Sorry late update - I had to get to my coconut stall straight after school on Friday and this is the time I usually update the blog. I will keep it to the point this week.
We knew it was going to be tough!
Congratulations to all the children who competed in this years Borough Sports. We all knew that making it to the 1st division was going to be more of a challenge and as it turned out, it was. The children should be very proud of their efforts and deserve a pat on the back for making the opposing schools work hard to gain places. You're behaviour was outstanding and sportsmanship second to none. We had some very good results in the field events and some surprises in the track. Through talking with spectator and parents, it was clearly evident that the 1st division is extremely competeive, even in the spectator stand. A new experience for all of us. We will be competing in division 2 next year.
Mr Hautler
Headlines from Mr Knight
All good things come to an end eventually. We knew that competing in Division 1 was going to be hard but the children gave it their best shot! We were like Southend United playing in the Premier League - brave and committed but unable to conquer the teams with greater resources! Very well done to everyone who took part and to all of those who supported the team. Special thanks to Mr Hautler who worked so hard with the team - Miss Slann would have been proud of you!
Apparently the weather is going to be good for the next few weeks. Please ensure that your children are well prpeared for the conditions - apply suncream, provide a hat and make sure that they have a water bottle for frequent rehydration. The summer is here for such a short time - it would be a pity to miss the glorious conditions due to sunstroke. Thank you for your help with this matter.
What else has been happening at Darlinghurst Primary and Nursery School this week?
RM - Mrs Collison - Ahoy there me hearties!! Pirates again this week, however the children have absolutely amazed me with their developing number skills and the knowledge they have now all displayed in reading maps to find buried treasure....by using CO-ORDINATES!! Is there no end to their talents!!
Here's what the children said;
James said: 'I liked making maps and putting the parrot in. When I read the map it was in co-ordinate A4'
Louis said: 'I enjoyed looking for pirates in the role play area with my friend Tyler.'
Libby said: ''I enjoyed playing outside with my friend Rhianna. We played mummies and daddies.'
Clio said: 'I liked making cakes for the pirates out of playdoh.'
Next week we are going to be thinking about Literacy and writing messages in bottles for the pirates to find.
Have a lovely weekend and take care - Mrs Collison X
RW - Mrs Dutton - We have been thinking about pirates again. We have learnt a pirate rhyme, played a game to find out what was in the treasure box and many of the children have been finding out how to use co ordinates to make their own treasure maps.
Shaun said "I have enjoyed doing the pirate pictures on the computer."
Alisha said "I really liked drawing pirate maps."
Isobella said "I liked drawing on the whiteboard and making pirate pictures."
Jay said " I have had fun playing in the role play area."
1/2B - Mrs Barrington - It's been an amazing week for class 1/2B. We really enjoyed reading Anna's Amazing Multi-Coloured Glasses by Wendy Body. Below are some important messages the children would like you to know;
Josh - We have been learning to tell the time..
Rebecca - Have fun at the school fete.
Taylor and Lilly-Rose - Spellings have finished for the term.
Natasha - We have been learning about Anna's Amazing Multi-Coloured Glasses.
Paul - We made some amazing multi-coloured glasses.
1/2D - Mrs Dutton - In Numeracy we have been finding out more about telling the time to half past, quarter past and quater to the hour, We have used the clocks and our bodies to try to remember these times. In our topic of The Seaside we have also enjoyed reading the story Anna's amazimg multi-coloured glasses and we have used our ICT skills to design a pair of sunglasses. Cameron said his favourite part of the week was "collecting and counting all those cups for the school fair. I hope I will win one." Hopefully we will have sun this year!
3/2B - Miss Bernard - Hi everybody!
Another week gone!
We have been really enjoying our Dinosaur topic. The children have been looking at the different prehistoric ages and locating which dinosaurs lived at that particular time.We're also beginning to design logos for our dinosaur bags. Some of the children took part in Borough Sports this week which they really enjoyed, despite having not done as well as in recent years.
Here are some comments from children about some of the activities they have taken part in this week.
"I think that doing the dinosaur logos is fun"- Evan
"Designing logos is fun"- Ryan
"I like doing the Dinosaur Timeline because it's simple and there are lots of new words to learn"- Peter
" The Dino Timeline is great because we get to look at different dinosaurs and see which age they come from"- Thomas
" I enjoyed researching the Dinosaur Timeline"- Aaliyah
"Borough Sports was fun because I like to run and I came joint 3rd with Scarlett"- Natasha
"I enjoyed Borough Sports because it was my first time and I came in 3rd place"- Scarlett
"It was fun and I came 3rd"- Alisha
" Borough Sports was fun"- Raman
" I enjoyed Borough Sports even though we lost"- Josh
"Borough Sports was fun because some of my friends from another school were there. But I didn't like the wait"- Grace
"Borough Sports was fun, but I fell over and hurt myself"- Jack
"I enjoyed "Borough Sports because I've never come 1st, 2nd or 3rd before an this time I came 3rd.- Charlotte
"Borough Sports because I jogged passed somebody in the race and it was my first time in KS2 Borough Sports.- Brendan
"This week I enjoyed doing the alphabet in French because I like doing the alphabet"- Tayyaba
We have had a fun and busy week.
Have a fun weekend! - Miss Bernard
3/2C - Mrs Chatterton - This week we have been writing letters, we chose to write to different authors to invite them to come to our school. I wrote to J K Rowling because I really like the Harry Potter books. This morning we made sculptures that have got some musical electronics inside them that can be seen in Southend on 2nd July. I helped to make the tree. In ICT we have been making a Power Points presentation about dinosaurs - I am doing about a T-Rex. In science we have been looking at rocks and how they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, some are hard and some are soft like chalk - Paige
4B - Miss Bolton - Some of us in 4B this week cooked around 250 flapjacks to sell to raise some money for our class. They were yummy! We still have some left and will be selling the left overs on Monday.
We had a great time learning about Henry VIII and all his wives too. Today we made Fathers Days cards. We have also learnt about decimals in maths this week.
Blog written by Jessica and Poppy.
4J - Mrs Johnston - This blog has been written by David and Cai.
This week we have doing work about Henry VIII. We have done very well. We have written a lot and made a show about Henry VIII. We have drawn pictures and we all did a good job. We went outside for PE and we did Tudor dance and then we did jousting.
Sports update from George
Going to Borough Sports was really good. I liked racing against the other schools. I liked it when Steven ran his fastest and Charlie kept going even when her foot hurt.