Latest News

Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

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• Work at the E-Learning Centre

  Mon 31 Mar 2014

  Emerald and Amber class have today visited the e-learning centre.

   

  Emerald class were going to act out their pirate story which they had written and made story boards for. They will be videoing and using a green screen, which will allow them to put any background they want on it and look like they are there.

   

  As soon as their work has been edited it will be put on to Richmond Hill TV.

   

   

  Elearning@luton is Luton's Town Learning Centre with a focus on music technology, digital imaging and animation and their uses throughout the curriculum.

• The Last 5 Days in Review

  Fri 28 Mar 2014

  As always it's been a busy week with trips out and about and all sorts of things going on in school.

   

  Years 3 & 4 visited the Fun Factory (you can see a video of this on Richmond Hill TV here) 

   

  Years 5 & 6 had a 1980's party. 

   

  The grown ups got some good refresher training from Shirley and Angela on Wednesday.

   

  Aga came in for our music sessions and choir. 

   

  Classes went swimming to either Inspire or LZW.

   

  The Quad outside Red and Purple class had it's grass taken up and replaced with astro turf. You can see photos of this here. 

   

  Diamond Class used the Bee-bots in their ICT lesson. (read about and see photos of us using the Bee-bots here)

   

  John has been teaching us all how to dance hip-hop style (yo, respect)

   

  We got given a Raspberry Pi, (read about it here) which is exciting and both the grown ups and children will be learning how to use it together and finding out what it can do.

   

  The school council have met and will take charge of emptying the compost bins for classes.

   

  We have done our daily power walks and sensory circuits that help us get ready to work in the classroom.

   

  Also this week it was Jill's birthday. Jill bought loads of chocolate biscuits for the grown ups which went down very well!

• In the News

  Thu 27 Mar 2014

  We found ourselves in the Luton news today talking about our mile walk for sports relief. 

   

  I have re-assembled the article, only using the bits about us!

  

• Quad Redevelopment

  Wed 26 Mar 2014

  This week has seen the quad outside Purple and Red class have a make over.

   

  A new wider path has been laid and the grass removed so astro turf can take it's place.

   

  The area will be less muddy and just an all round better environment for the children to play and learn in. 

  

• Richmond Hill TV

  Tue 25 Mar 2014

  We take a lot of photos and videos in school which we make into slideshows and videos. The children love to see themselves on screen and it acts as a reminder of an event or activity they have taken part in.

   

  As parents, families and carers you can view these videos on a secure website which requires a log in and password. Only those with log in details will be able to view the videos.

   

  You can get to the videos via the 'interactive' button on our website and Achlan has made a video tutorial of how to log in and start viewing. 

   

  www.richmondhill.luton.sch.uk/interactive

  

• Sports Relief 2014

  Mon 24 Mar 2014

  Sports relief went really well on Friday. It was good to see such a great turnout.

   

  Thanks to David for organising us all and thanks to Emma for the cake stall.

   

  www.richmondhill.luton.sch.uk/fundraising

  

• A Busy Day Ahead

  Fri 21 Mar 2014

  So much going on in school today. Years 5 & 6 are having a 1970's themed disco this morning as part of their 'Decades' topic. 

   

  Classes up and down the school are making cakes ready for sale after the sports relief walk.

   

  This afternoon we embark on our 1 mile walk!

   

  Then we can all look forward to a well deserved weekend!

  

• New Videos!

  Thu 20 Mar 2014 ICT Team

  Please feel free to check out brand new videos that have been uploaded to our eLearningTV.

  Including Gold Classes Dance Videos, John & Angela's Keep Fit Video & Pancake Day Assembly.

   

  Be sure to check out eLearningTV for weekly updated videos.

   

  For log in details, Please contact the class teacher via the home school book.

   

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• Making Play Dough

  Tue 18 Mar 2014 Green Class
  Today Green class made their own play dough, and would like to share the recipe with all the Richmond Hill parents, as it was so easy. And as a bonus, it smells lovely!

  All you need is a bottle of cheap coconut conditioner, and some cornflour.

   

  Put about five tablespoons of conditioner into a bowl. Gradually add cornflour a spoon at a time (the recipe uses a US cup of cornflour, but we found it better to add a bit at a time and if it gets too dry, add a tiny bit more conditioner). The mixture looks slightly dry at the perfect point, but use your hands to knead it into perfectly soft and fragrant dough. If it's too sticky, add more cornflour.

   

  We added a few drops of food colouring once it was made, and the children watched it ripple into the dough as they played with it.

   

  Have fun!

  

• Pearl class BeeBots work

  Fri 14 Mar 2014

  Today Pearl class used the BeeBots in their numeracy lesson. The BeeBots can be programmed to follow a route. The children in the class did amazingly well. Check out more photo's on their page. 

  www.richmondhill.luton.sch.uk/pearl