HAMPRESTON CE VA FIRST SCHOOL

This took place today between Joseph and Matthew. An exciting game as both players were unbeaten until today. Joseph won this tense match. Congratulations to everyone who took part.

Imogen gave an interesting presentation about St John Ambulance Badgers Setts which offer a great range of activities for children aged 5-10. Badgers can: Learn first aid Go camping Do arts and crafts Take part in team games, and much more! Thank you Imogen

Thomas and Gareth gave a fantastic presentation about swimming. The children were interested to learn about different types of strokes and famous swimmers.

Our ducklings having fun in the water. The latest count is thirteen.

The children are very excited and taking good care of the new arrivals.

Today we welcomed a clutch of duck eggs to our reception class. They are expected to hatch on Thursday but some are showing signs that they may arrive earlier! The ducklings will stay in school for up to 2 weeks. Many thanks to Mr Gregory and Highmead Farm for this experience.

The lastest Year 4 presentation was given by Isabelle on the subject of ski-ing. Isabelle brought in some of the equiptment needed to ski and told us how she learned to ski. She explainedt the different colours the ski routes are given on the maps and which resorts she visited. A fabulous presentation.

We sent two teams to the recent Tag Rugby tournament at QE School in Wimborne. The Red team won all their matches in the morning and only lost one game in the afternoon. They finished an excellent 2nd out of 36 teams. The White team played 7 matches; won 4 matches, lost 2 and drew 1. Well done to all the players.

Children in Year 4 enjoyed a wonderful day out in London on Friday 17th April. After a walk down Whitehall to see 10 Downing Street and the Cenotaph, they had guided tours of the Houses of Parliament. In the afternoon they discovered the delights of the Natural History Museum. A selection of photographs is available on the Year 4 page.

Isabella gave her Year 4 presentation on the Tetrathlon. This includes swimming as far as you can in two minutes, a 1000m run, a cross-country obstacle course on horse back and a four second shooting task. We all learnt so much. The photographs were especially impressive.