May 17, 2024
On Tuesday mornings this term we have a group of eleven students from across the school doing ‘You Do Music’ with Gary Pickard, a local musician.
Some of the students were working on notes and chords for keyboard and bass guitar, while others write lyrics for our song. Entirely at the students’ suggestion, the song is called ‘We are proud to be at Mountjoy School’. As previous You Do Music groups have done, we hope to put on a concert at the end of term. These concerts have been very much appreciated by the whole school.
May 17, 2024
Some of Juniper Class took a trip to Freshwater Holiday Park to go bowling. We had a great time pushing the bowling balls down the alley to knock down the pins. Some of us were very competitive and even managed to score some strikes ! We’ve also had some of our class go for a trip to Westbay. We enjoyed taking a walk in the sunshine and eating our snacks by the harbour- we even had time for a swing in the park.
May 10, 2024
Chestnut class are really enjoying being out and about at Kingcombe each week this term. So far we’ve been looking for animal tracks, (plenty of deer prints there!) Exploring the meadows and learning how to use a compass, We’ve been down to the stream to see how it changes in it’s flow and all the students keep requesting to go back to the bird hide to see what different birds we can identify. Jenny has downloaded an app so we can listen to the bird calls and learn what birds make which sounds. This week was especially exciting. We joined Matt from Kingcombe to go and collect the trail camera that he’d put out about a fortnight ago before going out into the meadows to play directional games. When we arrived back at the base Matt came out to show us some clips of Deer, Foxes, Jay’s, pheasants and finally an Otter that had been caught on the trail camera!
Apr 26, 2024
On Monday some of Ash class joined other schools in finishing their sports leadership course, learning how to deliver short sports activities to younger children. Head of PE Kelly Trotter is hoping to roll this out most years from now on to give our students leadership skills and help deliver PE and sports around the school.
Apr 17, 2024
This term for Science, Chestnut Class are learning about ourselves, the environment, wildlife, horticulture and learning some skills on how to cope in an emergency. We had a fantastic first trip to Kingcombe Wildlife Centre yesterday, where we’ll be visiting on a weekly basis this term. We walked around the centre looking and taking photos of “nature”. All the students and staff enjoyed being outside and enjoying the lovely weather.. We were even able to have lunch outside before going off as a group exploring.
Kingcombe Visitor Centre is part of Dorset Wildlife Trust. The centre is a great place to enjoy and relax whilst exploring the natural world. It’s provides peace and tranquility in their wildlife gardens, orchards, bird hide, meadowland and boardwalk. It’s open to the public and is free to visit.
