Drum-tastic
On Wednesday members of Scafell and Skiddaw joined together to create a musical piece using drums and percussion. We performed this piece in Good Work Assembly for the rest of the school.
Scafell
Looking at O.S. Maps
For the past two weeks, Scafell class have been looking at OS maps of areas around Levens and comparing them to Edinburgh. Yesterday we looked at the similarities and differences of the two places e.g. Edinburgh is urban and is a city, whilst Levens is rural and a village. We found out Edinburgh has its own docks, which makes it a costal city. We also found different symbols on the map and what they meant. We worked together in groups..
By Luna and Alice
Ellery Cross Country – Wednesday 15th March
What a splendid sunny spring day we enjoyed at Elleray this week.
Our Team joined 360 other competitors to ‘take on’ the annual Elleray Challenge, a true test to stamina, determination and grit!
After attending the weekly running club in school, our pupils were most certainly up to the task, all finishing in the top half of their fields and astounding staff and parents with their stoical attitude over a hilly course and a 2K distance. Everyone performed above expectations without exception and as a result received a super medal and the Elleray famous refreshments of burgers and chocolate.
Well done to all, bring on the new running season 17/18 we say!
Is there a future for our zoos?
Following our visit to Edinburgh Zoo, Scafell Class set out to find out what happens behind the scenes in our zoos. They researched online, looked at reports by animal welfare organisations and asked their friends and family about their opinions on zoos. Then the news was released about animal cruelty at a local Cumbrian zoo. Scafell decided to debate whether they thought all British zoos should close. Oliver and George took it in turns to be Mr Speaker and we started our debate with speeches from both sides of the house. The debate was passionate and forceful! To close we conducted a secret ballot with votes in favour of phasing out zoos in the UK by a majority of 18 to 7. Well done everyone in Scafell – your speaking and listening skills were outstanding!
Since then, we have used all our experiences and research to write a persuasive speech on zoos. Clearly the children felt very passionate about this subject as their writing is very powerful.
South Lakes Pupil Parliament
This week we went to a meeting of the South Lakes Pupil Parliament to discuss road safety issues in our communities.
We gave a presentation on the 20’s Plenty Campaign in front of lots of other schools. It was a bit scary but we have learnt not to be shy, to share our ideas and the benefit of being well prepared! We also met a local representative from the national youth council who was only about fifteen years old and represents young people from Cumbria in Parliament.
Lunch was delicious – we had sticky toffee pudding!
by Alfie, Holly, Oliver and Rosie (Levens School Pupil Parliamentarians)
Fairtrade Fortnight
Eco Team helped Levens CE School support Fairtrade Fortnight by running a stall selling lots of Fairtrade goods today. There was a massive range of products from chocolate and sugar, bracelets and cutlery – something for everyone’s budget! Thank you to everyone for contributing to our success as we raised £140.40.
Fairtrade goods are ones where the farmers and producers are guaranteed to get a fair price for their products. Look out for the Fairtrade symbol on products in the shops.
What a lovely way to end the week!
The chatter coming from Bowfell classroom this afternoon was surprisingly calm and relaxed! This was down to the lovely reading happening, in pairs, with children from Scafell class. They all cosied up in a space, chose a book and enjoyed the simple pleasure of sharing a story. Bliss!
Dallam Primary Cup Challenge Hockey
Wow! What a fantastic performance at the Dallam Hockey Tournament. Fourteen teams entered and we achieved an impressive 2nd place. Brilliant reverse stick play along with great defence and attack meant we only conceded one goal. Our players were all amazing and had real team spirit of which they should be extremely proud.
Levens School is currently in 1st place for the Challenge Cup. Just one more round left – Kwik Cricket – so let’s get practising.
Well done!
Year 5 Bikeability
Last week, all our year 5 pupils enjoyed their training in how to be a safe and responsible cyclist on our rural roads. Lots of tricky decision making as well as consistent awareness of other road users. Well done everyone!
Spinners
Another practical science lesson to investigate air resistance. Pupils made spinners with different sized wings to see which would fall the slowest. Scafell class concluded that the spinners with the largest wings fell the slowest because the surface area was larger creating greater air resistance.
