Romeo and Juliet rehersals

Last week the cast enjoyed a morning workshop with some of the directors from the Shakespeare in schools team. They had a great morning working on their opening scene and received some excellent tips about how to perform on a live stage.

Then it was back to school and more work on establishing the key characters and the division between the two families that are at the centre of the play - we are illustrating this in our opening scene through a tug of war!

The children have also had to work on their ability to dance with other cast members - yes girls and boys do have to mix! The masked ball however gives them at least some anonymity.

The cast are working really hard on their lines - pure Shakespearean and are settling into their roles really well. Lots of hard work to follow, but it will all be worth it in the end.

Fan zone

The Rugby World Cup arrived in Leicester this week with a fantastic game between Argentina and Tonga. Two more world cup games to go and a fantastic Fan Zone to visit on Victoria park. Which is where we went yesterday with a number of children to experience part of the World Cup atmosphere.

The afternoon involved us partaking in some really fun activities - from World Cup crafts, to tackling and reaction response challenges, to tag rugby and challenging warm up activities.

We learnt some new skills, pitted ourselves against our own best times and captured a little more of the wonderful atmosphere that is around Leicester this week. Just a shame that England are no longer in the tournament!

Around our school - a walk of art!

A walk around the school this week shows how the various classes have been utilising their artistic skills. A new prayer board has been produced for the school hall, classes have been learning about the blackouts and personal portraits have been produced. All of which really enriches the school environment.

Balloons of hope

Our charity appeal for the Teenage Cancer Trust was a huge success. Around 300 balloons were released into the skies and over the past week we have been very grateful for those
people who have emailed us with final destinations.

In the end the winner travelled some 150 miles south, which is quite amazing.

Our final fundraising total was £500, something that we are very proud of.

The wonders of technology

In KS1 children have been using our ICT resources in various ways to learn and to express themselves. Some wonderful butterflies have been the result, as well as lots of learning about other countries and phonics.