Our popular Break Out Days are a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn new skills and take part in other activities in and outside of school; these can include nature walks, cooking, crafts, sport competitions and much more! They are an important part of our curriculum and help to enrich learning further.
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‘Donate A Morning’ Break Out
We had a brilliant morning with experts from various local groups and charities being welcomed into the school.
The idea of this morning was for the children and adults in our school to donate time to our local community.
Thank you to everyone involved, to families who donated items, volunteers who helped, staff who were so enthusiastic, but most importantly, to our amazing children who worked incredibly hard during Donate a Morning for the greater good.
We have spoken to the children about being ‘agents of change for the community’ and they certainly lived up to it, making us all very proud.
I hope you and your child felt that the time spent on building their personal development was worthwhile for them as citizens. We certainly did.
STEM Break Out
‘Life Skills’ Break Out
What an exciting morning it was!
It was brilliant to have so many local organisations help support our Life Skills morning. These included Cats Protection, Natwest and Little Life Savers to name but a few. The activities organised were designed to equip our children with skills that they will need later in life. These included:
- CPR training
- Money management
- DIY – building bird boxes
- Animal care
- Cooking
Some of our KS2 went to Chailey Secondary school to take part in money management and modern foreign languages lessons.
Dolphins Santa Relay Race December 2020
Golden Hinde Trip
We had a fantastic day when we travelled back in time to 1577 and lived the life of a Tudor sailor on board the Golden Hinde.
Look out for our Tudor exploration learning and writing, including life on board a Tudor Galleon in our English books.
Science Week – Our Diverse Planet
We arrived at school to discover that Mr Barnes’ sandwich had been stolen!
The crime scene was taped off and DNA evidence collected. Suspects (6 members of staff) had their fingerprints, teeth imprints, hair fibres and pens taken, to be tested by the children.
As a school, we set out to investigate and put our forensic skills to good use. We worked scientifically observing closely, identifying and classifying as we carried out investigations including finger printing, teeth imprints, chromatography, fibres, hairs and cells.
Finally, we collected and recorded our data and made conclusions about who the guilty suspect was before we shared our findings as a school.
World Book Day
What a World Book Day we had this year! We spent the whole day reading with buddies, friends and even some of our parents came in to read (Thank you!).
Our Year 6 children had the opporuntiy to watch the live performance of Macbeth by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Take a look at the amazing effort our staff and children went to to celebrate reading at Newick School.
Ordinary Monday February 2020
Challenging Reads for Year 5+
