Countess Way NSPCC Fundraiser!

By Mrs S Taylor20th June 2016

A HUGE well done to all the children and families at Countess Way who ran on Friday for our NSPCC Fundraiser. The day was a massive success and I am so proud of the children’s resilience and belief in one another as they ran!

We have had a fantastic amount of sponsorship money in as well so thank you parents for all your support in organising this. Your children truly worked hard for every penny of that sponsorship!

I am delighted to announce that as a school we ran not one marathon… but 9!!! What an amazing achievement! Below are the ‘stats’ of what we ran so please celebrate these superb results with your families at home. There are a couple of Year3/4 who will be running this week due to being on a school trip so we will add their laps in too.

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Thank you again for all your support for this event. More action pictures will be uploaded by class teachers!

 

 

Gone fishing…

By V Holloway20th April 2016

Year 1 on Countess Way had an amazing ignite trip to the Sea Life Centre on Monday! We saw so many different types of fish and sea creatures! Some of our highlights were:

  • touching starfish!
  • looking at the octopus
  • watching the seahorses
  • learning about the difference between skate and stingrays
  • walking through the tunnel, watching sharks and turtles swim around us
  • seeing the amazing colours, shapes and sizes of all the different fish
  • watching the jellyfish
  • the 4d cinema experience

It was such a busy and we learnt an unbelievable amount about different sea creatures. We have not only collected lots of new knowledge about Under The Sea, it has also inspired us and motivated us to learn more!

We have used some of our new knowledge to write What Am I? riddles about different seas creatures, can you solve this one written by 1e:

I have 3 hearts.

I have blue blood.

I spray ink to escape from predators.

What Am I?

 

Year 1 were all fantastic Brooklands Farm ambassadors, they opened their eyes, ears and dialogue to grow and share their knowledge of under the sea. They also opened their hearts to the members of the public and other schools which were there, by being polite and patient. Well Done year 1!

 

A massive thank you to the parent helpers who came with us on this trip, it couldn’t have happened without you. We hope you enjoyed your day with us!

 

Pictures to follow soon!

Sea Life Centre

By V Holloway15th April 2016

Year 1 on Countess Way are going to Birmingham Sea Life Centre on Monday 18th April! Please come into school at 8am as we will be leaving promptly at 8.15am! Children will need to bring their lunch in a named plastic bag so we can throw all rubbish away when we are there. They will also need to be in their full school uniform.

We look forward to seeing you bright and early on Monday morning!

Finding Half

By Mrs S Taylor23rd March 2016

Yesterday we spent the morning investigating halving!

We talked about how when we halve we split into ‘two equal groups’ or ‘two equal parts’.

We carried out lots of different activities including chalking shapes outside, measuring different water containers, finding different ways to shade half and creating garden patterns which have ben split in half!

It was fantastic to see the children so engaged in their learning and we saw lots of learning zones 4 and 5!

Here we are investigating: