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Coastlands School News
So many things have been happening this term, so
this is just a snapshot of what we’ve been up to.
Sorry if we’ve missed out anything important! Have
a good holiday!
Green Ambassadors Give Coastlands the Go-ahead!
Last week seven Coastlands pupils went along to the
WWF headquarters in Surrey for some eco-workshops.
Having been short-listed for the WWF Green
Ambassadors’ Schools Award, they also went to the
awards ceremony where they gained a fantastic
runner-up place, winning £2500 for the school! As part
of this achievement, you might have seen some of our
pupils on the ITV News last Friday, showing just what
an amazing standard our eco-work has reached. Well
done to everyone and special thanks, as always, to
Kate Lock.
Dazzling Dance and Super Shoot!
By the pupils of Coastlands
Issue 17: June/July 2015
Wonderful Water Week
Last month Class 1 held a ‘Water Week’ ,
campaigning to save water in school and at home.
They made posters, did a water survey, and
produced helpful hints for how to save water. The
week was part of our work towards the Sustainable
Schools Award and we are hoping to get our Gold
award this week (fingers crossed!). The week was
finished off with our Big Blue Water Day in aid of
Water Aid. We all dressed as pirates, mermaids and
other things to do with water. In the afternoon we
did a pipeline challenge around the school field,
which was great fun. We raised an amazing £210
for Water Aid, so well done everyone.
On 23rd June Coastlands School held a tremendous
sponsored shoot and dance, to raise money for new
Golden Time resources. We each had to raise at least
£5.00. Pupil Rhys Warlow raised £40 and Ethan Davies
raised £55. We had to kick a ball for two hours and the
girls dancing had to dance for two hours. We all had hot
dogs and choc ices. Some of us Year 6 boys had 4 hot
dogs!! We all had loads of fun and we raised over £300.
Thanks to everyone who sponsored us.
WPC THOMAS VISIT
Renewable Energy Workshops
Poetry Success for Coastlands Pupil
Recently a man called Tim Brew came to teach us about
energy usage and how the use of fossil fuels is affecting
climate change. We learned that renewable energy
sources like wind, solar power and water are much
better for our planet. In groups, we designed and tested
our own mini-wind turbines and found out which
produced the most volts. It was an interesting morning.
Fantastic Film Workshops
Two weeks ago Year 4 & 5 had a workshop about
making films. James from Into Film came and
helped us make an imovie film about our school. It
was great fun and Izzy Scale was the director. Mrs
Davies will try to put the movie onto the school
website as soon as she gets a chance.
On 24th June, WPC Thomas came to Coastlands
to talk to Year 5/6 and then Year 3/4. She mainly
came here to talk about alcohol and solvents. We
learnt about the strongest alcohols (vodka) and
the weaker alcohols (shandy). Many people
didn’t know what solvents were, but now they
know that they are used in many things such as
hairspray, glue, and petrol. We are now all aware
of the dangers of these substances.
We had some exciting news recently when we
found out that Year 6 pupil Elin Gent had won
the Woodlands Trust poetry competition. Elin
wrote a lovely poem in exactly 100 words, using
the words: catkin, acorn, bluebell, violet, acorn,
conker, ash, fungus, chestnut and holly. The
poem had to present a positive message about
our woodlands in Britain.
Well done to Elin, who wins a dictionary, a set of
woodlands books for the class and an ipad for
the school. You can read Elin’s poem by visiting
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/getinvolved/schools/poetry-competition/. By
entering , Elin’s poem also earned us the last
points we needed to gain our Woodlands Trust
Platinum Award!
SPORTS DAY SUCCESSES
Milford Schools’ Transition Project
On19th
On 12th June Zoe Eagle and Emily Gray went up
to the comp to have their photos taken at the
launch of a new transition book for Year 6,
sponsored by Dragon LNG. Each of the Year 6
children will have one of these. The booklet is
mainly about the whaling industry in Milford
Haven and includes Literacy, Maths, Welsh and
Science activities.
June we had our school sports day. We
have a yellow, red and blue team. All the children
had lots of races, like the sprint, the egg and
spoon , a ball relay and an obstacle course in
which we had to use a hockey stick and put the
ball into the bucket and run to the end. The yellow
team won, the reds came second and blues came
third. We all had lots of fun.
More Amazing Eco Stuff!
Snorkel Safari Fun
Year 5 and 6 had an amazing time when they got
the chance to go snorkelling down at St. Brides.
Although the sea was a bit rough, the group had a
fantastic time and saw some incredible sights,
including some enormous crabs. A friendly seal
even came to say hello when everyone was wavejumping at the end. Excitingly, the group were also
joined by an ITV cameraman who took lots of film
and photos and interviewed several children and
adults. Thank you to Sue Burton, Kale Lock and all
the other people who helped us.
Recently we found out that we have won a
special prize in the Totally Green School
Awards. Our work on our eco mascots and the
eco rap won a special commendation in the
‘totally creative’ section of the awards. Well
done to everyone who took part in this. Visit
http://coastlandscpschool.co.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2014/10/Coastlands-EcoRap_for-web.mp4 on our school website to
watch a video of our rap.
Swimming Gala
On the 11/6/15 we had our swimming gala at
the Meads. It was great. We had lots of races,
like backstroke, front crawl, breast stroke and
the bucket challenge. Blues came 3rd, red came
2nd and yellows came 1st.
Can you find these watery words in our
wordsearch?
pond, brook, river, water butt, shower,
stream, sea
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Well done to Sam Burton for taking part in the Primary
Proms concert last month. It was a fantastic event and
was well attended and enjoyed by lots of people.
DON’T FORGET TO COME ALONG TO OUR SUMMER
BBQ ON WEDNESDAY 15TH, 6-8PM. AND DON’T MISS
OUT ON YOUR CHANCE TO WIN SOME FANTASTIC
PRIZES ON THE SCHOOL COUNCIL LUCKY DIP STALL!
Graffiti Madness!
Last week a man called Lloyd came to help us
brighten up our school walls with some
colourful eco-travel pictures. He also helped us
paint a fantastic ‘attendance tree’, on which
we are going to publish the names of children
who have the best attendance each term.
Thanks to Mrs Thorpe for organising this.
Cackle Corner
What do you get when you cross
a flea with a rabbit? Bugs bunny!
Which day of the week do
ghosts like best? Moandays!
How do hens dance? Chick to
chick!