Our News items
Mrs Lindsay: Facing her fears!
Date: 31st Mar 2017 @ 10:22am
Mrs Lindsay has done it! Many years have gone by where Mrs Lindsay has wanted to face all of the challenges of Robinwood. Today, Mrs Lindsay has completed this challenge. As you can see from the pics, it was a mixture of fear, relief and joy as she flung herself and Miss Byefield down the Giant Swing. Well done Mrs Lindsay!!!
Date: 29th Mar 2017 @ 3:28pm
Mr Blain's Mountain group have been on fire at the fantastic Robinwood. Many challenges have been faced, tears have been spilt and most importantly of all, fun and fulfilment have been top of the menu. Check out the pics to see the amazing activities that the children have done.
Fun on 'Crazy Tights and Ties' day
Date: 31st Mar 2017 @ 4:49pm
Today we all came to school wearing either crazy ties or tights for our chosen charity Joining Jack. Lots of effort and creativity went into this, a big thank you to parents for your continued support.
Date: 30th Mar 2017 @ 4:01pm
During Science Week we were visited by Dr Nick who came to carry out some experiments with Year 1. He showed us how to lift an ice cube with a piece of string. We thought it looked like magic!
In class we carried out a 'Skittles Experiment' we put Skittles sweets in a circle on a plate with water on and we waited to see what happened - it created a rainbow!
Date: 31st Mar 2017 @ 10:37am
Happy Birthday Lottie! What a day to celebrate and end with a big sing song and cake for everyone!
Date: 29th Mar 2017 @ 8:12pm
Ridge Team have enjoyed all our activities on Day 1. We have climbed the trapeze, canoeing, taken part in the Rocket Olympics and dashed up the Climbing Wall.
Day 2
This morning, we began our day rambling through caves. We had a number of challenges to complete and we even attempted a rescue mission!
After that we completed the Giant Swing, we have some great before photos and even better ones as the the rope was chopped.
Day 3
Our last day at Robin Wood began with the Zip Line. We followed this up with Archery and a Quest.
Date: 29th Mar 2017 @ 8:06pm
Crag Team members: Thomas, Liam, Oliver, Ethan, Oskar, Eva J, Eva H, Georgia, Anna, Ella, Niamh, Miss Hobday
Day 1: The Crag group have had a fantastic first day at Robinwood! So far, we've embraced our inner sailors and have been canoeing, leapt off a trapeze, solved puzzles in the Knight's Quest and have explored caves!
Day 2: Today, the Crag group have faced the Giant Swing, battled mischievous squirrels in the Night Line, zipwired through the trees, unleashed our inner Robin Wood in archery, competed in the Rocket Olympics and demonstrated super teamwork during the Crate Challenge, while managing to take selfies from the top of the crates!
Day 3: After 2 incredible days already at Robinwood, our last day was not a let down! After another fantastic archery sessions (which we now consider ourselves to be experts in), we split into teams to complete a challenge course in order to become Knights and then transformed into Spider(wo)men and tackled the climbing wall, some blindfolded or handcuffed! We Crag's don't shy away from a challenge!
A huge thank you to our team leader, Rory, who made our experience at Robinwood so amazing!
Date: 29th Mar 2017 @ 8:03pm
The Wood team have had a phenomenal few days at Robinwood!
We arrived at Dobroyd Castle, settled ourselves into our dormitories and tucked into our first (but definitely not our last) hearty meal of our stay! That afternoon we donned our harnesses and helmets ready to throw ourselves into the exhilarating Giant Swing, Trapeze, Knight's Quest and Rocket Olympics. After our evening meal and team challenge we were all ready for bed.
On Thursday we woke to a full day of Robinwood fun! We became Robin Hood and Maid Marian as we shot arrows through the air at lightning speed in Archery; learnt to work and balance as a team in the Crate Challenge and conquered the three C's (Climbing, Canoeing and Caving) all before dinner time! As our penultimate day came to a close we faced our most challenging task yet, we completed an assault course completely blind folded. Although we faced some pesky squirrels along the way we pulled together and triumphed in the end!
As we woke for our final day we could barely believe we had almost reached the end of our adventure. We were left no time to be disheartened as we were quickly led once again to the climbing room. As we had scaled the wall like Spider Monkeys the day before, our group leader Rienk, decided to push us to the max - this time we were climbing blindfolded! We finished our unforgettable experience in true Robinwood style by zip wiring through the Yorkshire countryside posing as our favourite superheroes!
'We didn't realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun!'
A. A. Milne
Date: 30th Mar 2017 @ 1:57pm
The hockey team had their final tournament on Tuesday and they did not disappoint!
They drew their first game against The Bollin and won their second game against Cloverlea.
These fantastic results meant that we came second in the tournament.
What a great result! Well done to all of the team!
Date: 31st Mar 2017 @ 9:02pm
Mrs Sutton's class have been very busy this week. On Tuesday we visited Loreto Grammar to take part in Science workshops, we loved using all the equipment in their laboratories! We're now really looking forward to using what we've learnt to carry out some exciting science investigations back in school.
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 9:57am
Our class had lots of fun trying new and gooey experiments for British Science Week. One investigation involved mixing cornflour, water and food colouring to produce a very strange liquid/solid.
Date: 10th Apr 2017 @ 2:18pm
We really enjoyed performing our poems and listening to each other's. Some people had learnt very long poems!
Science Week - Miss Coffey's Class
Date: 29th Mar 2017 @ 7:37pm
This week Miss Coffey's Class were very excited to be scientists to celebrate Science Week. There were so many activities to choose from and it was wonderful to see the children so excited to investigate!
We had lots of different experiments to chose from including; exploring night and day in a dark den, looking at the different seasons through the natural world and constructing our own parachutes.
We have really enjoyed Science Week and cannot wait for more experiments!
What was your favourite activity for our science morning?
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 9:51am
As part of Science Week, we undertook lots of different experiments, including alka-aeltzer rockets, dyed flowers, posters cornflour goo and lots of other fun things.
Date: 1st Apr 2017 @ 9:24am
During Science Week we took part in lots of activities with the theme of 'Change'. We investigated what salt does to ice, what vinegar does to an egg shell and what water does to skittles. We were even lucky enough to have a visit from Dr Nick, a scientist, who helped us with our investigations.
Date: 29th Mar 2017 @ 11:58pm
Science Week was full of lots of practical activities and experiments. The children began the week by making scientific predictions about change. We looked at what happens to skittles once they are put into water. We all watched as the colours started to create a wonderful pattern.
Following on from this we had a visit from Dr Nick who talked to us about change and how different materials can change. We all had an ice cube to hold and we discussed what happens to the ice once it melts. Some of us pretended to be particles and helped Dr Nick to show this change from a solid to a liquid.
We were then given an ice cube, a piece of string, some salt and some water. We wanted to see if we could melt the ice with the salt, hold the string and then pour water over to refreeze the ice. Most of us managed it first time around, lots of us thought it was magic!
Date: 10th Apr 2017 @ 2:46pm
We really enjoyed eating our fairtrade bananas and drinking our fairtrade juice! The Mini Vinnies, Charlotte M, Donna and Eloise, prepared a talk to tell us all about fairtrade and what it means to the people who produce some of the food we eat.
Date: 2nd Apr 2017 @ 3:54pm
The class have worked hard at home to create fantastic collective worship opportunities to use in class. Here are some pictures of some of the occasions we have joined together as a class to worship together.
Date: 2nd Apr 2017 @ 6:33pm
In Year 6 we are working hard to improve our writing. We have written instructions to give to our Year 3 buddies for them to create and complete an obstacle course. We had fun designing and creating our obstacle course and then thought carefully about how to write our instructions so they were clear to follow.
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 9:52am
Year 2 Trip - Titanic Museum
Year 2 had a day out at the Liverpool Maritime Museum learning all about our current History topic - the Titanic. We looked at lots of artifacts and models from the ship and had an interactive story read to us about one boy's experience. Even Mr Nicholls had to get dressed up!
Date: 10th Apr 2017 @ 1:49pm
We enjoyed writing personalised books and then reading them to the children in Mrs Bloor's class.
Everyone looked amazing in their costumes!
Date: 1st Apr 2017 @ 9:14am
On World Book Day we visited Mr Sands' year 5 class. The children read the books they had written for us and talked to us about their costumes and their favourite books. We were very impressed by all of their hard work and by the expression that they read with. We are working on reading with expression too!
Date: 7th Apr 2017 @ 4:31pm
As part of our Spring topic, the children have been learning about minibeasts. We have been very creative and used a variety of different mediums to create our own versions. Can you see what they are?
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