The London Trip Days 2 and 3

Photographic images of the schools visit to London have arrived through the magic of the internet. So we get to see the exciting things they have been doing over the past couple of days.

 

A visit to The London Transport Museum gave the children an insight into the development of public transport in London over the past century.

I'm not sure who was having the most fun at Madame Tussaud's, but Mrs Rankin and Ms Trevor seem to have found a kindred spirit in Jim Carey.

Here we see the children taking a tour of the Churchill War Rooms.

The above photos show the children having a wonderful time at Rotherhithe Primary School. Rotherhithe is in the heart of South East London and during the visit the children met the pupils and staff, took part in a project and joined in some dancing. As you can see from the decorations in the hall, the pupils work as hard as our own children to create a wonderful atmosphere. The school, its staff and pupils, made the pupils and staff of Bowhill very welcome and it is a partnership we shall be developing in years to come.

The London Trip 2013

Once again our children from years 5 and 6 have been given the opportunity to go on the London Trip. A residential trip that takes in visits to the famous sites of London such as the London Eye and The Shard, Museums including The London Transport Museum, The Churchill War Rooms, The Pumphouse Educational Museum and Madame Tussauds, plus visits to the theatre to see The Lion King and Stomp!.

The children will also be dining at The Rainforest Cafe, taking a boat trip down the Thames, and visiting Buckingham Palace.

The children are lucky to be looked after by some fantastic members of staff (Mr Burnard, Mrs Pollard, Mrs Perryman, Mrs Luxton, Mrs Rankin, Ms Trevor and Mr Webber) who have given up their time to make sure the children have a thoroughly enjoyable few days in one of the biggest and most exciting cities in the world.

Mr Webber has emailed some photos through of the first 24 hours in the The Big Smog.

Kieren, Chloe, Charlotte and Ella enjoying the trip down the Thames.

The children look in awe at one of the most recent additions to the City skyline - The Shard.

A view of the London Eye from the Thames

Mr Burnard checks his Sat Nav, much to the amusement of the children

The morning after the night before...

The children cross Waterloo Bridge. The BFI Imax cinema can be seen at the end of the bridge in the background and to the left is BFI Southbank and the National Theatre.

More photos will follow throughout the week.

Hurray – Our New Canteen is Open!

Mrs Taylor has done a great job and settled into the kitchen, cooking 120 meals on a Tuesday, and then another 250 roast dinners on the Wednesday!  We love our new canteen which is warm and comfortable.

We just need a new name for our building now - if you have any suggestions please mention them to Miss Brooks.

Children in Need

It was great to see everybody adorned with something spotty on Friday November 16th for Children In Need Day today.  After a visit from Pudsey on Wednesday, everyone was really in the mood to join in with this special day so a big thank you to all who helped to raise £245

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Friday was also a ‘Beary’ good day for class 4/1 who put on a great Teddy Bear assembly for their families and school friends.  There were some great bear characters and with accents taught by Mr Burnard, the whole class did a great job. 

Well done everyone!

Harvest Festival

A big thank you to everyone who brought in produce for the Harvest Festival this week, (12th October).

Key Stage One entertained their parents with autumn songs , including their favourite ‘Big Red Combine Harvester’ and everyone enjoyed apple tarts which the children had made themselves.  Key Stage 2 harvest was taken by the Reverend Albrow and all the food collected was taken to the St Petrock’s Centre.

Autumn Garden Day

6^th October 2012

It was great to see so many families on Saturday when we opened up the school for our Autumn Garden Day.  Lots of work was done with beds being weeded and replanted with spring bulbs, but we were especially pleased to get the compost bins re-sited and lots of work was done to the pond area which we hope will be full re-instated by the spring.

A New Year, A New Head & A New Building!

As we ease ourselves into another new year we welcome our new headteacher, Ms Brooks, who has taken over from Mrs Sutton who retired to spend more time with her grand children in July. Ms Brooks was previously the headteacher at another Exeter school - Newtown Primary School and so has plenty of experience dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school, its pupils, parents and staff. We also await the completion of the new building which will house the new canteen and four classrooms. We hope to see the ground floor ready for use after the Autumn half term and the rest of the building should be ready for business before the Christmas break. Mr Browning, our site manager has been documenting the new build photographically, so we shall be publishing the best of the images on the blog in the next few weeks. Keep watching the blog to see the how the building developes as it nears completion and how it will be furnished before the children and staff move in.