UNICEF Day for Change

On 6 February 2009, schools across the country took part in UNICEF’s Day for Change to raise money for child health and well-being projects in Papua New Guinea.
Every year since 1989, Day for Change has given children the chance to learn about their rights, their world and the contribution they can make while raising money for UNICEF’s work around the world.

We raised over £170. on the day and all chidlren took part in special lessons on the Day for Change about the work that UNICEF does.

We also had a change in roles, the children dressed as teachers...

and the teachers came to school dressed as children!

SCHOOL REMAINS CLOSED

Belle Vue Infant and Newport Junior Schools will both be closed on Tuesday 3 February 2009.

We have received advice that the temperature is due to go down to -5C overnight, refreezing any thawing snow. Another 5-10cm of snow coming in from the south is forecast for Tuesday morning. The BBC is reporting that travelling conditions for the morning will be "lethal".

The forecast for later on Tuesday is for a thaw, so we fully expect to be open on Wednesday - please check the school website for details.

Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

SCHOOL CLOSED

The school is closed today (Monday 2nd February 2009) due to the snow.

Y6 Greek Day

Today in school Year Six were involved in a Greek Day linked to their topic, Eureka!

All the chidlren dressed up as Ancient Greeks and were visitied by a theatre group and took part in Drama activities.

The children also took part in other activities in the classroom and a fun time was had by all!

Building Challenge 2008

The construction challenge was organised by First Partnership, an organisation aimed at linking industry and education. The challenge, involving seven other schools, was aimed at able year 6 children to raise awareness of the skills needed for careers within the construction industry.




















"Reading all the instructions was key to success."

Success in the challenge involved use of problem solving, communication and decision making skills. The task involved the building of a replica building seen, only very briefly, by two members of the team. Communication skills came to the fore as the project manager and site engineer weren’t allowed to draw what they had seen; the pressure to be accurate for the sake of the rest of the team was huge. Newport’s all girl team produced a cost effective building model which didn’t incur any time over run penalties. (A goal not achieved by many in the building industry!).























The Newport team worked very hard with great co-operation between the different roles which included project manager (Jodie), general foreman (Kim), builder (Ayesha), quantity surveyor (Georgia), planner (Rebecca) and site engineer (Louisa). Although the team narrowly lost out to Hawley Primary school, their listening and cooperation skills were highly commended by the judges.

Harvest Time

Thank you and well done to the children and parents for their donations.

Also, a big thank you to 4T for their assembly on Fair Trade.

Once again, the harvest collection is in support of the Hampshire Youth Bureau, based in Aldershot who help and support young people and we are sure they will be delighted with your generosity.

Row, row your boat.

Dapdune Wharf

As part of this half term’s topic “Row, row your boat” Year 6 visited Dapdune Wharf in Guildford. Now managed by the National trust, the wharf was once an important trading link to London. Corn, timber and even gunpowder were loaded onto barges which travelled up to Weybridge and then onward up the River Thames. Coal was the cargo for the return leg of the trip which lasted a total of 3 days.

An exciting day of activities centered on the River Wey.

Year six learnt about the Edward’s family barge business inside the cargo hold of one of the last surviving river barges “The Reliance”.

The importance of pulleys to off load the heavy cargo soon became apparent when trying the hands-on exhibits.



Richard, the River Wey lengthsman, told the children about how the river Wey had undergone restoration. He pointed out the different ways in which the river bank had been modified to prevent flooding and erosion. Year 6 also got to throw in oranges to investigate how fast the river flowed as it passed through the wharf.

Stop watches at the ready!

Year 6 learnt a lot outside the classroom during this visit which will help them with study back in school. A special thank you was made to the National trust volunteers who were expert at answering questions on life at the Wharf and Mr Collings, a parent governor, for accompanying Year 6 on this trip.