Our choir, ballroom dancers and drama group entertained us in tremendous fashion at the annual Christmas Soiree. The drama group starred several Year 5 pupils in lead roles as they treated us to a version of Scrooge. Several fabulous debuts were made! The Ballroom team performed wonderfully well with children from Years 1-6 involved. Our choir shared some Young Voices material as well as leading carols around the tree! A wonderful, evening, well done to everyone involved, especially Mrs. Sutton and Mrs. Porter for their hard work and organisation.
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Our Ballroom Dancers graced the Metrodome again at the Team Barnsley Christmas Event. In a crowd of approximately 300, Birkwood sold over 200 tickets! Our fabulous parents showed terrific support to children from years 1-6! Miss Betts even carried off the raffle prize – which she promptly donated to the Soiree Evening (thank you Miss Betts for that kind gesture). Well done to Mrs. Porter for her tireless work in dance and to the many children involved – some as young as 5! Also, www.birkwood.org.uk would like to thank Mr Thompson for the Ballroom and Soirée photographs which he has kindly allowed us to use for these website entries! The Tigers worked really hard on their TASC day last week, their job was to plan their own Christmas party. Miss Betts and Mrs Porter took a back seat and let the tigers plan the whole thing, they came up with some brilliant ideas. They talked about what would make a good party and then decided what to make. They made, crackers, hats, balloons, a table cloth, a pin the tail on the tiger game, a tiger piñata and a fabulous disco ball. As you can see from the photos it was a busy, but extremely fun day. Key Stage 1 led our Christmas Celebration with a wonderful version of the Nativity Story. Key Stage 2 helped with the singing although the main stars were certainly our younger children. With multiple narrators, the speaking was superb. The huge audience certainly enjoyed our version of this most famous story. Many thanks to the staff, led by Mrs Exley who worked so hard on the script, singing and costume. Our parents, as always, turned out in great numbers to enjoy this festive event that reminded us why we celebrate Christmas. Our 2011 Conker Winner is from Year 1! This is the first time our winner has come from outside Year 6. He received his award in Special Assembly in front of the whole school! Well done on your achievement! A real smasher!
This week’s winner of our Headteacher’s Superstar Award comes from the Tigers! Anyone who attended their Class Assembly will understand why he is the chosen one following his superb presentation to the audience, (whole school + parents) of the various parts to a Castle! Of course, he works hard in every subject and sets a great example to his fellow Tigers. Well done, a very popular choice!
The Year 1 Tigers performed a wonderful Class Assembly. A huge audience, again swelled by many keen parents, friends and Governors were treated to Jousting, Jester Jokes, a description of a castle and its parts and were shown models made at home and in school. A special well done must go to Miss Betts because on her first ever assembly, the work, the speaking and the presentation skills of the children were fabulous. The children have done extremely well and we look forward to topic 2 in the new year! This young tiger AND his Dad received a special Headteacher Sticker thanks to this wonderful castle they made! The work was done at home and is displayed proudly on the Year 1 corridor! He is loving the Knights and Castles Topic and was impressed with his trip to Conisbrough! Well done, a great effort!
Our usual Monday Morning Assembly was livened up by our Key Stage 1 Gymnastics Team performing their new routine. Still two weeks away from the competition, they wowed our parents, children and staff with their cartwheels, balances and teamwork all set to music. Well done to all of the children who were superb. Many thanks to Mrs Porter for her coaching skills and to the parents for taking the audience figures to above 250! The competition can’t come soon enough! The Tigers had a fantastic day out on their trip to Conisbrough castle. They learnt a lot and had so much fun exploring. The children were all well behaved and very enthusiastic about transferring what they had learnt in the classroom into real life. Here are a few of the photos…enjoy! |
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