Monks come to Charlestown December 7, 2009

Today we had some very special visitors to our assembly.   Two Buddist monks came in to start to introduce us to their religion.   It was really interesting to talk about the things that all religions have in common and also the things that are different too.

We learnt that:

• Buddist monks wear the same types of clothes all year round.
• The orange colour of their robes comes from a dye made from tree bark that also acts as an insect repellent!
• Buddism teaches respect and peace to all people.
• Buddists have special celebrations like Christians.

Father Mark also commented that the reason both he and the monks wore one colour so that people were not distractedfrom listening to their message by looking at their clothes.

We’re really looking forward to seeing the monks again soom and finding out more about their religion.

Salford Sailing club July 13, 2009

9 children from year 6 have recently spent a day with Mark and Tony from Salford Sailing Club based at Pennington Flash. They alerted Year 6 to the dangers of playing near water. There are many reports of children (mainly boys) who get into difficulties in water and sometimes pay for this with their lives. A great day out with a very useful purpose. This was a really good example of The Police and our Local Authority playing a proactive role in preventing loss of life by using  their resources to best effect. Thanks to the BOYS and to Mrs Royle for supporting the trip. Excellent behaviour from Year 6!!

(sorry about the picture – i don’t know how to rotate on my macbook!)

At the seaside July 13, 2009

Year 2 enjoyed a super trip to the seaside. It was just like I remember from my childhood; sand between the toes, Punch and Judy, Kamikaze seagulls trying to pinch our sandwiches (they were successful in the case of John’s Sausage and Mrs Batty’s ice cream), a walk on the pier and ice creams for all. Thanks to Mrs Batty for organising it all and to John and Miss Turner for supporting the trip.

Dinosaurs in my office! June 24, 2009

Year 6 are busy reconstructing dinosaurs as a timed challenge. John, our caretaker used our new jigsaw to cut out the pieces from MDF using a template. It took him ages! The children have worked collaboratively to follow a set of instructions and create a model dinosaur. The best time so far is just under 25 minutes.

Splash! June 10, 2009

Water Sports Club is back again.

Eight children from years 4,5 & 6 have started going to the Water Sports Centre on a Tuesday evening. This week was kayaking – next week; sailing.done

Working hard? March 25, 2009

In Year Six today we gave ourselves a little reward for all the hard work that we’ve been doing in preparation for SATs.   We had a lovely relaxing time with tea and biscuits!

Year Six having a brew!

PGL March 24, 2009

Our recent trip to PGL was a great success. 32 Children from years 3, 5 &6 went to Boreatton Park in Shropshire and had a fab time. They worked as a team, they looked after each other, they suported each other and helped each other. I was proud to be the head Teacher of such a well behaved group of  children. We received many positive comments from the staff. Well done everybody!

World book day March 23, 2009

I just had to include this picture of Mrs Jones! How she managed to walk in those enormous flippers I don’t know!

World Book Day 2009 March 6, 2009

Yesterday was World Book Day at school.   Almost everyone got dressed up as a character from their favourite book for the day – including some of the teachers!   We arranged a book swap for everyone and then had an assembly in the afternoon where everybody showed off their creations.   Here are some videos and prefentations to show the sorts of things that went on :

Keep checking this page as it’s going to be updated over the next few days! 

 

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And the Snows Came… February 2, 2009

 

This was the scene at school last week.   The whole of the UK was covered in snow, but all the children and Staff at Charlestown made it in to school.   What a great day we had!

Mr Gauld gave everyone extra playtime to really get out in the snow and enjoy it whist it was there.   We had a snowman competition and a snowball target throwing competeioin with Mr Gauld as the target!   We won’t see many more days like that one for a while.