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MEGACYCLE 2012

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At the end of term all of the children and staff at Stenton took part in our ‘banana day’. This was a variety of learning around the theme of bananas . We chose bananas because of the link to our project on The Dominican Republic.

All of the children took part in 5 different activities. Mr Wharton led ‘banana maths’ where they thought about the volume of a banana, and used paper, wheels and axels to make ‘banana buggies’!

Mrs Smith and Ms Finlayson (with a little help from Mrs Dogget!) worked with the children creating their banana splits, and writing their recipes.

With Miss Wood pupils looked at the variety of colours and shades you can see on a banana, and mixed these colours using paint and other media. They then created their own banana pictures showing the progression from green through yellow to black!

With Mrs Dillin the children learned a little about the journey of a banana – where it grows and how it gets to us, and whether the way the income from the sale of the banana is shared equally among all the people who take part in getting it to us. This is a useful introduction to global citizenship for young children.

Outside, the children made up different games involving the word banana!

The next day we all dressed in banana coloured clothes and made a collection for charity. The money will go towards our sponsorship of Josue, in the Domincan Republic.

Tina Turner still can wow a crowd with her fantastic voice!  Stenton Parent Group organised an amazing Stars in their Eyes night on Saturday 19th April.  Performers included Dean Martin and his Italian Ladies backing group, Bananarama, Supremes, Fabba Abba, Three Tenors, Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold.   They played to a full house and raised a magnificent total of £860.

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On Monday, Stenton Primary School had a talent show called Stenton’s Got Talent. It was a roaring success. We all had so much fun. All the acts were so good. In total we raised a great big £80 that will go towards either charity or the school.

Some of the comments were.

“The talent show was funny, very good.”  From James Rogers P7

“I would love to do it again! I felt so proud of myself” Alex Stuart P6

“It was fun and really funny!!!.”  From Sarah Brown P5

“I liked the fact that lots of people tried hard.”  Archie Sykes P4

“Do it again and had fun.” Katie Stuart P3

“It was exciting and I had sore cheeks from giggling.” Ben Smith P2

“The singing, food, lights, prizes. Do it again” P1

“Stentons got talent was absoulutley fantastic and I was bursting with pride seeing the children from our school sharing their talents with the community. Look out Xfactor!!!”                                                                 From Miss Barclay

The prizes were either chocolate buttons easter eggs or the Cadbury crème eggs easter eggs donated by the Stenton Parent Group.   It was a fab success. Everyone hopes it won’t be the last. 

The event raised £80 – £43 goes to school funds and will be put towards the whole school trip planned for the summer term and £37 donated to Plan International to fund the purchase of a goat and an identity for a child.

Stenton Primary was transformed on Friday 7th March with a huge variety of book characters – can you spot who is who? 

Caroline and Olivia had their illustrations printed in the World Boom Day Short Stories Book Competition 2007-08 called ‘Why were her toes like that….?’
Published illustrators at 10 years old – a real achievement.  They are also the only Scottish winners – Congratulations!

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