Naked Snake returns, Home Square gets bigger, Disney’s Toy Story 3 heads to PSP and all the amazing trailers from E3 2010 are yours for the taking this weekend!

Year 2 pupils have been working with film maker and photographer Jon Robson as part of their Creative Partnerships enquiry school project this year.

‘Our Newland Avenue’ is the title for the project which will include a series of short films and the publication of a photography book.

Pupils have been learning all about digital photography and taking pictures of their community, they have also been producing short films using innovative software applications.

Here is a selection of the class’ first films.

Mrs Garnett was the Winner of the EBP (Linking Education and Business) Award– in the category of  ‘Contribution to Continued Professional Development.’ She is the first primary school teacher ever to win this award. Her award was presented at the EBP Award Ceremony at the Ramada Jarvis. All the staff      attended to support Mrs Garnett and our school. Well Done Mrs Garnett!

12 Year 4 children took part in an Olympic “Hotshots” tournament at the David Lloyd leisure centre, competing against 4 other primary schools. 

They all worked really hard and were a credit to the school.  Did you see the coverage in the Hull Daily Mail?  James set a new ‘hotshot’ record for the 30 metre sprint.  

Well done James!

On 24^th February, Kieran, William, Rebecca and Autumn from Year 4 took part in the “Giant Paper Chain Project”.  The goal of this project was to make Hull a family friendly city. 

Before going to the KC Stadium Year 4 had been asked to write down their ideas of how Hull could be more  family friendly. 

The children along with 100 representatives aged 13 and under created a great big paper chain of ideas around the KC Stadium.  As well as making the paper chain the children also took part in fun activities, a tour of the changing rooms and met Hull City players. 

A great time was had by all (especially the lunch) and the children were excellent ambassadors for the school.

Photos to follow.

After a lot of waiting, work began last week on the installation of our wind turbine on the allotments. Paid for by donations by Scottish Power and Tesco, the turbine will power heat and light in the greenhouse. It might even be able to power a pump in the newly dug school pond! Last week, the foundations were laid, and now all we are waiting for is the turbine to be delivered and wired up. Then we will be able to celebrate the big switch on!

Following on from the insallation the July  2009 the wind turbine was switched on and is now working and producing electricity. We now have the capacity to power tools, boil a kettle and light the greenhouse. We will also be able to provide heat in the winter to keep the frost off. It has been an exciting project which will see great benefits for the allotment over the coming years.  

On Thursday, 23^rd April Year 6 children went to Beverley Race course to help them practice Maths in a real-life situation.   The children measured the perimeter of the parade ring, lengths of horses and calculated weights using imperial measurements.  They went behind the scenes to find out about lift of a jockey.  It was a fascinating day! 

Photos to follow

Congratulations and thank you to all children who raised money in the Penalty Shoot Out! The magnificent sum of £2136.50 will be split 50/50 between the school and the community scheme. The prizes were presented by “Roary the Tiger” the Hull City mascot

to the children who raised the most money!

The highest goal scorers in each class were presented with a medal they were:- F2, Kester and Tyler, 1J Deniz, 2H Ariff, 3W Jordan,

4A Kieran, 5H Olivia and 6G Leandro.  Children who raised more than £30 received a signed leather football. The most money was raised by Ethan from class F2— £100.00. He received a signed Hull City Shirt as well as tickets to a Hull City Match and signed leather football. Chloe 4A (2nd), Louise F2 (joint 3rd) and Mia 1J (joint 3rd) also received a signed leather football and tickets to a Hull City Match.

Leon, Mohamed, Phoebe, Asad, Courtney and Lauren (all from Year 5) visited the Guildhall on 28th January to take part in the “Action Speaks Louder” conference. Along with 11 other primary schools from Hull and the East Riding, they learnt about life in the Amazonian Rainforest and the importance of leading a sustainable lifestyle. At the end of the day the children entered the Council Chamber and took part in a lively debate on these issues.