Challenge Week 2023
Challenge week……was certainly a challenge!
The children were faced with many fun, exhilarating tasks in challenge week and by the end of Friday afternoon, we were all ready for a half term holiday!
The week started with an assembly which set a READY STEADY COOK challenge for each class. Some classes had lots of vegetables, others had fruits whilst some of the older classes had a real mixed bag of ingredients! As the children got to work, it was clear to see that we had a very competitive group of chefs amongst the teaching staff. The final pieces were:
- Delicious strawberry pancakes in Nursery
- Year 1’s fruit sundae cup
- A delightful fruity cheesecake in Year 2
- Mexican rice topped with cheese from our Year 3 class
- Year 4 stirred up an amazing stir fry
- In Year 5 there was a number of dishes including some quesadillas.
- Our Year 6 children ended up with a spicy 3 course meal!
All the children were so proud of their finished dishes and our governor Mrs Smith decided Year 5 were the worthy winners of the prize for best dish!
The rest of the week involved a walk to Furzton Lake for some of our classes so they could carry out a Spring scavenger hunt and enjoy a picnic lunch. Also a challenge to build the largest tower in class and many word riddles and puzzles in our English lessons. As a school we even managed to run the equivalent of over 10 marathons with the number of laps we managed to complete around our school field.
A very tiring but fun week for the children!
Here are just a few things we got up to, to celebrate the Queen’s life and reign.
-We will be worked collaboratively to create a whole school collage of the Union Flag.
-Children created their own keepsake pebble. Their designs were based on the royal themes of crowns and the Union Flag.
-In Key Stage One children learnt about the Queen’s reign.
-In Key Stage Two children learnt about Queen Victoria and compared her reign with that of Queen Elizabeth II.
-We held a school Jubilee Fayre. We celebrated with special games and parents were able to purchase a special something the children had made.
-On the last day of the Summer term our celebrations culminate with a whole school jubilee street party. The children all came dressed in their party clothes and ate delicious finger food on the play ground. What a wonderful day!!
Our planned events helped us celebrate the occasion and gave our children lasting memories of what was such a historical event in our nation’s history.
God save the Queen!