Year 6 Record Fundraiser

Following careful preparation and the development and use of the BIG13 Enterprise Skills, our pupils shattered the Summer Fair Fundraising Record raising a staggering 

£623.04

Thank you parents for supporting your child in making the event such a success and for the whole school community for your supporting the event too.

Achievement Assembly Winners

Well done to the boys and girls receiving awards in today's Achievement Assembly and in particular Archie, who picked up the first Sports Shield of the year after representing the shcool 9 times in sports competitions.

Well done also to Jasmine , who raised £67 at the summer fair and used the proceeds to purchase nest boxes, bird feeders and wild flower seeds- more great work from our very own School Environmentalist. 

AVSSP Cricket Competition

Yesterday evening, 16 of our finest cricketers stepped out onto the world famous Langley Mill oval to test their skills against other teams from the Amber Valley.  

They boys and girls had a wonderful time, with a teacher from another school commenting on how well they encouraged and supported one another.  

Many sixes and fours were struck and several wickets taken...and the results...K2 won one and lost one and K1 came an astounding second in both their games!

As well as having a lovely time, several valuable lessons were learned:  don't run if the fielder holding the ball is standing right next to the stumps; the crease is not a fold in ones clothing but a line which the foot must be behind to stop a stumping; the smooth side of the bat is the one that should face the bowler; it's probably better to stop a ball going for six with your hand...rather than your face.  

Thanks to parents for supporting and to AVSSP for organising another great event!

This week in TB - WC 16/06/25

How wonderful in the wood this week...gloriously warm in the sun...beautiful and cool under the trees!

Lower School started their sessions this week with a symmetry challenge (supporting work in maths back in the classroom) - make a symmetrical collage with a partner and then take it in turns to remove an item and see if their partner could spot what had changed!

Following HCs and a story, we carouselled around our Tudor challenges - less than four weeks now until our Tudor wedding!

Upper School started their sessions with two challenges: one focusing on the use of money and the other linked to capacity.  

With the money challenge, Mr Snotmuncher (a friend of Zamadeath's) had set up a shop in the wood, selling various desirable items - the children had to learn the goblin monetary system and collect the right amount of Twinkles and Snots to buy the items they wanted.  

After HCs and a story, we undertook the following challenges: map grid work, bee home manufacture, human development timeline creation, forage cooking and map making.  

Achivement Assembly Winners

In today's Achievement Assembly, we talked about 'wins of the week' and the children and staff gave examples of these at school and at home.

We also talked about how we are are moving towards the end of the school year with continued momentum and energy.

It has been another really positive week in school with the children working and playing hard and showing a wonderful attitude and work ethic- just what we want to see.

This week in TB - WC 09/06/25

This week, Mr Hull ask me to cover some maths objectives in the wood in a practical way...so that's what we did...Lower School heard technical descriptions of 2D shapes and then had to go and make the shape...Upper School used carpet tiles to investigate area and perimeter.  

Following our maths starters and our hot t'yocky and story, we moved onto our main challenges.  In Lower School, these were pond dipping and Tudor challenges...in Upper School they were map work, bee-home manufacture and, new this week, the creation of a human development time-line (children looked at the stages of human development and then crafted collages to represent the key events therein).  

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Visit

A huge thank you to Emma from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue service for her work with year 6. These talks are always really important to teach children how they can stay safe at home, prevent fires and keep themselves and their families safe. They also teach children how to work with their parents to create an escape plan for their homes in case of an emergency and how to responsibly telephone the emergency services to get their help.

 

Award Winners!

Well done to all of our mathematics stars and Mr Hull's headteachers award winners from last week's assembly. All of these children have stood out and been recognised for their hard work and dedication to their learning. Keep up the hard work!

This week in TB - WC 02/06/25

Rain and shine has been the order since our return to TB...but it's still been wonderful being back in the wood.  

Lower School children have started their session by searching for shapes in the wood - we discussed the features of 2D shapes before venturing out and tallying all the shapes we could find (this was to support work on shape back in the classroom).  

Following this, we undertook five new challenges: pond-dipping to gather a data set to use in maths (we also introduced classification terminology to support work in Science); Tudor bread production (sampling and using herbs, spices and fruits from the Tudor period); polystyrene printing of Tudor symbols to make a standard to be used at the Tudor wedding); Tudor dancing (to be performed at the wedding); Tudor family-tree collaging.  

Upper School children have started their session by looking at OS maps of different scales - we discussed why maps of different scales exist before moving on to look at the various keys on maps.  Following this, the children drew a selection of symbols from a 1:25000 scale map and challenged a partner to find what they were.  

After a HC and story, some children made bee boxes (focus on accurately measuring in cm and mm and how to convert between these units), others undertook a challenge to understand 4 and 6 figure grid references with a final few developing a dramatic and musical representation of the life cycle of a frog (supporting work in Science).  

Y3/4 The Takeover of Bosworth Battlefield

What a fabulous day! All children were excited today to visit the Bosworth Battlefield and learn about the origins of the Tudor period, where the Wars of the Roses took place and key historical figures. Their enthusiasm in experiencing weapon training with Master John was brilliant to see: following orders of their commander; learning how to march in formation and of course, attack with a deafening battle cry. Their behaviour was exemplary and as you can see from the photos below they fully immersed themselves throughout the day.