Walkley Playground Project

Parents! If you have a free half hour or so on Friday morning, or you're already joining us for the Golden Book assembly, please stay for a short presentation and discussion about our Walkley School Playground Project. 

Our outside provision for play is in real need of improvement and there are exciting plans underway to begin to transform the playground areas around the school. 

But ( there's always a but...), we need your ideas, inspiration, support and fundraising efforts.

 Mrs Hansbury and Mrs Jinkinson will be very happy for you to come along THIS FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER at 9.30am. 

All will be explained!

2013 - 2014 School Year

Walkley Primary School will open on Tuesday 3rd September 2013 for the new school year.

Visit to The Crucible to meet Phil Johnson

On Wednesday morning 9 members of the Trillions visited The Crucible theatre  in Sheffield city centre to meet an author called Phil Johnson. The children were excellent ambassadors for both the class and the wider school - well done! 

Auction Social Evening!

TONIGHT Thursday 23^rd May

 7-9pm in Burnaby Hall

Come along and experience Dan Murphy, Joel Rigler, Hamish Malcolm and the rest of the team put these items under the gavel.

Parents Carers & Friends of Walkley Primary come and join together in this social fundraising event!

30 Minute photo session with Nina Hansbury – photos on a disc

Tennis lesson with Rachel Barron and Alan Bowmer

Curry meal cooked on your premises for 6 by Kinder Kalsi – all ingredients provided.

30 minute drumming session with the talented Chris Wallis.

Exceedingly good bakes from Beth Goldsmith, Anne-Marie Wilcock and Sarah Prochazka.

£50 meal at Piccolino's – Val Sian

Food Hamper from Chris Beech, South Road

Tennant's Association – donated hamper

Hamish Malcolm will draw your caricature

Two children to go on the Climbing Wall Experience – Dan Murphy

One Bicycle servicing – Sean Gammage

Pizza Express voucher – Sally Whaley

Box of all occasion handcrafted cards – Jayne Wilson

Aromatherapy/Massage – Mrs Jivan

Take your chance bags – Ann Chetcuti

Henna Painting – Aisha Jones

Face painting at a children's party – Miss Kayani

One session of babysitting/childcare – Linda Jinkinson

Flowers

Here is a picture of a daffodil flower that we dissected this afternoon - how many parts can you name?

Quad Garden assembly PowerPoint presentation

Follow this link to view our presentation from yesterday's assembly.

Trillions Quad Garden assembly PowerPoint

Here be dragons!

This afternoon the Trillions made dragon heads out of Plasticine...Saint George would have had a tough job with this lot!

Trillions class assembly

Good evening, everyone!

Here is a reminder about the forthcoming Year 5 / Trillions class assembly which will take place at 09:15 on Wednesday 24th April 2013 in the Tennyson Building hall.

Parents and carers of all Year 5 pupils are welcome to attend to hear about the things that the class are currently up to, and to stay around afterwards for a drink and a biscuit.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible here next week.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine!

The Quad Garden

Good afternoon all,
We have now planted some poppy, Sweet William and sunflower seeds in the classroom, which will hopefully germinate in the next few days. We have also been donated 80 bulbs of various varieties which we can plant directly into the garden.

The Trillions have put together some imaginative designs for the large raised bed...

...and have begun writing letters to persuade people to donate seeds, seedlings and plants to help.

Some Trillions volunteers made some degradable pots at lunchtime that we can use to plant out seedlings...

The work that the Trillions have started will make a huge difference to this valuable shared space in the school - well done!

The Quad Garden...

This afternoon we managed to clear the Quad Garden of weeds and unwanted plants - what a difference you made!

Now start thinking about how your 'persuasive' writing could help to populate the garden. It'll look bleak for a few weeks whilst we grow seedlings and source mature plants and cuttings. We will need to make sure that we keep on top of any weeds that grow back.

It's going to be great!

Here are some photographs of the garden after we'd finished...

Puppets!

Here's a photo of the fantastic pop-up puppets the Trillions have made over the last term with Mr. Bowmer.

They look amazing, they work, and they fulfill original design criteria - well done!

Easter

Commenting on our Blogs

Hello world! We know you are there!
We are getting nearly 100 different people a week looking at our blogs, with people from 20 countries interested in our school. How amazing!

Now we want comments.  Why don't you let us know what you think about our school work!

Here is a handy guide for leaving a comment on our blogs.

1)  First, find a post you want to comment on! When you have found something interesting click where it says how many comments it has.  Click on this:

2)  You are now ready to post a comment.  Please type your message into the comment box.  Any inappropriate messages will not be published.  Please follow the schools ICT code of conduct.

 3)  Click on Select Profile, then click on Name/URL

4) At this point you can put your name.  We ask for initials to identify children at the school so   Daniel Murphy becomes DM.  If you are a visitor to our site please use an appropriate name.

 5) When you are ready to post, click on Publish!

  6)  Well done! You have published a comment!  I wonder which class can get the most comments before Easter?  There will be a whole class prize for the class with the most comments.

The Quad Garden - homework task.

Good evening!
As we discussed this afternoon, Mrs. Sian has very kindly agreed that the Quad Garden be 'adopted' by the Trillions. The first tasks are to clear out plants and debris that we do not need before deciding how we will improve the space.

Your homework task this week is to research (including checking the meanings of some of the words and technical terms) appropriate plants for the garden. You will need to consider...
1) Is the plant annual or perennial?
2) What colours and shapes are the flowers and foliage?
3) How much space does it need?
4) How tall will it grow?
5) What kind of climate does it like?
6) What ground conditions does it prefer?
7) Will it need to be supported?
8) Is it safe (to people and to animals)?
9) Will it be attractive to beneficial insects?
10) Does it need any special care?
11) How do we propagate it?
12) Is it likely to grow out of control?
13) How much do the seeds/seedlings/bulbs/cuttings cost?
14) How easy are they to get hold of?

To inspire you, here are some pictures of the garden as it is...

 It can only get better! 

What other things could we include to make the garden a more pleasant place to be? Could we include artwork or sculptures? Murals? Different surface colours and textures? How could we attract wildlife such as birds and insects?

I am looking forward to seeing your ideas on Friday! How you present your work is up to you - it could be a poster, collage, word-processed document, or whatever you want.

Shelter building!

This morning we had a fantastic time behind The Pod, building shelters using only small branches, tarpaulin and thin rope. We built two 'teepee' style shelters and a larger 'a-frame' one. All three would have kept the rain and wind out! It was great to see the Trillions working as cohesive teams and cooperating together to get the job done.
Here are some shots of the teams in action...

A great start to the second half of the Spring Term

Evening all,

We've made a really positive start to the second Spring Half term. It's great to have you all back again!

I hope you have enjoyed exploring drawing using Picasso's Cubist paintings as an inspiration - it was certainly entertaining seeing you look at each others faces on Monday afternoon...

I know that some parents have asked for additional work to do at home - look out for links on the Blog to websites that will help you learn outside of school.

Back to The Silver Sword - the children are staying with a German farmer trying to avoid the bergomaster, who has been tasked with returning all refugees (especially Poles) back to their home countries - will Jan, Bronia, Edek and Ruth escape detection?

Class Dojo continues to reward good behaviour and positive attitudes  to learning - I am looking forward to giving chocolate to more children this term.

It's a short sprint to Easter - let's make the most of the time we have together!

Mr. Gamage. 

REMINDER

School will be closed on Friday 15th February 2013 due to a Staff Teacher Training Day.

School will reopen on Monday 25th February 2013. Have a lovely holiday.

Mrs Matthews

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Easter Fair Planning Group

Dear Parents,

There will be a parent planning group for the Easter Fair after Golden Book tomorrow.  Look forward to seeing you there!

Mrs Jinkinson