Dancing in the rain.

This week some of Newport's extremely talented dancers from Years 3-5 travelled to Farnborough with Mrs Fieldgate  to participate in an exciting dance workshop organised by the Rushmoreable cluster. After a  thorough warm up,  pupils were put through their paces by Clare Barratt , a lead teacher in dance at Cherrywood Primary, who introduced the children to the phenomenon  of flash mob dance.

 Based around a modern re mix of the classic " Singing in the rain", pupils were taught a challenging dance routine using a  rainbow coloured umbrella as a prop. Working with pupils from four other cluster schools, Clare set the tough challenge for the pupils to choreograph and perform the rest of the routine as an ensemble.
Everyone communicated their ideas to the other members of their dance teams and throughout the frantic rehearsals everybody  worked brilliantly to involve every single member of the team. "I loved the workshop so much I didn't want it to end", commented Joseph Lucking.

The final dance routines were amazing and here is just a snippet of video of the earliest stages of the workshop-the full version of the final performance will be upload within the next week. 
Well done to Maisy, Joseph, Phoebe, Maddie and Charlotte who definitely have the potential to be dancing stars of the future. Flavia and Anton , Strictly Come Dancing stars,better watch out.....

Brilliant builders learn a costly lesson!

Both pupils and staff are eagerly awaiting completion of the new Y4 classrooms and i library at Newport school .This week a group of Year 6 pupils experienced the real life pressures of  completing a building project to time, budget and most importantly to the client's exact specifications! Chris and James, management trainees from Charles Church Construction briefed the pupils from eight Hampshire schools on the tough task ahead. Team work  and effective communication were essential in order to replicate an extremely complicated model hidden in an architect's office. Cassandra and Stanley were only allowed four minutes to absorb all the intricate details of the project. They then had to communicate what they had seen to Owen, Newport's planner. Stress levels were rising as time ticked by. Ethan and Katelyn, acting as general foreman and builder, did a brilliant job of translating Owen's plans into an identical replica of the model. However, despite James' excellent accounts produced as part of his vital role as quantity surveyor , the Newport team were narrowly  beaten by Elevetham Heath Primary who managed to complete the project under budget.
Many congratulations to Cassandra , Katelyn , Stanley , Ethan Owen and James whose team work and communication skills were highly praised by the judges.

One term down...

We're back after the Christmas holidays.... lots of rain and wind but still no sign of snow!

Last term was a busy one for year 3 finishing off with a fantastic Christmas Carol Concert which was enjoyed by everyone. (The first time that year 3 have had their own performance!) The year 3 staff were really pleased with how well the children learnt their songs and dances and the children should be proud of their achievements.

Here is a picture of when the year 1s from Belle Vue came to watch our first dress rehearsal:

This half term we will be reading the Mousehole Cat in our English lesson & using our topic lessons to learn about materials and their properties.



3W have their first class assembly this half term so they will be practising hard to learn their lines & songs.

Dapdune Wharf

This term, Year 6 have been busy learning all about rivers as part of our autumn topic, 'Rolling on the River'. 

To extend our learning outside of the classroom, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit Dapdune Wharf in Guildford to visit the River Wey and learn about how a river is formed and it's journey towards the sea. We all had a fantastic day in the sunshine and were able to participate in various activities including conducting science experiment, exploring an old fashioned river boat, looking at models of river locks and sketching the river. 

Take a look at some of the photos of our day:

Don't forget to check out the year six page on DBPrimary for more photos!!

Newport Puzzlers

Following on from the summer term's successful maths puzzle day, a group of Newport pupils from Years 3 to 5 accompanied Mrs Fieldgate to the first Rushmoreable workshop of the academic year. The workshop, held at Hawley Primary school, enabled pupils to road test some exciting new logic and thinking skills games. Playing alongside a partner from another school, the pupils were asked to evaluate the games and chose which they felt was the most challenging and enjoyable.

After a hectic morning of gaming the following were highly rated by the pupils:

• Forbidden Island -Strategic thinking fantasy game
• Make 'n' break-Observation hand eye coordination
• Zeus on the loose-Strategic thinking and mental addition
• Count the nines-Puzzle with place value
• Cart before the horse-Brain teaser and consequences

With Christmas fast approaching,  these great games would make great presents for parents and children alike.

Year 3 have settled into Newport!

Year 3 have nearly been at Newport for half a term already! We have been so busy that our feet have barely touched the ground.

In English we have been learning all about Alice in Wonderland and used this story to help us write our own tales as well as creating information leaflets all about Wonderland!

Our topic is all about living healthily and everybody is getting the chance to create a balanced meal in our school kitchen. The children that have already cooked have said that their food was delicious.

3P have their first class assembly this half term and 3I will be shortly after we come back in Autumn 2.

Keep watching for year 3 updates!

Kilimanjaro Success

Kilimanjaro Success

First of all, apologies this has been so late coming, even though you can get Tanzanian mobile networks on a mountain, UK mobile networks won't let you register on them. 

I am happy to report a successful summit of Mount Kilimanjaro after 7 hard days of trekking in a variety of temperatures and weather. Luckily, I escaped any major signs of altitude sickness (apart from the odd slight headache) until summit night which was, quite literally, the hardest thing I have ever done. 

Leaving at 12 midnight, in sub zero temperatures and with a strong wind which made it even colder, I began to have breathing issues about an hour into the climb. Despite several stops and drinking lots of water the issue got worse and, as I got to Stella Point at 19'000ft, I started getting dizzy. However, carrying on at a snail's pace I got to Uhuru Peak after eight and a half hours. 

Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture with the sign :-( This was because as I reached the peak I started having real breathing problems / dizziness and was advised to get back to low altitude... QUICKLY. As a result, I was only there for about 30 seconds before scrambling back down with an assistant guide. 

Apart from that it was a fantastic, successful trip. I'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone who sponsored me and for the whole school's support - it really motivated me to carry on whilst summiting. 

Here is a video with a selection of pictures from the trip, as well as a song our porters sang regularly during the climb.