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• Who was to blame?

  Sun 29 Apr 2018

  Last week the children in upper school held a vote on who they thought was most to blame for the Titanic disaster in 1912. Jack Phillips, the radio operator on the Titanic, received the most votes because:

  • He ignored ice warnings and wasted time sending out Easter messages.
  • The wrong distress signal was sent by Jack Phillips - CQD instead of SOS!
  • Disastrously, Jack sent out the wrong coordinates for the Titanic to another ship. 

  Things changed after a debate on Thursday, during which the children had the difficult task of defending one of the people/groups of people, that could have been to blame for the disaster. The debate was very professional and managed effectively by the chairpeople. The children came up with very persuasive defences and convincing arguments as to why other people were more to blame than them! 

  Class six then took another vote on who was most to blame and the person who received the most votes was Captain Edward J Smith because:

  • The captain was in bed when the iceberg hit, after ignoring several iceberg warnings.
  • He did not ensure binoculars were available for the lookouts. 
  • Carelessly, he advised Jack Phillips to ignore the ice warnings. 
  • Recklessly, the captain did not carry out lifeboat training with all of the crew.

  

• Canoeing Badgers

  Sat 28 Apr 2018

  Badgers had a fantastic time canoeing at Duke’s Barn! Races, battleships, raft building, water fights and our best titanic poses followed by hot chocolate and biscuits on the lake side - what a morning! 

  

• Team Building

  Sat 28 Apr 2018
  Badgers spent their final day at Duke’s Barn putting their team work skills to good practice. We enjoyed exploring the ropes course, reaching the top of the climbing wall and facing our fears on the zip line! 

  

• Maths Awards

  Fri 27 Apr 2018

  Well done to these children who have shone this week in their maths.

  

• Friday Achievements

  Fri 27 Apr 2018
  

• Newspaper reports

  Fri 27 Apr 2018

  During our water based topic, we have been learning how to write newspaper reports, based around the recent bad weather and the effects of "The Beast from the East". Here are a few examples of their completed work.

  

• Owls setting tables for breakfast

  Thu 26 Apr 2018
  

• Breakfast at Dukes Barn

  Thu 26 Apr 2018
  

• Dukes Barn

  Thu 26 Apr 2018
  A wet day for Foxes today with Stream Scramble and Canoeing! All dried out now, thankfully! 

  

• Owls weaselling on Higgator

  Thu 26 Apr 2018