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Animal Paintings

Wed 30 Apr 2014

The children in Green class painted their favourite farm animals on Monday. They did extremely well, with the minimum of help from the adults. We're really proud of them.

Gold class have been to the Inspire pool and they had a fantastic swimming lesson. The children were learning to swim on their front, blow bubbles in the water and go under the water to collect weights. For a first lesson the children looked confident and happy.

Frog Hunt

Mon 28 Apr 2014

As part of the topic 'Frog Chorus', Ruby and Opal class have been at Ashridge Forest today, on the look out for frogs. We will let you know tomorrow how successful they were.

The last 3 days in review

Thu 24 Apr 2014

A very short week this week but we have managed to pack a lot in.

On Wednesday we had some new children and new adults starting with us. We hope they settle in quickly.

Sensory circuits and power walks have been under way in the mornings. The power walkers are definitely enjoying this better weather!

We launched Bird Box live! After the success of last year, we seem to be lucky again and there has been some nest building already going on. You can see the live stream here

Classes learnt what the topics were going to be for this half term.

Years 1&2 are doing 'Down on the Farm'

Years 3&4 are doing 'New Life'

Years 5&6 are doing 'Frog Chorus.

You can see some of the songs and activities we are going to use by going to our new topic page here

Our version of the 'Happy' song is now on our Richmond Hill TV here

(you will need the username and password to see it)

We got back into swimming lessons with John.

As we are an eco school you can see the schools 'Eco Code' online and a questionnaire filled out by a pupil by clicking here

Hope you have a good weekend and we'll see you back on Monday.

RHS Bird Box - Live!

Wed 23 Apr 2014

We have a bird box in school that is set up to entice Blue Tits to come and nest in.

Last year we were lucky enough to have 8 eggs hatch. It was interesting to see what they were like and how they grew. This year, we can see some nesting has been going on but no other action as of yet. Click on the link to see the latest goings on.

http://www.richmondhill.luton.sch.uk/interactive/

We're Back!

Wed 23 Apr 2014

We are straight back into the swing of things here at school.

Topics this half term are:-

'Down on the farm' so expect lots of animal related work and trips to a farm.

'New Life' where we will look for signs of Spring and new life being born, chicks, lambs and babies.

'Frog Chorus' this will look at habitats and life cycles of a frog, plant life around ponds and jumping like frogs in P.E. We hope to go pond dipping as well.

The last 5 days in Review

Fri 04 Apr 2014

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

Emerald class went to the e-learning centre to make a video of the pirate story Victor had written. You can see screenshots of his story on this page here

Amber class recreated the story 'Barry the Fish with Fingers' at the e-learning centre. You can view behind the scenes footage on Richmond Hill TV here

Years 3 & 4 had a pirate party for the end of the 'Treasure Island' topic. You can see some photos here

Gold and Silver class went to the Fun Factory.

Important term dates added to the school calendar, right up to July 2016! (yes, really!)

Egg jarping made a return and we had an egg jarping draw that rivalled the draw for the world cup! Exclusive photos can be seen here

We finally captured the governors on camera and you can see them over at the governors page here

Ruby class went to the e-learning centre to make adverts for the chocolate bars they had designed. You can see some photos on their page here and you can see the finished results by logging into Richmond Hill TV here

Vicky has been busy with classes in the garden area clearing beds and planting peas. You can see photos here. Vicky has also had a good try to get us to eat some purple broccoli!

Everyone in school was happy to dance along and join in to make our own 'Happy' video.

Classes went swimming to LZW or to the Inspire pool.

Sensory circuits happened every morning at 9 on the dot.

Classes that go for power walks, went for power walks to help them be ready to learn in the classroom.

Paying for dinners at school are changing we will be operating a cashless system from the 12th May. You can read more information on this page here. Cards and information have been sent home in each child's home school book.

We held the 8th annual Egg Jarping tournament. Yellow class were this years winners. You can see a few photos here. Video to follow.

We came to the end of our book term extravaganza. You can see the books we looked at and some of the work that went with it on this page here

April's newsletter was been sent out. You can read it here

And now we find ourselves at the end of another busy term, so enjoy the break and see you all back on the 23rd April.

Wow, amazing work by Ruby Class

Thu 03 Apr 2014

This week classes have been going to the e-learning centre to make some videos. Yesterday was Ruby's turn and they didn't disappoint.

You can see some photos on Ruby Class page here

They made adverts for the chocolate bar they designed and made. The finished results are brilliant. The children choose backgrounds, music and different animations to go on the video.

You can view the videos on our Richmond Hill TV (remember it's password protected so have your log in handy). Click to view here