“Silly” Andy Seed visits KS2
Visit from “Silly” Author Forms 1-4 enjoyed a recent visit from author Andy Seed. Andy is a children’s author from North Yorkshire who was recently awarded the Blue Peter book award for his Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff. Andy delivered some ‘reading for pleasure’ workshops to each of the year groups in KS2. The children were in fits of laughter as he revealed excerpts from some of his books, told various stories and tried out some of his new jokes. After school there was a book sale and signing and it was great to see so many children queuing up to buy some new books to read! It was very fitting that Andy visited the children on Silly Hat Day!
Woolly hats raised £267 for homeless charity
Woolly Hat/Wig Day for the Homeless This week Key Stage 2 supported St Mungo’s charity for the Homeless by wearing Woolly hats or wigs. St Mungo’s works to provide a bed and support to more than 2,500 people a night who are either homeless or at risk. Students raised an impressive £267! Well done everyone!
Magna Science Adventures
Magnificent Adventures at Magna Form 1 had an action packed, fun day at Magna Science Adventure Centre. The enormous venue has four pavilions, one for each of the elements; fire, water, air and Earth. Each pavilion is full of many games, activities, facts and demonstrations specific to the element. It wasn’t a surprise that the children enjoyed the water element the most, where they got the opportunity to get wet and play with water. The children also took part in a ‘Rockets and Balloons’ workshop which supported their recent Science topic very well. Hot air balloons were created out of different sized plastic bags, testing out which worked the best against the gravitational force. They then witnessed a rocket blasting along a thin wire using air, water and then finally fire, this was very exciting! The children had hands-on experience creating their own mini rockets using a chemical reaction of vinegar and bicarbonate of soda, so simple but such fun! A fantastic day was had by all.
Children in Need
A huge thank you to everyone who remembered to bring in their donations and got dressed up for Children in Need on Friday. We saw some fabulous ‘Hero’ costumes around school, including sports personalities, policemen, firemen, armed forces members and plenty of comic book super heroes. Special mention must go to Form 3’s Oscar Fenby who emulated his cycling hero Chris Hoy by spending the day sweating it out in bubble wrap! Oscar’s inspired costume drew the attention of Sir Chris himself who retweeted the Fenby’s Tweet on the day! Thank you also to all the children in Reception who boosted the Children in Need coffers with their bun sale on Friday. The total raised by the whole school currently stands at a wonderful £456!
Karate Grading
There were lots of nerves and excitement last Saturday as four members of the Karate Club were graded for their Red Belt. Sensei Court 7th Dan was the external examiner overseeing the grading although the grading itself was conducted by our own Leckby pupil and Sensei 2nd Dan Isabella Mallon-McCarty. Isabella, an experienced Black Belt and qualified teacher/instructor, was responsible for training the boys being assessed and in charge of their actual grading. Isabella is offering her expertise and skills to the Karate Club as part of the Volunteer section of her Duke of Edinburgh Award; she said she was delighted with their attitude and the standard they achieved. Congratulations therefore to Hugo Hynd, Thomas Stringer, Henry Scagell and Alex Twibill who all performed extremely well and passed their Red Belt grading with flying colours. Mr McCarty was very pleased with the grading day and would like to thank Sensei Hunzinger Black Belt 1st Dan for his help, support and expertise.
Cub Pack News
The Cundall Manor Cub Pack were proud to participate in the Remembrance Day Parade at Easingwold last Sunday. Thank you to all the cubs who came along to represent the school.
Pumpkin Competition
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted their wonderful entries into this year’s pumpkin competition. We had a bumper crop of entries in both Main School and Pre-Prep, with prizes awarded as follows: Pre-Prep: Largest pumpkin: James Craig Smallest pumpkin: Gabe Collier Ugliest pumpkin: Ram Pisharody Best Decorated pumpkin: Annabel Mindenhall Main School: Largest pumpkin: the Wilkinson Family Smallest pumpkin: Freddie Marston Ugliest pumpkin: Cian Armstrong Best Decorated pumpkin: Hannah Barker
Form 3 Egyptian Morning
Form 3 enjoyed a morning learning even more about the Ancient Egyptians. They started the day looking at the geography of Egypt and then investigating the Ancient Egyptian timeline. They then had to become historians and use their detective skills to decide what various artefacts were used for. After break they had the gruesome job of preparing a body for mummification. The morning was completed by taking part in some original Egyptian board games and the children all enjoyed playing mehen. A lot was learned throughout the morning.
Scarecrow Festival
Congratulations to everyone who came and joined in our inaugural scarecrow festival just before half term. The fabulous fruits of their labours added an extra dimension to life around the school grounds (there were several double takes to check whether these unfamiliar characters on the premises were in fact real!) in the run up to the half term break.
Form 2 trip to Beamish
On Thursday 8th October, form 2 dressed up as Victorians to explore Beamish Museum. The children took part in Victorian lessons, where they had to be very well behaved! They enjoyed finding out about different types of shops and jobs in Victorian times; they particularly enjoyed the visit to the traditional sweet shop and riding on the trams.