Blues music project

As part of the widening opportunities project within the county, our 6/5 pupils have the chance to learn about and play the drums, lead and bass guitars and the keyboard. The classes work in small groups with local musicians for a block of lessons, before moving on to experience playing another of the instruments. Each week these lessons are eagerly anticipated, with practice between sessions on anything the children can find to drum or strum around the classroom or the home.

Hopefully by busking day we will be able to demonstrate our new found skills with a battle of the bands.

Musical instruments

As our DT project this half term we have been making musical instruments. We began by investigating sound in science lessons and then used this knowledge to design our own. It was a noisy afternoon producing a range of percussion and stringed instruments, both tuned and untuned.

Pancake day

On Tuesday we were delighted to welcome Mrs Williamson back to the 6/5 classes to help us make pancakes. We talked about why we traditionally have pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and how to make the batter. We had great fun cooking and of course eating them.

Tag Rugby Tournament 13/11/07

2 teams competed in the annual tag rugby tournament at Diss High School. These consisted of 4 girls and 4 boys from year 6.

The A team were in a league with Burston B, Bressingham and Tivetshall and won all their matches in the first 3 rounds. The B team played against Burston A, Winfarthing and North Lopham, and improved their performance as the afternoon progressed.

The final was between Roydon A and Burston A. This was a close match, finishing 6-6 at full time which meant the children had to play for a 'golden try'. It was an exciting and tense finish, with Burston very nearly scoring on a number of occasions but Roydon defended very well to prevent them from doing so. Eventually George managed to break free and flew down the wing to score the winning try!

It was a really good afternoon of sport. Well done to all who took part - and we can look forward to the next round of the competition sometime in March.

Redgrave and Lopham Fen

As part of our topic about rivers we went to on a field trip to Redgrave and Lopham Fen to look at the River Waveney.

We found the source - which was very muddy.

At different points along the river we measured the width, depth and temperature.

The first measurement was 1m 20cm wide but very quickly it increased to 7m.

We also sketched the views of the Fen.

After lunch we took part in different water activities, learning about the water cycle, meanders and water conservation. It was an enjoyable day out!