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Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Competition Time!

Underwater

It's competition time! Two of our editors; Jess and Darcy, have found this fascinating picture. They would like you to write about it. What does it make you think? What does it inspire you to write? They would love to read your stories, poems, descriptions, newspaper reports... whatever you are inspired to write about this picture!

Everyone can enter this competition- from Nursery to Year 6- you can even enter more than one piece of writing!

Please submit your entry to the competition to Mrs Parrott, Jess or Darcy by THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER.

There will be a prize given to the best piece of writing inspired by this picture in assembly on Friday 2nd December.

Good luck!

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Our Report on Rookesbury Park

Monday
After setting off from school at 10am, we arrived at the centre at 12:30- not bad timing! We settled down to our packed lunches before finding out our rooms and instructors, and beginning to unpack. Then it was off to our first activity- we jumped right into abseiling, which was challenging but great fun! We all went back to wash and change before a delicious dinner and a campfire, where we held a talent show, sang songs and all had great fun! Just time for a quick runaround in the field before getting ready for bed- we all fell straight to sleep after such a tiring first day!

Tuesday
Up bright and early at 7:30, ready for a day of activities. We had a filling English breakfast in the dining hall and met with our instructors by the front lawn to set off to our first session of the day. Raft building, climbing and survival were just some of the activities we took part in, with a few quick breaks in between. We all scrubbed up for dinner, then headed out to the field for a game of Giant Cluedo, where we all had to take part in team challenges to earn points and solve the mystery...

Wednesday
By Wednesday, we had got used to the busy and active lifestyle here at JCA, so we were experts at getting up early, rushing down to the showers and changing in a record time! Wednesday was another action-packed day with more challenging activities- archery, dance and low ropes to name a few. We tucked into our pasta and fruit salad, then made our way to a field to take part in more team-building exercises. What a day, and we all fell straight to sleep.

Thursday
Our whole room was awake by 6:45. We chatted for a while and then got dressed into clothes suitable for our next activity. It was kayaking. I had heard so much about it; how they capsized your boat and splash water into your face. Although we were slightly late, we were still in time for a full English breakfast- delicious!
We got wet- soaked and drenched. Kayaking was amazing. Giulia was in my boat and we capsized at least 7 times! That day we also did orienteering. Each activity was so fun, but kayaking was the best. Tonight we had a disco. It was so much fun to be with our friends and have a great time.
Can't believe that tomorrow is the last day. The week has gone so quickly.

Friday
We did Mini Olympics on Friday morning, and it was the last activity! :( We really didn't want to leave. Mini Olympics was really good- we were split into three groups and did lots of races. We were so sad to go home, but happy to see our parents!

Sunday, 1 May 2016

The Mystery of the Keys!

A Note from your Editors:

Last week, here at St. Anthony's there was a rather strange happening overnight, where dozens of mysterious keys appeared suddenly. An expert locksmith (the Queen's Royal Keeper of the Keys) contacted the school asking for your help, and luckily you were able to write some letters and pieces of information that were very useful to him in his findings. Below are some of the exceptionally good pieces you did:

Connie, St. Peter's

Riley, St. Peter's

Elohor, St. George

Ferdia, St. George

Joseph, St. George

Millie, St. George

Pharrell, St. George

Daniel, St. Patrick

Eula, St. Patrick

Natalie, St. Patrick

Ella, St. Thomas

Plamedi, St. Thomas

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Book of the Week!

Source: amazon.co.uk/ Emma McCann

Welcome back to school- we hope you all had a lovely holiday. This week we decided to pick a picture book for everyone to enjoy, and we think 'Munch' is perfect for all ages. It is an exciting story with a twist about a toast-loving monster called 'Munch', written by Emma McCann.

One day, while eating his favourite breakfast of 17 slices of toast with broccoli jam, he spots an article in the newspaper about a dangerous monster on the loose. What is he going to do?

Digital Writing Leaders

Sunday, 17 April 2016

This Week's Wonderful Writing!

We have all enjoyed our first week back at school after the Easter holidays and everyone has been working hard on their writing!

This week's Writer of the Week created this marvellous Yu-Gi-Oh Story at home. A huge congratulations to Lewis in St. John's Class!

We also saw some fantastic writing in Year 6 this week. A very special mention must go to Blaise. His writing has been getting better and better in recent weeks, culminating in this spectacular piece of story writing. We were all so impressed by his hard work:

Miss Checker and Mrs Parrott especially liked this powerful, and rather poetic, paragraph:

Plamedi in Year 6 also wrote a wonderful chapter, based on 'A Beautiful Lie' this week:

Ella and Mrs Parrott had a chat with a wonderful writer in Year 1 on Friday. We were blown away by this piece of writing by Freya in St. Therese, who wrote this diary entry inspired by 'The Jolly Postman' all on her own! Wow!

Saturday, 12 March 2016

This Week's Superstar Writers!

It has been a week packed full of fabulous writing at St. Anthony's!

Firstly, the Digital Writing Leaders would like to say a huge congratulations to Noah B. in St. Joseph's. Noah worked hard at home to create this wonderful piece of writing- we were blown away by how marvellous it is! What a superstar!