Year 5 and Year 6
Who’s who?
Kites Eagles Owls Class Teacher: Mrs MacTaggart Class Teacher: Miss Jeffreys Class Teacher: Miss Smith PPA Teacher: Miss Ibison PPA Teacher: Miss Ibison PPA Teacher: Mrs Clarke Teaching Assistants: Mrs Nevers
and Mrs SaundersTeaching Assistants: Mrs Knight
and Miss CafferkeyTeaching Assistant: Mrs Hall
Residential
Day 5 complete! All groups took part in a gorge walk where we admired the beautiful views, walked through the gorge and slid down waterfalls; it was a perfect finish to our week! The children had their last lunch altogether, finished packing and said their goodbyes to the team at Plas Pencelli who have been absolutely brilliant! The coach journey home was full of singing and sharing memories from the week which was lovely to hear. As a Staverton staff team, we are incredibly proud of the team work, positivity and resilience all of the children demonstrated this week! We hope you all have a great weekend and get lots of rest and sleep!
Day 4 and our final full day complete! One group went canoeing which was a huge success with no capsizing! All the group picked it up really quickly, avoided oncoming canal boats and jumped in at the end. The other two groups were climbing today. Both groups started off bouldering to gain confidence and worked together when climbing and belaying; resilience and team work was incredibly strong. Final dinner went down a treat with chicken goujons and chips followed by the biggest waffles we have seen! We finished the evening with orienteering around the grounds. Here we are in action!
Day 3 complete! We have been non-stop today so an earlier night was appreciated by many! Two groups had a fab time canoeing and were incredibly successful at this! Lots of the children entered in the water, mostly by choice, but we did have a few accidental trips in (as you can see from the smiley faces in the pictures, they didn’t seem to mind this). The third group were caving today! They were amazing cheerleaders to one another and encouraged each other to complete different challenges! This evening, after pasta, meatballs and arctic roll, they completed the evening activity of problem solving! Here we are in action!
Day 2 complete! It has been a busy day here at Plas Pencelli with two groups caving and one group climbing! The cavers overcame many fears and really challenged themselves throughout the day clambering through the tight spaces. The climbers began with bouldering before taking on greater heights on the quarry. We all learned how to support one another on the ropes, climb and abseil. They were all incredibly proud of how high they manage to climb as they should have been! The evening activity was a wet one to say the least. Each group navigated a course through the water whilst attached to ropes and each other! Again, great teamwork was demonstrated all day today! Here are we in action!
Day 1 complete! We have arrived and already the activities are in full swing. First challenge of the trip was making their beds and a challenge it was for many! A bit of teamwork and resilient was all it needed for all beds to be made! After lunch, all groups took part in an adventure walk around the grounds where we got wet and muddy straight away! Everyone embraced all the challenges and the team work continued. Full of pizza, potato wedgies and profiteroles, we completed a scavenger hunt around the centre of the site. Here we are in action!
Term 5
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Term 4
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Term 3
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Term 2
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Year 6 Leavers’ Treat
FOSS arranged a super last treat for the Year 6 that involved a silly string battle, an ice-cream from the ice-cream van and a disco. The brilliant Mrs Sykes made a fab frame for their photo booth! What great fun we had and lasting memories were created!
Term 5
Residential
Day four completed! With full tummies from our two-course breakfast, our groups set off to take part in either rock climbing or caving. It was wonderful to witness our children pushing themselves to try new things whilst tackling their own challenges and goals. The children have taken teamwork to a new level this week, building their confidence to work collaboratively and stepping in to offer encouragement to aid others in overcoming hurdles.
Day three completed! Our busiest day yet full of caving, canoeing and a wet dingle descent! Now that all groups have completed canoeing, we can say that we were successful with no-one capsizing (but lots of jumping in at the end)! The caving groups were equally successful with many children facing their fears with the small spaces and darkness. The children are being brilliant and making themselves and us incredibly proud! We are excited for our final two days.
Day two completed! We started our day full of beans ready for breakfast. Two of ours groups embarked on a canoeing adventure whilst the other two challenging themselves with rock climbing. All groups were recognised for their determination and seizing opportunities to push themselves out of their comfort zones. The lack of sleep hit us on our return home, but not for long … Curry and pudding to the rescue!! This allowed us to complete the evening activity of orienteering around Plas Pencelli’s grounds with just as much energy as this morning. We hope you enjoy looking through our successes today.
Day one completed! We arrived in just over two hours with the sun shining the whole way. The sunshine stayed with us all day for our adventure walk where we got very muddy and very wet. After pizza for dinner and pancakes for pudding, we took part in some problem solving activities including a tense egg-drop competition. Here we are in action…
What are we up to this term?
Term 4
What an excellent term we have had! We thoroughly enjoyed reading Beetle Boy and creating our own newspaper articles and a missing person narrative inspired by M.G.Leonard. In Science, there were lots of fun and interesting practicals such as dissecting flowers to study their parts in more details and using a range of different ‘beaks’ to work out how bird beaks have adapted over time. We developed our skills in PE where we were learning how to play seated volleyball! Take a look at the pictures of us below!
What are we up to this term?
Term 3
We have had a busy term! Each class loved reading Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll and completing letters and writing a story based on this (and our World War 2 learning from History last term). We also enjoyed learning all about North and South America in Geography, learning how to use tactics in our realPE unit, composing our own piece of Music, taking part in activities linked to Children’s Mental Health Week and engaging with prayer spaces. See pictures of us below enjoying Term 3!
What are we up to this term?
