Watlington Primary School: November 2016

Wednesday 30 November 2016

Icknield Year 3/4 Tag Rugby Tournament

The year 3/4 tag rugby team have had a brilliant morning at Icknield taking part in their annual tournament.

We even came away with first place!

A huge thank you to the staff and pupils at Icknield who were fantastic hosts - helping to coach, encourage and support our team to victory!

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Saturday 26 November 2016

Dinosaur claws and other fossils

Three large dinosaur claws; middle of the top row.

Dinosaur jaw

Mr Holdship visits KS1

Mr Holdship kindly visited KS1 last week.The children really enjoyed hearing about Oxfordshires 'connection' to dinosaurs, as well as learning even more interesting facts about dinosaurs. They loved seeing the dinosaurs jaw and claws and other amazing fossils too . We certainly think a visit to Oxford Science Museum and to Woodstock Muesum are now a must! Many thanks again Mr Holdship, for a great morning .

Thursday 24 November 2016

Magnets and iron filings in Hares

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Mr Holdship comes to visit.

Thank you to Mr Holdship who came in today to talk to us about dinosaurs. We didn't know that Oxfordshire is 'dinosaur territory', with many dinosaur bones found in the area. The children had great fun finding out about the different periods of time and particularly enjoyed exploring the fossils.

STOP PRESS!

Christmas Craft Open Morning

Tuesday 13^th December

Watlington Primary School

You are invited to visit our school on Tuesday 13^th December to participate in art and craft workshops from the Foundation Stage all the way up to Year 6.

Come and visit your child’s class – or see what goes on elsewhere in our fantastic school!

The doors will open at 9.15am and we will close the event with carols and mince pies in the school hall from 10.00 - 10.30am.

This event is open to any members of the school - or local – community. The more the merrier!

We look forward to seeing you then.

Roald Dahl Museum

Roald Dahl museum

We had lots of fun exploring the world of Roald Dahl. From crawling through Fantastic Mr Fox's hole to going inside James' giant peach! We also did some observational drawing of insects and then created our own.

Bucks County Museum - Earlier Return Time

Just to inform you that our pupils will be returning slightly early today from the Bucks County Museum. We anticipate they will be back at school by approximately 3.20pm (subject to traffic).

Thursday 17 November 2016

Jono Lancaster visits Year 5 and 6

Over the last few weeks, the Red Kites, Golden Eagles and Swallows have been looking at the book ‘Wonder’. We have been learning about Treacher Collins Syndrome and how it affects a the main character from the book, Auggie.

Treacher Collins is a syndrome that only affects the face. Most of the time the cheekbones don’t develop properly and this can make the eyes look ‘droopy’.

This Tuesday we had a visitor in Year 5 and 6 whose name is Jono Lancaster. Jono has TCS and has set up a charity to help other carriers get the operations they need. He travels the world to help children who cannot afford the treatment they desperately need. In assembly, Jono gave an inspiring speech about his life growing up with TCS. Years 5 and 6 have been having cake sales, the whole school have been collecting penny pots and on Friday we will all be dressing in blue to raise even more money for the charity.

Thank you to all of those who have already donated.

Ciaran, Shayne and Dan

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Dinosaur Party!!!!

We are so happy in Foundation Stage because our dinosaurs have returned! We wrote down all of the things we wanted to have at their 'welcome back party', including balloons, party hats, music and a volcano cake! We've had lots of fun this afternoon, dancing, playing games and eating!!!