The Junior Rangers from the Friends of Sandall Park are holding a competition to help to decorate and promote their notice board in Sandall Park. All you need to do is to create your own nature themed poster or nature themed poem and hand it in to your teachers before the deadline on 2nd July. There are prizes for the winning entries and your work will be displayed in the park! If you would like to find out any more information about the Junior Rangers, or would like to register your child with the group, please email [email protected].
We were thrilled to welcome local hero, Ray Matthews into school today to talk to the children in LKS2. He even made time to present our Pride of Plover Awards.
Ray is an inspirational runner, who for his 75th birthday ran 75 marathons in 75 days. He has also run 252 miles in 3 days, completed an Iron Man challenge and run across the desert.
He has raised thousands of pounds for charity and his latest challenge is just in time for his 80th birthday: Ray wants 80 schools to run 80 miles and raise at least ÂŁ80 in aid of Age UK.
This seems like a challenge that we simply cannot ignore – especially as it supports our expedition, “How can we make Doncaster more healthy?”.
So every day, from Monday, we are going to do the daily mile, either walking or running around the school field – and the grown ups are doing it too! The children are quite excited and are making pledges, and raising money for charity is a great bonus.
LKS2 children can come to school in trainers and shorts to make it easier for us to complete the daily mile and we will be in touch with details of how you can support our challenge at home.
Today we managed to raise £60 on our ice pop sale so thank you so much to everyone who bought one. Some children were too excited to eat their ice pops that they didn’t want a photo. We know some children had forgotten their money so please don’t worry, we will be selling ice pops again next week. -Miss Blackham
Last Friday in KS1, and this morning in KS2, we had the inspirational and extraordinary Ray Matthews – a true role model!
Ray is an avid sportsman and a national icon, due to the astonishing achievements he has accomplished and vast amount of fundraisers he has done during his 79 years.
In a few weeks Ray turns 80, and 80 schools, will be completing 80 miles to raise money for Rays chosen charity Age UK! https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/rays808080birthdaychallenge
As a school we see the importance of physical activity and exercise, and therefore from Monday we will be making a stand as a whole school crew, to complete the daily mile every single day – all children and all staff!
Check out the the truly astonishing video of Ray below!
Work hard – Challenge yourself – Get active – Feel great!
EYFS are planning ahead to September and we are having a focus on domestic role play. We are looking for beads, bangles, hats, scarves, handbags, waistcoats etc. We would also like metal teapots, milk jugs and sugar bowls. If anybody is having a clear out and would like to donate to school we would appreciate it.
If you have other items you think we could use please contact me [email protected].
Year 6 have had the best day today and they have been absolutely gorgeous! They are just eating their tea and chatting about all the fun they have had. Thank you so much to everyone who has volunteered on this trip to make it happen. Staff have taken hundreds of photos which will be blogged and made in to a video as soon as possible. We will send parents a text when we are one hour away. -Miss Blackham
We have just got back on the coach after our services stop off. The children loved their KFC! Thank you again to everyone who contributed to our breakfast sandwich fundraiser as the funds from that have allowed our children to enjoy their KFC at no cost to them. We are around an hour away from Warner brothers studios! How exciting! Keep checking our blog to see when we arrive! -Miss Blackham
We are on way! The children are so excited! I will keep blogging throughout the day so please keep checking back. Parents will be text when we set off home and when we are an hour away. Thank you all for your support to ensure this trip when ahead! Our children deserve it! Update soon! -Miss Blackham
We started the day by thinking about how healthy we are and then had a special assembly from the British Nutrition Foundation that taught us about the key things to do:
Eat 5 a day fruit and vegetable
drink 6-8 glasses of water (or milk)
eat lots of fibre with whole grain
exercise or be active for an hour a day
chouse healthy options of food.
Children have their own tracker this week to record how healthy they are.
This morning/afternoon, thanks to Ethan’s mum, Mrs Kibble, we are tasting different fruits to find out what is our favourite.
