Friday, 14 June 2013
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Living and Working in Antarctica
On Monday morning the children were treated to a visit from a very special guest, Flo Barrow.
Suffolk based Flow saw a job advert which read ‘Are you the person we are looking for? Have you got what it takes?’ She headed off competition from over 160 applicants to become ‘Postmistress’ for the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust to work on a base that was built in top secret during WWII – she still thinks she landed a dream job. Just back from working the Antarctic season at Port Lockroy 11,000 miles from home with only three other employees and 4,000 penguins for company, Flo shared some of her amazing experiences. In an illustrated talk, she explained what it is like to work in an environment that not only looks incredibly beautiful, but is such an important place politically, scientifically and historically.
Flo's visit (funded by the Antarctic Heritage Trust) really captured the imagination of the children who were amazed at how cold it was, interested in the penguins 'stealing' each others' rocks and not having a shower for a month!
Quadkids Athletics
On Monday afternoon, ten children from Years 5 & 6 took part in the Quadkids Athletics event at Hartismere High School.
The team of 5 boys and 5 girls each took part in 4 events: standing long jump, vortex throw, 800m run and 80m sprint.
Earl Soham finished a creditable 5th place out of 9 teams. Despite the rather strained looks in some of the photographs, I'm led to believe that they enjoyed themselves!
Dictionaries For Life
On Tuesday morning, Year 5 children were all presented with a personalised dictionary courtesy of the Rotary Club of High Suffolk. Earl Soham are one of three primary schools in this part of Suffolk who have benefited from the 'Dictionary 4 Life' project.
In the past the school has supported the Rotary Club during their fantastic appeals, such as 'Shelter Box', which make such a difference to so many people throughout the world.
Friday, 7 June 2013
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