Scafell

Remembrance

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At 11 o’clock, on the 11th day of the 11th month, we joined with people all over the world in our Service of Remembrance.

This is what the children had to say about it:

“We were thinking about soldiers who died in the war. They gave away a life for another.”

“My Grandad was in World War II. He didn’t die.”

“They fought for us to have freedom.”

“We had to stand respectfully and peacefully.”

“They sacrificed their lives so that we could have a better life.”

“The poppies are the blood of the people, the soul of the person and were on the battlefield.”

Learning about the Circulatory System

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After watching a video and powerpoint explaining this system; Scafell acted out the flow of blood through the heart, body and lungs.

One child (carrier) set off first, circulating the body carrying a piece of card, red on one side and blue on the other, representing oxygen-rich and deoxygenated blood.  They travelled from the heart to the body, where the oxygen was used and the card was turned to blue.  Next, they travelled back to the heart where they were pumped to the lungs to receive more oxygen and turned the card back to red.  From the lungs, they travelled back to the heart and then back to the body, completing the cycle.  Gradually more carriers were added until we had a complete blood cycle moving continuously; just like the blood in our bodies.  Sounds complicated doesn’t it, but this practical acitivity helped us to get to grips with it, as well as being enormous fun!

Next lesson will be following up our practical work by labelling the different sections of the heart and explaining the flow of bood in our own writing.

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Pupil Parliament

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4 pupils from Scafell Class represented the School at the Netherwood Hotel on 4th November at the South Lakes Pupil Parliament.

17  local primary schools were in attendance, learning about democracy, the parliament system and how to ‘have a voice’.

Our children presented their school research project, on improving the school dining experience, to Holme School and were able to give advice to Holme pupils on how to improve their playtimes.

The Pupil Parliament voted for a whole area project and decided that they will be looking at Road Safety as an area to address throughout all participating schools, exciting times!

Our group now have further research and work to do amongst Levens pupils, before they return to the Parliament in the spring term, to develop the joint project.

Amazing Mazes

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After listening to the rather gruesome Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, we set to work on creating mazes of all kinds. Some of us wanted to create them in lego, others in boxes, some of paper or on a computer. Others wanted to be able to crawl inside their maze themselves!

Take a look here are some of our creations…

 

Joseph At QKS

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Last week, our Year 6 pupils enjoyed ‘Musical in a Day’ at QKS.  They worked together and collaborated well with other local primary schools to jointly retell the story of Joseph through music, drama and dance.  We also learnt how to fit a biblical tea-towel correctly.  The children wowed their audience at the end of the afternoon.  Well done everyone!

‘QKS was really exciting; we all enjoyed it.  During the day, we sang, danced and acted.  At the end of our day we performed our musical for our parents combining the three skills together.’   by Kacper.

Jonah – A Fishy Tale

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We finished our summer term in style with a junior performance of Jonah – A Fishy Tale. Acting and singing with gusto, telling the tale of Jonah and the Whale. Thanks to Aggie for the photos.