What have you been up to this half-term?

A big thank you to Jack in Year 2 who started a discussion in the whole-school area of our SWGfL Merlin pages asking: 'What are you doing this holiday?'. Why not share with Jack and others what you have been up to this half-term through adding text, an image, a video or a sketch? We would all love to hear what people have been doing as well as see the pupils practising their SWGfL Merlin skills. Mr. Spracklen

POW on the BBC!

On Sunday 30th October at 6pm, BBC2 will showcase excellence in education when it broadcasts the 2011 UK Pearson Teaching Awards ceremony – held at the Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus in London. As you may know, pupils from our school made a film at the end of last term about our school and it has since been made a finalist in the National Teaching Awards, ‘Film my School’ competition. Pupils and staff will be traveling up to London for the awards ceremony and will be joined by host Lenny Henry at the event. Other stars presenting awards include Minnie Driver, Al Murray, David Morrissey and Beverley Knight. More information on the competition and other finalists can be seen at: http://www.teachingawards.com/film_my_school

Year 4 Game Designing (ICT)

In I.C.T, Year 4 have been creating their own video games using Purple Mash and 2DIY 3D. We completed these games in small response to the following news article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9503255.stm. Pupils in Year 4 can access each others games and play them using the links within a Year 4 discussion board. Two games you may particularly enjoy at home are Matthew's 'RED GAME':http://www.purplemash.com/members/programs/2diy3d/?play=3969 and Kai's 'INVISABLE ALIENS GAME': http://www.purplemash.com/members/programs/2diy3d/?play=4074. Comments welcome.