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Health and Wellbeing Week Day 4

A Day of Alternative Sports

Three members of Arena staff along with school staff organised a day of alternative sports. The school was separated into three groups and the children experienced six different sports through out the day. The sports included Frisbee, Lacrosse, Boccia, Croquet, Street Dance and Yoga and Relaxation. The children loved participating in the different sports especially the Frisbee and Lacrosse.
Introducing a new or alternative sport to children is a really good way of engaging everyone because there are no preconceived attitude towards them, everyone starts off at the same point and it can lead to more open mindedness from participants.

Health and Wellbeing Week Day 3

Class 1 and Pre-school had road safety awareness today with PCSO Cocks. The children enjoyed 'crossing the road' and learning about Stop, Look, Listen and Think. In the classroom they watched a short film and learned the Safer Journey Anthem.
The children talked about travelling in cars and why it is important to always wear your seat belt and not distract the driver.

Health and Wellbeing Week Day 2

With the help of Arena Sports coaches our work today involved the whole school taking part in a fun filled timetable. There were workshops with Sugar Smart Detectives and Sugar Smart games making children aware of sugar content in food. The children made healthy food with various fruits. They took part in Pilates lessons in the bee and butterfly garden. Mrs Dunn ran a workshop called Train like an Astronaut. We feel it is essential to increase awareness of the importance of promoting and protecting children’s emotional wellbeing and good health and how this connects to learning.

Health and Wellbeing Week Day 1

Decathlon Athletes Visit

Athletes Jack Turner and Ollie Thorner started off Health and Wellbeing week by inspiring the children with their stories about their journey to representing Great Britain in the European Athletics U18 Championships in Hungary. During assembly they talked about who inspired them, their achievements, diet and training, obstacles they had to overcome and their love of sport. They put the classes through their paces with workshops afterwards and really engaged well with the children.

MacMillan Jurassic Coast Walk

This fantastic group of people - staff, parents and friends of Duloe Church of England Primary completed the gruelling Jurassic coast Macmillan walk - approximately 26 miles along a very hilly route - on Saturday 15 June 2019.
They have currently raised just short of £3000 pounds for cancer research. Mrs Dunn, our Wellbeing Champion, suggested this event and was delighted with the response. Other members of staff and friends acted as back up teams, driving the walkers and meeting them along the route.
A superb and very enjoyable team effort.

Church Flowers

Year 2 decorate the church.

Mrs Rice and the children from Year 2 went to St Cuby's church of Friday to arrange the flower. They checked all the displays in the church first and then made their own arrangements. The school contributes to the church flower arranging rota for two weeks of the year. When they returned to school they said that the church 'looked stunning.' Please go into the church to see their efforts.

A visit to the Police Station!

A couple of months ago 2 of our pupils found a sum of money by the side of the road. They took this money to the police station and were told if it wasn't claimed then it would be returned to them!

On Thursday they were invited to Looe Police station to be presented with the money which wasn't claimed.

Sergeant James Drake of the Devon and Cornwall Police complimented the girls on their honesty and integrity in handing in the money.

We are very proud of the girls for demonstrating such high moral values and being role models to others. Congratulations girls.

Film Premiere

Creativitea Film Premiere

The film, which was made during the Creativitea Train trip in February, had its premiere in Liskeard Town Hall. There was a large audience and lots of children from Duloe attended with their families. They were excited to see themselves on the screen and hear the reminiscences of the older passengers who had travelled the Looe Valley Line over the years. Mrs Rice is the first person interviewed!
Sally Crabtree, the aritist and author who worked with the children before the train trip, and Rebecca Catterell from Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership were there too. The film can now be viewed on their website
https://greatscenicrailways.co.uk/looe-rail-heritage-stories/

Easter Week Day 3

The Last Supper

Rev Chloe explained that Jesus wanted to teach his friends an important lesson by washing their feet. He knew that he wouldn’t be with them much longer because he was soon going to die. He wanted his friends to remember that he loved them so much that he became like a servant to them.
After this all the disciples sat together to eat the Passover feast. The children sang Easter songs to the tunes of Nursery rhymes and shared the bread and 'wine' (juice) like Jesus did at The Last Supper.

Easter Week Day 2

The Den of Thieves in the temple

Today Rev Chloe set up St Cuby's Church as the temple - the children had to pretend to be market traders, soldiers, shoppers, beggars and thieves - she said they could be very noisy! Rev Chloe took on the part of Jesus and when she shouted very, very loudly - 'This is God's house' , and she flipped over a table and sent money flying everywhere, everyone was very shocked and stopped what they were doing. The children had to think about how each of their characters would have reacted when Jesus did this in the temple. Tomorrow we will think about The Last Supper.