RLT Parliament Trip

3 of our Year 6 children were chosen to represent our School as young governors on the annual RLT Trip to Parliament. The said they went to the Houses of Commons and watched a real-life debate with MPs! In the afternoon, they went to a huge room where Henry VIII used to play tennis as historians found a mouldy tennis ball high in the roof (what an amazing fact!). The children said the tour was really impressive and they felt very important walking round. They hope to return one day especially if they can write their own laws!

Science Ambassador Day

2 of our Year 6 children were chosen as Science Ambassadors for Polebrook School and attended a challenge day at Kings Cliffe Primary School. Here the children could earn tokens for showing collaboration, respect and creativity – all key values in Science. I am so pleased to say that Polebrook earned over 20 tokens throughout the day! We also successfully made a cat flap with working alarm, completed an experiment to show opposite forces and worked together to organise a timeline of important scientific events. Our children earned their Science Ambassador badges and received them in Celebration Assembly. We cannot wait for you to inspire others and promote Science across our school!

Fitzwilliam and Zoology Museum Trip

MLK had such a jam-packed day last week looking around two museums! They started with the museum of Zoology which brought their evolution learning to life where they saw real specimens from Darwin’s journey on the HMS Beagle and so much more! They then made their way to the Fitzwilliam where they looked at artefacts from Ancient Egypt including a real mummy! Overall, Polebrook were incredible ambassadors and we are so proud of all the children. They had such a wonderful time and can’t wait for our next adventure!

Nature Walk

MLK were inspired by the methods of Charles Darwin and embarked on a nature walk this week, observing the living things around them – just like Darwin did at his home in Kent, hundreds of years ago. The children then carefully sketched all they could see in fine detail in their art books ready to continue learning all about the theory of Evolution.

Year 5 Step into STEM.

Our Year 5s were invited to Oundle School this week to take part in their first Step in STEM activity – how exciting!

Oundle School have provided our pupils the opportunity to deepen their science knowledge and develop their skills through a session with a science and engineering expert! This week, the focus was on Levers, gears and pulleys and the children conducted their own experiments to find out how forces work.

Our link with Oundle School is continuing to grow and we look forward to further events in the future.