Wow! What an amazing performance! Well done Skipper 4, you all shone like stars and made us all feel very proud.

What a lovely morning this was! Such amazing team work and a super supportive atmosphere! Well done to everyone for all their efforts in every race – you were brilliant!

We have been learning Samba with Mr Colwell. We know all the different instrument names. Test us as see what we remember! It’s been great fun playing the different sizes of drums and hearing the sounds made by the guiro. We have started by playing at different volumes and tempos, and are now practising rhythms. We even all played a piece of music together where each instrument kept a different rhythm, which was tricky but fun. It gets loud at times!

We had a fun time trying to persuade ‘Ruby’ that our opinion was correct and that we knew what she should decide to do next in the story. Should she follow the mysterious package or should she stay in the forest and try to find out more about what is going on? The children were very persuasive!

We would like you and your child to take part in the Big Plastic Count 2024 from Monday 11th in the morning to Sunday 17th March in the evening.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0nQHO7Mw-k

In 2022, nearly 250,000 people from schools, households and communities across the country made The Big Plastic Count the biggest ever investigation into UK household plastic waste. It showed that nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic are thrown away in the UK each year, with hardly any of it recycled. 

The rest is burned, sent abroad or ends up in landfill. We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic waste crisis

By joining thousands of people across the country and counting all the plastic you throw away for a week, you can gather the vital evidence needed to convince UK ministers, supermarkets and big brands to lead the way at the global talks that could finally phase out plastic production for good.  

It’s easy!  count as you throw! 

Simply mark every piece of plastic package as you throw it away in your bin or recycling on the Let’s Count Tally Sheet 

TOP TIPS

1.       Put the Let’s Count Tally Sheet up on your fridge, or near your bin or recycling. 

2.       Tell everyone you live with that you’re going to be taking part and ask them to include their plastic waste in the count too. 

3.       Using the Let’s Count Tally Sheet, record the different types of household plastic packaging waste you use for one week. This includes plastic going in your bin and plastic you put out for recycling.

4.       Use the Plastic ID Tool to look up plastic items if you need to.

5.       Remember to write down any piece of plastic packaging you use while out and about, then mark it on your tally sheet when you get back home.

Record your results online by 31st March using your class unique link (https://thebigplasticcount.com/submit/2955/skipper-4). The platform will be able to work out each class plastic carbon footprint as well as our schools. 

Prizes to be won for the top three classes that have the most children that record their results. Prizes include any item off the Learn Play Nexus Education Resource Website https://learnplaynexus.com/  a £20 Amazon Voucher, Any Outdoor resource item from Empties Please list.  

Good Luck!  Let’s win!!

Today, is National Safer Internet Day. The children have spent time in class discussing and learning about how to stay safe online. The main focus of our learning has been the importance of talking to a trusted grown-up if the children come across anything they don’t like or are unsure of online. We have also looked at our SMART rules for using digital devices and the internet and the different places we can go for help. Ask your child at home about what they can remember about our discussion and for any further information or guidance about staying safe online or Safer Internet Day please visit https://www.saferinternetday.org 

Thank you, Skipper 4, for making such beautiful pictures which brighten up our classroom and corridor. Wonderful job everyone!