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Wow! What a fantastic day it has been at East Meon School today. A huge thank you to all the staff, parents, children, governors and members of the East Meon community who came and helped us to clean up and tidy our grounds today. It was lovely to watch the whole community enjoying working together and what an achievement: pond area cleared, dead hedges made, trees planted, climbing frames moved, fences painted, brambles removed... the list goes on! And all the time fuelled by delicious tea, coffee and cake from members of the church and soup and bread from our FEMS group. Thank you all!
On Friday 15th March, Voyagers went on a class trip to Paulton's Park. In their Science work this term, they have been learning about forces. They started the trip with a forces workshop where they looked at how different forces are at work on the rides at the park. They really impressed the workshop leader with their prior knowledge and confidence asking and answering questions. Then they got to try out the rides themselves!
On Friday 15th March, Mani from Hampshire Cricket came and ran a taster day at East Meon School. He talked to the children in assembly about cricket: what a great sport it is and the different skills involved. Throughout the day, he worked with Discoverers, Adventurers and Explorers classes to help them develop some of their cricket-linked skills. They all had a great time and we hope that we will be able to do some more cricket work in school over the coming months.
We had a great time celebrating World Book Day at school today. The children came in dressed as characters from some of their favourite books and enjoyed telling their friends all about the books they had been reading. They played lots of book-themed games in school including book Bingo and a Where's Wally trail challenge.
Discoverers Class had a lovely time walking round the village as part of their learning about the local area. They looked at the different paths, buildings, the river and the park. Over the next couple of weeks they will be thinking about how the village could be improved and the different developments they would like to make. Thank you to Mrs Perkins for organising this and Mrs Sims for accompanying them.
On Friday 23rd February, a team of nine Year 5 and 6 children went to Perins to compete in a Sports Hall Athletics Competition. They participated in a range of events including javelin, target throw, long jump, speed bounce and some running races. They worked really well together as a team and enjoyed the event. We are waiting to find out our results.
On Friday 2nd February, Sara, our district School Games Organiser, came to visit East Meon to train up our new team of sports leaders. She talked to the children about the role of sports leaders and showed them how to set up and run different activities. They are very excited to get started in their roles, preparing resources for PE lessons, leading warm ups and cool downs and doing some coaching/leading with the younger children.
On Monday the 22nd February, 8 of our Year 5/6 pupils took part in a cross country competition at Perins School. They had to run a long way as the course comprised of two laps around Perins school field. They all did amazingly well, showing real perseverance and determination and should feel very proud of their achievements!
On Friday 19th January, four of our Year 5 children went to Perins School for a morning of Sports Development. They took part in a range of activities including cricket, basketball, rowing, jumping and some reaction games. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed representing the school.
On Wednesday 17th January, four pupils from Years 3 and 4 went to Bedales Prep School for a fun-filled morning of art. They made fridge magnets out of clay, did a range of drawing activities and learnt how to make prints with polystyrene tiles and paint. They had a great time and even got a special free lunch!