After an insightful assembly this morning from the Sustainability  council, this afternoon, year 1 explored using recyclable materials to make fish! We used bottles, paper plates, cupcake cases, pipe cleaners and bubble wrap to make many different fish for the ocean!  Year 5 came to help us too!

 Year 5's P.E. today continued our previous theme of cricket skills. Today we focussed on batting towards a target ( as opposed to hitting as hard as possible ), accurate bowling and co-ordinating team roles within a fast-paced game. The children did very well, understanding the purpose of co-ordinating our actions as a team and improving their skills. Mr Hopegood

Today, the children celebrated World Ocean Day by learning about the importance of keeping our oceans clean and protecting marine life. We discussed how litter and plastic waste can pollute the ocean and affect the animals that live there. To explore this topic creatively, the children used recycled materials that are often found as waste and can end up polluting our oceans. They transformed the bases of plastic bottles into turtles and used cardboard tubes to create a variety of sea creatures. We were very impressed with their imaginative artwork and their enthusiasm for helping to protect our oceans. Thank you to anyone who donated recyclable materials for this activity and with other materials that were used by other year groups.  Have a look at some photos of the children's sea-themed masterpieces.