Thursday 20th October

CARNIVAL ARTS WORKSHOP! Today we took a short coach ride to the Carnival Arts Centre down in the town centre. The children took part in a fabric printing workshop, whereby they used their African designs they had created to paint onto paper. The paper will then be heat printed onto fabric so we have our own 'Kangas' to display in school (a Kanga is a traditional East African garment). Everyone had great fun painting their designs and are now excited tos see what the final product is going to look like!

Monday 17th October

WE'RE FAMOUS! (well sort of!)

Take a look at the Luton News website:

http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/local/children_march_in_mock_demonstration_1_3160201

to see a news story about our demonstration last week!

Friday 14th October

SCIENCE NIGHT!

I think it's safe to say that everyone had a fantastic time at the Science Museum! (Even after the terrible traffic we encountered in London!!) We arrived and had to hurry to make the first activity, which was making an ultra violet torch (please don't be surprised if you see the children using them to hunt for scorpions or shining them in the dark in the bathroom- I'm sure they can explain this to you!).

From there, we moved onto the laser show, where we saw how lasers are used as security devices and also watched a powerful laser cut through 4 balloons! After this, we then had an evening packed 'lunch'. Our last evening session was making kaleidoscopes and by this point, there were a few sleepy looking children (and adults!). This session finished at around 11pm before we went up to our camp area and set up bed for the night. All children were fantastic during the night and although some told us they weren't going to sleep(!) they were all out for the count by midnight!

The morning session (after breakfast) was watching a brilliant nature movie on the 50ft IMAX screen about orangutans and elephants before moving onto the Launchpad, which was an interactive gallery where the children got the chance to scientifically 'play' with lots of exhibits! Then it was time for prize giving (where Miles won a prize for best best child camper!) before looking around the museum and then waiting outside for our coach...which turned up 50 mins late, although the children were exceptionally well behaved whilst waiting.
Well done to everyone involved for a wonderful experience!

Thursday 13th October

REFUGEE MARCH SUCCESS!

We went on our demonstration today to keep Alem in the country....and it went extremely well!!

We started off from school and made our way down Tomlinson Ave to Leagrave High St. We had our placards and whistles at the ready and lots of children had t-shirts on with messages of support. Different children got the chance to use the mega phone chanting "Don't let the Kelos go....No, No, No, No!!" We were accompanied by 2 PCSOs, the Luton News reporters turned up and we certainly drew a lot of attention to ourself!

Once we reached Lewsey Park, then it was onto the speeches where 4 children stood on the makeshift podium to address the 'crowds'! We then made our way back to school, making equally as much noise as when we came down.

The childrens' behaviour was excellent throughout the march and they set a fantastic example for Chantry.

Monday 10th October

REFUGEE BOY DEMONSTRATION!

On Thursday, we will be taking the children in Year 6 on a peaceful demonstration around Lewsey Farm, which will be linked to our Refugee Boy work. In the story, Alem is due to be deported, so his school friends stage a protest around their community. It is this protest that we will be re-creating, using placards, signs, a megaphone to get our point across, t-shirts with messages on and we'll even be accompanied by police officers! We will congregate at Lewsey Park where we will be addressing the 'crowds', reading the speeches that the characters give in the story! There will even be Luton News reporters there to take photos and make a video recording- we'll be famous!

Make sure you ask your child about the demonstration on Thursday after school!

Friday 7th October

ATHLETICS
COMPETITION!
Today, some of our Year 5 & 6 pupils went to the Sportshall Athletics Competition at Stopsley Sports Centre. They took part in lots of different activities, such as speed bounce, javelin throwing, long jump and relay racing. Even though we had 2 children missing with illness, everyone who took part put in 100%

effort and as a result we managed to come 4th! This means that we get to go back and take part in the town finals in November!

There was even time for our own Usain Bolt (aka Mr Noel) to race, and due to his lightning quick speed, he helped our team to win the fun relay race! (Although it took him about 3 hours to recover afterwards!!).

Tuesday 3rd October

CAKE SALE UPDATE!
Thanks to all parents and children who made/bought cakes for our cake sale last week. We ended up making £86 (not bad for selling cakes!).