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Focus Week 2008 - NEAR AND FAR |
Our Focus Week in June 2008 was Near and Far Week. This excellent action packed week enabled us to draw together all the themes that we had been studying throughout the year. Playing Indian instruments and drumming African drums were two of the highlights that supported class topics about India and Africa. We had a great party day and open afternoon at the end of the week to celebrate our first ECO Schools Green Flag award. All the children dressed in green, painted their faces and sprayed their hair. Green recycled plastic bags were used to make party bunting and we all enjoyed iced green cakes that the children had made following the flag raising ceremony in the afternoon. Barn and Morris dancing in our playground was great fun too. It was a super week, enjoyed by everyone who took part.
Scroll down this selectrion of photos from our Near and Far focus week, 2008.
Playing African Drums with DRUMZONE.
Children in Class 2 had studied AFRICA earlier in the year.
Taking part in a sponsored football activity to support Kick for Clic.
This is a charity that supports children suffering from cancer.
Class 1 pond dipping with Kate from the Wilderness Centre.
Kate led our residential visit at the Wilderness in March when we explored the pond at Plump Hill. Children in Year 4,5 and 6 could compare and contrast our pond habitat with the pond at Plump Hill.
Enjoying traditional English Morris and Barn dancing
outside in the sun in our playground
Selecting and creating African bead necklaces
Finding out about using moth traps with Mr Peter Hugo.
The traps were set in our school grounds and after looking carefully at the beautiful
moths next day they were all set free.
Exploring and enjoying Indian Instruments in the hall with Andy Warne.
Class 3 had studied India earlier in the year.
Green lunch boxes and dressing in green to celebrate Green Flag Day!
Enjoying lunch with parents.
Year 6 cooked lunch and invited their parents to join them.
The ECO team help Mr Duester to make hedgehog houses
to help the hedgehogs hibernate in the winter.
Enjoying Story Box Theatre at the Great Rissington Club House.
Some great stories came “out of the bag!”
Year 6 designed and painted the ECO Bench
to mark our Green Flag achievement in 2008.
Raising the ECO Schools Green Flag
with parents, governors and other friends!
Well done everyone!
Click on these links below to view our focus weeks from previous years