Thursday, October 22, 2009

Year 9 Science Trip To The Cuevas del Canelobre

In their science lessons Year 9 have been learning about the formation of rocks. Rocks in a science lab are one thing, but to actually go into a real cave and see some magnificent rock formations is quite another!

The trip to the Caves at Canelobre near Alicante, was a wonderful opportunity to see these powerful processes at work first hand. Leaving a wet SBS at 9.30 we reached the caves by 10.30 and entered the cave itself at about 11.00 am.

For those of you who have never been there the cave is like a massive natural Gothic cathedral! It has a fascinating history stretching back hundreds of years, and many splendid examples of stalagmites and stalactites.

(Now, which way around is it? Which ones come down from the ceiling and which grow up from the floor? Ask any Yr 9 - they will know.)

The class was brilliantly behaved throughout and thoroughly enjoyed their day's exploring!

Year 2 Assembly - Doing The Right Thing When You're Six Years Old!

In a brilliant assembly Year 2 showed us all how they make decisions about how to behave.

We all know that doing "the right thing" can be very difficult at times! As part of their Personal, Health, & Social Education Programme, Yr2 have been exploring the importance of thinking carefully about the choices they make!

This was very cleverly shown in an assembly that had all the lower school really thinking about what was going on. Congratulations to Mrs Luckhurst and all the Yr 2 pupils for a very thought provoking 20 minutes!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Years 7 & 8 Become Greek & Roman Time Travellers!

On Tuesday, 13th October, immediately after the October "puente" holiday, Years 7 and 8 set off, on the School bus, for Alicante, for an all day excursion. Mrs Ana Rico, Year 8's Form Tutor, and Mrs Holmes, who teaches History to both classes, were guides for the pupils.

Their first stop was at the Tossal de Manises, the site of the Roman City of Lucentum, which today, we all know as Alicante City. Archaeologists are still at work on the site, excavating ancient ruins. One of the main points of interest of this part of the excursion was to look at a part of the original floor mosaic, which is situated near the observation point.

The group moved on to the Parque de Palmeras, where they enjoyed some free time and their snack lunches, before going on to Alicante City.

The main purpose of the excursion was to visit MARQ~the Museo Arqueologico de Alicante, where The Body Beautiful exhibition is being held. This excellent display of ancient Greek sculptures is a result of collaboration between The British Museum in London and the MARQ.

The Exhibition, which has been running since April, was opened by Her Majesty Queen Sophia of Spain. The high light for all of the pupils was the remarkable Discobolus, or the Discus- thrower. This sculpture is famous the world over, and the one on show in Alicante is a Roman copy that was found in Emperor Hadrian's villa in Tivoli, Italy.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Year 3 Assembly - Scarecrows

Mrs Martinez's class welcomed the autum season with a display of hand-made scarecrows in this week's assembly at Sierra Bernia School.

They also introduced themselves and their families in perfect English which was great considering that four of the children began the school term not speaking any English whatsoever!

Well done Year 3 and keep up the good work!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Year 5 & 6 In The News.

After producing the school magazine and delivering a wonderful assembly all about newspapers, Years 5 & 6 have found themselves in the papers themselves!

Front page on The Costa Blanca News and inside The Post! So, "Hold the press", and let's look forward to hearing from our budding journalists in the future!

Coughs and Sneezes!

The school was pleased to welcome back Mrs Sweet this week after a few days away with a very bad chest infection. Year 4 were very pleased to see her as were all the art classes who are producing outstanding work under her guidance.

Sadly, Mr MacInnes was unwell on Monday and had to go home. All the pupils and staff wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him back with us again soon.

Cricket Training In Spain

On Saturday 3rd October Matthew Cowley (Year 6) represented the school at an all day training session organised by Cricket Espana.

Matt, a keen junior player with Sporting Alfaz Cricket Club, went to La Manga with 16 other young people from SACC. All the boys and girls had an absolutely brilliant day, and received expert coaching throughout.

At the end of the day Matthew captained the Alfaz side against an older and stronger Spanish team in a game of Kwik Cricket. Although well beaten, all the players thoroughly enjoyed the game. The picture shows all the chidren taking part in the training day organised by Cricket Espana.

Teddy Bear's Picnic!

On Wednesday 30th September Nursery and Years 1 & 2 had their annual Teddy Bear's Picnic. Due to the somewhat uncharacteristic weather we have been experiencing this week it was decided to hold the picnic in the school grounds - just in case we needed to get all the teddy bears under shelter quickly!

As always this was a fun day for the children and, thankfully, the rain even held off until near the end of the day!

All teddy bears and children were safely returned to their mums and dads at the end of a very enjoyable day.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

It's A French Song, In An English School, In Beautiful Spain!

Year 5 and 6 would like to say Merçi beaucoup, to Mrs Llorca Salvador (Amalia's mum),who has been helping them this week with their French lessons.

They have been busy learning a song about a lonely witch in preparation for the SBS Hallowe'en party and began by translating the song from French in to English.

We look forward to learning more from Mrs Llorca Salvador. Á jeudi!