Year 5’s have been busy designing their own rollercoasters.
Sonny created a virtual simulation of his coaster (just like a real mechanical engineer would!) on Minecraft and then made a working model out of cardboard.
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Year 5’s have been busy designing their own rollercoasters.
Sonny created a virtual simulation of his coaster (just like a real mechanical engineer would!) on Minecraft and then made a working model out of cardboard.
Year 5 have been learning some life skills this week.
From being a mechanic- doing a basic service which included tyre pressures, checking oil and other fluids to digging for victory in the garden.
Charlie M has been very busy making tasty food! What a fantastic bread-making recipe! Well done you!
Kesania has been busy finding out all about Christchurch – fantastic layout!
Mila has completed her very own take on the story of the Black hat. What an enchanting end!
Elliot – What a fabulous entry for the Black hat!
Well done Sean. A fantastic Captain Underpants story centred around our very own Christchurch. Read all about the Alien take over!
In the Art gallery, we have a fantastic montage and Pastel interpretation of The Scream, by Owen and Sean has been busy completing perspective drawings and a beautiful painting.
Charlie H has been experimenting with Shadow puppets and created his very own film! Wow!
We’re also loving the Shadow puppets from Tylah. Brilliant!
Poppy and Holly have designed and written the ‘kids pages’ in #Stay Connected Magazine a free magazine created to help the community and the public Stay Connected during this lockdown period.
With Thanks – If you have colours, laminator and cable ties, please feel free to add to our rainbow of Thanks.
Our children based in school have been busy this week creating some Easter masterpieces.
The children have also created some lovely cards and artwork for the staff and patients in Ward 14 at Bournemouth Hospital to enjoy. Patients cannot currently have visitors and so these works of art have brightened their day.
Many of our families have been working out with Joe Wicks each morning at home and our children in school have been doing the same.
We’ve really enjoyed seeing what our pupils have been learning at home. If you have something to share then we’d love to see. Please email our school office office@cjsdorset.org
Our Year 5 pupils have thinking creativity for their home learning this week.
Amy has designed and made a run for her hamster!
Louis has been busy constructing whilst revising the Vikings.
We’ve really enjoyed seeing what our pupils have been learning at home. If you have something to share then we’d love to see. Please email our school office office@cjsdorset.org
Our Year 4 pupils have been getting practical home learning this week.
Matthew has been having great fun investigating volcanoes with his family.
We’ve really enjoyed seeing what our pupils have been learning at home. If you have something to share then we’d love to see. Please email our school office office@cjsdorset.org .
Our Year 3 pupils have done some fantastic home learning this week.
Mary has been busy thinking of all the places she knows in Christchurch and has made a map to show them. She has also been busy trying her hand at graffiti art.
Evalyn has made a poster all about Christchurch.
Zack has been researching the Ancient Egyptians reading Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox.
Reggie has been honing his art skills drawing some cartoons (self-taught!)
Bay has designed and made a run for their hamster!
Jack has been getting hands on and has made a Stay at Home message from salt dough.
We’ve really enjoyed seeing what our pupils have been learning at home. If you have something to share then we’d love to see. Please email our school office office@cjsdorset.org .
Year 4 pupils recently had the opportunity to ‘dig into’ some history with a visit from staff from the Dorchester museum. Below is recount of the days events from two pupils:
A huge inflatable museum came into our school hall. They also brought two excavation boxes for us to find Roman artefacts in. They told us about making disgusting fish sauce and let us smell different herbs like rosemary and thyme. We dug out two skeletons with artefacts around them to find out more about the Roman person. In the museum, artefacts were laid out on tables, which were roof tiles, perfume bottles, mosaic tiles, a replica of a legionary’s helmet and more. In the inflated museum, there were IPads that showed extra information about the objects near it, which were also in the excavation boxes. The museum looked like the real version but smaller (pretty small and not in Dorchester). The class had logbooks to write information about their skeleton and the objects around it. The helpers were very kind and gave us a card to act out to the other group. It was fun, especially acting out the cards we were given, as we learnt more when we read them, like when they buried the dead body they put coins on the eyes and mouth to pay the ferryman to take the body to the afterlife and they paid wages of their coins to the money collector.
By Mia and Jess
This year’s trip was, as always, memorable for many reasons. For those who went Monday – Wednesday in particular the epic downpours of rain will stick in the mind but we did not let that dampen our spirits one bit.
Accommodation came in the form of ‘The Stables’. This was different from previous years ; the rooms opened directly on to a central outside area with a field beyond. This gave a sense that it was very much ‘our space’ as, in previous years, we have shared indoor blocks with other schools. I think it’s fair to say that the children (and staff) loved it!
Any child with an older brother or sister probably knew roughly what to expect and the activities did not disappoint. PGL is all about challenging oneself and activities such as the zipwire, leap of faith (also known as trapeze) and giant swing tested our resolve. For some children, heights are not an issue but we were particularly impressed with those who faced their fear and overcame it. Other activities such as survival (woodscraft skills) were less adrenalin fuelled but challenged the children in other ways. In these, teamwork and negotiation was required to complete the tasks successfully. Great life lessons!
Simply being away from home is another kind of challenge for some children. Whilst some of our pupils would probably be happy to live at PGL for the entire term, others showed bravery of a different kind by being away from familiar surroundings for a couple of nights. Again, great life lessons learned in a safe, supportive environment.
Food is always high on the list of priorities for any school residential trip. Speaking personally, I always enjoy the catering at PGL. It has to cater for a wide variety of tastes and it is a tribute to the staff at PGL that there always seems to be something for everyone. The salad bar, in particular, was very popular.
As we headed home, I think it’s fair to say that we had a memorable, action packed (if rather damp!) trip. I hope all the children enjoyed it as much as I did.
Mr Breeze – Year 6.
This years Arts Week pupils created their own Sketchbooks. They used these Sketchbooks to record their ideas, thoughts and inspirations. These pages led to a final piece.
In Year 3 the stimulus was the book: ‘Leon and the Place Between’. This theme was developed through choice of colours and patterns and the activities found at a circus! Our final pieces were mini circuses and hanging acrobats!