The children in Year 5 were very pleased to have Chris Connaughton visit for a morning of storytelling and writing challenges. Chris shared a selection of short stories based on a maritime theme, linking to our recent maritime history project. The children heard versions of The Odyssey, Robinson Crusoe and Long John Silver. We also had some of the children's parents and carers join us, and we hope that the children will be inspired to follow up their morning session with some reading at home. We will be doing some more reading and writing based on the stories in school.

Yesterday we were delighted to be able to welcome parents and carers in to school to our Egyptian Exhibition where we shared all of our learning linked to our History project about ancient civilisations and the ancient Egyptians.  During this term, we have also linked our Art learning and created beautiful and colourful canopic jars inspired by the artist Grayson Perry.  In our English lessons, we  extended our understanding of time conjunctions and used them when we created Embalmers Handbooks. The children were very keep to share their projects with their adults and there was a wonderful array of different models, posters, presentations and even a full sized sarcophagus complete with mummy!

Our School were thrilled to have the African Adult Choir - UBUNTU - whilst on their "Dream Tour" of the UK.  Most of them originate from Uganda & Kenya and were made up of Alumni from the African Children's Choir, at least 2 of whom had visited Ringwood Junior School some 10 years ago! 

These talented Christian young performers have just completed secondary school and are now on a gap year before heading to university.  Having come from very poor families, they have been supported throughout their schooling by the Christian charity 'Music for Life'.

This week, Moyles Court School challenged us to an inter-school chess event. We were able to take 6 children from across all year groups and were lucky enough for Moyles Court to offer the use of their mini bus so we could attend.
The children played in a ‘knock out’ tournament within the lower and upper schools leading to a grand final across all the year groups. Ilyia (Yr 6) was pleased to win all his matches and the final and he was awarded a trophy. All children really enjoyed the event, especially the hot chocolate and doughnuts as a celebratory snack.
Thank you Mrs Musselwhite for supervising the Chess Club and accompanying the children to the event.

World Book Day provides a fantastic opportunity to focus on reading for pleasure, supporting children's autonomy in book choice, and embedding a habit of reading that brings a wide range of benefits.

Children dressed up as one of their favourite book characters or dressed in their pyjamas. They brought one in to school of their favourite books to share and recommend to friends.

On a very cold and damp day, our intrepid runners set out against fields of 100 others in each race. The conditions were difficult and the start was muddy.
It was a great run from all our children, they were completely fearless with some stand out performances from Milo (8th), Josh (14th) and Eloise (20th). The 4 boys from the Year 6 team ran a brave race to all place in the top 21, gaining them a silver medal.
We gave it our all and the effort and weather took its toll and we were really tired at the end and glad to retreat to the warmth of our cars for a drive back to school.
Well done everyone and thanks again for parent support with transport.