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• March 2016

  Thu 31 Mar 2016

  Science Week - Mr Battye

  It has been science week at Great Missenden and the children have had some truly memorable activities to help them along the way.

   

  Birds of Prey

  Our theme has been flight and fall and we had an amazing visit by Mr Greenhalgh of First Class Falconry, who came to speak to us on Tuesday about Birds of Prey. All the children were given a demonstration of different birds including, Great Grey Owls, Kookaburras, Turkey Vultures and Harris Hawks. The whole school went out on to the field to watch a flight demonstration where the birds glided over the children and caught food in mid-air, which delighted and amazed them!

   

  Paper Aeroplanes

  The children have also been taking part in a paper aeroplane competition to see which planes could go the furthest and which would stay in the air the longest. Winners will be announced in assembly next week.

   

  Science Show

  Finally we rounded the week off with a science show delivered by Marguerite Fletcher and Dave Smith of the Ogden Trust and DCGS, where they wowed us with experiments around air pressure, thrust and density.

  

• Ping Pong!

  Thu 24 Mar 2016

  Three children from Year 5 demonstrated that 'practise makes perfect' on Friday 17th March. Last year we put the all weather table tennis tables on the KS2 playground. Oliver Charlton, Nathan Bergandy and Josh Mandeville are never far away from them. They went to Little Kingshill to play in a table tennis tournament and brought home the trophy! They won almost every game and were extremely humble in victory. Well done boys.

  

• TREEmendous Week

  Thu 17 Mar 2016
  Through the Woodland Trust initiative we were gifted 840 free trees to plant in our school grounds.  

  Last week the children planted the tree saplings in class groups, this also coincided with National Get your Grandparents gardening week.

  This was a great opportunity for children to participate in some hands on gardening, and be in the great outdoors!

  

• Whole School Workout

  Sat 12 Mar 2016

  On Friday 11th March the children dressed up in Sports mufti to help raise money for Sports relief.

  In the afternoon the whole school participated in a workout ran by the teachers, this included aerobics and dancing.

  The children had loads of fun

  

• U11 Tag Rugby

  Thu 03 Mar 2016

  The U11 tag rugby team welcomed Holmer Green Junior school, Prestwood Junior school and Little Kingshill school to Great Missenden to participate in a tag rugby competition on Wednesday 2nd March.

   

  It was a great afternoon with all the children enjoying it, even in the HAIL!

   

  The children played amazingly and came second out of the four schools. They showed outstanding rugby skills, played beautiful rugby and scores some amazing tries!

  

• The Hide

  Wed 02 Mar 2016
  The Hide came to see Year 4 before half term. The children held bearded dragons, millipedes, frogs, snakes and spiders! They were all incredibly brave and learned a huge amount of information about these rain forest creatures.

  

• Greek Day

  Tue 01 Mar 2016
  Year 4 Ancient Greek Day was a huge success. The children wrote myths, acted out myths, made laurel wreaths, baked pitta bread and competed in their own Olympics. The children were very well behaved and produced some fantastic work.

  

• Year 4 Football Festival

  Tue 01 Mar 2016

  Year 4 walked to The Misbourne for a football festival this week. For some children, it was the first time they had played the sport in a competitive environment. The adults attending could not have been more proud. They showed real courage and determination to score lots of goals and win lots of matches. Great job!