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Mrs
Yildirim and the Ecology Club would like to share their exciting news.
on Tuesday 5th July 2011, the Keep Britain Tidy assessor came into
school and awarded us the Green Flag Award. This is the highest
award given to schools that are environmentally friendly and we are only
the third school primary school in Hartlepool to be given this award.
The school will be given a flag to fly outside school.
Well done Mrs Yildirim and the pupils involved in this
achievement!
Ecology Club
Ecology Club is
now run by Miss Kerry, on Tuesdays after school from 3.15 to 4.15.
The group welcomes children from year 1 to year 6, currently we have no
year 6 pupils attending.
Although we
work together on everything the children are in different groups, Garden
Monitors, Litter Monitors and Energy Monitors.
Topics we have
discussed so far, since the Autumn term started, are litter
picking and keeping our environment clean and tidy. We have also
discussed energy and the importance of switching off lights and other
electrical appliances, to save energy.
We have made a
beautiful display in the corridor. The children have sewn and
decorated their own bugs and have drawn pictures of creatures of all
colours! Our display also shows captions, with ideas from
the children, of ways of saving energy in the home. The children
have lots of ideas for the Autumn and Winter garden too
The children
have weeded one of the main allotment beds. The plan is for them to dig
it over completely, and in the spring to divide the bed with
string into 16 square foot plots. This is called square foot gardening.
The idea is to give each child the chance to plant whatever they like,
in their square foot. Whether it is carrots, cabbage, runner
beans, beetroot, parsnips, flowers or a strawberry plant, they are
solely responsible for their plot
The children
have planted some trees in the nature garden, that were kindly
donated by the Woodland Trust. They planted Wild Roses, Blackthorn,
Cherry Plum, Elder, Hazel and Crab Apple.
We plan to make
some Christmas decorations in the last few weeks before we break up for
Christmas.
ICT Club
ICT Club
is held every Wednesday, for Y5 and Y6 pupils, after school. It
has been running now for the past six years due to the enthusiasm and ingenuity of its
members.
The aim of
the club is to extend and improve the children’s ICT skills, while at
the same time having fun.
All
members encourage and help each other, and everyone’s ideas are listened
to. Finished work is discussed and objectively criticised to see how it
could be improved, next time around.
Since the start of the Autumn term, all
members, have produced a poster, which included Word Art, pictures,
background, borders, and persuasive text, to advertise our annual Autumn
Fair. They have learnt to use a webcam and an animation programme
(I can animate), to produce a short animation, using plasticine models.
The inspiration for their work, was taken from an animation called "Lost
and Found". All members will have the opportunity to create a moving
Christmas card, which they can email home.
Everyone
at the club thinks ICT is GREAT!
Film Club
We are delighted to
inform you that we are now running a FILM CLUB, every Wednesday, after school. It will be
a chance for our children to experience a variety of films in a safe,
happy and structured setting.
What is a FILM CLUB?
Our FILM CLUB aims to
make a wide range of films available to young people which challenge,
unite, educate, amaze and inspire. Our children will have the
opportunity to explore the wonderful world of film and use the FILM CLUB
website
www.filmclub.org to search for the films they want to watch, submit
reviews and enter exciting competitions!
FILMCLUB is a government
funded school activity and as part of their work, they sometimes film
the clubs, interview the students and publish video material on their
website. Occasionally there may be “out of organisation” film crews
filming or local/national press taking photographs.
We will show films that
are either a U or PG classification, see below. For more details, visit
the
www.bbfc.co.uk
Film Classifications:
U – Suitable for audiences aged four years and over. Set within a
positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to
any violence, threat or horror.
PG Parental Guidance – general viewing, but some scenes may be
unsuitable for young children.
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