John Hampden Runs Away to the Circus This year John Hampden has been carried away with the lure of the bright lights and the smell of grease paint in our very own big top! After an evening of Artsweek prep where staff and parents got the ball rolling, the first day saw the tent go
Year 6
Arts Week – Day 1
Guess the Stars Competition
Mr Eyre has been busy painting the backdrop for the winter production so it’s competition time. Everyone had to take a guess at how many tiny stars were in the night sky. The guesses ranged from 1 to infinity + 1000, with one child coming very close to getting it right, just 5 stars out
Year 6 Field Week – Day 5
The last days activities were high ropes for two groups and mountain walking for the other three groups. It’s such a shame that this is the last day as everyone has enjoyed the week. So many fond memories, many didn’t want the week to end. Group 1 Group 2 To Follow Group 3 To Follow
Year 6 Field Week – Day 4
We set off for our penultimate activity. One group remained onsite for high ropes, two groups faced the caving challenges, deep underground at Porth yr Ogof, another canoed on the canal and the last group braved the high winds and cold temperatures on a mountain walk. Their toughest challenge yet was clearing the shower rooms,
Year 6 Field Week – Day 3
The weather was a lot better this morning, no sign of frost on the ground. We really enjoyed breakfast as we had porridge and bacon baps to fuel us for the day. One of the groups stayed on-site to tackle the high ropes course, climbing wall and the zip wire. Two groups went canoeing on