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16th October, 2008 Children in Year Three began their Romans topic this week. They also began thinking about the presentation of information in Literacy. We watched an example of Newsround, and used this to help us write our own broadcast about the Roman invasion of Britain.
16th October, 2008 Children in Year Three began their Romans topic this week. They also began thinking about the presentation of information in Literacy. We watched an example of Newsround, and used this to help us write our own broadcast about the Roman invasion of Britain.
A collection of footage shot on our Year Three visit to Butser Ancient Farm.
In school today all the children participated in a sponsored skip in aid of the British Heart Foundation and B.W.J.S.
We have been looking at the story of the Serpent King, a folk tale from India. Today, we acted out the story using drama techniques to help us understand the meaning of it.
On 17th March 2009, BWJS hosted a netball tournament for schools in the area. Here is some footage from the event.
Footage from the Year Three swimming gala, March 2009.
Members of Year Three went to the Rugby Festival hosted by Swanmore College of Technology on Thursday 19th March. We were coached by students from Swanmore who showed us a number of rugby skills before co-ordinating matches across the playing fields.
Our Year 6 were joined today by children from a number of local schools to create a massed choir for a vocal festival. Under the direction of Ann George, the choir rehearsed a number of songs which they had previously learned in school, before presenting their efforts to an audience of parents.
On Wednesday 25th March Year 4 held a musical concert for their parents/carers. During the concert they played a range of pieces on the keyboards that they had been learning over the course of the spring term. Year 4 children have been having weekly lessons from a Hampshire Music Teacher in preparation for the concert and we are very grateful for all her patience and teaching. The children will be learning to play the Samba drums during the summer term.
M&M Theatre Productions visited BWJS again today to present their adaptation of 'Alice In Wonderland'.
Every year, Year Three performs an assembly for the rest of the school, and Year 2 from Bishop's Waltham Infant School. We perform this to show what life at BWJS, and in Year 3 in particular, is like. This morning, 3S and 3Z performed their assembly. The children had written the entire assembly themselves, and did a fantastic job in front of a large crowd.
Bishop's Waltham Carnival takes place on 13th June, but here at BWJS, we are already hard at work preparing for our appearance.
Every year, Bishop's Waltham Junior School hosts the district sport track events. We are joined by a number of different schools from the local areas, and our finest athletes compete in running, skipping, sack, shuttle and obstacle races. Before this event, we rehearse these races to find our fastest competitors. This morning, we held the run-offs which would determine our final selections. In front of a crowd of parents and the rest of the school, children from Years 3, 4,5 and 6 competed against each other. There were some excellent performances on the track, and we look forward to seeing our runners compete again next week.
The annual District Sports event was held today at Bishop's Waltham Junior School in glorious sunshine. Children from BWJS and parents from across the area watched on as children from our school were joined by competitors from Swanmore, Curdridge, St John's, Wickham and Upham. Events included sprints, marathon runs, relays, sack races, skipping races, shuttle runs and obstacle courses, and every team gave some great performances. The final results saw Swanmore take first place followed by St John's in 2nd, and Bishop's Waltham Junior in 3rd.
A great day was had by all involved in the Festival Workshops at the school on Sunday. 70 children joined in altogether, including about 20 pupils from St John the Baptist. The day began with art and craft activities as the children created various props and accessories for the day, such as bandannas and flower hoops. Junior Jones from Wise Moves provided a team of dancers and musicians (mainly from London) who spent the rest of the morning running the following dance and music workshops: - Street - Chinese - Caribbean - Flamenco - African drumming The dancers taught the children various traditional moves for their specialist style and culture and choreographed the core of each dance. However, the children were all encouraged to offer their own ideas which were then worked into the choreography, or formed a ‘freestyle’ section. Similarly, the drumming sequence included a ‘call and response’ section where children could improvise a rhythm using what they had learnt during the morning. The children were all very creative and engaged in what they were doing. After lunch, we trooped down to the Palace Ruins where, after some last-minute rehearsals in the grounds, the performance took place on the main ‘stage’. Everything ran without a hitch. A large crowd gathered to watch and they clearly enjoyed what they saw! A huge well done to all involved in the day, and thanks to Betty Springer who co-ordinated our performance with the festival organisers.
At the end of each year, our Year Six children spend five days at Fairthorne Manor. Here is a taste of some of the things they got up to this year.
Some footage of Year Three during Arts Week (September 2009).
Some footage of Year Four during Arts Week (September 2009).
Some footage of Year Five during Arts Week (September 2009).
Some footage of Year Six during Arts Week (September 2009).
Mrs Rye has been working with Year Three to create this dance routine based on a piece of African music.
Mrs Rye has been working with Year Five to create this dance routine based on a piece of African music.
Mrs Rye has been working with Year Six to create this dance routine based on a piece of African music.
Year Three visited Butser Farm on 6th November 2009. This video shows what we got up to!
Today, Year 4 began their Spring Term music lessons by having their first taste of playing the keyboard. Unfortunately, their keyboard teacher was unwell today so it Miss Pearmain and Mrs Phillips had to teach the children how to play their first song called ‘See Saws’. We were extremely impressed with how well the children were able to pick up the tune and keep to the beat of the song, due to their excellent listening skills. By the end of our lesson, they were able to play the whole tune, accompanied by the backing track, twice through with no faults. Well done Year 4!
We finished our assembly by singing 'I Can See Clearly Now'. Because of the fantastic contribution made to this by our percussionists, we filmed the performance.
This afternoon, Year Four performed their keyboard concert in front of Year 4 parents. The children had been learning the instrument for just under two terms and as well as learning how to read the music and how to play the correct notes, they had also learnt a variety of songs to sing and some were native to Africa. The children really excelled themselves and did both their parents and myself and Mrs Peach proud. Well done to you all.
Year 4 have had a brilliant India day in school today. The children and staff dressed up for the occasion and all the outfits were amazing and very colourful. We tried Bollywood dancing, under the splendid choreography of our very own talented Mrs Peach, and this was enjoyed immensely by everyone.
In Mrs Milne’s Literacy group we have been studying the classic narrative poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ by Edward Lear. We used dictionaries to find out the meanings of some of the more ‘old fashioned’ words, and analysed the main features of the poem. Over the last couple of days we have been rehearsing a performance of the poem using hand actions to help us remember the words, and concentrating on speaking clearly and expressively. You can watch our final performance here, on BWJS TV. We are really proud of ourselves. Please tell us what you think by using the comments function.
Year Five presented their Isle of Wight Assembly today. Written by Mr Dennis, and directed by Mr Dennis and Mrs Milne, the assembly was a fun and informative look at what happens on our Year Five presentation. The children gave an exceptional and emotional performance, highlights of which can be seen here.
Today, 30 lucky children who had been identified by their class teachers as having an aptitude for dance were treated to a day long dance workshop with Adela, a visiting specialist teacher from Wise Moves. Throughout the day, they learnt some pretty tricky (but very hip!) moves in the genres of Rock 'n' Roll and Salsa. Our Achievement Assembly was moved to the afternoon so that their choreography could be showcased in front of the whole school. It was such a treat, with the audience participating fully by clapping the rhythm, and the dancers grinning and grooving their way through two amazing routines. For many of the children, this was their first experience of performing in front of such a big audience, and they pulled it off commendably. At the end of the assembly before dashing off to catch her train, Adela commented what a fantastic bunch of children we have at BWJS. In her words, the group were the best she had ever worked with and she'd come running if asked back again! Well done to everyone who took part.
