We were lucky enough to have another fabulous piece of the pupil's artwork displayed on a billboard in Southampton City Centre last week. Pupils worked at designing their own characters in conjunction with the Artist Kev Munday and Solent Showcase Gallery.

Readathon - Week 2!

The top three readers for the second week of the Polygon Readathon are...

1st Jerome Davey with 1 hour and 55 minutes

2nd Sam Brown with 1 hour and 30 minutes

3rd Jake Hillyar with 1 hour and 25 minutes

Well done boys!

The older boys have done much better this week, but they need to keep going to catch up with the fantastic readers we have in years 7,8 and 9!

Year 8's Speaking and Listening

3HI have been working really hard for their speaking and listening entry level assessment. 

Firstly, the boys worked in groups to discuss which three places they would like to go on a school trip. They came up with some brilliant ideas, such as going to a Transformers convention in China and a trip to the 'mega city' New York!

The boys worked well together and listened respectfully to each other's ideas. Once, they had decided on their ultimate trip they presented their idea to the class. 

Readathon - Week 1!

The top three readers for the first week of the Polygon Readathon are...

1st Jerome Davey with 55 minutes

2nd Jake Hillyar with 45 minutes

3rd Taylor Hayes with 40 minutes

Well done boys!

All of the boys who remembered to write down the number of minutes they read, in their reading logs, now have their rockets heading toward the sun in the library. 

As you can see, KS3 are leaving KS4 trailing behind. Can years 10 and 11 catch up with years 7,8 and 9 by next week?

Investigating the phases of the moon with 3HI

This half term 3HI have been learning about 'Our Universe', covering topics including our solar system; days, years and seasons; and our place in the universe.
Last week we created a model of the moon orbiting around the Earth using our bodies and tennis balls to investigate the different phases of the moon.

 

Using a lamp to represent the Sun, we used our bodies to represent the Earth and a white tennis ball was the Moon.  By rotating our bodies, we were able to see how the area of the moon lit by the Sun changes throughout a month, giving us the phases of the moon.

 

 



Morris House Bulb Planting

 

 

Morris House Bulb Planting.

 

 

In the Autumn pupils cut back bushes, tidied and weeded the flower beds in the front garden at Morris House.

 

Now Spring is almost upon us it is time to add some life and colour back to the garden. Pupils from the Engagement Programme this week have been planting bulbs in the centre bed.

 

Hopefully we will have some spring colours to blog about soon.

 



Fishing

The rain didn't stop the boys fishing today at Southampton Common. Zack made a brilliant catch and caught the biggest fish we have caught there in over a year! Well done Zack on this lovely mirror carp.