Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Stone Farm Day 3

  Thu 27 Apr 2023 Mrs Osborne and Mrs Byrne

  Today we visited the Plymouth Aquarium. The visit started off with a tour of the aquarium where the children saw a wide array of fantastic sea creatures such as: crabs, sharks, turtles, seahorses and rays. After lunch they then looked at some under water artefacts and fish skeleton parts in order to design their own underwater creature. One of the most exciting parts of the trip was being able to wear VR headsets which made them feel as though they were divers under the sea! 
  This evening, the children are enjoying some free time in the games room and hay maze. They will also be sketching Hedwig the owl.
   

   

  “The sharks were so cool and my favourite animal!” Dylan.

  “I loved the VR headsets - it was so realistic!” Jude.

  “The whole aquarium was amazing!” Harry.

  “The hay maze is so much fun!” Navaeh.

  “I am looking forward to sketching the owl later.” Esme.

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

• Iron Man lands on GBPS playground!!!

  Thu 27 Apr 2023 Mrs H

  STOP PRESS!

  After hearing loud clatters and clanks on the school playground, Year 3 stumbled to the courtyard to find a smattering of steel pieces, thought to belong to Ted Hughes' Iron Man. There was a buzz of excitement and apprehension as they frantically collected the pieces and hypothesised which of the Iron Man's parts they may have been. They then interviewed key eye-witnesses such as Mrs Dean and Mr Wood and have taken journalistic reporter's notes. They will spend the next two weeks writing up their blog reports which will then be published on this very website so watch this space!

  

• Stone Farm Day 2

  Wed 26 Apr 2023 Mrs Osborne

  The children have had another fantastic day today. The day started off with farm duties and a delicious breakfast of cereal, eggs and bacon. After that, they headed to the Eden Project where they toured the biomes and took part in some fantastic activities linked to surviving in the rainforest.

  After their trip to the Eden Project, they enjoyed a lovely dinner, followed by a falconry show. 
   

  "I loved how hot the biomes were - it made me feel like I was in a real rainforest" Aaryan.
  
  "I loved the banana plants at the Eden Project. They were huge!" Morgan.
  
  "I liked the wobbly bridge with the steam coming out of it!" Ava.
  
  "Baloo, the guinea pigs and digestive the rabbit are great!" George.
  
  "I love the guinea pigs!" Tayte.

  

• Stone Farm Day 1

  Tue 25 Apr 2023 Mrs Osborne

  What a fantastic first day at Stone Farm we have had! Unfortunately, due to traffic, we didn’t make it to Buckfast Abbey but this meant that we were able to spend a bit of extra time with the animals. The children have enjoyed taking part in farm duties such as: looking after the rabbits, Guinea pigs and chickens. Mr Wood drew the short straw of cleaning out the pigs! 
   

  We enjoyed a lovely dinner of either fish, sausages or veggie burger with chips and then ice cream for dinner. All of the children said the food was fantastic!
   

  Tomorrow, we will be taking a trip over the border to Cornwall to visit The Eden Project. 
  
  We hope you enjoy looking at today’s photos…

  

• Sea City Museum trip - Year 2

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  Sea City Museum Trip

   

  The year 2s had an exciting trip to the Sea City Museum in Southampton. This was to help launch our Iceberg Ahead topic, which is all about the Titanic, why people wanted to travel on her and what happened over those fateful days. 

  Our days was made up of three sections:

  1. We got to hear some exciting facts as we were guided around the museum where we learnt all about life on board the Titanic.
  2. We had a workshop where we took part in various activities. These included looking at artefacts, guessing different smells from the Titanic, discovering how the compartments flooded in the Titanic and trying to decide who should be on the lifeboats.
  3. We were also able to explore the museum in our groups, where we had a go at steering the ship, saw a 2^nd class cabin, looked through and tried on some items of clothing that people may have worn at the time, stood in front of the 1^st class grand staircase and learnt about Morse code. We even got to sit in a real jury room where the Titanic enquiry took place. 

   

  We had a brilliant trip out and look forward to using all we learnt throughout the day during our further learning this half term.