This week we looked at A!

A stands for AREA!

We had to think about the space we use when we carry out sessions and knowing which games are appropriate for the space we have.

We prepared some small catching games for Class McGough and led them.

 

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We are amazed at all the egg-traordinary entries for this years Easter Egg competition!

It was so difficult picking a winner from the crackin’ acts we received in school, thank you for all of the effort put in!

Have a lovely, relaxing Easter and we are returning to school on Monday 16th April!

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Here are our runners up from each year:

Reception:

Year One:

Year Two:

Year Three:

Year Four:

Year Five:

Year Six:

and our WINNERS are:

Nursery:

Reception:

Year One:

Year Two:

Year Three:

Year Four:

Year Five:

Year Six:

 

 

Class S/B had so much fun at the farm today!

Both St. Joseph’s and Victoria Lane were invited by the local Police to create a Road Safety poster which would be displayed in Coundon in order to slow down the traffic near our school. We were also lucky enough to receive a visit from the Police Interceptors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our runners up were – Connor, Lily, Frankie and Lucy.

Our winning poster was created by Brihanna! Well done! This poster will be displayed shortly around Coundon, so keep your eyes peeled.

This week we began our first practical session for Sports Leaders!

We looked at P – Participants.

We came up with different ways of selecting teams and discussed appropriately sized groups looking at what worked and what didn’t work!

After that, we then set up our own Obstacle/ Relay courses for Class McGough. We then led a session and helped the young children take part in our games.

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Remember to access our Sainbury’s School Games account too – here is the link –

 https://www.yourschoolgames.com/schools/st-josephs-roman-catholic-voluntary-aided-primary-school-coundon/

 

We also have a page with results from up and coming competitions for our area ran by James Oldfield –

The whole school have been taking part in ‘Ready Steady Read’. This is a sponsored reading event to raise money for books in our school. The children had to read as many books as they could in 48 hours. We have seen children walking down the corridor reading- we love this enthusiasm! There will be a prize for the person/family with the most sponsors, so please watch this space for the winner! Happy reading!

 

UPDATE- Wow! Thanks to your generous donations we have managed to raise a mammoth £1001.19! This will all go towards new books for the Accelerated Reader program in the library!

As always a HUGE thank you for your wonderful costumes today – we were blown away with all of the wonderful story characters! We have read lots of different books, wrote lots of stories and enjoyed listening to authors and learning all about them!

Here are our amazing costumes:

 

DON’T FORGET TO COLLECT YOUR FREE BOOK FROM A LOCAL SHOP WITH YOUR BOOK TOKENS, YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM THE LIST BELOW:

A HUGE thank you to Darren for coming in and running some All Stars Cricket workshops yesterday!

We had so much fun learning the foundations of such a fun sport. Well done to our Year Six children who also did a great job of leading too!

If you would like any more information on All Stars cricket sessions and where you can find your local group here in the website:

https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars

or if you would like any more information do not hesitate to contact Miss McGough.

 

 

What an incredible opportunity! In Class McGough we have been looking at our world and focused on Africa and China!

Today, we visited the Oriental Museum in Durham and took part in lots of exciting and fun activities.

Firstly, we got to handle some traditional chinese clothing such as a dragon robe, hats and shoes.

We then looked at different animals and what they represented. Did you know a fish means you are wealthy and a dragon means you are powerful? We were even tricked by the Buffalo and the Rabbit! Which one do you think means Spring time? It’s the Buffalo!

We then made our very own shadow puppets and had to guess the different animals behind the shadow screen.

After lunch, we were super busy and took part in the Chinese New Year story! Some of us dressed up and looked super cute. We also had a very chilled out Emperor! We did some more research by answering questions around the museum and finally, we did some dragon dancing and played musical instruments.

 

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