More Poetry Please

After enjoying their recent poetry unit in English, some pupils were selected to take part in a special poetry workshop led by the famous children's poet, Brian Moses. Working incredibly hard throughout the day, Markus, Courtney and Zac , under  Brian's  expert guidance, crafted some wonderful poems. Focussing on rhythm, imagination and life experiences the children produced  a range of poems which were shared with pupils from schools across the area.

 The importance of using your imagination to create exciting images was highlighted in an entertaining and amusing way. Brian gave a spellbinding rendition of his Snake Hotel poem which ended the all day workshop.

 Mrs Fieldgate purchased a signed copy of "The truth about teachers" which Zac, Markus and Courtney are going to share with rest of Year 5.

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Dragon's Den building challenge

Year 5 have been enjoying the sunshine by working in the  lovely shade of the nature area.


The pupils have been challenged to work together in teams to make dens with a few materials such as a tarpaulin and ropes.  

Faheem's team used a triangular frame attached to  Y shaped main branch for support

The pupils have to select a suitable site and then collect suitable materials such as  sturdy branches  to construct their dens.

Asjk your teacher to go and have a look.

Beth's team used a main beam between two trees to support the tarpaulin to create a bigger den.

Sports mad Louie!

We always encourage our pupils to compete in sports out of school. Year 5 pupil Louie has certainly had a successful season. He's been awarded the Parents' Player of the Year at his football club, Worplesdon Rangers, which is a great achievement.

Louie is a keen spin bowler and very able cricketer and plays for Wood Street |Cricket club. On Sunday he took 3 wickets...

Treasure Island assembly- Tuesday 29th May 9.15 am

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest......yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Well 25 pupils acting out Treasure Island actually.
Come and watch Black Dog, Billy Bones and Blind Man Pew.

Tuesday morning 9.15am
Half the class have been away at Osmington but the pupils have made a big effort to prepare for their class assembly before they departed .

Powerpoint by Lucy
Prompter : Molly S
Sound : Ryan Bud
Lead Narrator : Courtney

Rushmoor in Bloom drawings: Courtney and Kira's top tips

Here are the photos of Courtney and Kira's award winning art work .
Courtney and Kira's top tips are:

• Follow the brief! One or two flowers are not a bouquet!
• Talk it through in class, so that you undersatnd what the judges are looking for....
• Fill the page as best you can with your drawing.   If you get it wrong , try again......
• Take time to colour in your drawing, so concentrate......



Courtney's bouquet



Kira's bouquet

• Try to add colour to your background

Golfing Glory!

 In May, some children from Newport travelled to Samuel Cody in Farnborough, to represent the school at a Tri-golf festival.  The purpose of the festival was to provide children with an experience of golf, which for some was their first!
There were 6 different stations, we went through all of them twice . The first time we went round it was a practise, the second time we scored points for our school, we came 3rd out of 4 schools.

We were lucky to have the sun shining so we could enjoyably learn how to putt and chip. It was a great evening and we thoroughly apprieciated it.

By Kaitlyn and Holly 4N

Den making challenge

Year 5 have been making dens in the wildlife area after researching "how to make dens" on the internet.

Team Bethany

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There are some key engineering principles and teamwork challenges to be learnt in this activity as well as having a lot of fun!

Team Faheem

Team captains

The team captains: Rupesh, Bethany and Faheem have reflected well on their activities this week and the teamwork has gradually improved.