Update from Frog Club (FC):  some of the taddies have left the spawn...repeat...some of the taddies have left the spawn (this is exceedingly exciting news if you're a member of FC!) - we're a bit worried they may learn to regret this decision given the cold snap we appear to be in...fingers crossed it warms up for them soon.  

Lower School have started their sessions with a perimeter challenge - 10 shapes made out of carpet tiles...the length of an edge given...children had to total the number of edges and multiply by the length of an edge - we needed to be organised and to know our times tables!

Following this, and post HC and story, we rotated round National Grid, Bird Feeder, Habitats and Greta and the Giants - we've had a record number of Gold Stars with LS this week as the children exemplify their You22 attributes!

Upper School have sketched daffodils or undertaken the World Book Day Challenge - quotes from 10 books to read and name the book and then match the author!

We had a book-worm-off in Endeavour to find the top wiggler and Jasmine came out top worm!  A sensational accolade (sadly, she was eaten shortly after by the early bird)!

Following this, we carried on with making Maya swords and modelling Tulum.  

At the end of another very positive week in school, the staff presented certificates to the children for their hard work, effort, attitude and excellent behaviour.

We also celebrated the school's brilliant attendance this week too with 100% on three days. 

As part of our World Book Day celebrations in school, Team Equality spent time reading for pleasure. The children had brought in books from home to share with each other and recommend! It was so lovely to see the children enjoying reading together and discovering new authors and texts they liked. 

C'est plus tropical!  What incredible weather...so good in fact that the frogs have filled the pond with spawn - it's brimming with it...over 20 blobs at the last count!  Also, nearly all the daffs are out, as well as the blossom...we even have bumble bees buzzing about.  Joyful.  

So, Lower School started their sessions with a challenge to help Flame (King of the Munchkins) - Zamadeth (King of the Goblins) had stolen the Munchkin's vegetable sack and spread the contents over the field - the children were challenged with filling out a vegetable inventory so Flame knew what was where - we decided to do the inventory in French so that the Goblins wouldn't be able to tell what we had found - 'Il y a deux haricot vert.' and all that!

Following HC and story, we rotated round our four Greta themed challenges - National Grid, Greta script, animal habitats and bird feeders.  Re the bird feeders: Lilias in Courage bobbed hers in the wood last week and there was a robin nibbling from it during our session today!  Nibbletastic!

Upper School have become artists for their starter - we critically evaluated previous-children's drawings of plum blossom and used our findings to help us to have a go at drawing blossom off our own plum trees (we had a 'cheat-sheet' to help us set out our picture) - so far, the pictures have been exceptional (we used the experience to enjoy a bit of 'forest-bathing' also).  

Post HC and story, the children rotated round their Maya challenges - Maya sword cutting, Maya sword design and Tulum modelling.  

This afternoon, Team Equality have been trying to get to grips with the complexities of the Mayan Calendar. In doing so, we also begun to learn more about the Mayan number system and the hieroglyphics that were used as part of the Maya writing system.

The Mayan Calendar Round has four rings which indicate a number, a day, a number and a month. For example, 3 Kan 8 Pop. We were surprised to learn that for the calendar round to return to the same date would take 52 years! For anything spanning more than 52 years, they used the Long Count.