The joys of learning outside of the classroom

A warm welcome back from Middle Primary, who have been so busy.

The children have had their end of year Numeracy tests and have been reading and writing poetry. We are very proud of their hard work this year.

We have introduced Monopoly to our class as a way of helping the children to add and substract in big quantities and also to teach them to be patient, and to help them realise that it is not always about winning.

Our visit to Floralien opened the children’s minds to the beautiful world of plants and flowers. They each made a bird house out of willow twigs. I hope these houses are in your garden and the birds are being fed! The children also wondered around the Japanese gardens and enjoyed the scent of beautiful flowers.

To end this week Middle Primary went on an excursion to a Toy Museum in Mechelen, it was so much more than a museum of toys; the children learnt about Pieter Bruegel and Rubens, two very famous Belgium painters who enjoyed painting about children playing hundreds of years ago. The children were brought back in time and were able to play with very inventive toys and were shown how these toys were made (simplicity at its best). They discovered so many old cameras, TVs, trains, planes, dolls houses amongst other items. Middle Primary had the pleasure to indulge in life from the past through a wonderful Toy Museum.

Two pupils from Middle Primary were given credit this month; The Golden Box was given to Shubhan for his caring attitude and Ivan received the Headmaster Award for his enquiring mind, which he demonstrates time and time again. He loves to learn and share his ideas. Well done Shubhan and Ivan! 

We had the pleasure of celebrating Nanda’s birthday and her parents brought a delicious chocolate cake. Nanda also gave lovely presents to each of her classmates. How thoughtful and thank you!

The children have been very excited with their training for the Chiquita Run; we have been practicing on their breathing and they have realized the importance of breathing when exercising. Best of luck to all who will run on Sunday!

Enjoy the weekend and be ready for another week of learning.

Miss.Rebecca