Pupils from Victoria Dock Primary School are celebrating success after competing in the ESTTA National schools table tennis finals on Saturday 23rd March and winning the tournament to become the top team in the whole country. Teams from over 20 counties braved the wintry weather to take part in the Butterfly National School Team Championship... Continue reading »
Archive for February, 2011
This week both classes dived in the The Deep for a ‘splashingly’ good time. We met Sally the Seal and her friends who taught us about keeping our beaches clean by recycling! The we explored what The Deep had to offer and saw lots of exciting sealife. I think the sharks and swordfish were our... Continue reading »
Wednesday 12th June saw our Year 3 classes take over the beautiful country estate of Burton Constable Hall, which is nestled in the attractive countryside of East Yorkshire. The children were excited and raring to go! To start the day off the children took in the breath-taking views of the landscape. There were many wows... Continue reading »
On Tuesday 4th June, 30 athletes from Years 3,4,5 and 6 took part in a Hot Shots Athletics competition at Costello Sports Stadium. In fantastic weather each of the 30 children took part in 4 exciting events; Sprint, long jump, howler throw and running marathon. We were... Continue reading »
Day three of the residential was a great success and all 39 children managed the much talked about 9 mile walk. Before all of this however a group of eight children and two staff had a morning run with a distance of 3.4 km. Healthy people having fun! The weather was superb for the walk –... Continue reading »
The main activity for the Year 5 and Year 6 children on Tuesday 21st May was a canoe journey down the River Esk, North Yorkshire. Up, dressed, fed and out by 09.15 the 45 strong group set off for East Barnby Outdoor Education Centre. Twenty-one of the group had already been out in the morning... Continue reading »
Thirty-nine children and six members of staff set off for a five day residential trip to Cober Hill on Monday 20th May. All excited for the various planned activities including walks, kayaking and cycling; the children arrived safely and started with a gentle 4 mile walk. The walk introduced the children to the beauty... Continue reading »
Hello mannequins and lasses! Year 3 hope you are well and good! Tuesday 14th May saw the arrival of the famous Tudor sailor, Captain Eynos. Before the exciting day of activities began, the captain introduced himself and gave a great talk about his adventures with Walter Raleigh and the tumultuous times, which saw the on... Continue reading »
Key Stage 1 visited the local Sikh Temple, known as the Gurdwara to learn all about the religion known as Sikhism. Everyone enjoyed looking at the different symbols, what food Sikh’s ate and what a typical Sikh would wear. The children had an opportunity to talk to a practicing Sikh called Guljar and asked him lots of... Continue reading »
On Wednesday 1st May, Year 5 visited Beverley Minster as part of their R.E topic. Before we went, my views on Beverley Minister were not too great – a small church that is not really noticeable. When we arrived my opinion didn’t change much as we could only see a small part of the church.... Continue reading »
Magical entertainer Puzzling Paul came into school on Tuesday morning to wow Key Stage 1. A super fun morning was had by all. Children were excited and their laughter could be heard all through the school. They enjoyed magical tricks and illusions and all the children participated fully. Abracadabra Key Stage 1! Continue reading »
