Key Stage 1 have been learning about Celebrations. For the first two weeks of term, we learned all about the Hindu festival of Diwali and how it is celebrated. To finish off our learning we had our own Diwali celebration outside. We made rangoli patterns out of leaves and chalk. We acted out the story of Rama and Sita. We made a bridge to…
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Millbrook Year 1 and 2 children represented the school in a football tournament against our LACT schools on Friday 23rd November. The team were superb and won the final! Every squad member played a game and were instrumental in the success of the team. Lets hope they continue their love of the sport outside of school as well!
We loved celebrating Diwali in Ladybirds and Bumblebees at the beginning of this term. We made lots of different Rangoli patterns using a variety of loose parts, we decorated Mehndi hands and we made our own Dandiya sticks to do some dancing with. We looked at the similarities and differences between different festivals and talked about the different things that we each celebrate at…
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During the October half term In The Box Sports Coaching ran it’s first holiday camp of the year held at Millbrook Primary school. Mr Mathews and Mr Brown were the lead coaches and we had 12 children sign up across the four days. They took part in a number of different sports such as Football, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Ultimate Frisbee, Circuit Training, Basketball, Tennis…
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Millbrook children and families took part in an after school fun-run in the autumn sun to celebrate the end of term. Runners were encouraged around the course by year six pacers and marshals. On course there was a year 6 band drumming to keep people going. Many families also enjoyed a post-run drink and cake – kindly provided by the children. Thanks to all…
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Well done to all of years 5/6 who worked so hard on their Being Human homework projects.
On Wednesday the 10th of October 2018 The Creative Kids went on a special after school trip to Jo Jo’s Dairy Farm at Lotmead in Swindon where they met Jonathan and Josette who run the Farm. And this is what happened! By Archie Thomas Age 10 We went round and looked at the Farm and the Milk churn where the milk is kept for…
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This term in Ladybirds and Bumblebees we have been learning all about Autumn. We have decorated pumpkins, made some Autumn garlands and, after reading ‘Stick Man’ and ‘Not a Stick’, we made our own stick people and stick wands. We loved launching our conker rockets on welly walk to see which one would fly the furthest!
Year 1 and 2 had a great time at West Swindon Library on Monday 8th October. The children enjoyed finding fiction and non-fiction books and choosing some to take back to school. Each day the children have a vote to decide which book should be read at the end of the day. What book will be the most popular today? They walked to the…
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