Mrs McKee, who had shown Barn Owls around Rexon Solar Farm on Wednesday, came in to carry out a workshop with us on Thursday morning.
We reviewed our learning from the visit, and found out even more about how solar farms provide energy to the National Grid, for homes and businesses.
We had the chance to create solar-powered circuits.

As well as all of this, we learned to use lux meters and anemometers to measure light and wind, essential in finding good places to sight solar panels and wind turbines.

Barn Owls were invited to Rexon Solar Farm, near Roadford Reservoir, for a visit this week.
After learning about sustainability in Science last term, this was a good way to add to that learning, and to recall some facts. We found out how a solar farm works, with the whole process from Sun to home being studied. It also gave us a chance to use our place value and multiplication skills to calculate how many solar panels are found on the whole farm.

Our Year 6 pupils have all taken part in the SATs tests, the first year they've been set for two years. 

The children came in a little early for a breakfast each day, and then completed the week with hot chocolate and cakes on the field in the sunshine.

All of them were calm, focused and extremely hard-working.

In Barn Owls, we've begun working on our Art for Mrs Harris' Platinum Jubilee Art display. The children started by blending shades of colours to create a vivid background.

Barn Owls enjoyed their cricket session with our visitor on the 3rd of May

Barn Owls have been drawing poppies in the style of Georgia O'Keefe, beginning with using a grid structure to enlarge smaller sketches.

This week, children and staff across the school ran their first mile towards their half marathon. It was great to see children supporting and encouraging one another to complete the challenge. 

Alex (who we met last year when she came and helped us to learn all about recycling) visited us on a very cold, but dry, day. We learned all about composting, and how this not only helps us to throw less away, but also provides a very useful resource, which is a valuable home for all sorts of creatures.
Some Barn Owls proved to have impressive maternity skills, finding a minute egg which they then managed to help hatch into a living, and very tiny, fly!

Barn Owls, along with all of Bridestowe School, abandoned the school buildings and travelled to the Eden Project for the day. Each class spent the day exploring the biomes and outside areas of Eden, and also having workshops linked to specific class learning.
Barn Owls became Great Plant Explorers, and found out how plants from all over the world are used. We learned about the Development Compass Rose and what sorts of issues affect our global inter-dependence.

In music, we've been learning songs with Mrs Joliffe. This week, the class added accompaniment in the form of xylophones to "If you dance". Barn Owls have also sung some songs in rounds, which sounds fantastic.

We've been compiling and ordering paper databases in Barn Owls. Now, using computer databases has enabled us to search and order records and fields of information much more easily.

Barn Owls have taken advantage of some wonderful dry weather to clear and prepare flower beds ready for Spring planting.

Barn Owls have been learning tennis skills and strategies over the past few weeks and have shown very impressive progress, to the extent that they are now playing scoring games.

To celebrate the fact that Spring has begun, all of the children across the school have created a piece of art for the village display. We hope everyone in the community enjoys looking at the artwork! 

During assembly today, the children spoke about Spring and how to care for and nurture living things. All the children had the opportunity to plant a sunflower seed, which they will take home with them and take responsibility for. We can't wait to see the results!

Barn Owls are continuing to learn a range of catchy short songs. The children's pitch and timing is very commendable.

Medic and trainer Joe Rice gave us all some essential life skills on Friday with a thorough and very enjoyable First Aid course.

It was wonderful to see older and younger children mixing and reading books they enjoy together on Thursday.
Weekly paired reading takes place each week for Owlets and Barn Owls, and it's one of the highlights of the week for both classes.

Despite the chilly conditions, a suggestion of summer came to Barn Owls on Tuesday, as we practised tennis skills.

A massive thank you to FoBS who have kindly funded some real plants for the Snowy Owl classroom. The plants really enhance our learning environment and it's great to bring the outside in! 

Well done to the Key Stage 1 runners who managed 2.5km at running club this week - a great effort by all. 

As part of Children's Mental Health Week, we had a 'Well Being Wednesday'! The sessions focussed on how we can look after our mental health and well-being by taking time out to do something we enjoy!

In Science, we've been learning about heat and how heat affects particles, leading to changing states. This week, we've focused on the complex idea of thermal equilibrium. In order to get a sense of how we perceive different temperatures, we carried out an experiment where we submerged our hands in warm and cold water bowls, then putting them into room temperature water. The effect was quite strange!