Finishing off our undersea printing!

So here are some pictures of us finishing off our undersea prints!


And a mobile & tablet friendly version...

A great art morning!

We had a fantastic morning of art today, making printing blocks of undersea creatures. Everyone worked fantastically well and we can't wait to print tomorrow!

And below is a mobile & tablet-friendly version!

Create IT award winners!!!

A huge well done to Darnell and Pav, who won the KS2 video category in last night's Shropshire Create IT awards. The boys beat off competition from all across the county to win their prize! Also a huge well done to Sam and Ethan from Maple class, who were runners up in the KS2 e-safety category!

And you can view their award-winning video by clicking here!

Beth's Island Flashback!

Here's a terrific flashback island adventure story Beth has written at home - enjoy!

Lewis' Island Adventure!

Here's an island adventure story Lewis wrote and illustrated at home!
Well done, Lewis!

Stories based on 'The Black Hole'...

Last week, we did some creative writing based upon a video Mr K had found on The Literacy Shed. The video was called The Black Hole (you can watch it below!).
We then recorded our stories, so that you can listen to them - enjoy!

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Becky’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Charlie’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Gaby’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Holly’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Lewis’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Owen’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Samantha’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Black Hole - by Sam B’ on Audioboo

Red Nose Day 2013!

Friday was a funny day in school - everyone was dressed in fancy dress for Comic Relief - here's some of our best costumes!

Spellings - Monday 18th March...

Remember you can use www.spellingcity.com to help you learn the words! Also, there are 'Look-Say-Cover-Write' sheets attached under the spelling lists!

Ash Class Y6 hit the heights at Manor!

What a fantastic (if a little wet and muddy) week the Year Six children had at Manor - here are some of the photos of them in action!

Spellings for Monday 11th March!

Some more day four pics...

Day four at Manor!

Well, quite a soggy and muddy day here today at Manor! Activities have included the underground maze, rock climbing, the terrifying confidence course, the blind trail and survival skills. The children have taken in the day's challenges with a super attitude, despite all the rain. One thing is for certain: theatres going to be an awful lot of washing to be done tomorrow evening!
Mr K :-)

Flying up the climbing wall!

Getting ready for rock climbing!

Learning our climbing technique right now!

Abseiling with Ash Class!

On Tuesday 5th March, the Greenfields year sixes went to the Manor abseiling wall. Most people were nervous, scared and excited all at the same time. Cayla, Ceri and I (Jade) went up first with our gear fitted on safely, ready to go down the wall...

Here are some of the experiences:

Hi I am Holly: I an going to tell you about abseiling and my experience. I was really nervous until I got going. Afterwards I was really excited and wanted to do it again and again and again. When we'd finished, I was so proud if myself! :-)

Hello, I'm Jade! When I got to the top of the abseiling walk, I felt alright with the heights. However, when I put my heels over the edge, I was absolutely scared. In the end I did it three times and totally enjoyed it.

If you go to Manor Adventure and do abseiling, you will also feel this way.

Thank you for reading , bye!
Holly and Jade :-)

And a few more!

Some more day 3 pics...

Day three, so far...

So this morning we woke to some drizzly reason but thankfully the day's been pretty dry on the whole! This morning we (Mr K and Mr M's groups) took on the obstacle courses - everyone made it through and did fantastically well!
Mr K :-)

More on day two!

Today's been a wonderful day with absolutely stunning weather. Hopefully some of the children will be able to blog later to let you know more! The day began with a walk through the frost down to the lake for kayaking and canoeing, with all four groups taking part together. Thankfully the sun soon began to warm us up, which is just as well as the lake claimed a couple of victims: Dylan being the first to take a plunge into the icy waters - he has defrosted now though!

After lunch, the groups split into different activities, such as abseiling, confidence course, zip wire and orienteering. The children have been brilliant (so far!) and it's been amazing to see confidence growing as they overcome challenges such as the height of the abseil wall!

We're now enjoying our evening activities before a well-earned sleeeeeeeeep!
Mr K :-)

Some more pictures

Hope they get through! :-)

Day two!

Day two has been fantastic so far! There's been lots of fun with kayaking, canoeing, abseiling and more... The internet signal is very poor so we're struggling to post on the blogs - we'll try again later!
Mr K :-)

We've arrived safe and sound!

We're already having a fantastic time here at Manor, with Mr Morris' group having done the zip wire, Mrs Prior's and Miss Goodall's have been abseiling and Mr K's have been shooting at the rifle range! Now we've just had a lovely dinner and are getting ready for our next activity! :-)

Pav & Darnell's mega movie!

Here's Pav & Darnell's video they made for the Create It awards - and they've been short-listed! Well done, boys!

Video of the week!

I've decided to introduce a 'Video of the Week', and here is the first one! It's amazing AND stars a Shetland Pony and was filmed in Shetland (so it's linked slightly to our islands topic!). Let us know what you think!

If you'd like to make your own Dancing Pony video, visit this site: www.ponymixer.com

If you'd like to choose our next Video of the Week (or even create your own video!), just email your ideas to me! :-)

100wc - week 22...

Here's the prompt for the 100wc this week - please type up your entries and share them with me on your google drive and I'll put them on when I get back from Manor!

Click on the picture for a bigger version!

Darwin Day motivational posters!

On Friday it was Darwin Day - we talked about taking risks (something the Year Sixes will be learning all about at Manor!) and having the strength or character to persevere when you encounter a setback. We also heard a story about a man called Alex Zanardi, who was a racing driver who lost both his legs in a car accident during a race - he had the strength of character to come back to racing cars and also won a gold medal in hand cycling in the London Paralympics - an amazing man!

We then looked at some motivational posters and decided to create our own - here they are!

We're off on a Manor adventure!

So the time is finally here: the Year Six children will be busy this weekend packing for their week of fun and fabulous activities at Manor Adventure!

We'll hopefully be able to keep you updated with lots of information and photos right here on the blog (although the internet signal is not great!). For more information on Manor Adventure, please visit their website by clicking on either of the pictures in this post!

The Manor house!

My Trip to Elounda

This is a post on my trip to Elounda, it is a small place in Crete. I went there in August last year. It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Bed

The View from the hotel:

We had a great balcony:

While we were there we went to spinalonga.

This is the view from the boat:

This is spinalonga:

This is the first thing you see:

The View:

The layout of the houses:

This was my trip to Elounda.

By Sam B