At the beginning of the Autumn term Mr Combes introduced a new scheme to the school. This was our activity afternoons. The whole school had the opportunity to do an activity that they wouldn't normally do. For the first term it was Key Stage 1 and for the next term, Key Stage 2.
The children were split into activity groups with a few children from each class in each group. I asked Mr Combes why he had started this and he said it was to get children to work with other children and staff that they wouldn't normally work with and most importantly, to have fun.
Here are some of the activities that take place:
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Batik
When I went into this activity room it looked very interesting. There were lots of children doing different things, such as dying fabric, tie-dying, making Christmas cards and making small and large banners. I spoke to one of the girls and she told me her favourite thing was tie-dying as it got really messy!
Cooking
Mrs Moss's group was hard to interview because the food was incredibly tempting! I interviewed Naomi and here is what she said: "We have made lots of things in cooking such as pizzas, truffles, sweets and ginger bread.
Stained Glass
I interviewed Evie in this group and I found it very interesting. She told me that they had to bring in glass jars and then they planned how they would paint them and finally painted them. I had a look at Polly's glass jar and it looked extremely professional !
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Working in teams
Mr Combes, the head teacher, had his group solving problems in teams. They have made towers out of art straws so they can support a Lego man and made bridges to support different weights. I interviewed Elliott and he said, "My favourite part was the iceberg game. It was kind of hard trying to solve the problems".
Paper making
In Mrs Berry's paper making group they have been using marbled paper to make cubes. They also made pop up Christmas cards and picture frames. Sacha said, "It was sometimes hard, but was fun and enjoyable too."
Digital Photography
Mrs Roberts' group have been taking pictures of things on the playground and on the field and have gone to the ICT suite to transform them on the computers. They applied different effects to the pictures, using a photo editing package, then cut out photographs of themselves and put them into the photographs. Zoë said, "I enjoyed it, but I needed a bit of help sometimes."
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