Arghhhhh! From the Salty Seadogs!

Last Wednesday on the 20th of January we had a special Pirate Day at school where we all dressed up as scary Pirates! Some of our costumes had swords, skulls and eyepatches. 

In the morning we were shocked to see a real Pirate come into school called Captain Burrwash who told us about Pirates like Blackbeard and Anne Bonney. Did you know that Blackbeards real name was Edward Teach? After the assembly Captain Burrwash visited our classroom to show us how a Pirates weapons work. He showed us a pistol, an axe, a roundshot and even a grenade. 'It was interesting and amazing' - Brooke. It was a little bit scary though because some of the weapons were very big and sharp! 

In the afternoon we made scary Jolly Rodger flags for Captain Burrwash to put on his new ship. We decorated our flags with skulls, snakes and flames. We also had to make some posters for Captain Burrwash to advertise for a new crew for him. 

To end the day we had another assembly where we showed Captain Burrwash our flags and posters to help him with his quest to find a new ship. Our Pirate day was FANTASTIC!


By Summer, Wajeehah and Brooke

The grand opening!

Last week we were very excited because we found out that our Sensation Activation project was in full swing and it was time to open our Sensory Square. In school we had the chance to have some special V.I.P guests from Rolls-Royce to cut the red, shiny ribbon. 

Everyone in school surrounded the Sensory Square in one big crowd to watch the grand opening and see all the new features that have been put in. We got the chance to help with the final designs for the square by measuring the pathways and deciding on the best materials to use.We decided on cobbles, fake grass, logs, ropes and some tiles for lots of different textures and things to move on. 

When the time came to open our new Sensory Square, Miss Coburn cut the ribbon with one of the V.I.P guests and we were all really joyful and delighted that that we will finally get to try all the different materials and use our Sensory Square!


By Maddie, Rehmana and Aayan

School Council's Trip to the Council Chambers!

Today School Council visited the Derby City Council Chambers. We were feeling so very excited to go somewhere we had never been before and to see where the Council meet. 'I was a bit scared because I thought it might be very big' - Alan.

When we arrived it was so windy that our hair blew left and right! Then we looked at the wooden doors outside that were very special because they were used for the old entrance to the Council Chambers. Next we went inside the building and we had to wait patiently for our turn to look around. A lady from the council showed us into a gigantic room where the Councillors have their meetings and went and fetched the Mayor to meet us all. The Mayor was very friendly and we asked him lots of questions like 'why does the meeting room need to be so big?'.

After that we were lucky enough to have a School Council meeting in the Chamber where we discussed how to create shaded places in school. Next the Mayor took us on a V.I.P tour of his office where there was lots of pictures of famous people like Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth I.

'I really enjoyed this trip because it was my first time visiting the Council Chambers and I found out lots about the Mayor' - Kalpriya.


By Kalpriya and Alan