This week, Year 6 have had a brilliant time away at Ferny Crofts Campsite in the New Forest.  We have faced many challenges and learnt lots of new things, some of which were difficult and a bit scary, but we have all managed to get through!

The best activities we have done include the zip wire (because it was so high and we had to face our fears), paddle games in kayaks (as we were able to learn new skills and splash each other in the hot sun!), raft building (where we learnt to stay safe in the water) and the Aeroball trampolining (which was really active and a good chance to challenge our friends).  The go-karts were another highlight of the week because we were able to race each other and see who were the best drivers.

We tried lots of different meals during the week and some people helped making things.  On Wednesday, we made our own pizzas - some people controversially tried pineapple on pizza for the first time!  With things like pizzas and burgers on offer, no one went hungry!

We had some campfires in the evenings, where we were able to roast marshmallows, make s'mores and chocolate bananas in the fire.  It was a good chance to sit and chat with our friends!

On Tuesday evening, we ventured to Lymington where we visited the Lifeboat Station and found out all about the work of the RNLI.  We were able to sit on the lifeboat and find out about all of the equipment.  They told us about the clothing they wear on the sea and how they can get changed in just 18 seconds!  We were amazed at the fact that they were all volunteers and put themselves in danger just to help others!

Despite the terrible performance, we were able to watch the England match together too.

We have had the best week away and have tried so many things.  What a good way to finish Year 6!

This week we have relaunched TTRS! Moving forward we will still celebrate different leader boards but there is now a TTRS cup for the class or house that does the best over the week! There will also be special weeks like 'teacher challenge week' where a teacher will set a score to beat! As was explained to the children today, secure times tables knowledge is the next step after securing addition and subtraction knowledge. Evidence shows that children who have secure number knowledge are far more likely to succeed at maths further along their education journey so please encourage your children to play as much as possible.

This week's leader board reflects accuracy of answers, and covers the improvement of accuracy over the last 7 days.

Well done to our top 3 Rock Stars this week!