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Message from the Head
Junior School Book Day
World Book Day is a time of fun involving extravagant book char-
acter costumes intertwined with the theme of reading. This
year, due to the limitations with Covid, the Year 6 Leadership
Club was tasked with the challenge of recreating World Book Day
innovatively. To encourage regular reading, the Year 6 Leader-
ship Club team planned 7 different activities set within the
theme of books. The first activity of the afternoon was a ‘riddle
quiz’ which involved riddles that were to be solved by each class
and their Form Tutor. Another fun activity that took place was a
‘book cover’ competition in which the participants had to recre-
ate the cover of a book they had enjoyed reading. Along with the
face to face activities that happened outside, there were online
activities that were planned on Zoom. This consisted of a ‘book
blurb quiz’ and an ‘emoji book quiz.’ The next two events that
took place were an exciting ‘treasure hunt’ and an enjoyable ‘draw
the book character’ competition, with the prize of a sweet treat.
Bringing out everyone's’ acting skills, there was a ‘charades’ ac-
tivity which involved working in pairs and taking turns to act out
a book charade. Due to time constraints, the ‘Town, Country,
Book trivia quiz’ has been rescheduled. On behalf of the Year 6
Leadership Club, we would like to thank everyone who took part
in the Hymers Book Day, making it a huge success and a thor-
oughly enjoyable event.
Written by Aish, Year 6 Leadership Club
Quote of the Week
Mrs Farr’s ‘Quote of the Week’ inspired the children to think positively and act in a resilient manner during remote
learning.
Healthy Friendships
Class 4J have been learning about Healthy Friendships in PSHE.
The children had to produce a piece of work which could be add- You will need:
ed to our Friendship Book. They could present this in any way 1 cup of a good friend
they wanted to.
2 Tbs of an unbreakable friendship
1 tsp of trust
1 pinch of fun
200ml of care
2 eggs filled with laughter
1 bag of nutty and craziness
You will need to mix all ingredients together in
a bowl of happiness!
Set your oven to 100 degrees of excitement.
Cook for 10mins until you have the perfect
relationship.
Enjoy your millions of layers of memories.
By Sophia
By Frank
Maths
Year 6 pupils have been looking at statistics and formulating
their own research. We were very impressed by their results
and the way in which they collected the data. Rose created
her own poster using a Perkins Brailer...we think it looks fan-
tastic! Well done to all involved!
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Book Reviews
Class 6C wrote reviews of a
book that they have enjoyed reading. Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Deep
They thought about the audience
that the book is aimed at and the This is Greg - a funny char-
reasons why they would recommend acter whose Mum always
it. gets him to join in with
other children in this book.
His Mum makes him join in
with a gang, there could be Manny is a very funny character
trouble!! especially at the end! He was in a
The Last Chance Hotel Book Review! tiny rubber ring at one point!
Today you are going to be reading my book re-
view about the Last Chance Hotel by Nicki
Thornton. This book is a murder mystery ex- This funny and amusing book has some easy words in it and
travagant book. We go on a adventure with some harder one, meaning that you can probably read it
Seth the downtrodden kitchen boy who works with ease. It’s based on a diary so the sentences are short
at the hotel owned by the Bunn family. His only and snappy which makes it easy to read.
friend is his cat nightshade who is full with The story is based on this family who want to do something
mysteries he never knew. One night a strange else in the summer, so they decide to go camping. They are
group of magicians arrive When the most im- living in their Grandma’s basement because they cannot
portant person of the group is murdered by afford their house anymore. They go to a camping store
Seth’s special desert. The investigation begins and the guy at the camping store is a good salesman and
but the funny thing s Seth is innocent and with ends up making them spend a lot more then they wanted to.
only one friend what will he do? I recommend They also realise that one of their relatives does not use
this book who want to fall of their chair laugh- their campervan anymore, so they take it. They set off and
ing or crawl into bed crying. This can be for go to a camp site in the forest but that ends up going bad
boys and girls 7+. We meet a lot of unique (they nearly set the forest on fire!!) but they were not
characters in this book. This book also has a going to give up - well their mum was not! They go to anoth-
wide variety of sentences great book! er campsite which was packed full and they could only get a
Liba 6C 3rd class plot, but they take it. His mum noticed some boys
and went to ask them if Greg could join their gang as they
knew everything about the camp. What could go wrong?!
Overall, I think this book is great for ages 5-14. It is a
brilliant book and is very amusing. It is in diary form so
remember that before you purchase it.
Reuben 6C
Shoe Box Aquatic Centres
We are delighted to be back in the pool, however the Junior School
pupils took to the remote swimming lessons like a duck to water!
Pupils in Years 4 & 6 have been designing Hymers shoe box aquatic
centres for the 2040 Olympic Games. Check out these futuristic eco
friendly designs.
Easter Cards
March 2021 Page 3
Helping Hands
During March in Art and DT, the pupils have been making pictures and
bunting to decorate the school gates as part of the 'Helping Hands'
project by https://wemadethishull.wordpress.com/. The trail is around
the city and many individuals and groups have joined in to make displays
which thank the many people who have helped us through this pandemic.
The pupils have been inspired to make some beautiful work and think
about all the unsung heroes who have helped us all.
Sport
Boys’ Sport Girls’ Sport
In this shortened football season, the boys in The girls have enjoyed their last few sessions of hockey and netball
each year group have all taken part in a highly for this term. They have played tournaments in netball, which have
competitive Champions League, with results, been closely contested with a superb standard of play but also
scorers, assists and Man of the Match statis- great sporting conduct. In hockey, they have played two competi-
tics being recorded and posted in each year tive matches which, like the boys, has filled the void left by school
group's lobby. The boys have all bought into fixtures. A small number of girls have also enjoyed trying out the
this and have shown fabulous effort. It has position of Goalkeeper in hockey!
been good to at least partially fill the void
that has been left by the loss of school fix-
tures and the core value of sportsmanship has
Fantasy Six Nations
been a feature of every session.
This year's Six Nations Fantasy Rugby proved to be a hard-fought
Meanwhile, sports clubs have begun again and
and very close battle to the very end! Unfortunately for me, in this
it has been great to see many boys come to a
third outing, the unthinkable has come to pass. The winner - whose
rugby session, before cricket club starts
team name is "Here To Beat Hods" - did exactly that. Mr O'Hara
(weather permitting) in the final week of
defied the odds and, following his self-confessed tactics of
term.
"picking the players who look most like footballers", somehow
In the Summer Term, Cricket and Athletics emerged victorious by a very slender margin! In second place, Mr
will be the main sports for the boys. Please McConnell finished just 29 points behind. Archie, in Year 5, made a
consult the kit list in the Parents' Handbook late charge to sneak into third place.
for guidance on required equipment.
The winner of this competition historically receives an "industrial
(ish) sized Easter Egg" as a prize. As both 1st and 2nd places have
been taken by staff this year, I believe it to be only fair I let the
children decide who takes the prize. Last time I won this competi-
tion, I was forced to relinquish the prize to the runner-up that
year - not that I wish to influence any decision made...
Well done to all those who took part! By Mr Hodsdon
Editor– Mrs T. J. Redhead
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