This term Laurel Class have enjoyed Outdoor Learning sessions with Katie! We spend a session each Wednesday in our back field re-telling the story of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, making our way through snowstorms, the river and thick mud before finally getting back to base safely. It’s always lovely to be out and about and seeing the children engrossed in their learning!
Rowan have been visiting Kingcombe Wildlife Centre every Tuesday this term. We’ve had a great time working towards our Silver Outdoor Learning Award. Some of the activities have included; river dipping, a 1 mile walk, bird watching, identifying of plants, trees, and wild animals. The students have thoroughly enjoyed themselves and have blossomed learning outdoors.
H said “Going to Kingcombe made me feel calm and relaxed”, E said “My favourite activity was river dipping even if the water was cold!”. G said “I enjoyed getting stuck in the mud and my friends helping me escape!”
We finished off our outdoor activities this week staying in school having a fire on the backfield cooking “Smores” and drinking hot chocolate.
Oak class were fortunate enough to be the recipients of one of the Mountjoy grown pumpkins. With a student who loves Halloween how could we not?! The students drew faces that they would like to go on the pumpkin and then we chose the one to be cut out……our cutting skills did help with choices! We had hoped to make pumpkin soup with the innards as one of the students has the story book from the library and is enjoying listening to it but we found not much flesh and lots of seeds when we hollowed out. Instead we have washed and are drying the seeds ready to give back to Jenny – who knows they may be what grows our pumpkin next year!!
Mountjoy school students got to experience The Wave again thanks to Phrenix and what an amazing day it was for everyone. Despite it being a bit chilly being mid-October everyone managed to get in the water and enjoy some surfing. The instructors were fantastic at supporting the group to take part no matter what their ability. For many of our students this will be a once in a lifetime experience and with The Wave and Phrenix supporting we had enough people in the water to make surfing a possibility for them. Some of our students shared “I was very determined to stand and I got really close” “It was amazing, I loved it so much” “I liked watching the waves” “It was really nice, thank you for letting us go”. It was amazing for the Mountjoy staff to see the smiles, laughter and achievements that each student made some very proud moments!
All at Mountjoy would like to wish Joshua good luck at the Pride of Britain Awards tonight!
Joshua is a regional winner for fundraising – collecting and supporting the RNLI in Lyme Regis, Lyme Regis Regatta and Royal British Legion, so far raising over fifty thousand pounds for good causes.
Today, we had a great visit from SSCO Albert Pepper and SSCO Stuart Hann to talk to our older students regarding online safety. They spoke to the students about how to stay safe and how to speak to each other whilst online but also who to talk to if they are at school or at home and are worried about anything they see or hear. All the students were great and answered questions and scenarios with enthusiasm.
October Half-Term activities at Bridport Museum
Rowan class sailing at Portland Sailing Centre
Juniper sailing at Portland Sailing Centre