Junior News

On Thursday 10^th June the Otters all took part in ‘Around the World Day’. Everyone dressed up in clothes from different countries and we held a special assembly in which all the children talked about their wonderful outfits. Each child had their own Otters’ passport which was stamped as they ‘visited’ and learnt about different countries throughout the day. The children experienced a range of activities including: an African Gumboot dance workshop, English folk dancing, South American Mardi Gras mask making, Austrailian aboriginal artwork, African safari silhouette paintings,Amazon rainforest collages, and learning French and German songs with Mr Colls. We enjoyed a picnic lunch and tasted food from around the world. A fun day was had by all.

On a glorious Thursday morning, J2 set off for a creative day at the Brewery Arts centre in Cirencester. The children had the opportunity to use several different looms to make a colourful assortment of weaves. During our visit, the children spent some time in a gallery discovering the wonderful world of silk and even had a go on a very large loom.

On May 18th three staff and twenty pupils set off to explore the coastline of Portishead, Clevedon and Weston-Super-Mare. As the pupils have been studying "Coasts" within their Geography lessons it was a perfect trip to see first hand the topics discussed within class.
We were fortunate that the weather was fantastic and the Bristol Channel was calm. The three different places held their own beauty and many pupils said they would visit again with their parents.
The highlights of the trip included the trek around Poet's Walk in Clevedon, the new marina in Portishead and lunch onthe clean golden sand of Weston's huge (deserted) beach but definitely at the top of everyone's list had to be the big surprise at the end of the day. We all took a ride on the gigantic observation wheel on Weston sea front followed by an ice-cream!
Many pupils remarked that it was the best school trip ever and they certainly learnt a huge amount.

Thirty-four Junior School pupils entered this year's Duathlon.The race consisted of a run followed by a cycle followed by a run. These carried straight on from each other, so there was no time for a rest.
All those who took part worked incredibly hard and many found the task of running after cycling particularly difficult. The races were keenly contested and the final results were as follows

J3/4 Race:
1st -Emily Musgrave
2nd -Thomas Breare
3rd - Mollie Tice

J5/6 Race:
1st Cameron Watt
2nd Eleanor Brealy
3rd Alex Dennett

A fabuolous effort, well done to all those involved
Mr Arnold

Blessed with fine weather and fairly smalll crowds J6 enjoyed a full day exploring this masterpiece of medieval castle building. We marvelled at their defensive lines and empathised with an attacking force. Most braved the castle dungeons with some emerging hoarse from screaming! Over lunch we witnessed the world's biggest trebuchet in action and Elliott Cox and a duck re-enacted a 13th Century joust- this time over his packed lunch!

Our second Forest School Working Party took place on Saturday 8th May and it was another great success. A team of fourteen parents and teachers worked hard all morning to clear pathways, repair and create new shelters, a new bird hide and seating areas.
The children have been so excited to see the new developments and will enjoy them during our Summer Forest School sessions. A big thank you to all the parents who joined us and worked so hard.

Mrs Hockey & Mrs Breare

On a wet and rainy Thursday, the Nursery and Reception classes visited Roves Farm in Sevenhampton.  The rain didn’t stop us having lots of fun and learning all about the farm animals.  We went on a tractor ride and stopped in the wetland for a minibeast hunt where we found a frog, a toad and lots of bugs.

After our delicious indoor picnic we enjoyed feeding lambs, holding rabbits, chicks and a guinea pig in the animal barn.

The hay maze and bouncy castle were very popular and we ended the day making our own woolly lamb pictures.

Daisy Cole: “I like finding the toad and playing in the hay maze.”
Alex Higuera: “My favourite bit was riding on the pedal tractor and feeding the lambs.”

Rendcomb College Junior School’s Eco Team took part in the “BIG Tidy Up” and battled with litter on St George’s Day as part of the Keep Britain Tidy campaign. The students donned gloves, capes and tabards as they picked up litter around the campus in their special "BIG Tidy Up" bags. The children thoroughly enjoyed helping to keep their part of Britain tidy.

All J3-6 pupils at Rendcomb College Junior School, along with their form tutors, teachers, and works team ran over a mile around their sport pitches, in aid of Sport Relief on a very rainy Monday afternoon. They were also joined by the Headmasters of both the Junior and Senior School. The lashing rain did not deter the runners and everyone got around the course successfully, albeit a little bit muddy. The children are hoping to raise lots of money for such a good cause from all their sponsorship.

Well done everyone- check out Read More for more photos!

J4 spent a morning preparing, cooking and eating a well balanced lunch. Healthy meals on the menu were chicken pasta, meatballs and rice and ‘ Easy Cheesy Peasy Pasta’.  They also created exotic drinks such as fresh strawberry milkshake and crushed pear juice. The children were all in agreement that the morning had been great fun and the food was absolutely delicious. Oliver Jones said ‘It was the best meal I’ve ever had and we all wanted seconds!’