This week in TB - WC 30/09/24

Something about an otter's pocket...but it's not bothered us...we've all had the right clothing and have carried on regardless!

Lower School children have started their week with challenges set for us by Mr Stink!  Courage undertook a bug-hunt to help fill Mr Stinks fish tank with creepy-crawlies (the goblins hate little wrigglers and Mr Stink has found that if he has them in his shelter then the goblins won't bother him) and Discovery went searching for goblin poo to help us discover what goblins actually eat (Mr Stink wants to set up an afternoon tea with Zamadeth to see if we can't all be friends!  Foolish?).  

Following this, LS have undertaken: banquet preparation (after searching through the goblin poo to find out what they eat), goblin-trap prep, a human-anatomy challenge (supporting work in Science), Mr Stink shelter construction, shampoo making and crumble creation.  

Upper School children have started sessions by finishing William Morris inspired sketching, before moving onto bridge construction and goblin-trap manufacture.  

This week in TB - WC 23/09/24

Another wonderful week in TB...signs of Autumn are starting to appear: maple leaves turning red; water iris pods opening, spilling their seeds into the pond; squirrels frantically burying nuts; blackberries starting to turn mushy; temperature beginning to drop...

Lower school have undertaken various things this week:  Courage started with a game of Sneaky Squirrel and Discovery started with a bug hunt (this was to help Mr Stink who has discovered that mini-beasts are a deterrent to the goblins) - we found amazing things including: slugs, beetles, centipedes, wood-lice, millipedes, worms...the children thought they had found wriggling treasure!

Following this, groups carouselled around apple crumble making, Mr Stink shelter construction and shampoo brewing.  

Upper School have started their sessions with a sketching challenge, linked to their artwork back in the classroom - they were given a faint outline of a view from the school field and they had to use different shading techniques to add 'value' and bring the image to life.  

After this, following a hot chocky and a story, children undertook the apple-crumble challenge, bridge building and William Morris nature printing.  Additionally, we had a break-away group who took on a little challenge from our reading-for-pleasure- book 'Fantastic Mr Fox' - construct the underground street described at the end of the book.  

National Justice Museum

The children from Team Endurance visited the National Justice Museum in Nottingham today in support of their topic examining what life was like for the poor in the Victorian era. During the day, they solved a Victorian murder mystery case and performed a court case to try a young Victorian girl accused of theft in a real life 19th century court room. To examine how crime and punishment have changed over the years, we also visited the medieval dungeons,  met a rather cruel Georgian gaoler and was introduced to a Victorian prison matron who got the children working hard in the laundry. What a packed day!  

Click on the image above for more pictures from the day.

Achievement Assembly Winners!

Well done to all of our winners from this week's achievement assembly. There was a huge amount of children sat at the front of the hall this week for all sorts of reasons including kindness, positivity and academic achievement too, of course! Our first Maths Star awards were given out this week too for effort in mathematics.

This week, the staff will be looking in particular for a child who has made the most progress in their presentation. Each teacher will give out at least one certificate for the You 22 attribute of 'precision' for this achievement. Get writing, KJS!

This week in TB - WC 16/09/24

Well, the weather has been kind to us and we have had a wonderful week in TB.  

Mr Stink showed up again, bringing a lot of joy to Lower School Sessions - he has passed his DBS check so is now free to come and go as he pleases.  Thankfully, he has been bathing in the pond, using the shampoo the children made last week, and as a result is a lot less whiffy now.  

The children also noticed that his belly was a lot more pronounced, thanks in large part to all the apple crumble that has been made for him!

As well as spending time with Mr Stink, LS children have played Sneaky Squirrel, made more crumble and shampoo, had a go at building shelters for our new, smelly friend, or tried their hand at leaf-rubbing.  

Upper school children have started the construction of their bridges.  This work involved a lot of accurate measuring, drill use and saw use to cut wood to length.  Additionally, other children have made crumble and produced William Morris inspired paint prints.  

Achievement Assembly Winners!

We have had our first achievement assembly today where we have given out certificates to the children who have stood out this week. Certificates are given to children who have exemplified our You 22 attributes. The attributes (listed below the photograph) are a collection of qualities we aspire all children to have and range from being knowledgeable and precise, to being helpful, positive, confident and kind. Well done again to all the children who received a certificate!

This week in TB - WC 09/09/24

You're not going to believe this...I mean...if I hadn't been there I wouldn't believe it either...but we went into the wood with Discovery on Tuesday to find Mr Stink and the Duchess fast asleep on a bench!!!!!!

NO WAY I hear you say...but Scout's honor...it happened...see the photos above!  Anyway, after a good poking, Mr Stink woke up and spent some time with us...he gave us a letter he had written asking our help with three things: could we make him some shampoo to use when bathing in our pond; could we make him an apple crumble as he is fed up of eating roasted rat; could we build him a shelter as he wants to live in our wood.  

The children rose to the challenge and undertook all of his requests!

Upper School have focused on bridge building, inspired by the great Victorian engineer, Brunell.  As well as this, three groups have undertaken work linked to seeds and seed dispersal, apple crumble manufacture and the creation of a TB Health and Safety video for our new Y3s.

Staying Safe over the Holidays

As a school, the safety and well-being of our pupils and members of the school community is most important to us.

As we break for the Summer Holiday, if you have any immediate concerns for the safety or welfare of a child please contact:

A Prime Minister that Delivers!

In our recent school elections, Callie of the Relevant Party was voted into power as our KJS Prime Minister. In the party's manifesto, the children were promised reforms to the Magic Breakfast as election pledge number one! Not one to make hollow promises, Callie and her cabinet delivered on their pledge bringing in a selection of spreads for the bagels and crumpets. Not a single bagel or crumpet was left over and we had a very happy electorate!

Achievement Assembly Winner

Today's Assembly began in usual fashion, celebrating the achievements of the boys and girls throughout the week but ended raucously with the songs Sweet Caroline and Freed from Desire, as the school looks forward to Sunday's final between England and Spain.

Well done all of the today's winners and all of the children and staff for another highly positive week in school.