Key Stage 2 Sports Day

Rain might of stopped play for the Key Stage 1 sports day on Monday but by Wednesday it was all systems go for Key Stage 2. With a field full of enthusiastic pupils, teachers and parents and, for the second year in a row, the sun shining brightly in the sky all pupils took part in a wide range of sporting events; object pick up, obstacle, short distance, long distance, sprint, relay and hurdles running races, long jump, high jump, vertical jump, tug of war, discus, hammer, javelin (Phew!) Congratulations to all the children for their determination and sportsmanship and to the staff and parents for their support. Please visit our Twitter page for photographs and video from the day.

JCB Women in Engineering

On Thursday 23rd June Esther, Sienna and Freya went to the JCB Acadamy for their Women in Engineering event where they took part in a range of activities.

'Our first activity was called 'Egg Crash' where we had to make a protective cart that would protect an egg (not boiled) from cracking when it was pushed down a steep ramp. Even the parents had a go! Freya and Esther's team won the prettiest cart award!'

'Our second activity was called 'The crane' which was a difficult activity where you had to build a crane to hold as many weights as possible from the top of it - which was harder than it looked! The winners had a total of 10 weights, however Esther and Freya's team carried zero and probably won them the prize of 'how not to build a crane!'

'At the end of the day we were presented with our certificates and goodie bags. It was a great, fun day out!'

Esther, Sienna and Freya

Year 5 at Murray Park

On the 17th of June, all of Year 5 spent a fantastic day at Murray Park school. Taking part in a wide range of activities, the children had the chance to see what a day in secondary school is really like. Split into three classes, the children had two lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. Some groups had the chance to experience Bunsen burners in science, whilst others learned how to create games on Kodu in computing. In maths, we created our own number armies, ready to send into battle, and in English we came up with our own ideas for a mystery story. There was even a textiles lesson where the children designed their own 'hip' teenage shirt, which will be displayed during the fashion show! Exciting times! At lunchtime we were treated to an amazing lunch, put on by the super catering staff at Murray Park, before taking part in a Silverhill vs Mickleover football match. It really was an excellent day out, and the children (and staff) thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Thank you Murray park!

Trips to Tesco

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Over recent weeks pupils from Year 1, 2 and 4 have walked down into Mickleover village to visit Tesco for their 'Farm to Fork' experience. During there time there the children took part in some cheese, bread and fruit tasting, They visited the bakery to see how the bread was made daily and to kneed some dough and then found out how chilly the freezers are! Brrrrr! The children were fascinated by this behind the scenes tour of their local supermarket!

Michael Morpurgo

On Monday 8th June, 7 lucky pupils were invited to attend an audience with the inspirational children's author, Michael Morpurgo at Derby Theatre. Along with an auditorium of pupils from other Derby City schools, the children listened to Michael share his writing experiences and the background behind three of his wonderful stories. As a part of Derby City @DerbyBookFest week, Hayes Education also awarded first prize to Grace for her War Horse front cover design, winning £200 book vouchers. What a wonderful experience and congratulations Grace!

Golf tournament

On a hot a sunny 4th June, nine year 5 and one year 6 headed off to Sinfin golf course for the tri-golf tournament. Armed with a fabulous set of putting skills, we worked our way around the course of ten activities, putting our golfing skills to practise against ten other teams! Some of the challenge on the course included chipping the ball (over huge distances!), aiming at targets to collect as many cones as possible and - number of tricky pitch and putt exercises! The team did fantastically well in the blazing heat, demonstrating excellent behaviour and effort and showed fantastic sportsmanship to the other players! Well done team!

Year 6 in school

 While most of Year 6 were in France, some Y6 pupils stayed in the UK but were still kept very busy on a wide range of activities. On Monday, staff and pupils went to Alter Rock to try their hand at rock climbing while on the Tuesday they turned to the great outdoor in the local area with a spot of geocaching. On Wednesday and Thursday the children worked along side community and parent helpers to create some fantastic outdoor furniture from recycled pallets, an incredible bug hotel and a spot of clay crafting all for our outdoor grounds. Finally on the Friday the pupils visited the National Memorial Arboretum. What an enjoyable, productive and hectic five days that was thoroughly enjoyed by all the pupils.