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• P3 Stone Age Experience

  Thu 23 Jan 2020 Mrs Herbert
  P3 enjoyed a stone age experience where they got to light their own fires, bake stone age bread and eat bugs! For all pictures, please see P3 class page (Children - Class Page - P3 - Topic) 

  

• Zoo Lab

  Sun 19 Jan 2020 Mrs Herbert
  P3 enjoyed the visit from Zoo Lab. They learned lots of facts about tortoises, tarantulas and millipedes (one of the oldest living creatures on earth!) 

  

• Thank you to P3 for the Christmas Pet Food Hamper

  Sun 19 Jan 2020 Mrs Herbert
  P3 supported a local animal shelter to ensure the dogs and cats had treats this Christmas. This was an excellent opportunity to build community links. 

  

• Outdoor Learning

  Wed 15 Jan 2020
  A busy afternoon in Primary 1 today. Children (and teddies) wrapped up and enjoyed making the most of our outdoor learning area. We went on a worm hunt, made shelters & muddy meals for our teddies and enjoyed games around the fire. Children learned about managing real life risks while having lots of fun and a little danger!

  

• ZooLab - Classroom Animal Encounters

  Tue 14 Jan 2020 Fiona Taylor
  Tristan from ZooLab visited Bridekirk Dovenby School last week to educate and inspire the Key Stage 2 pupils through engaging hands-on animal encounters. He brought a tarantula, a frog, a tortoise, a millipede, a tortoise and a snake. 
  During the session, he helped the children to identify how the animals adapted to their environments and he also shared the journey of Charles Darwin. 

  

• Red Team Win

  Tue 14 Jan 2020

  Autumn Term team point winners were rewarded with indoor golf fun today. The Red Team were taught about different golf clubs, learned how to putt and scored points on an inflatable (golf) dart board. What a lot of fun! 

   

  Plans have been made for our Spring Term reward. Who’ll it be? 

  

• A fascinating morning learning lots about Judaism at Tullie house

  Mon 06 Jan 2020 Mrs B Fletcher
  On Wednesday 11th December, the Y2 children visited Tullie House for the morning to find out more about Judaism. They had talked about 'Shabbat' celebrations during Harvest time, so they were excited to learn even more about this interesting religion. The exhibition at Tullie House certainly didn't disappoint! There were stories to listen to, artefacts to handle, things to dress up in and games to play. We all left bursting with knowledge, thanks to Sally and Kit who led the session. Lots of discussion followed back at school and the children made a lovely thank you card, which has been posted out to the ladies at Tullie House. 

  

• The Reception children's Travelling Nativity Bag

  Mon 06 Jan 2020 Mrs B Fletcher
  In the lead up to Christmas, the Reception children enjoyed taking turns to carry the "Travelling Nativity Bag" home for one or two nights. The bag contained a colourful story of the first Christmas, with a beautiful pop up final page. There was also a box of figures to play with, a candle to light and an optional prayer to say. A "Tales of the Travelling Nativity" book was also in the bag for parents and children to write comments, draw pictures and stick in photos if they wanted to. Judging by what I've seen in the book so far, the children have had a wonderful time sharing the contents of the bag with their families at home. Many thanks to the Reception parents for your cooperation with this.