Year 6 have had a great start to their week at Kingswood. The coach journey was long and loud and the children were ready to stretch their legs and explore as soon as they got off. We have met our group leader: Harry, who, full of enthusiasm, led the group around the site for a quick tour before a delicious dinner.
After dinner, the children carried out their first activity: Nightline. Forming a single file line, the children were blindfolded and led around a tricky obstacle course in the forest while the staff got their own back (in advance for the lack of sleep) by making them jump as they went. There was a lot of mud and a lot of excitable screaming!
Next, the quiz. In groups of 4, the children completed a general knowledge quiz (which I'm relieved to say the staff team won!). Coming a close second were Harry, Liam, George and Cory. Well done boys!
The children slept well throughout the night (mostly) and are now beginning today's activities. They will be zip wiring, climbing Jacob's ladder and visiting the coast today.
They are all safe, well and very happy. Enjoy the photos!
Mrs Sparrow
Year 6 just LOVE reading! We can't get them to put their books down (although we're not complaining!). They have been desperate for another Drop Everything And Read session. Take a look at some of the photos to see where in the classroom they enjoy reading the most!
This half term Year 6 are learning about the circulation system. We started by exploring the components that make up our blood. The children concocted blood smoothies using strawberries, marshmallows, sprinkles and fruit juice.
The strawberries represent the red blood cells.
The marshmallows represent the white blood cells.
The sprinkles represent the platelets.
The fruit juices represents the plasma.
See if your child can remember the function of each component!
The children (and staff) had great fun this Science Week. The experiments carried out at home, and bought in to share with the class, have been fantastic and we have thoroughly enjoyed being educated and entertained all in one! Year 6 also carried out an experiment to test reaction speeds, and visited Barnwell School for a taster Biology, Physics and Chemistry lesson.
The week before half term, some of our Year 6 children went Dragon Boating! It was a great day filled with lots of water based activities as well as some time relaxing in the sun!
During art week, Year 6 looked closely at Monet's Water lilies painting and after practising their drawing techniques, designed their own lily themed piece of art work and used water colours to add colour using a watery effect. Have a look at just some of their amazing art work.
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This week, Year 6 visited Thomas Alleyne to take part in a Holocaust Memorial Day workshop. They worked in groups on taks to help them understand what it would have been like to live during the war, as well as reading about the lives of significnt individuals who have overcome unfair persecution. They listened respetfully to the story of Anne Frank and many children are now keen to read her diary.
The children are now busy completing their last activity here at Kingswood.
After an action packed day yesterday, with many children showing lots of resilience and determination, we put on our dancing shoes and hit the dance floor! Miss Thomas and Mrs Thomas even showed the Kingswood instructors how to do the dance for Saturday Night properly!!!
This morning, we had an extra treat and had some birthday cake to celebrate Hayden and Isabelle's birthday. We have been shelter building and some of us have braved the zip wire. Special mentions to Evan for climbing to the top and facing his fear of heights and Dylan and Cameron who were very unsure but ended up zipping down the zip wire!
We are looking forward to one last lunch before getting onto the coach- where the teachers are hoping the children (and themselves) can get a bit of sleep! We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Year 6 all visited the beach today and after a brisk walk down to the coatline, they happily explored the rockpools.
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