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• Switch Off Day

  Tue 12 Feb 2019

  Our whole school topic this year is around the theme of recycling and the ways in which we can look after our world. Today we enjoyed 'Switch off Day'...a school day with no electricity!

   

  There were no lights, no computers, no printers, no iPads, no interactive white boards and no hot school dinners! It was quite gloomy at the beginning and the end of the school day which meant it was very dark in some of the classrooms without lights. However, the children in their bright clothes, definitely shone in the dark!

   

  At the end of the day, all the children came together in assembly to share what they had been learning about during the day.

   

  Year F shared their paper making and their own version of 5-a-day, dancing and playing instruments rather than following the online programme.

   

  Year One learnt how to play old fashioned games (rather than playing games on devices) and also created posters to remind everyone to turn off the lights. Year One also handled artefacts and looked at pictures of how people used to wash clothes without washing machines.

   

  Year Two also learnt about wash day in the past and enjoyed role playing washing clothes using the artefacts. They also cooked food in the fire pit and learnt how to start fires! Inside, the children explored how much it cost to run different devices per hour and then developed a series of commands to instruct people to reduce, reuse and recycle.

   

  We had a fantastic day and the children were really passionate about turning off electricity when it was not needed, especially to help the polar bears and their habitats.

   

  Unfortunately, there are no pictures of the day as teachers also had to be tech free but we hope your child has shared their enjoyment of the day with you.

• Snow at Sun Hill Infant School

  Fri 01 Feb 2019
  The children enjoyed playing in the snow on Friday 1st February! They threw snowballs, made snow angels, built snowmen and slid up and down the hill. Take a look at the photos of all of our snow fun.

  

• Smelly Fish Day in Year F !

  Mon 21 Jan 2019
  The YR F children had lots of fun on smelly fish day. We dissected different fish, looking at their gills, eyeballs and scales. After this, we drew the fish thinking about different shapes. We learnt how fish fingers are made and what type of fish they come from. 

  

• Art Morning

  Thu 29 Nov 2018

  Today, Sun Hill Infant School ran their annual art morning. Every year, the children and staff across the school mix together to create art work linked to the Christmas performance. Linking to our whole school focus of recycling, all the art work was created from junk to show how we can reuse rubbish.

   

  This year, Art Morning was a little different. Arts Council met over a month ago to discuss what they liked and would like to improve about the event. The children suggested that they would like to create a large, collaborative piece of art within their own classes. We decided that the children would create large abstract paintings on fabric. These are going to be stitched together and hung to create the backdrop to our Christmas performance.

   

  We also welcomed representatives from the Junior School to help the Infant children with their art work. The Year 5's were exceptional and incredibly supportive and encouraging.

   

  Thank you to all the volunteers and Junior experts that helped us on the day.

   

  Take a look at the photos below to see our fantastic creations!

  

• Children in Need

  Tue 20 Nov 2018
  Thank you so much for your generosity during Children in Need last week. Our spiral of coins and cafe raised £203.41 for the charity. Thank you! 

  

• Odd Socks Day

  Tue 13 Nov 2018

  On Monday, everyone wore odd socks to school! In recognition of National Anti-Bullying week, children and staff wore their odd socks to celebrate their individuality. We explored how every person is different and that this is what makes us special and unique.

   

  Throughout the week the children will be learning about bullying behaviour and strategies to use if they feel they are being bullied. They will also be considering what makes a good friend and be awarding friendship tokens for respectful and friendly behaviours. 

  

• Remembrance at Sun Hill

  Thu 08 Nov 2018

  On Thursday the 8th November, pupils, staff, parents, governors and members of the community gathered together to commemorate 100 years since the end of WW1.

   

  Children from Year One and Two created beautiful tie dye fabrics that were displayed to represent poppies. If you would like to see more of the children’s textile art work, then you can see them displayed at St John’s Church this weekend. Children and families also created crosses from recycled materials and added these to our remembrance garden. 

   

  At the end of the school day, we gathered outside by the garden to sing songs together and Reverend Julie shared a prayer. 

   

  We would like to say a special thank you to Mr Eade for making the display frame and remembrance garden and to Mrs Davey and all the volunteers who worked with the staff and children to create our beautiful tie dye art work. 

   

   

  

• Have a look at what YR F got up to during Autumn Term 1!

  Wed 31 Oct 2018
  

• Living Streets

  Tue 16 Oct 2018

  In assembly today, the children were visited by a lady from ‘Living Streets’ and their mascot Strider. Living Streets aims to encourage children to walk to school once a week. They can do this by walking, cycling, scooting or even park and stride (parking further away from the school gates and walking into school). 

   

  After half term, the children will be logging how they travel into school everyday when they choose their school lunch. If your child walks one day a week for the month of November, they will earn a badge. Over the coming year, they can earn a badge every month for walking once a week. 

   

  Your child should have brought home a letter about this today. If you are interested in learning more about Living Streets, you can do so by visiting their website. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/

   

   

   

   

  

• Staff and pupils enjoyed sharing lunch together

  Thu 04 Oct 2018

  Today the staff joined the children at lunchtime and everyone had a lovely time chatting together. The children displayed impeccable manners as they shared around the bread bowls at tables and moved around the dining hall.