On the last day of the residential, the children got up early to finish packing and tidying their rooms! They then had breakfast and did their last two activities in their groups. This consisted of high ropes, crate stacking, the obstacle race and then the manor olympics!
The children arrived back at school exhausted, but had a really fun few days!
Today has been a long day at Culmington Manor! Children spent this morning canoeing and kayaking on a nearby lake! They showed brilliant bravery going on kayaks for the first time on their own. After getting dry, we had lunch and then heading out for our afternoon activities that consisted of abseiling, crate stacking, high ropes and an obstacle course.
We have not long got back from an evening walk across the surrounding rural areas and children are starting to go to sleep.
Tomorrow morning, children will get up and finish packing and tidying their rooms before breakfast. They will have two more activities and have lunch before returning back to school for around 2:45pm.
The children in Year 5 and 6 arrived at Culmington Manor around 2:50 pm and were immediately put into their rooms to unpack!
They were then split into 4 activity groups. Groups 1 and 2 did team games, including rounders while group 3 did crate stacking with Miss Field and group 4 did the high ropes with Mrs O’Leary.
Everyone then came together for dinner, before having some free time to unpack and relax in their rooms.
At 7:00 pm with the mist descending, the children went into their activity groups again. Group 1 did the high ropes with Mr Morgan, with quite a lot of year 5’s going up to the top! Group 2 did crate stacking with Mrs O’Leary and Groups 3 and 4 did the team games with Miss Field!
The children have just had some showers, if they’ve chosen to, and are getting ready for bed. They are going to be up bright and early at 7:20 am to get ready for breakfast and a morning of canoeing and kayaking.
Year 3 visited the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre as part of their History learning on the Stone Age and Iron Age. The children were able to take part in fun, hands on activities including cave painting, using a stone age fire bow, wool spinning, wheat grinding and building a wall out of wattle and daub. The staff at the Discovery Centre were very impressed with the enthusiasm and attentiveness shown by the children during their visit and Miss Field was proud of how well the children remembered their learning from History week. 
Congratulations to Ella in Year 3, who designed our new mascots Peter and Paul. They have now been recreated by an artist – Scott Anthony – using Ella’s original design and these will be used to celebrate positive work in school and also charitable work that supports our school’s mission.
On Thursday, the school celebrated outdoor classroom day by taking their learning outdoors, demonstrating the benefits of outdoor learning!
Our younger children planted daffodil bulbs, created transient art using leaves, created a leaf bonfire and leaf fireworks. They also had hot chocolate or hot squash and created a firework that went whoosh using coca cola and mentos.
Some of our older children learnt through developing our school allotment areas, and as you can see – some of the work going into that is really showing fruition.
SS Peter and Paul have entered the ‘England Rocks’ Times Table Rockstars competition!
Starting on Monday 8th November at 7:30 am and finishing Thursday 11th November at 7:30 pm, children can login and answer as many questions as they can!
Every correct answer earns the class a point. You can play in all game modes to earn points for your class.
To limit screen time, the maximum you can play each day towards the competition is 60 minutes, and you can only play between 7:30am and 7:30pm each day.
The points from each class are added up and divided by the number of pupils in the class who play.
Example – the class scores 4000 in total and 25 pupils play.
The class score will be 4000 ÷ 25 = 160.
The class with the highest average is the winner.
The top 3 primary classes, based on average score, will each receive an Amazon gift card.
1st place: £100 gift card
2nd place: £90 gift card
3rd place: £80 gift card
There are also certificates available for:
Top 3 classes in your school.
Top 3 pupils in your class & school.
Top 3 pupils overall.
Top 3 primary classes overall.
Will your class be competing for these prizes, there is only one way to make sure… Log in to Times Table Rockstars next week and answer as many correct answers as possible!
Good Luck!!
On Monday, our School Council were very fortunate to experience a trip to London and a tour of the Houses of Parliament. Our local MP – Stuart Anderson – met the children and walked with them on the tour, answering questions that they had.
The children found out about how the Houses of Parliament used to be a palace for the royal family, and walked through the robing room, the Royal Gallery, the House of Lords, central lobby and finished in the House of Commons, where our Prime Minister speaks.
The children then had lunch by the River Thames before walking through Whitehall, past the World War One and Two memorials, then up to Trafalgar Square and to see Nelson’s Column.
An interesting, and exciting day was had by all – and the children were complimented on their excellent questioning and behaviour throughout. Thank you to St Edmunds’ for lending their minibus to transport the children to London.
Today as part of our partnership with Wolves Foundation, we participated in a Black History Month workshop. This was held via Zoom and focused on:
Thank you to Wolves Foundation for doing this! Children have the opportunity to enter a poster competition and potentially win a signed Wolves shirt!
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