 and Year 6 children partnered up for our walk. The Year 6 children were so gentle towards the younger children, talking to them as they walked along.
The children listened to Mrs Blewitt from Bookstart talking about the library and she read some stories and sang some rhymes with us. The children read stories together, and new friendships were formed! We are hoping to visit the library again in the Summer term. As part of Hate Crime Awareness Week, South Yorkshire Police are running a competition for schools for the best poem, rap or song that conveys the hurt caused by hate crimes.
For the year six Family Fun Session this morning, parents and pupils worked together in groups, using a range of resources, to produce fabulous entries for the competition. Below are some photos of the activity and some "tweets" from parents about the session. We look forward to sharing the finished products with you next week! On Tuesday 20th May, I took five children to Dodworth for the final of the competition that they entered in May, to design a music centre for a school playground. The winning team would have their design actually made and sold, so the stakes were high! There were also some lovely trophies that we were itching to get our hands on. The children had spent time adjusting and improving their pitch and design, but there were still some nerves! After an introduction, the 24 teams were split into 2 groups. We were in group one, which meant we had to pitch first! Before attending, the children and I had presumed that they would have to present their pitch on a stage in front of all the schools and judges. However, what they had to do was actually much more intimidating! They went into a small room with four judges, all of whom were local business leaders, and had to present their pitch to them (even I wasn't allowed in). This was followed by some really challenging questions, forcing the children to think on the spot.
Team Drummersaurus! After a short break, we had great fun participating in a Samba session. The children had the opportunity to try all of the different Samba instruments, but the big drums were definitely a favourite. After lunch, there was a short talk by some business owners and the leader of enterprise at Barnsley College, as well as the opportunity to ask them questions and for advice.
Then came the awards ceremony. Although we did not win the overall prize, the children were very proud of what they had achieved and learnt through the whole process (and rightly so). In addition, one of our fabulous girls won the "Most Enterprising Girl" award - and very well deserved it was too! It had been her idea to design their music centre as being accessible to both able bodied children and those with disabilities. Her pitch reflected her passion for this cause beautifully and I can completely understand why it won over the judges. All in all, we had a great day, and a wonderful and challenging experience. I was incredibly proud of our team. Their behaviour was impeccable all day and they reflected High View in everything they did. Well done Team Drummersaurus, and a huge thank you to Louder than Life for organising the day! Mrs Mundy On a very rainy Monday last week, Year 6 went to Tropical World (in Leeds) as part of their Rainforest topic. The behaviour by the whole cohort was superb. They were very excited to see the different animals that live in the various layers of the rainforest and took lots of beautiful pictures to help them with their work. Unfortunately, the weather was so bad that, after spending as much time in Tropical World as possible, we had to eat our picnic lunch quickly under the shelter of the trees, then head straight back to school! Everyone agreed that it was still a brilliant trip though!
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