Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Outdoor Adventurous Activities - Little Canada - 2012

Year 6 had a fantastic time at Little Canada. We took part in some VERY adventurous activities and showed many of the Olympic and Paralympic values, such as courage, determination, friendship and respect. We were very proud of all the children and celebrated those who faced difficult challenges and who were working in the green. Everyone over the week showed real strength of character.

Our first challenge was getting there! Despite the many ferry delays due to technical problems and a long time sat in traffic on a very hot coach we finally boarded the ferry. as you can see the crossing was fairly blustery!




 
Our first two activities were climbing and the trapeze. The trapeze was the most scary of all the activities due to the narrowness of the pole and the extreme height. To top it off, at the top you had to stand up and make a 'leap of faith' to catch the trapeze bar. Needless to say, Mrs Houlston and Mrs Dolman decided to supervise this activity from the ground. 





 All looking  a little apprehensive! 



Go Fin!






A fantastic climb by Georgia who fought back the tears and with shear determination (and lots of courage) made her way to the top.



Some excellent teamwork to get all three people to the top of Jacob's ladder. 





Here goes the fastest climber of the group, aka 'tree monkey'.





Well done. Kie was determined (with lots of encouragement from Mrs Houlston and Mrs Dolman) to climb to the top of the ladder. He succeeded.












Some blurring eyed boys finally arrive for breakfast after a VERY late night!


And then it was time for water sports......



Anyone for archery?





What better to do with your spare time than to play football?




 The exhausted disco goers make their way to bed.







Thursday, June 28, 2012

PSHCE - Olympic Values - 2012

The values that are attributed to the Olympic and Paralympic Games can also be seen in people in their everyday lives.



Saturday, June 16, 2012

Olympics - Persuasive Letters - 2012

Here are some of our letters to persuade celebrities to send resources for our Olympics Values display. Listen out for formal language, emotive language, strong adjectives and rhetorical questions.








Art - British Artist - 2012

This week in International Arts Week we have been looking at the work of David Atkins who is famous for cityscapes and landscapes. We went into Blandford town centre to look at the buildings and take photographs and make sketches. We are using these ideas to create a townscape in the style of David Atkins. 














Look out for our art work. It will be posted shortly....