A surprise visitor!

There was a surprise visitor at the gate this week...

SAM!

He came to congratulate all the children that are coming to school on time every day.

He even said hello to us in our classes.

World Sport Day

London 2012 World Sport Day, on Monday 25 June 2012 will see thousands of schools and colleges across the UK celebrating the athletes and cultures of the world. It’s the final, UK-wide Get Set event before the London 2012 Games begin.

On Monday 25th June the whole school celebrated World Sport Day by having a whole morning of fun sport activities.

Each teacher was in charge of a station and there were 13 different activities.

• combat crawling
• hurdles
• javelin
• skipping
• bhangra
• bat and ball (tennis skills)
• basketball
• egg and spoon race
• crazy hockey
• ladders
• quoit relay
• bean bag thowing
• running races

Strawberry picking

Nursery went to pick strawberries on Thursday. We enjoyed being able to choose the strawberries we wanted to eat.

We were very lucky with the weather, it didn't rain...until we got on the coach!

Nursery Chicks

In the Nursery, we incubated eggs. We watched them hatch out. 

We took the chicks back to Manor Farm and later we went to visit the farm.

Year 1 visit Harnham School

We have been so lucky to have a school link with Harnham School in Salisbury.

Their Year 1 children visited us at Maytree, so on Monday it was our chance to visit them.

We collected 10 interesting items from their forest school.

 We boogied in the hall.

We played in the playground.

Their school is very different to ours. They have 2 playgrounds, 2 woodland areas, 2 fields, a pond and a view of Salisbury Cathedral!

We had such fun meeting our friends again and we have been making them cards and messages back at school.

Maytree Olympics

Something very exciting happened in the school hall on Thursday afternoon...

Mrs Sahota did the hurdles.

 

Miss Olver and Miss Humby   

did some gymnastic partner balances.        

                                                                

Mrs Goatley did some skipping.

                                               

                              Mrs Sissons showed us her combat crawling.   

 

 

                                                                            
                                                                                          
                                                                                        Mrs Case did the hurdles.

                                                            

                       Mr Keane loves football he showed us some kick-ups.

Mrs Orsmond did some hula-hooping.

WELCOME TO THE MAYTREE OLYMPICS!

Welsh National Opera Workshop

Year one were very lucky to be visited by the Welsh National Opera. We joined in with a two hour workshop, where we learnt about Opera, tried out different musical instruments and practised some of our own songs.

Press play below to listen to us singing a new song that we learnt all about the story of the princess and the pea.

listen to ‘Opera song’ on Audioboo

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

On Tuesday 12th June the Mini Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra came to visit us.

They played us lots of music to do with the

Olympics. We heard some special music from

different countries and music about different sports.

They told us about the instruments they were playing and how they made noises. We even had a go ourselves!

We had to join in with the songs and do some

actions.

Woodland Area

At Maytree we are lucky to have a lovely woodland area which we are very proud of. We can use this area for many activities.

It is a great place for exploring the trees and mini beasts using our senses. We can go here if we want a quiet place or it can provide a fun play time.

Mrs Case has spent a lot of time developing the area and even runs an after school woodland club.

We go there to read our favourite stories.

We join in with drama activities.

We sometimes use the woodland area to sketch and relax.

Visit to the Common

On Friday 1st June Year One had a trip to Southampton Common.

We sketched what we could see and did tree rubbings.

We played in the park.

We explored the Hawthorn Centre, whilst there we learnt about the habitat on the Common and all the wildlife that can be seen. We used our senses to explore some of the things that can be found, like feathers, bark and fir cones.  

We explored the wildlife garden and produced brass rubbings.

A Royal Celebration

The whole country has been celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this weekend.

We took part in the celebrations last week by doing a range of Jubilee activities.

On Friday the whole school took part in a Jubilee celebration.

We decorated our classrooms.

We had an exciting assembly wearing our crowns and waving our flags.

Every class had a picnic around the different outside areas of our school.

Harnham Year 1 visits Maytree Year 1

On Thursday 24th May Year 1 were very lucky to be visited by Year 1 children from Harnham School in Salisbury. 

We had a super day making new friends. We played together in the playground, we worked together to make a boat collage, we had a singing session where we learnt some new songs and we enjoyed lots of activities in the Quad.

We cannot wait for our turn to visit the children in Salisbury and see what their school is like!

Nocturnal animals

Year 2 had a visit from some very interesting creatures!

Some children were even brave enough to touch them.

Gymnastics Club

In Gymnastics club we have been practising partner balances.

We had to cooperate with a friend to make a variety of gymnastic shapes.