Last October groups of children planted Crocus bulbs that were donated to the school by Oswestry Town Council.   Today Miss Gull came to judge them and we will wait to hear how we have done.

The picture below shows Barley, Jeslie, William and Sammy planting some of the bulbs in October and the second picture shows how they are looking today despite the very heavy rain we have had recently.

 

The school garden and various areas inside the grounds are looking beautiful at the moment with spring flowers blooming.  We hope you get a chance to enjoy them and we thank everyone who has been involved in the creation of these lovely areas.

Last Friday was totally devoted to Science and the school was a bustling hive of activity as children worked in small groups of mixed ages on a number of science-based projects supported by staff, governors and volunteers.

 

Groups worked outside investigating and creating animal homes; inside they used their craft skills to make paper rockets; created “fuel” so they could launch fizzy rockets from the launchpad in the school field and learned how to make slime. They also entered a poster competition.

 

However the most fascinating was when each group entered the Planetarium Dome kindly provided by Marches School. In the dome they looked up into the heavens, saw the changes in the sky from dawn to dusk and how the moon and stars move across the night sky. They then travelled out through our solar system, and every planet was visited by at least one of the groups. One of the many facts they collected on their “journeys” being that it rains diamonds on Jupiter!  Finally the groups looked at various nebulae before they “powered up their rocket” and headed back to earth.

Our photograph shows Molly, Jac and Alys emerging from the planetarium and their space trip.

We watched Year 6 leave for their week at Arthog, hoping that the torrential rain would ease as they got nearer the coast.

Mrs Jones has just called (11.40am) to say they have arrived and are now settling in.   The weather has eased but it is very overcast.

 

We will be hearing from the group each day and will update this news piece with any news.

 

MONDAY 20/03/17  2.15PM

Children all fed and watered.  Everything unpacked, beds made and - best of all - the sun has come out!!

 

TUESDAY 21/03/17 8.00AM

We all had a quiet night and the children slept well. The weather is set to be dry today,although this won't really bother us as we are going gorge walking this morning! Everyone is sure to get wet anyway.

 This afternoon, we are raft building so a fun day ahead.

 All the children are fine and enjoying themselves so far. We have had no accidents and no tears!  

The latest set of photographs give you a taste of what we did yesterday.

 

WEDNESDAY 22/03/17 8.30AM

 

After a very wet night, we have woken up to find the surrounding mountains covered with snow...it's freezing!!

The children got soaked yesterday, so luckily we have dry activities today, starting with a Trailquest( Which is always great fun!).

 We enjoyed the raft building and the instructors were impressed with how well the children worked together and in particular their good manners towards one another.

  The food at Arthog is always good and I think we are all constantly full up-certainly keeps the cold at bay!

 It's time for us to layer up and trek around the hills.

 

THURSDAY 23/03/17 8.23AM

 

We've woken up to a beautiful morning...it's forecast to be dry all day which is great as we  are climbing this morning and canoeing this afternoon,though no doubt that some of the children will get wet when they 'accidentally' fall in! We had a trek through the forest yesterday, solving clues for rewards as we went. The reward was a camp fire and a mug of hot chocolate while we ate our butties.  

 The children had great fun last night doing the night line-I'm sure they will fill you in when they get home.

 

FRIDAY 24/03/2017  8.11AM

 

After yesterday and our rock climbing (pictures below) we are now on our final morning at Arthog and while the children are looking forward to seeing family and friends, there is also a tinge of sadness that this is our last day here.

Don't worry though we are bringing lots of stories home - and lots of washing too!!

 

 

 

 

If you were unable to complete our Questionnaire when you visited for Parents' Evening this week, you still have the opportunity to do this on line at this link Questionnaire , until March 17th 2017

We have had a wonderful day in school.  The children have celebrated World Book Day by dressing as characters from Harry Potter.

The individual classes will be posting photographs but here is one taken a few moments ago in our sunny playground.

 

Thank you everyone for the time and effort that has gone into the costumes, it has been a special day.