Corporate Challenge

A group of employees from Associated British Ports (ABP) came to school on the 16th May to help in the Environmental Area. 
Their task was a very difficult one; to convert an ugly area on invasive weeds and shrubs into a beautiful edible forest. 

They first had to dig out all the weeds and shrubs then level the area. 

They then had to construct raised beds from 200ft of scaffolding boards.

 When this was completed they had to move 4 tons of topsoil in wheelbarrows and put it in the raised beds. 

Time was beginning to run out but they did manage to plant 2 apple trees, currants, gooseberries, rhubarb and garlic chives in the edible forest. 

The weather was scorching and they worked very hard but they stayed very positive all day. many thanks to the eight volunteers from ABP.

Cartoon Writing Day with Andrew Thompson

On Wednesday 21st May Andrew Thompson came to our school to hold a Comic Workshop. Groups of children from other schools in the borough also came along. The six lucky children chosen from our school were:  Joeson, Callum, Zuhaib, Bobby, Athavi, Jonathon. First we had to invent our own super hero.  After teaching us how to draw faces and people we then had to draw a quick sketch of our super hero and describe their super powers. We then did a quick comic sketch in 10 minutes. Finally we drew our comics out in best. Read below some of the comments from Fairlop Pupils: Callum – "I really liked making up my own character and putting them into the comic – I had a fantastic day"! Zuhaib –"I liked the bit where we made our own comics because I really like drawing". Jonathon – " I loved the whole day Andrew Thompson was awesome"! Athavi –" I liked describing my super hero, I had an epic day"! Joeson –"I've had a fantastic day and enjoyed everything"! Bobby – "I really enjoyed the day and being able to create my own comic".

Chess Tournament

In the last few months children from all over the country have been trying to qualify for the national finals in the Delancey UK School’s Chess Challenge 2014. A group of children from Fairlop, Brandon, Joshua, Tristan, Krish and Athavi went to play other schools in a mega final in Basildon. If we did well here we would then qualify for the next final called the Giga Final in reading. We all tried really hard to win our matches against other children from schools all over Essex.  At the end of the day, Tristan in year 2 had managed to qualify, he also won a very large trophy. We all had a fantastic time and really enjoyed the competition. By Joshua Year 4

The RE Workshop Trip

Early in the morning some of the year five pupils set off to Redbridge Primary School to take part in a R.E. workshop.

On this eventful day, we were able to join in many fun activities that taught a lot about R.E.

The first activity was a game called The Alphabet Game. In this game one of the teachers asked us questions, for example, if you could say thank you to anyone who it would be, thinking carefully about why we would choose that person.

Later on that day we all sat in rows with someone from different school and were asked if we could take anyone in our religion to a restaurant who would it be and why.  Sapphire said she would take Jesus to a multicultural restaurant to show him that people with different religions and different skin colours are friends and get on. We were all excited to find out what the rest of the activities were going to be as we had already had a smashing three hours!

After lunch, we paired up in two or three’s and were challenged to make a stunning R.E. logo or a magnificent 3D modal about R.E. Unfortunately we only had forty-five minutes to complete this project, but we all managed to finish in time.  

We all had great logos and were happy with the finished products. 

Sapphire and her year eight partner had created an R.E. logo.

All of the year five pupils, who participated in this event, had so much fun learning more about R.E. we want to say a big thank you to Miss Feltham for taking and looking after us at Redbridge Primary School and to all the teachers that organised it.

 Thank you for reading this blog and we hope that you read the rest of Fairlop’s blogs.

Sapphire and Sancia 

Street Dancing

On Friday 9^th of May, after school, year 3,4,5 and 6 got the chance to come and enjoy some street dancing. There were people who came into school and taught us some street dance moves. The hall was packed with many people and I think they enjoyed it very much! It was a one hour lesson and within that short time we had already learnt a street dance routine! The only thing was that there was one move that had everyone confused… the wave! The man told us a way to make it easier but it didn’t help. By the end of the lesson everyone had a great time and they enjoyed themselves. Hopefully they can come again and teach us more!

By Maleeha

Colchester Zoo

On Wednesday 7th May we were all thrilled as we were going to Colchester Zoo! Once the register was complete we slowly walked to the coach and we were ready to go! Everyone was very excited, we discussed what we might see, what we wanted to see and played a few games. It took a little while but it was the worth the wait. When we got out of the coach it was really chilly but we didn’t mind, as after a while, it got warmer. We couldn’t wait to go inside, so we did! It was really welcoming.

At the zoo we saw some amazing and beautiful creatures. They made funny sounds and had stunning patterns decorating their skin. First, we saw a rare species of monkeys, they were the ‘Golden headed lions’, they were called this because, they had a golden mane around their heads (they were so cute!) Next, we walked ahead and saw some spider monkeys, they had really long spider like legs. After that, we went and saw sun bears! (They have very long tongues, about the size of 33cm!) Afterwards, we saw some Toucan birds with rainbow coloured feathers on their heads, that made them stand out. Not soon after, we went and had lunch. We caught up with class friends and enjoyed having a breather. Once we were energised we went to see the lions, the tigers, the wolves and the hunting dogs! These animals may sound vicious but when we saw them they were all relaxing, playing or having a nap! So not scary at all!

We then rushed quickly, to see the dusty grey elephants who were drinking water through their trunks. The tall giraffes, with their elongated necks having a nibble off of some tree leaves, were in the same area as the black and white zebras, all living in harmony. We saw lots of animals and debated whether they were happy, as although they were safe, the zoo is not their natural habitat. We wondered if zoos were a good place or bad, as some animals may have been lonely being separated from their families and tribes. We are still undecided on that topic, but we loved the trip to the Zoo…we think you should definitely go too!

By: Schreoshi & Isbah 4W

Year 3 visit William Morris Gallery

Year Three went on a fantastic trip to the William Morris Art Gallery. We took the 275 bus to Walthamstow and then had a five minutes walk to the gallery.

 When we first arrived we went to a room and saw lots of wallpaper designs. They were of beautiful flowers and leaves. We sketched some of the wallpaper designs in our sketch books, this was tricky because they were really complicated and full of great detail. 

Across the hall there were even more pictures that he had created. There was an enormous picture of  William Morris hanging in the gallery.

 We had the opportunity to complete some stone rubbings, this was amazing as the designs were clear on our sheets, it was just like William Morris had designed it.

 They created a beautiful pattern on the paper. Also in that room there was some of his old furniture from the Victorian Times, it was very different to ours. We all had a really enjoyable time at the gallery. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Live Webcast!

On Monday 28^th April Year 5 were invited to a live webcast with Jeff Kinney, the author of the Wimpy kid books. 

We were very excited as most of us enjoy the books and the films. 

It was presented by Helen Skelton who interviewed Jeff Kinney. 

During the show we were shown clips from the films that were really funny.

Jeff told us how the characters were brought to life by the actors and how they were different from the books.  He showed us how to draw Greg Heffley, (the Wimpy Kid) we all thought that it was really easy.

Finally Jeff Kinney revealed his new book, this is what everyone was waiting for, THE LONG HAUL. He only gave away one secret that Greg was going on a road trip and it all goes wrong. It will be out in November.

Written by Jake and Laila Year 5