Trapeze at Robin Wood
Children faced their fear and leapt into the air on the Trapeze.
Paddling Around at Robin Wood
More Raft Building at Robin Wood
Raft building at Robin Wood
Build a raft. Test it. Race it. Launch yourself off it.
Pizza Time! Year 6 treat
We’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to FoSP (Friends of Scholes Primary) for providing our year 6 children with a treat to remember.
Year 6 students have worked hard all year to prepare for their end of key stage assessments. Last week, they showed just how resilient and ready they were to take the tests. They met each one with a smile and steely determination to give it their all.
Living and learning: I know the importance of 60 active minutes
This week we were very lucky to try our hand at Heely’s. If you’ve never heard of them, they are shoes with wheels! The workshop allowed the children to try an new sport and this linked brilliantly with our living and learning statement for this week about being active for 60 minutes a day.
The first big challenge was putting the shoes on and attempting to get the knee and elbow pads on! Once we were kitted out, we were taught how to position our bodies to get the Heely’s to move smoothly. This was harder than it looked. The adults even had a go although I’m not sure we should’ve done! By the end of the session, we were all feeling a lot more confident – there were still a few people wobbling about though!
Walk to School Week
Next week is ‘Walk to School Week!’
Can you support us and our local community by leaving your car at home? We are setting the children the challenge of walking to school for 5 days. In class, they will sign a pledge and collect stickers over the week for each day they walk. Each child will receive an activity book with fun tasks to complete at school too. If you live far away and need to travel by car, try leaving your car at St Phillips church in Scholes or at The Buffers pub and walk the rest of the way.
Good luck – get walking!
Geography: What is a rainforest?
We have been exploring the Amazon Rainforest this week. The children have a secure understanding of the location and climate of this region now. They studied the four different layers of the forest and how this offers up a huge variety of plant and animal species. Discussions took place about how the rainforest is different to the forests we have in the UK. Earlier in the week, the children researched the Dalby Forest and understood its location and uses. These are two very contrasting locations.
Help at home: Can your child remember the name of the four layers of the rainforest? Can they describe the vegetation and animals that exist within each layer?
Science: reversible changes
In Science, year 5/6 have been learning about reversible changes.
We discussed how we could separate salt from water after making a salt water solution.
The children agreed that through evaporation we should be able to extract the salt. We decided to observe our experiment over a series of days. The picture shows what happened to the salt water solution over three days.
Help at home: discuss other reversible/ irreversible changes. Plan some of your own experiments to check whether a change is reversible or irreversible.
Scholes in Bloom flower bed competition winner
Larraine came in to our assembly in school on Monday this week. She announced the winner of the competition. It was chosen because of the eye-catching design featuring lovely bright coloured stripes and a love heart. The winning design will be made using flowers in the bed outside the school on Morwick Grove.
Well done to the runners up too.
