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Swallowfield Virtual Sports Day
This is time of year when we would have been busy practising our sports’ skills ready for Sports Day. Sadly we can’t have our traditional sports day this year but, we have planned a Virtual Sports Day for all of our children to compete in both at home and school.
There are two parts to our sports day. Firstly a competition with lots of other schools and secondly an inter-house competition for the sports day trophies and house trophy for this year. All of the activities are accessible at home or school and can be undertaken indoors or outdoors.
The Inter-schools aspect of the competition can be accessed via Primary PE Planning
Here you will find details of all the activities, short video instructions and how to submit your score.
The Inter-house competition results can be submitted on a google form – simply provide the child’s name, house and total score.
Links for both websites can be found on the attached letter.
Next week will be your chance to get practising, ready to complete the sporting challenges. Scores can be submitted week commencing 6th July.
It would be fantastic to see as many children as possible participating and we would love to see any photographs.
If you have any questions or problems please get in touch.
h.woodman@swallowfieldprimary.com
Happy Historians House Point Challenge – Results
Thank you so much to all the children that took part in this challenge to celebrate ‘Local and Community History Month’. You all showed fantastic research skills and scored well on the quiz. I was especially impressed with all the additional facts you told me, I have definitely learnt a lot from you about Milton Keynes and the local area. I was also amazed by all the different ways you presented your findings. I received PowerPoints, fact-files, YouTube videos and newspaper reports.
The results are as follows:
1st Place – Woodpeckers
2nd Place – Goldfinches
3rd Place Kingfishers
4th Place – Robins
Well done! You are all ‘Happy Historians’.
Playful Nature Day 21st May
On 21 May, which should have been the next Outdoor Classroom Day, the organisers are inviting everyone to celebrate their connection to the natural world by dressing up in nature! They’ll be sharing lots of ideas in the run up to the day – with a Pinterest board for inspiration, including how to:
- Make a nature crown out of leaves, cardboard or twigs.
- Use a cardboard box and paints to make beautiful butterfly wings.
- Turn yourself into your favourite animal with a simple mask.
If it’s possible or you have the space, children could spend time playing outdoors in their creation on the day. Or they could dress up for their daily walk or hang out on the balcony to make their neighbours smile. Whatever you do, they are encouraging you to share it on social media on 21 May using #PlayfulNature.
We would love to see what you do too, so don’t forget to email pictures in to school.
To find more ideas for activities – https://outdoorclassroomday.org.uk/resources/