Science Morning...all about movement!

Yesterday, the whole school had fun with science. The theme was movement and in KS1 and KS2 the children investigated different kinds of movement.

In KS2 the children investigated how liquids move, what happens when the air escapes form a balloon, volcano eruptions and the flight patterns of paper planes.

Everyone enjoyed being messy with Mrs Clarke!

In KS1 the children investigated floating and sinking, cylinder planes and boat races.

The planes didn't look like ordinary planes, but were great at flying!

Although the children made good predictions about what would sink or float, everyone was surprised by what the raisins did!

Try putting some raisins in a cup of lemonade and watch them go up and down and up and down!

Miss Proctor

Letter from the Queen!!!

The Year 6 children have been writing letters... to James Blunt, Chelsea FC, Danni Minogue, Top Gear, Doctor Who, Diversity... the list goes on and on. They have been waiting for replies, and slowly letters have trickled into school.

The most exciting of which has been a letter from... the Queen! Bradley had written to the Queen, to inform her about our new school, and to let her know about the important features of the school...." we have underfloor heating in every classroom"! I'm sure that impressed her, because she probably hasn't got it at the palace!

He recieved a letter back, from her Lady-in-Waiting, which said the following...

Dear Bradley,
The Queen wishes me to write and thank you for your letter in which you tell her about your new school.
The Queen was pleased to know that you are so proud of your school, and thought it was kind of you to invite her to visit you there. Although Her Majesty is unable to accept, The Queen greatly appreciated your thoughtfulness.
As I feel sure you will understand, Her Majesty does not have time to reply personally to all the hundreds of people who write to her each day, but she was very glad to hear from you and to know that you are so happy at your school.
The Queen thanks you again for your letter and sends her good wishes to you and all your friends at Redbridge Primary School.

We are looking forward to more replies from some of the other people, and we hope that they will be just as exciting.
Miss Proctor

Sports Relief!

There were some interesting clothes worn to school today, to raise money for Sports Relief. I think that everyones favourite costumes were the 118 guys!

We were all amazed by the variety of sporting costumes... from footballers, swimmers, tennis players, racing drivers, ballet dancers, cheerleaders .... the list is endless.

The winners from the KS2 skipping competition all showed off their prowess... but we found it hard to believe that Mr Benson had done 170 skips in a minute... we think it was more like 17! We liked Mrs Clarke's special jumping style!

The winners from the KS1 hula-hooping competition all showed how quickly they could spin their hoops... and everyone was very impressed by the size of my hoop!

It is much easier with a bigger hoop though, as Lisa found out!

Everyone had lots of fun and, more importantly, raised lots of money for Sports Relief. Thanks!

Miss Proctor

We are open!

After weeks of work, we're open at last! Everyone was very excited today, adults and children alike! Although it was still slippery underfoot, I think that everyone was glad the school was (just about) ready to open.

The children had a good look around the school and into each others classrooms.

They were very impressed by the abundance of technology everywhere, and how bright and shiny everything is!
This is what some of the Year 2 children wrote...

"I think that the new school is outstanding. I really like the new, posh toilets. I am looking forward to going into the ICT suite. " Ellessia

"I think the new school is super duper. I really like the massive white board in the hall. I can't wait to watch a film on the big white board in the massive hall." Ryan

"I think that the new school is clean. I really like the warm carpet. I am looking forward to going in the hall for lunch. " Paige

All we need to do now is fill up all the display boards! There are quite a lot, but I'm sure we'll be doing lots of exciting work!
Miss Proctor