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Ration Cooking March 2011 |
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Year 6 have been learning about life in the UK in wartime. We looked at one person's weekly ration allowance and soon realised that it wasn't very much (see the photograph below). We decided it would be a good idea to experience what it was really like to 'make do'.
Over the last couple of weeks Year 6 have been using the newly refurbished kitchen to cook using ration recipes from the Second World War. The aim was for us to experience what it was like to cook and eat the food that would have been eaten at that time. Some of the food that we made was tasty, but some was not that nice. We made: carrot cookies, sweet biscuits, carrot fudge, syrup sponge, jam cake, all made without eggs. These recipes may sound strange but some were really delicious. Everyone had a fantastic time doing this very worth while activity and many of us would like to do it again.
Report written by Harry & Olivia |
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Year 5 Aylmerton Field and Study Centre Visit 2011 |
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Year 5 returned on Monday after last weekend's action packed educational residential field study visit to Aylmerton. The children were genuinely an absolute delight to take away and their behaviour and respect to each other and all members of staff encountered was a credit to them. The children will be following up the River Glaven and Blakeney Point field work visits on our new ICT provision and using Google Earth. This should prove slightly less tiring as they traverse the 6½ mile coastal walk and make annotations about their discoveries and learning. The staff have now largely recovered and hope the children slept as well as they have this week. A good number of parents have reported how much their children enjoyed the trip and thanked the staff personally. We even had a thank you cake. This is much appreciated. |
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It's All Greek To Year 3 Nov 2010 |
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On Monday we had a Greek Day and this man came in to tell us about ancient Greece . We all dressed up in Greek clothes. We made up our own Greek Olympic games. This included 8 races and in many of our races we had to jump, although race walking was needed since our togas proved difficult to run in. Mandeville Hall became Morgos, an ancient Greek city and we were told ancient Greek myths about the minotaur and the wooden horse of Troy . We had to do a quick quiz and fix puzzles. It was good fun and we learned a little more than we realised.
Report by Emma Robinson, Drew Amos, Neil Boles and Olivia Beanlands
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Kenyan Discovery Nov 2010 |
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On Wednesday, Richard Long from the Mara Rianda Charitable Trust visited our school to talk to Year 6 about his work with schools and communities in Kenya . He showed us many photographs of the amazing wildlife and also of the schools that the charity supports. We saw pictures of the improvements that have been made over the years. The Morgans Children's Council then presented Richard with a cheque for £422.55 which was raised as a result of our recent 'Educate One' African flag day. He was thrilled by everyone's generosity and told us that it was enough for 18 months worth of secondary education for one child. What a privilege to be able make a difference to a child's life in this way. Richard is visiting Kenya in February and intends to find out exactly who we are helping. We hope to be able to communicate with the child in the future. Thank you to Richard for his time and to all of you who contributed. |
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Year 4 Celtic Harmony Camp Visit Nov 2010 |
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Year 4 had a brilliant and informative visit to Celtic Harmony Camp on Wednesday and returned much more knowledgeable about the Celts through many first hand experiences.
"We got gooey fingers when making bread!" Leila Caliskan
"I didn't know they made soup and we got to smell the herbs they used!" Kiran Buck
"We went foraging and had to find fake mushrooms and fruit and find out if these could be eaten or not." Jade Haddock
And ... "We went to the shop!" All of the above ...
One of the Celts (Owain, the warrior) must have had an ancient Norwegian ancestor, since he bore a more than uncanny resemblance to a Viking warrior who visited us a few weeks ago!!! Thank you to all accompanying parents who assisted during the day. |
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Year 6 Waitrose Wonders Oct 2010 |
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Year 6 enjoyed the taste of Kenya this week courtesy of Waitrose. Many thanks to them for supplying the food to enable our Year 6 children to enjoy such an African array. |
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Year 4 Viking Invasion Sept 2010 |
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On Monday Year 4 had a very informative and exciting morning meeting 4 Vikings and undertaking a range of activities. Writing runes, making herb bags, Viking jewellery and weaving were all tried by the children and they thoroughly enjoyed the event.
"The best bit was when the Orme Magneson, a Viking warrior, ran inside the school wearing armour and scared us with a giant sword and massive shield, nearly bigger than him!" Nathan Craddock
"We got to fight using shields. The adults had real shields, but we only had little wooden ones. The children still won!" Jade Haddock. |
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Tudor Triumph - Year 5 go back in time June 2010 |
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On Thursday, the whole of Year 5 dressed up as Tudor peasants and went back in time on a trip to Ingatestone Hall. The class had been split into six different groups: the Chaplains, the Stewards, the Ladies' Maids, the housekeepers, the Gardeners and the Musicians. Ingatestone Hall is a huge manor house and all the groups were split up across it, occasionally catching glimpses of each other and all doing different activities. But there was unexpected trouble afoot with a suspicious anonymous love letter and a mysterious stranger appearing out of nowhere! Lunch was scarce unless you were a rich chaplain, dining with Lady Anne and receiving entertainment from the musicians. Even more trouble when the gardeners somehow ended up in Master Kine's lodges. Luckily, all was revealed when the Lord of the household returned from London . The mystery was solved and Richard Gardner was sent to the stocks. It was the end of the day and everyone presented something to the Lord. The ladies' maids presented him with bunches of flowers, the housekeepers offered around homemade marzipan, the chaplains performed the Lord's Prayer in Latin and the musicians performed a masque called "Monsters in the dark" with a finale of our favourite Tudor song, "Hey hoh". As a final surprise of the day, we each received a groat (4 tudor pence) for our brilliant crime solving and then it was back on the coach to the 21 st century! Some pictures of our day feature on the back page.
By Eleanor Mackay |
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Year 5 Tudor Portraits May 2010 |
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The week before half term, Year 5 showed off their historical artistic skills, through their Tudor portraits. The children showed great skill and the results were very impressive. They also received a historical presentation from Mrs Clare Gittings, one of our Governors and education officer at the National Portrait Gallery. The children enjoyed this and learnt a great deal. |
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Year 3 Visit to Fitzwilliam Museum May 2010 |
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On Thursday 13th May Year 3 went on a trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to learn all about the Egyptians. When we finally arrived at the museum, Sarah the Museum's Education Officer took us downstairs to hang up our coats and put our bags away. Sarah told us that we had to leave all of our belongings behind because the artefacts in the museum were very precious and we had to be careful not to contaminate them. We were led through the museum past some really interesting exhibitions until we reached the galleries containing all the Egyptian pieces. The first thing we came upon (which we couldn't really miss) was a huge sarcophagus lid which belonged to the sarcophagus of King Ramesses II! That was really exciting to imagine that it once belonged to the burial place of a great Pharaoh! Sarah gave us a really interesting talk all about where the Egyptians came from, when the lived and how the Nile was the key to their existence. We learnt so many interesting things such as how the Egyptians prepared bodies for the afterlife and one of the cabinets even contained a real human mummy from ancient Egypt ! Year 3 had a fantastic time at the museum and are now looking forward to starting their topic on the Egyptians! Unfortunately museum rules prevent photographs. |
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