Scafell

Children in Need 2017

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School Council organised a cracking day for us to help raise money for a very worthwhile cause. We dressed in non-uniform and wore lots of Pudsey Bear yellow for the day. A bring and buy, toys and book stall was held in the afternoon and altogether we raised a wonderful £135.55! After learning more about the real life stories behind the young Rickshaw riders, we watched the filmed footage from Tuesday on the One Show. We saw ourselves, cheering Liv on, flash onto the screen! In true democratic style, we took a vote and chose to pledge our money towards the Rickshaw Challenge total part of Children in Need.

Well done and thank you everyone!

Anti-Bullying Week

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This week is National Anti-bullying Week and the school have been thinking about how we can be kinder to each other. The whole school are in the process of signing a pledge: to make everyone here, feel valued, respected and part of our school community, today and everyday.

Today some of our junior pupils came together to work with Miss Dawson. Firstly, we watched a video about one girl’s experience of bullying, and how it made her feel. You can watch it here at:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34857817

We then used toothpaste as a symbol to demonstrate how once our negative words have been said we cannot ‘put them back’ again. Some of the children made an attempt at this, resulting in some sticky but minty-fresh smelling hands!

Finally, we created our own fantastic anti-bullying posters. Please take a look!

Good work Scafell and Skiddaw!

Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge

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The whole school was outside this morning clapping, singing and shouting our support to the brave young people taking part in the Rickshaw Challenge.  Well done everyone and keep going.  Levens School is cheering you all the way to Glasgow!

 

We Will Remember

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This morning we walked down to church for our Remembrance Service outside St John’s Church.

Members of Scafell class read a famous poem – In Flanders Fields, members of Skiddaw class read a prayer they had all written and Bowfell class laid poppies they had all made on the memorial.

We sang a song about remembering and observed our two minutes silence.

We were led by Pam and joined by Governors, staff and family members. Thank you to everyone – we showed our great respect and thoughtfulness for others.

Meet our 2017 Eco Team!

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At lunchtime today, Eco Team had their very first official meeting with Miss Dawson. It was very productive and the team have thought up lots of fantastic ideas to encourage the school and the community to care for the environment. Just a few ideas discussed include: creating an Eco Code, organising a litter pick, creating posters to display around school (saving electricity, looking after plants, not littering), an Eco Book and even adopting an endangered animal such as a Red Squirrel.

We will be meeting again next week to make a start on these ideas! We will keep you posted with our exciting news.

Disco Fever!

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What a fun filled Friday evening we all had dancing and playing games, with grateful thanks to the wonderful Paul Jones. School Council organised a super time for us all and took on the responsibility of running music bumps and musical statues as well as organising the refreshments too.  Thank you to everyone who supported us!

Our Pupil Parliament Trip

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On Friday the 13th  of October – unlucky for some, but not for us! – Olly, Rosie, Finn and Mille left at 9am to go to Pupil Parliament, at the Netherwood Hotel in Grange. We all set off really excited about the day ahead of us, preparing to meet John Bercow (the speaker in the Houses of Parliament). When we arrived, we started off with a welcoming speech from David Bone. Then we did some fun ice-breakers to get to know other schools. After the ice-breakers, we headed for a well-deserved break. Later on, after break, we had time to ask John Bercow questions about his life and his job. Then we had a delicious lunch of pizza and chip!

Finally, we had an amazing debate on whether or not ordinary people can save our seas from plastic pollution, or should the government step in some more? Did you know, by 2050 there will be more plastic in our seas than there are fish? Shocking isn’t it? Take a look at our photos and the poster we created and have a think about how we can make a difference.

by Olly and Rosie

Dallam Netball Tournament

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On Wednesday the 18th of October, the Year 5 and 6 Netball Team went with Mrs Craggs to the Dallam Netball Tournament. We all really enjoyed the day, and the scores were:

First match- St. Patricks (we won 2-0).

Second match – Arnside (we won 2-1).

Third match – Milnthorpe A team  (they won 5-0).

We all had a great time, and want to say thank you Mrs Craggs for training us and for driving some of us to the tournament. Also, thank you Mrs Stewart and Mrs Brownlie for helping.

(By TW,  DD)

Ancient Egyptian Embalmers

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This term we are learning about the Ancient Egyptians, and it has taken 7 weeks before Miss Dawson finally taught us what we wanted to learn the most – how Ancient Egyptians mummified people to prepare them for the afterlife. Today Scafell became emabalmers!

First, we learnt what happened at each stage of the mummification process. We then worked together to mummify our own Pharaoh (banana!) To begin, we made a slit in the banana’s abdomen, pulled out its brain through its nose, took out its lungs, liver, stomach and intestines (which we put into canopic jars) before rubbing it with salt to dry the skin. We then oiled the body to moisturise it; and even gave it a massage – which strangely enough is what the Egyptians did back then! Finally, we wrapped the body up using bandages (toilet roll!)

We gave our mummies their death masks and even created Sarcophagus’ for them. Miss Dawson was impressed with our one-handed embalmer (OW!) Scafell really enjoyed the afternoon and learn a lot. I’m not sure the smell of mushed up banana will leave the classroom anytime soon!