Birch Class had fun climbing the riggings, scrubbing the decks and finding land from their pirate ship this morning.  They created seascape artwork, wrote letters to send in bottles to be rescued, learnt a sea shanty and took part in a range of activities this afternoon.

This afternoon, they followed a map around the school and took part in a variety of activities. They created a soundscape of being out at sea using their voice, body and instruments, read pirate stories, built shelters in case they were stranded on an island, sorted materials washed up on shore and tried a range of exotic fruit to ensure they didn’t get scurvy!

We ended the day eating treasure that was found!

It was an awesome day full of fun and excitement!

Some pirates have been spotted sailing towards the good ship HPS! If you’ve seen them please alert the nearest authorities. 

Arrgghh! So far this morning we have been doing some pirate seascape pictures. We looked at artwork by Monet, Van Gogh and local artist to Exmouth, Ella. We have used oil pastels and blended them together to give the illusion of waves. Have a look at the photos of us practicing using the pastels and some of our pictures so far.

Some of the children in Year 5 have been working with a researcher from Exeter University for the last few months on a British Values project. The children developed the project and carried out all of the research themselves. As part of their work, the children chose to take photographs of things they felt represented our British Values. 

Then, after two workshops, the children’s work was curated (by them!) and presented at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery in an exclusive opening last night! 

The exhibition will be on display up until Easter so be sure to check it out! 

Year 1 have been using the bee bots to create their own algorithms. Each pair worked together to map a route out using the arrows to get from the start to a specific star. They used problem solving skills to debug their algorithm if it did not go to the right place. 

As part of our English sequence, we have been exploring instructions.  This week we will be writing our own on how to make slime....cue making slime to help us!

The room got very messy, lots of smiles were seen all around and a lot of hints and tips were batted around when the mixture was too runny or too stiff.  

Tomorrow we we embark on our next batch of slime and hope that it is just as enjoyable, but maybe a little less messy 😂

Year 4 have been fantastic this term putting together their Blue Abyss Dance. Please go to the resource centre and take a look at the performance.

A huge well done to this week's winners...

Year 1 Redwood Class! 

Great work and keep doodling!

Today was the day that all the practice drills and lessons over the past weeks were put together allowing the children to showcase their tagging, dodging, passing skills within the game of Tag Rugby. The final pieces of the puzzle were added so the children could understand the final few rules of the game. So much enjoyment was had by all, check these pictures out for yourself.