Budding Writers

Just before Christmas, Class 3 entered a writing competition. We had to write a saga in less than 50 words which is much harder than it sounds! We were delighted to hear that 23 of us have had our work chosen for publication.

We will be getting a complimentary copy of the book so you will soon be able to read all our sagas. In the meantime, here are a few to whet your appetite ...

The Voices by Molly
It was dark; you could hear the sounds of the past dead, and the stories that had been told. She was listening too ... She knew what would happen if she didn't obey the voices; the dreadful fate, the eternal darkness ...

The Battle by Ethan
A dark black battlefield. All quiet. Silent. A stampede of warriers, 15000 against 300. All that could be heard was clatter of spears, shields and swords. People dying. Then the battle was over.

The Shadow by Millie
It happened at dusk. He was alone. He saw this dark misty shadow behind the trees. Suddenly it was moving! He couldn't hear himself breathe. It was so quiet; he saw it again. It's running towards him. It's just a blur to him but for us it's different.

A Crushing Life by Florence
He was trapped, in a locked room, without windows but he could hear the slightest of tapping. Was he alone? Suddenly he was hit by a stone, then another, then another, then another. It stopped, his breathing stopped, the door opened ...

Mouth Painting

Did you see the fantastic item on BBCs 'Inside Out' this week? It was about blind artist Sargy Mann.

This term the children in Class 1 have been learning about the body - how it works and sometimes how it doesn't work. In a lesson about disability the children tried painting with their mouths and found it was very difficult, especially trying to keep their hands behind their backs!

Samba Time

As part of their music lessons this term, Class 2 have been having Samba lessons. The photo shows the children playing surdo, tamborim, agogo and the snare drum.

Samba is recognised as a symbol of Brazil.

Wikipedia's definition is:
"The modern samba that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century is basically 2/4 tempo varied with the conscious use of chorus sung to the sound of palms and batucada rhythm, adding one or more parts or stanzas of declaratory verses. Traditionally, the samba is played by strings (cabaquinho and various types of guitar) and various percussion instruments such as tamborim."

Pancake Day Races

Armed with homemade pancake (or an El Paso fajita for those who cheated!!) and frying pan, the children limbered up on Tuesday 21st for the annual Charsfield Primary School Pancake Race!

There was a chill in the air but fortunately, unlike the week before, there was no snow on the ground.

The children lined up to receive the race instructions and then they were split into year groups.

Two lengths of the playground flipping the pancake 3 times on each length in the fastest time would be the winning formula, except for Class 1 who only had to complete one length - they do have shorter legs after all!


The finalists were split into Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 for one last lap which concluded with an all female first place finish - Grace for KS1 and Amber for KS2!