Coastlands School News
Jamboree Joy!
20th
On Tuesday
October the junior children went to
the jamboree in Fishguard secondary school. The
music was expressive and very loud. It was funny and
there were lots of children there. The man who was
leading the singing even squirted us with water!
Everyone danced, sang and had lots of fun singing in
Welsh.
NATIONAL POETRY DAY
We celebrated National Poetry Day on Thursday 8th
October. Some people brought in their own and their
parents’ favourite poems. Class 3 spent lots of the day
finding and sharing poems. One of our favourites was
‘On the Ning Nang Nong’ by Spike Milligan (which is
our ‘poem of the week’ for this week). Well done to
everyone who brought in poems from home.
Zanzibar Teacher Visit
Recently we had another visit from Madame Riziki,
from our link school Rahaleo Primary in Zanzibar,
Tanzania. Madame Riziki spent the week with us,
visiting the classes, meeting the children and
teaching lessons. Class One did some counting in
Swahili, Madame Riziki taught Class Two about
families and in Class Three she answered lots of our
questions about life in Zanzibar. Also, she spent
some time with our governors visiting local places
of interest.
Madame Riziki brought some interesting letters
from the children at her school, and we are
planning to write back to them soon.
By the pupils of Coastlands
Issue 18: Sept/Oct 2015
Cool Celtic Workshops
Earlier this term Class 2 and 3 did a Celtic drama
workshop with Chloe and Johnny from Milford
Haven Torch Theatre. We pretended that we were
Celts. Class 3’s name was The Silver Warriors and
class 2’s name was The Firesome Dragons. We
played lots of games. We had to interview each
other and say their name and favourite thing to do.
We all had a fantastic time and learned lots of extra
information about the Celtic people.
Stephen Crabb comes to Coastlands!
Last week we had a visit from local MP and Welsh
Secretary Stephen Crabb, who came to visit the
school to hear more about our eco work.
Mr Crabb came to a special assembly in which Tim
Brew, from Sustainable Schools, presented us with
our latest eco award: the Gold Award for
Sustainable Schools. He was also keen to
congratulate us for our success last term in the
WWF Green Ambassadors Award, which earned
us £2500 towards our outdoor classroom project.
Accompanied by parent Sue Burton and our chair
of governors Mrs Evans, the eco-warriors showed
Mr Crabb around the school grounds and chatted
with him about eco topics like energy and the
environment. Well done to everyone who was
involved in the day.
School Council News
Congratulations to our new School Councillors:
Oliver, Layla W, Zac SG, Daisy C, Lilly N, Ebony, Ollie,
Olivia B, Isabella, Ethan D, Emilia C, Harry, Sam,
Ewan and Kayleigh. Lots of people wanted to be on
the School Council this year and Mrs Davies and
Pupil Voice governor Mrs Mecklenburgh are
looking forward to working with them.
Don’t forget what our community police
officers said about being safe on Halloween,
everyone!
Class 1’s Amazing Visit to the Church
On 20th October Class 1 went to St. Ishmaels Church
and did a pretend baptism. Most of Class 1 went. All
of them enjoyed it but it was quite a long walk.
Betsan Clarke was the mum and Blake Compton was
the dad. Father Andrew was there as well. Also
Father Andrew’s wife was there and she lit all the
candles and Betsan held one. Olivia held the baby,
but it was very heavy. They were told a story and all
of them liked that too. Class one really liked their
day at the church.
PEACE DAY
On 21st September it is International Peace Day. In school
the whole of Class 3 did posters and banners about the
special day. Loads of children gathered and chose their
groups and their work is now displayed outside Class 3 if
you want to take a look.
Class 3 had a poem of the week called:
Let There be Peace by Lemn Sissay
Let there be peace
So frowns fly away like albatross
And skeletons foxtrot from cupboards,
So war correspondents become travel show presenters
And magpies bring back lost property,
Children, engagement rings, broken things.
That was the first verse of the poem. Mrs Davies put on a
video of a man trying to make Peace Day recognised by
the United Nations... and in the end he did!
WPC Thomas Visit
24th September, WPC
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Thomas came in and
taught us about anti-social behaviour. She show
us a series of small videos. The first video was
about a girl coming out a shop and being
insulted for nothing. The second video was
about the same girl on her way home also
being insulted - now that’s a lot of insulting!
The third video was about two boys kicking a
ball against her dad’s house and her dad is ill
and needs peace and quiet. Then we pretended
to be the main characters in each scene. Ethan
was the dad of the girl who had been insulted.
To round it up, I think we learned a lot about
how our behaviour can affect others, and had
lots of fun.
Amazing Art
FANTASIC FIRST AID
Last month Will and Harry’s dad came to do some first
aid with Class Two. They learned about the recovery
position and how to check for injuries. Most of them
had a good time and learned important things. A big
thank you to Mr Gent for coming along.
Can you find these Halloween-themed words:
Pumpkin, vampire, clown, witch, ghost,
skeleton, skull?
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Don’t forget, it’s our Christmas Fayre at
school on Saturday November 28th.
Have a lovely half term!
Earlier this term, one of our governors, Mrs
Kehoe, came to do an art project with Class 3.
They worked on portraits and their final pieces
of work were faces made from natural seashore materials like shells and seaweed. The
fabulous faces are on display in Class 3, so why
don’t you pop in and have a look? Many thanks
to Mrs Kehoe and hopefully she’ll come back
and work with us next term!
ROALD DAHL DAY
Roald Dahl is one of our favourite authors. Last
month we all dressed up as a character from
one of his books. We had an amazing day, with
lots of witches, oompa loompas, Willy Wonkas,
and so on. Mrs Davies had to be careful,
because she came as Mrs Winter from ‘The
Magic Finger’ and Olivia Beal came as the girl
who turns her into a cat! It was a fun day.
Cackle Corner
What happens when a flying witch
breaks the sound barrier? You hear the
broom boom!
What do you call a werewolf with no
legs? Anything you like because he can’t
chase you!
What happened when the wizard met the
witch? It was a love’s first fright!