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Denby Dove Telegraph
March 2016
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We have really been working hard since
Christmas and have had great fun! Take
a look inside and see all the activities that
have gone on in school. There are even
more activities and photos on our website.
www.denbyfree.derbyshire.sch.uk
Balanceability
The Sparrows have started doing
Balanceability this term with Mrs Foulke.
For the first session parents, acting
Sergeant PC Neil Hopwell and Senior
Traffic Manager Rob Bounds joined us.
The class loved the sessions which have
already built up their core strength and
balancing skills.
We finished these sessions in the second
half term with all sparrows able to glide
and balance well. This has really helped
in the classroom with other activities.
Parents have sent in photographs of their
child riding bikes without stabilizers!
Well done Sparrows a fantastic
achievement.
Maths Week
We started our eventful week with a visit
from The Happy Puzzle Company. All the
children were challenged to work in teams
and solve puzzles and challenges. They
didn’t even know they were doing maths!
Sparrows
The Sparrows had a great time during
maths week. We made squares, watches,
measured Gruffalos footprints, went
Gruffalo hunting and raised money by
inviting the parents to a Gruffalo Café.
Many thanks to the Parents who sent in
pictures of maths activities from home.
You’re more than welcome to visit and see
our scrapbook from the week.
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Doves
For Maths Mania week we made and sold keyrings for 50p, domino biscuits for 20p and lots of dice games. Our total was £68.53. We gave ¼ of the money to Guide Dogs for the Blind and the Syrian refugees. Then we bought lots of thinking games which are really fun.
The children enjoying Enterprise morning.
The Dove’s children enjoy the Enterprise
morning, and below playing thinking
games
Owls
The children in Owl’s class made some
brilliant stationery products to sell for their
Enterprise activity. The children went
shopping to source the raw materials and
then made the chosen products. The sale
was very popular and they sold out of
goods!
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Eagles
Happy Puzzle Company
On the 18th of January, a happy puzzle
company came in to talk to the children
about how to solve fun math puzzles. One
of the games we played included having a
lot of focus, trying to keep penguins on a
wobbling ice burg [plastic!]. We had a go
at some different challenges working as a
team, we all had great fun.
After school on Monday afternoon, the
company set up a little shop for parents
and children to buy puzzles and gadgets.
By Maisie C and Annie M, Eagles
We all really enjoyed Maths Week!
Book Week
We had a fantastic Book Week,
celebrating words, books and
reading.
S for Sparrows – Can you spot the
fancy dress starting with the letter S?
The children in Sparrow’s class brought in
their favourite books to share. The
children love books and reading and had a
great week doing lots of activities based
around their favourite stories.
Doves
On Bookweek we had to dress up as
something beginning with D. Some
people dressed as a dalmation, Dorothy,
Darth Vadar, dancer, donkey, dog, Denby,
Disco Dancing Diva and Duck. Lucas won
the contest for the best creation with D for
Duck. All his family made it with him. It
was yellow and orange. Josh B won the
poster of his favourite book, it was Mr
Men. For our Sponsored Spell we had
lots of words to learn. We needed to get
15/15. We all did really well.
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Owls
In Owl’s class we dressed up as
something beginning with ‘O’. We had
some very creative outfits!
Overall the Sponsored Spell raised over
£1200. This was a fantastic achievement
and we would like to thank you all for your
support. The money will be used to
refurbish our library and improve our
range of books for the school.
We sold over £400 worth of books at the
Book Sale that took place over Book
Week. From this we receive £186 in
commission, which has allowed each
class teacher to choose a selection of
books to boost their reading corners!
Olympian visit
GB skeleton athlete Jor’dan McIntosh slid
into Denby Free to tell us about her life as
an athlete. She showed us a video of her
riding a skeleton sled, where she reached
speeds of up to 80mph. The children also
got to inspect and try on some of her hi-
tech kit. She explained how she was
selected for the GB skeleton team and
answered lots of enthusiastic questions.
So watch this space for future Denby Free
Winter Olympians.
Nancy B, Jay G, Scarlet C and Jor’dan
Disco time!
In January Denby Free had an amazing
disco. It was all organised by the school
council to raise money for the school. We
had Gaz’s disco, dance battles and goody
bags. Thanks again to the school council
and the Friends of Denby.
By Rebekah, Eagles
African music
On Monday 14th March in the afternoon a
man called David, who had been to study
African drumming in Gambia, came to visit
our school to teach the Eagles Class
some African drumming.
David taught us how to play the drums, he
even taught us some African singing and
dancing. It was lots of fun and after we
had been practicing for a few hours we
showed our wonderful drumming to the
Eagles parents.
Everyone really enjoyed the experience!
By Evie K, Eagles
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John Flamsteed Science Afternoon
The Year 6 children went to visit John
Flamsteed Secondary School on
Wednesday. They had a brilliant time
watching a play about murdering. We also
did some forensic science, working out
how to find the murderer by taking finger
prints and looking at different materials
though a microscope. All the Year 6’s had
a fantastic time!
By Anjali
Netball
On a Monday after school some of us do
training for netball with Miss Hunt. We
firstly start off with a warm up and we all
start on the yellow line. We then practise
our shooting and we play a fun game like
killer, lastly we pick teams and positions
then we get in to a game or two. We have
so much fun.
By Libby. B, Eagles
Owl’s performance
On the 22 of March the Owls performed
the Easter production called the Easter
Praise. It took us about 3 to 4 weeks to
rehearse and there are 11 songs in it. We
also had to sort out quite a few costumes
for the crowd. There were quite a few
solos, like Mary’s song
By Gracie
Year 1 and 2 Village Walks
We went on a walk around Denby and
saw Maisie’s house. Then we went to see
the maze and had a little play around the
maze. On our walk we followed a map,
using our map reading skills.
Spanish Tapas Restaurant
On the 3rd of March in the afternoon all
the children in owls class got a shock
because the classroom had changed into
a Spanish tapas restaurant. Miss Hunt and
Julie (the helper) were the waiters and Mrs
Marshall was head chef. Miss Simpson
showed us how to make non-alcoholic
sangria. We tried lots of different foods
that afternoon they included: Paella,
Olives, Churros and Manchego cheese.
Everyone really enjoyed all that afternoon!
By Saul Rushton, Owls
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Easter Celebrations
We spent our last day celebrating Easter
and spring. Collective Worship in church
showed the parents the hard work each
class had done preparing for Easter. With
being in during Holy week the children
could tell the story of Jesus on the right
day.
Sparrows made donkeys and decorated a
cross. In church they sang a lovely song
with actions too.
Doves made stained glass windows
inspired by the Easter story and after
looking at the windows in St Marys
Church. They recited a poem entitled
EASTER.
Eagles read The Breakfast on the Beach
from the Children’s Bible and explained
how God and Jesus will always forgive us
when we sorry for our sins.
Celebrating
After collective worship we spent the
morning making rice crispy cakes with
eggs on and hot cross buns. The
afternoon will be fun eating them.
Happy Easter from all at Denby Free School
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