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The Trapeze at PGL

The Trapeze at PGL

This activity proved to be very challenging. It involved climbing up a pole to a platform before climbing onto it and jumping off it and hitting a buoy suspended nearby. Some of us felt very worried beforehand. If we weren’t climbing, we were learning to belay. This...

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The PGL Climbing Wall

The PGL Climbing Wall

Being one of our earlier challenges the wall looked daunting as we harnessed up and then warmed our bodies up with a game. And then we were off, with some of us finding the wall more of a challenge than others. Sometimes it was pretty scary and we needed the support...

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The PGL Low Ropes Course

The PGL Low Ropes Course

Although we felt this might have been an easy activity, we quickly realised that we need the support and trust of others. We began the session with a series of games to build our trust in each other. Could we possibly run through the line, trusting our friends to drop...

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The PGL Campfire

The PGL Campfire

The evening activity on the first night involved singing songs, listening to stories and even acting out parts of the story. https://youtu.be/axuK65Y1KbY https://youtu.be/S-_GZJXIMPY https://youtu.be/xxlRsUI8hCY

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PGL – Street Surfing

PGL – Street Surfing

This was a very tricky activity that began with none of us being able to step and balance on the board. However, an hour and a half later, many of us were able to travel some metres independently. It wasn’t as easy as we thought…. ……especially when we confused the...

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PGL – The Zip Wire!

PGL – The Zip Wire!

We began by learning how to put on a safety harness. A lot of team work and support was needed Grace was told to have ‘zombie’ arms Sometimes you needed brute strength to tighten the straps Not sure the instructor had nailed his technique! And then the exhilarating...

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Seatown’s PGL Adventure April 2022

Seatown’s PGL Adventure April 2022

Our residential, outdoor education trip took place after 2 years of lockdown and it was definitely worth waiting for! We stayed for 3 days at the Osmington Bay, Weymouth centre with the aim of working together as a strong team, supporting each other and stepping out...

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Colmer’s Hill Fun Run 2nd April 2022

Colmer’s Hill Fun Run 2nd April 2022

On a beautiful sunny and not too cold morning, 13 pupils from Year 4 to Year 6 took part in a fun run at Symondsbury. 33 girls in total took part in the first race. A bit of limbering up… Ready? We’re looking forward to this! And we’re off! Less than 10 minutes later,...

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The Easter story and Art

As part of our RE unit looking at the Easter story, Seatown have been thinking about the different ways in which the story can be interpreted. These included ‘Bearing a burden’, ‘Lost’, ‘Stepping in’ and ‘Taking someone’s place’. We then used paints to create images...

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Science Day 22.3.22

Science Day 22.3.22

“What is space?” I asked KS2. Introduction to our day in space. First we learnt that space is a difficult and dangerous place to be and constantly expanding meaning the position of planets and galaxies is always changing. We realised how important a space suit is to...

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Solidarity with Ukraine

Solidarity with Ukraine

Today the whole school dressed up in blue and yellow - the colours of the Ukrainian flag - to show our support for the whole Ukrainian community and demonstrate some of our school values, notably compassion and generosity. We spent time thinking about the positive...

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The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares

The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares

Today we explored the world of stories in years 4, 5 and 6. Nick, Jan, Ambs and Raja visited us in school and took us on a story writing journey. We began the morning creating a collaborative story together but were rudely interrupted by the phone ringing….it was the...

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World Book Day in Seatown March 2022

World Book Day in Seatown March 2022

Seatown Class came to school dressed as characters from books and enjoyed a variety of activities such as paired reading with children in Burton Class, creating bunting for our book corner and creating book reviews of our favourite stories. Characters we dressed up as...

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Chasing pancakes!

Chasing pancakes!

We managed our traditional pancake races despite the looming rain! Reception were given a helping hand from Years 5 and 6 and lots of fun was had. We even managed to eat a pancake or two!

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Ash Wednesday 2nd March 2022

Ash Wednesday 2nd March 2022

In our collective worship today, we learnt about Ash Wednesday marking the beginning of Lent. The ashes symbolize both death and repentance. During this period, Christians show repentance and mourning for their sins, because they believe Christ died for them. Rev...

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The Universe

The Universe

We have been finding out facts about the universe and presented them in an information text. Our presentation and fun facts were just as important as the writing to draw the reader in! [gallery columns="4"...

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Seatown Space

Seatown Space

Seatown used chalks and pastels to create these space images. We followed the instructions of an artist on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PC9wdRWXRQ Why don't you try it out for yourself and watch this link? We were very impressed with the results. What do...

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Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets

Seatown class were having fun with spreadsheets, learning about different types of graph to represent their data and exploring probability.

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Seatown Alien Drinks

Seatown Alien Drinks

Seatown have enjoyed some cross curricular maths - combining ratio work with our term's focus on space. Here we are designing our alien drinks for a celebration of their successful invasion of the school! We recorded the ratios of each colour used and then scaled the...

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Computing & Music

Computing & Music

Seatown class have been exploring computer music creation using GarageBand to create soundscapes for their Space project.

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Sikhism in Seatown

Sikhism in Seatown

In our Sikhism unit, we are studying the Guru Granth Sahib - the Sikh holy book. It is full of stories that we can learn so much from. In the story of Guru Nank, the bowl of milk and the jasmine flower (read here by 2 Year 5 pupils) we learn that there is always a...

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Seatown Science

Seatown Science

We linked our science topic on plants with an art project manipulating paper to create 3D structures. We then progressed on to wire and tissue paper structures. It was harder than it looked. Which ones do you like best?

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