China meets Jesson's

Year 5 studied China as a topic

So what better way to finish it than to try a taste of China?

There was lots of different food on offer - some cooked by staff

 ... and all delicious

A great experience

...shared by children and staff alike 

Fun with English lessons

In Year 2 the children are studying riddles. Miss Moulton was absent today (!!!!) and her place was taken by the Riddler - full of mystery and questions!

In Year 1 children made clown masks to help with their letters and sounds

The children behind the masks!

The Riddler adopts a cool pose, thinking the Bloglady and her camera have disappeared

Fire Safety

Here are some of Year 5 having a talk from the Fire Service.

Sorry, not many pictures this week so far. Blog camera has had no battery as lost charger. Normal service resumed tomorrow

Round the school

Around school:
Some pictures which don't really have a theme. Teaching assistants doing some photocopying (of test papers - look out, children!)

Some excellent Y3 maths work!

A year 4 child's three dimensional drawing

Some lovely chocolate cakes - 

-  handmade by these boys who were in our holiday club

Here are some pictures from our SOUPER-HEROES day!

Lots of the activities involved SOUP! Preparing it, making it, eating it - sharing it  with the School's Trustees who were meeting on that day.

Other activities included:
* making superhero biscuits, 
* helping to save the Earth by planting summer flowering bulbs to take home and nurture (to add more colour in the world
* joining hero Jack (of beanstalk fame) in planting beans ready to vanquish Giants! 

Children dressed as superheroes, to pose with Red Power Ranger, who helped them with their tasks 

One of the wanted posters made during the day

One of the parents wrote "We had an absolutely fantastic time especially making the soup" 

A crazy day!!!! Thankyou to Rainbow Woman (otherwise known as Mrs Rowlands) for organising it all.

Saxon Houses from Class 4F

4F made Saxon house models

It was messy in parts!

Work in progress

Getting nearer to finishing

I liked the log cabin effect on this one

A Roman Villa

This is an amazing model of a Roman Villa

Below, the floor removes to reveal the hypocaust (underfloor heating)

The bath

Pond in the middle of the quad

The girl who built it. Fantastic effort. Really well done!

Teddy Bears picnic

All week, Nursery children have been studying teddy bears

They planned a picnic for Friday

And what fun they had!

...and the bears seem to have had fun too

The yummy food!

Sunshine in the Quad

A lovely sunny day after the recent storms

The sunlight shines through the door

Out in the quad, the sun dazzles

The pond

The waterfall

The bamboo is doing well

Blue sky - very rare at the moment!

Ellowes Hall Talent Show

Some of our children got through three rounds of auditioning to take part in the finals of the Ellowes Hall Talent Show
Here are some practising with Mrs Roden in the corridor before they went on

Our soloist poses  

and so does the Jesson's version of Little Mix

The striped blazers of the Ellowes prefects

The hot dogs looked delicious 

The menu for this week

In the auditorium 

In the dining room, young musicians entertained the crowds

This girl was from another school, but she was allowed to have her picture taken too

"Little Mix" on stage 

I tried to get a close up 

None of our acts won, but they all did very well indeed and we were proud of them all