This week in TB - WC 19/05/25

What an awesome week in TB!

Lower School entered the wood to find deceased munchkin-messenger-mackerel...they had swum to Bottle Brook from the site of the munchkin Stone-Of-Power , located in Egypt, to warn flame that the goblins intended to steal said stone!

On receiving the message, Flame asked that the children mummify the mackerel as is tradition with Egyptian munchkins and their animal friends.  

The children rose to the challenge, removing livers, gills, stomachs, intestines, brains and hearts before oiling, salting, saw-dusting and wrapping the brave fish.  

At the end of the session, a ceremony was held to help send the mackerel to the afterlife, before their mortal remains were entombed on the foundations of the pyramid the children have been building as part of their sessions.  

Upper School children have undertaken practical maths challenges, linked to shape and measure, or reflected on their time at KJS and made a sculpture to represent this.  

Following this, we have carried on with work on the Iron Man, finished shields, made foraged soup or undertaken hammer printing.  

Mini Leader Training

This week, the children have took part in their Mini Leader training. This consisted of working alongside a small team to set up a game for others to play, leading small sporting sessions and thinking of ways to apply our mini leader principles: safety first, positivity, communication, coaching, fun and fitness and inclusion. The children were all very successful in their training and as such have been wearing their mini leader t-shirts with pride!

AVSSP Go Ride

Tonight marked the beginning of the Go Ride season when 16 riders from Kilburn competed in the AVSSP competition at Eyes Meadow in Duffield.

The teams battled well in the Relay and Team Pursuit events and showed great determination and teamwork.

EMBARK Dance Festival

The Kilburn Dance Group enjoyed a day at the EMBARK Dance Festival today, where they performed their dance - the KJS Pop Star Mash up to an audience that included other pupils and dancing celebrities.

The boys and girls had a great day and were grateful to their dance teacher Rosie for preparing them for the occasion.

Well done to our Year 6s

This week, the year 6 have completed their statutory attainment tests (SATs). They have all done a brilliant job, representing themselves and the school amazingly well. They took the assessments in their stride and didn't complain one bit, demonstrating resilience and determination throughout. Well done to our amazing year 6 children! 

Achievement Assembly Winners

Having welcomed numerous visitors to school this week, I reflected on just how special Kilburn Junior School is as the positivity emanated from the pupils and staff.

In today's Achievement Assembly we celebrated the efforts of our Year 6 Pupils this week as they completed their SATs and numerous certificates and awards were also presented to the boys and girls across the school, resulting in a MEGA Play.

This week in TB - WC 12/05/25

What a glorious week we have had down in the wood...beautiful sunshine and surrounded by a plethora of birds foraging for insects to feed their young (we have been watching carefully to see where the robins might be nesting but haven't yet been able to spot their nest).  

Groups have started this week with another scavenger challenge - children had to take a tray and find 15 things to go in it that interested them (we had flowers, stones, leaves, insects...) - they then swapped their tray with another child who had to then find the same 15 items.  

After the challenge, we discussed the collected items and ascertained why children had found them interesting - it was fun trying to find trickier items...I had to help a child find a centipede and then support another to find a forget-me-not out on the field...we were perplexed by another find that turned out to be the new needles forming on the end of a pine tree twig.  

Lower school have then carried on with Egyptian-themed challenges (first Mehen boards and canopic jars finishes; three courses of bricks on the pyramid and central tomb in place (an old washing machine drum!)) or come to Flame's aid by creating tree-spirit-faces on trees to deter the leaf cutter Goblins (the goblins mush up leaved to make leaf-milk to feed to their young - this is what gives them their green colour).  

Upper School children have finished shields, hammer printed on cloth or continued work on the Iron Man project - cans have been crushed (thanks for sending them in) and screwed to a board which will serve as a background for the figures.  

An additional challenge for Upper School has be to make a foraged soup - children have learned to identify 6 plants that naturally grow on the school field...they have collected these plants, added other veggies and made an incredible soup (we also discussed this challenge in relation to food miles and how this impacts on the planet).  

Achievement Assembly Winners

The sun has certainly been shinng both inside and outside of school this week and the children have once again worked hard and demonstrated the excellent learning and positive behaviour we expect.

Attendance has also been exceptional this week, at 97.5%.

Please see the winners of the Mathematics Stars of the Week Awards and Headteacher's Awards below:

This week in TB - WC 05/05/25

What a wonderful week down in the wood...all the leaves are out and, even though it's been chilly, we have been warmed by a blanket of green!

All groups have started their sessions with a nature scavenger-hunt...we had to be inquisitive and find 15 natural items including a worm, beetle, alder cone and feather.  

As Endeavour have a little more time for their session, they then had a go at massaging each other with tennis balls...the aim of this was to enjoy nature, find some relaxation and learn a bit about body-boundaries - we asked permission before rolling the ball on someone's back.  

After their story and HC, Lower School rotated round their challenges: pyramids, canopic jars, Mehen boards, munchling playgrounds and hammer printing; the first set of jars are now painted and ready to receive the mackerel organs at the end of the month!

Upper School children have carried on with viking shields (most now finished), had a go at clothing design via hammer printing or continued work on our Iron Man project - he is now fully decoupaged with tin-foil and parts from the deconstructed appliances are not laid on him, ready to attach.  

Achievement Assembly Winners

The English Stars of the Week were recognised in today's Achievement Assembly, along with other children who have demonstrated our YOU22 Attributes this week.

Finally, over 50 certificates were awarded to the children who represented the school in the AVSSP Cross-Country Competition on Tuesday.