Owl Wise

On Wednesday afternoon our Year 6 children were invited to Thomas Mills High School to watch a display of owls.
The demonstration was by a charity called 'Owl Wise' who look after injured or badly treated owls. Most of their owls are returned to the wild. Demonstrations such as this are valuable fundraising events.
We got to see Eagle owls, Barn owl, Hawk owl and Longed eared owl.

If you would like information and bookings of your own contact Owl Wise at
owlwise@homail.co.uk
or phone 01268 696115

The Story of Swan Lake

Year 6 are going to London on Monday to see Swan Lake at The Royal Opera House

Here is an outline of the story.

Act I
Outside the Palace grounds a birthday party is being thrown to celebrate Prince Siegfried’s coming of age. His tutor, Wolfgang, is fussing over the preparations as Siegfried’s best friend Benno and the court arrive. When Siegfried arrives he is greeted by the peasants, and responds with gifts of wine for the men and ribbons for the women, before standing back to enjoy the performance of three dancers (a pas de trios) who have been hired for the occasion.
Siegfried’s party, Act I - Photo by Dee Conway
Dancers entertain Prince Siegfried in Act I - Photo by Johan Persson
The celebrations are interrupted by Siegfried’s mother, the Princess. Worried about her son she tells him that he has to settle down. At the official birthday ball the following evening, she expects him to choose a wife. Siegfried reluctantly agrees and escorts her out, but a pall has fallen on the evening. The tutor tries to lighten the mood by dancing with two young girls but, by now fairly drunk, he spins out of control and collapses to the floor. As darkness falls, Benno sees a flock of swans in the sky and, still trying to distract the Prince, suggests a hunt. They take crossbows from the palace guards and, accompanied by some cadets, set off in pursuit.

Act II
As Act II begins the cadets have overtaken Siegfried, and hurry through a lakeside glade. When the Prince arrives, the swans have settled on the water, and he is just about to shoot one of them when he is frozen by the sight of a swan transforming into a maiden. At first she is terrified of him, but when he promises not to harm her she tells him that she is the Swan Queen, Odette. She and her companions have been placed under a spell by an owl-like evil spirit called Von Rothbart.. By day they are swans, returning to human form only at night, beside this lake which, Odette says, was formed from the tears of her grieving mother. The spell can only be broken if a man who has never loved another woman swears to love her forever, and marries her.
The Swans - Photo by Johan Persson
Video Link > Join the corps de ballet backstage just before the entrance of the swans
The evil spirit appears, and Siegfried is about to shoot it when Odette stops him. If Von Rothbart is killed the spell will never be broken. The spirit disappears, and Odette’s companions suddenly fill the glade. Siegfried is only just in time to rescue them from Benno and the cadets, whom he dismisses.
Odette with the Swans - Photo by Johan Persson
Alone with the swan-maidens, Siegfried sets about winning Odette’s love and her trust. But as dawn arrives Rothbart beckons to her and, unwillingly, she is dragged back to the water, and the shape of a swan.
Odette and Siegfried - Photo by Johan Persson

Act III
Act III opens on Siegfried’s official birthday celebration, as his mother orders him to dance with six princesses and choose one as a bride. He objects that he does not love any of them. The stalemate is broken by the arrival of Von Rothbart, in human form, with his daughter Odile, who is bewitched to resemble the Swan Queen. Before Siegfied can approach Odile, dancers from Spain, Hungary, Naples and Russia perform to honour the prince.
The Princess and Von Rothbart, Act III - Photo by Johan Persson
After the entertainment is over Siegfried dances with Odile. By cunningly echoing the movements of Odette she seduces the Prince, and although an apparition of the real Odette appears for a moment to warn him, it is quickly banished by Von Rothbart.
Odile and Siegfried - Photo by Johan Persson
Video Link > The challenges of dancing Odette/Odile: see the famous 32 fouettés
Dazzled, the Prince chooses Odile as his bride and swears to love her forever. In a flash Von Rothbart reveals a vision of the stricken Swan Queen, before disappearing with his daughter. Frantically, Siegfried hurries back to the lake.

Act IV
Act IV returns to the lakeside where Odette has reconciled herself to death, as the other swan-maidens try to comfort her. To break the spell, she has decided to drown herself in the lake. As a storm rises, Siegfried desperately searches for Odette, who is hidden by her companions. When he finally finds her he swears he loves only her, and she forgives him, but Von Rothbart appears and insists that Siegfried marry his daughter, after which Odette will become a swan forever.
Odette mimes the gesture for death, as Von Rothbart watches over the Swans - Photo by Bill Cooper
Siegfried prefers to die alongside Odette. As the pair throw themselves into the storm-tossed lake, the spell is broken, Von Rothbart is destroyed and the souls of the lovers are finally reunited.
Like any good story Swan Lake has had many retellings. Anthony Dowell’s version of Swan Lake for the Royal Ballet sticks very closely to the scenario of the first ever Petipa-Ivanov production in St Petersburg in 1894. In Soviet Russia, the ballet often had a happy ending, in which Siegfried killed Von Rothbart and saved Odette. Some choreographers have added a prelude showing the enchantment of Odette, in order to reduce the amount of mime in the second act. Others have tried to remove the supernatural element altogether - Graham Murphy’s Swan Lake for The Australian Ballet is a tragic love-triangle between a Prince, his mentally unstable young wife and his older mistress (Baroness Rothbart).
Even the Petipa-Ivanov scenario is a long way from the Swan Lake story as originally imagined by Tchaikovsky. In the 1877 Moscow premiere, Odette is the daughter of a good fairy, who is being pursued by her wicked witch of a stepmother. Her maternal grandfather keeps her and her companions safe at the lake by night, but allows them to fly about as swans by day. Only the magical crown that she wears protects her. After Siegfried swears his love to Odette, and then betrays her at the ball, she refuses to forgive him, but in his blind passion he swears that they will never be parted and snatches the crown from her head. Odette and Siegfried are now at the mercy of the stepmother, and the waters of the lake engulf them both.
The Souls of Siegfried and Odette ascend together

Follow this link for VIDEO CLIPS

Tchaikovsky wrote the music for Swan Lake

Click on his picture to find out more about him.

Whole School Letter (29)

SCHOOL DINNER MENUS
Menus for the next two terms are coming out with this letter; copies can also be seen in the classes and on the Parent Notice board. We will also be posting a version of it on the Blog pages of the School Website.

TRAVELLING BY TUBA – Tuesday 31 March
A performance of ‘Travelling by Tuba II’ is to take place during the morning of Tuesday 31 March (Nursery will be attending). The performance features a journey around the world, from Egypt, China, Rome and Turkey, to the Swiss Alps, Austria and South America! It features a completely different set of exotic instruments to those seen before. The cost of this event is £250. We are not asking the parents to contribute on this occasion as the school will pay in full.
Note for Year 6 – those going on the London trip the day before, may come in later on the morning of Tuesday 31, however if they wish to see Travelling by Tuba they will need to be in by 9.15am, but if they wish to come in later they must arrive by 10.30am. Please remember that the children should report to the office when coming in late.

EASTER SERVICE – Thursday 2 April
The Easter Service will be for the children only, and will take place on Thursday 2 April at St Michael’s Church.

THEMED EASTER LUNCH – Thursday 2 April
SCC Catering are planning an Easter themed lunch for Thursday 2 April, look out for the menus in the classrooms.

THE LAST DAY OF TERM IS FRIDAY 3 APRIL AND THE CHILDREN RETURN ON TUESDAY 21 APRIL. HAVE A HAPPY EASTER!

Story Plans using ICT

In literacy (Year 5) we have been using an ICT program called '2 Connect' to help plan stories. It is very useful because you can move things around, add new ideas, make links, insert notes, colour codes and images.
You can then run through your story plan as a presentation.
We also used another piece of software to record our story presentation as a media file.
You can see some examples below of the children's work

Aldeburgh Art Competition

On the 13th of march till the 15th of march their was the young art east anglia competition which was held in the Peter pears gallery aldeburgh where hundreds of pictures drawn by children of all ages, and they came from all different schools, were hung on the walls of the well known art gallery .
Their were 4 children from our school were either in highly commended or were hung on the walls .
There were many people crowded into the art gallery for the prize giving at 11 o'clock, it included many teachers from schools all around suffolk along with the prize winners themselves also the judge of the pictures, Karen Downing who also awarded all of the prize winners!!!!
We all had a great time, going up and collecting our certificates and prizes, lots of people were taking photos it was a lovely time, for coming second in the year 5/6 category my prize was a fantastic set of 24 oil pastels.
what a fantastic experience.


Report by Jessica Class GM

Comic Relief Fund Raisers

Grace, Miriam, Georgie and Molly selling 'something yummy for money' for Comic Relief at Framlingham College Pool - to families of children having swimming lessons.
They raised £123.50.

Swimming Champion

One of our girls: Josie from Class GM has just become a multiple Suffolk swimming champion.

She was the winner of 3 different events: butterfly, freestyle and medley. Her trophy was for the overall best swimmer.

Josie trains very hard at St. Felix swimming club near Southwold.

See County Swimming Website

Mothers Day Service

Our Foundation classes held a Mothers Day Service at St. Michael's Church.

Whole School Letter (28)

CONFUSION OVER ‘MOTHER’S DAY LUNCH’
We are sorry that the lunch planned by Suffolk County Catering for this Thursday titled ‘Mother’s Day Lunch’ has understandably caused confusion! This lunch is just for the children. We are planning to run some ‘Bring your Parents to Lunch’ days later in the summer term.

SUFFOLK COUNTY CATERING
The kitchen team would like us to advise parents that the chips served on a Friday are not salted nor are they spicy, they are made from just potatoes and vegetable oil.

FASHION SHOW - MODELS
The Friends would like to remind all the budding catwalk models out there that the slip for you to take part in the Fashion Show needs to be returned to the office by Thursday 26 March. Any offers of parents to help with the dressing of the models would be appreciated.

AFTER SCHOOL SWIMMING
The Friends have had a disappointing response to the request for any volunteers to undergo shallow water training in order to supervise the after school swimming sessions in June/July. They have only had 2 parents volunteer – unless there are more parents willing to be trained they will not be able to run the after school swimming this year. If you feel you can do this, please fill in a form from the office.

Sports Teams in Action at Debenham

After school on Friday we filled a coach with 2 Netball Teams and 3 Football Teams for a set of matches against Debenham Primary School.
Both Netball teams won their matches.


















The Year 4 Football Team team won 8-0 with Adam scoring 4.































Our A team lost 3-0 to a talented Debenham team. The scoreline hardly reflected the play though. Framlingham played well and had plenty of goal scoring chances. The difference between the sides was in the quality of the finishing.
Our B Team had a more comfortable 4-0 win.

WHOLE SCHOOL LETTER (27)

ACADEMIC YEAR DATES FOR 2009/2010
Please find below the academic year for 2009/2010 which includes the 2 confirmed non-pupil days.

AUTUMN TERM
Wednesday 2 September 2009 – Non Pupil Day
Thursday 3 September 2009 – Start of Term
Friday 9 October 2009 – Non Pupil Day
Half Term w/c 26 October 2009
Friday 18 December 2009 – End of Term

SPRING TERM
Monday 4 January 2010 – Non Pupil Day
Tuesday 5 January 2010 – Start of Term
Half Term w/c 15 February 2010
Thursday 1 April 2010 – End of Term

SUMMER TERM
Monday 19 April 2010 – Non Pupil Day
Tuesday 20 April 2010 – Start of Term
Bank Holiday Monday – 3 May 2010
Half Term w/c 31 May 2010
Friday 25 June 2010 – Non Pupil Day
Thursday 22 July 2010 – End of Term

BOOK FAIR COMMISSION
Thank you to all of you who purchased books from the book fair, we have made £377 in commission, giving each teacher £29 worth of new books for the classes.

PARENT’S COMPUTER STATION
We have set up a computer on a free standing desk in the computer suite near the hall. This computer is for parents to come and use. There will be a timetable beside the computer on which parents can book a slot of either 30 or 60 minutes. The computer will have access to the Internet and be linked to a printer. There will be no charge for using the computer, we only ask that you pay for any printing that you do. The computer will be available from 8.30am until 4.00pm Mondays to Fridays in term time. Parents who wish to use this service should please ask at the office for a copy of the ‘Acceptable Use of ICT and Mobile Phones Policy’

TABLE TENNIS TABLE FOR SALEWe have a fold-up full size Table Tennis table that we are offering for sale to any family who may be interested for a donation to the school. Please speak to the office.

FRIENDS EASTER DISCO – Friday 27 March
Don’t forget to get your applications in as this event was a sell out at Christmas. Parent helpers will be needed for the Key Stage 2 Disco, so if you are able to volunteer please let the Friends know.

READING HELPERS
We could really do with more parent helpers to read in class NS (year 3 and 4). If you are able to offer help, please speak to Mrs Bell or Mrs Skevington to arrange a suitable time. The office can supply you with a volunteer form if you are not already checked on our list 99. Thank you.

HEAD LICE
Please may I remind parents to check their children’s hair regularly for head lice and eggs, and take appropriate action. As lice and eggs can be difficult to spot it helps to use an inexpensive head lice comb (available from the chemist). If evidence of lice is found we would ask that the child is kept at home until treatment has taken place.

Forthcoming Friends Events

After the sucessful Barn Dance - please take note of the next two Friends activities:

The Year 2 Knitting Club (held on Mondays after school) have been making scarves for their soft toys. Each scarf is in many colours and some have fringes.
The childrn are also making knitted squares for a blanket.

Barn Dance Was Great Fun

A very enjoyable fund raising evening was had by 140 people.

Thomas Mills High School kindly allowed us to use their dining hall for the event. Thanks must go to the band of musicians and all of the organisers on the Friends Association.

New Trim Trail Being Used

This week each class has had the chance to test out the new trim trail in their PE lessons.
Below you can see a video of Class CA having a great time.

Daffodil Competition

Before Christmas we started a sponsored event in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Charity.
This week a number of children have been bringing in their daffodils.
Mrs Elphick will be judging the entries soon.

It was great to see so many beautiful Spring flowers.
Whilst taking photographs I noticed a bee visiting one of the flowers - Spring is definitely coming!

Class JC Make Their Own Dolls

First we talked about how we look from the front and back.

We looked at dolls and how their eyes were made.

Next we drew a plan of how we want our doll to look like.

We drew a front and back view.

Then we drew round a template twice and cut them out.

One piece is for the front and the other for the back of the doll.

We put our own colourful clothes on our own doll.

You can watch a film below of everybody's doll in Class JC.

FRIENDS AFTER SCHOOL SWIMMING

The Friends have been given the opportunity to give 7 parents shallow water training at the school on 13/14 May. It is hoped that if we get 7 volunteers to do this then we will be able to organise the after school swimming sessions for the summer term, which will run from 22nd June 2009 for four weeks. Without a team of properly trained adults we will not be able to offer this opportunity for the children.

We would like to make them fun and available to the whole school. Please note:

• Sessions will hopefully run from 3.15pm to 4.15pm, every Monday to Friday for 4 weeks starting 22nd June 2009 if we have enough volunteers.

• We require 1 parent who is shallow water/life saver trained and one other adult helper for each session.

• We would like to run a rota system so that we are not relying on just a few parents.

• Some parents are already trained and we are hoping they will help as in previous years, but we need extra helpers or the sessions will not be able go ahead.

• We have an opportunity to train a further seven people to hold a shallow water training certificate valid for two years. This is a valuable life skill which can add great value to other water related interests or careers such as childminding.

We are fortunate that the school has places available this year on 13th or 14th May 3.30pm-5.30pm to train some additional people at no costs to the Friends. If we can find some willing volunteers this means swimming can continue for hopefully another 2 years.

If your children had fun last year or would enjoy some fun this year, splashing around, gaining confidence and skills, please help to make it fun again by offering your help.

Please return the attached slip to your the office by Friday 13th March, thank you.


Friends Summer Swimming

Child’s Name: __________________________________________ Class: _____________

Parent’s Name __________________________________________ Tel No: ____________

1. I would like to attend the shallow water training session on 13th May Yes / No
or 14th May Yes / No

2. I am trained and can offer help each week on:
Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri (please circle day or days)
or: I can offer help on:______________________________________________(please give specific dates)
Please give shallow water or lifesaving qualification details_______________________________________

4. I am not water trained but am willing to help each week on:
Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri (please circle day or days)
or: I can offer help on:__________________________________________(please give specific dates)

Thanks so much!

WHOLE SCHOOL LETTER (26)

TRIM TRAIL
As many of you will have seen, the Trim Trail has been installed in the playground and it looks fantastic. I would like take this opportunity to thank the Friends for their hard work over the last few years in raising the funds for this equipment and for the work involved with the supplier in the planning, ordering and installation of it.
The equipment will be ready to use on Monday and we will set up a rota by which every class has a regular opportunity to play on the equipment at break and lunch time.
IMPORTANT: the equipment is NOT INSURED for use by children under school age or out of school hours, so we must stress that you do not allow children to play on the equipment before or after school.

MARIE CURIE DAFFODIL DISPLAY
A number of the children have told us that their daffodils are starting to flower – they must have much greener fingers than the teachers as ours are not yet ready to bloom!. On Friday 6 March, if your flower is blooming, please bring it into school for a display and we will judge some winning blooms – don’t forget you can decorate the pot too. MAKE SURE YOUR POT IS CLEARLY NAMED. Please place them on the steps in the lunch courtyard beside the hall (- but ensure access is kept clear for the fire escape up to the gate).
For those whose flowers are not yet ready bring them in on Friday 20 March for a second display.
Children should only bring their daffodil to one of these occasions.

SHARE OUR WORK – WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 3.15pm to 4.00pm
The ‘Share our Work’ sessions have proved popular over the last couple of years. We would like to invite parents into the classrooms at the end of the school day where their children will show them their trays and discuss their work with you. The teachers will be available for general help and advice but it is not intended that this be an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with their teacher in detail. If you wish to make an appointment for another time, please speak with the teacher. If you have more than one child in the school, you may wish to visit each class with the other siblings so that you can enjoy looking at each other’s tray together. The Nursery children will not be taking part in this.
We look forward to seeing you at this event, which we think will be most enjoyable.
Could we ask bus parents to please make it quite clear to their children if they are to travel home on the bus or not on this day? There will be no Maypole or Holy Horrors on this day.

SUMMER DRESSES AND OTHER UNIFORM
We have some girls’ excellent quality second hand school summer dresses for sale in all sizes. They will be available outside the School Office on Wednesday 11 March (Share our Work Day) until Friday 13 March. They can be purchased for a donation to the school. We will gladly receive any dresses that are found to be too small this year – come and do a swap! Other uniform is also available.

MOTHER’S DAY SERVICE – THURSDAY 19 AND FRIDAY 20 MARCH
On Thursday 19 March at 1.30-2.30pm we are holding a Mother’s Day Service at St Michael’s for KS1 (JC, LC, EM) and then on Friday 20 March at 9.30-10.30am there will be one for Nursery (KS) and Reception (CH).
Parents are welcome to attend these events at the Church where they will be invited to sit with their child and join in with the activities. There will be a limit of 2 adults per child.

SCHOOL CAR PARK
Please can all parents note that they cannot park in the staff car park at anytime during the school day, this includes those parents collecting from Nursery/Lunch club. The back playground can be used after 4pm as a car park when collecting children from after-school clubs.

FLORA COOKING FOR SCHOOLS
Many thanks to those of you who had registered your tokens on the Flora website. We are pleased to inform you that through this scheme we have been able to order some cooking equipment including a number of chopping boards. The scheme starts again on 2 March so please continue to register your tokens, or bring into the office if you are unable to register them online yourself. Thank you.

Countdown to Year 6 Camp

The build up to the annual camp at Whitwell starts here. See the countdown on the right.

Whitwell is in North Norfolk. Follow the link below to can see a website for the
Whitwell Hall Country Centre.

School Chess Team in Action

Our chess team played a match against Debenham Primary on Friday after school. Each player had to play several games. Our team (who have been practising regularly with Mr Byer at lunchtimes) proved too strong for the opposition and won by 12 points to 3.

Trim Trail is Finished

Our new playground 'Trim Trail' has now had its rubber base created. The children will get a chance to have a go on the new facility during this week. A playtime / lunchtime rota will be drawn up so that each class will get their turn to use the trail safely.

WHOLE SCHOOL LETTER 25

CHARITY COLLECTION
We are pleased to let you know that the collection at the upper KS2 production raised £424, which we will be sharing between our link school Mzila in Africa and EACH (East Anglian Children’s Hospice)

DVD & PHOTO STILLS FROM ‘ANDROCLES AND THE LION’
We now have a DVD of the whole show and also a CD with 200 still photos – see the display board by the office. Mr Brook has very kindly offered to copy these for families - the DVD will be priced at £5 and the photo CD at £3, any profits after costs will go to the Friends. Please complete the slip overleaf if you wish to order, making cheques payable to the Friends of Sir Robert Hitcham’s Primary School (FSRHPS).

RED NOSE DAY – FRIDAY 13 MARCH
As in previous years we are supporting Red Nose Day with the sale of Red Noses. We hope they will be on sale from Monday 2 March until Thursday 12 March – please note we will not have any for sale on the actual day. Noses cost £1 each, once your child has purchased one, we ask that they take it home to keep it safe and only bring it back in on Red Nose Day. Normal school uniform is to be worn.

SCHOOL BOOK FAIR – MONDAY 9 – WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH
The Travelling Book Company is visiting the school and will be in the spare Reception Classroom on:
Monday 9 March 11.30am Nursery
Monday 9 March 3.15pm Whole School
Tuesday 10 March 3.15pm Whole School
Wednesday 11 March 3.15pm Whole School
The children will have an opportunity to visit/buy books during school time with their class.
There will be books available for children of all ages and abilities, and a leaflet is enclosed giving an indication of titles available. If you are unable to visit at opening times but would like to purchase a book, please complete the order form on the leaflet OR use the form overleaf.
Payment must be sent in with the order and all cheques should be made payable to ‘Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham’s CEVAP School’, with your child’s name and class on the reverse.
All purchases made by you will help the school obtain more books for our library and classrooms.

WORLD BOOK DAY BOOK TOKENS
World Book Day Ltd has issued £1.00 book tokens to each child in the school. They can be redeemed at any bookshop participating in the promotion and are valid from Monday 2 March to Sunday 29 March 2009 and are enclosed with this letter. They can also be used as part purchase for a book worth £2 or more from the Travelling Book Company, or as part purchase for a book from the Scholastic leaflet to be issued to Key Stage 2 children with this letter.

TESCO VOUCHERS FOR SCHOOLS
Tesco are again running their campaign for schools, to provide computers and/or sports equipment. The vouchers will be available from stores from 2 March until 7 June for every £10 spent. The box for collecting these will be outside the school office.

BARN DANCE REMINDER
The Friends have asked us to remind you that the Barn Dance is taking place on Saturday 7 March in the Dining Hall at Thomas Mills High School. The event last year was well supported by many families who had a great evening. Tickets are still available and can be ordered via the office (£10 for a family ticket, or £4 adult and £2 child)

MID YEAR REPORTS
These are being sent home today for years 1 – 6, please note there are no mid-year reports for Nursery or Reception children.

CAR SEATS FOR SALE
We have a few booster seats (virtually unused) that we are offering for sale at £5 each. (We purchased them when the new car seat regulations came into force for transporting pupils to/from events, but have found they are not needed).

GRANT FOR PCs
In April, a new project is being launched called the ‘Home Access Project’, a Government initiative built on the understanding that pupils at both Primary and Secondary level can benefit from having access to a computer at home. The aims are: increased attainment of pupils; pupils engaged in formal and informal learning; increased parental engagement with schools/colleges; increased awareness of economic and social benefits of ICT access at home.
Those who cannot afford the equipment may be eligible for a grant. Eligible groups are low income families, who are in receipt of one of the following: Income Support; Income based Jobseekers Allowance; Child Tax Credit (NOT Working Tax Credit) and on a low income; Guaranteed element of state Pension Credit; Employment Support Allowance (Income Related); Free School Meals.
Look out for further information over the coming months.

FRIENDS OF SIR ROBERT HITCHAM’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
ANDROCLES & THE LION DVD/CD ORDERName _____________________________ Class ______________
Would like _____ CD (200 photos) @ £3.00
_____ DVD @ £5.00
I enclose £ __________ (Cheques payable to FSRHPS)
Signed ___________________________ Date _______________

FRAMLINGHAM SIR ROBERT HITCHAM’S CEVAP SCHOOL BOOK FAIR
Name ___________________________ Class ______________
has brought £ _______________ to spend at the Book Fair
OR would like to buy the book/s entitled ________________________________
and enclose £ ______________
Signed __________________________ Date _______________

In Year 6 Science we have been looking at Earth and Space. There are some brilliant websites that show images of the Earth from space.

The Earth has lots of satellites in orbit around it. Click on the picture below to see live images of the Earth in light or shadow.

Click here or on the picture below to go to detailed satellite images of the Earth from Google. You can zoom in on your own town or house.

Follow this LINK to a range of Earth and Space Activities

Also have a go at the BBC Bitesize Interactive Quiz

Trim Trail is started

Excitement has been building on the back playground today as workmen have been building our 'TRIM TRAIL'.
The Friends Association have raised £10,000 to pay for this fantastic equipment.
The men have been concreting in the pieces of the trail. This will be followed late this week by a new team of men installing a rubber base around all the equipment.