The School We’d Like – Liss: Year 6

Video from The School We’d Like Final

Follow the link below to see video of the School We’d Like Final.

The School We’d Like Competition – Update

We are delighted to report that Liss Junior’s entry has been selected to go through to the national final of the Guardian Teacher Network and Zurich Municipal The School We’d Like competition.

The School We’d Like Regional Final

Last Thursday was a very special day as Oscar and Imogen W represented Liss Junior School and Kafuro Primary School at The School We’d Like regional final. After we had used The School We’d Like as our transition project earlier in the year, Mr Stanley entered the bee project into the national competition run by The Guardian. He was pleasantly surprised when he was called just after Christmas to say that the bid for £5000 had been selected from over 330 entries to compete in the regional final at the Museum of London. Oscar and Imogen worked very hard alongside Mr Stanley to get a PowerPoint presentation ready along with plenty of practise at presentation skills and answering questions.

On the day itself the children were absolutely brilliant and an absolute credit to themselves and the school. We now face an anxious wait to see if we’ve been selected to go through to the national final. We should know by the end of the week.

Oscar and Imogen’s report is below along with some photos from the day and their Powerpoint.

Standing outside The Museum of London

There was a really nice lunch along with some fantastic posh crisps!

Preparing to go into the main room for the presentation.

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The school we’d like

We met at the train station at 8:05am, and then the train left at 8:14am. The journey took an hour and a half to get to London. When we got there we looked at the maps to find where to go. We realised we needed to get on the tube to the Barbican station. After we got off at Barbican we made our way to the Museum of London.

The first part of the museum that we went to, was called London before London. Our favourite thing in the London before London was the Bison skull.

We also liked the Victorians part, our favourite thing in it was the big dress, it worn by some one in the Aristocracy that we don’t know, but she had a lot of money. We liked lots of other things too.

The company provided lunch for everyone who was taking part in the competition. We all had sandwiches fruit and crisps, it was really nice.

Mr Burford, Mr Stanley and the two of us all sat on one table. We were surprised we giving our presentation first because Mr Stanley thought we were going to be third or second. When we got up there both of us were shy but after we made the judges laugh we were fine and dandy. When we finished the presentation they asked the fewest questions out of all the groups, because we told them a lot of information.

After watching all the other schools presentations at secondary and special school level, we decided on our favourites. Both of ours were a group called S.T.E.M Quest; they were doing a science lab full of activities for children, controlled by students (they were a secondary school).

Mr Stanley, Mr Burford and both of us had enjoyed the trip to London, but now it was time to go back to the station in Liss. It was a long journey back, it was a bit boring but we kept up with it.

Overall, both of us loved the day and we think Mr Stanley and Mr Burford liked it too. It was a great experience, and everyone thinks we have a great chance in winning the competition.

The School We’d Like Journal – William

Bob the Blobfish diary

Wednesday 4^th September

At assembly today our teacher Mr Stanley told us about our transition project, the school we’d like. Each table in each class will have to think up 6 ideas and then narrow it down to 1.

First we came up with 1 idea each. These are what we came up with:

Daisy-more sports equipment

William-Assault Course

Jude- laser quest

Kai-zip wire

Brooke-separate changing rooms

Briony-zip wire

Then we did the group work. The six ideas we came up with were:

Chickens

Vegetable patches

Glass walls and doors

Science lab

Computer room

And communication screen out the front of the school

Thursday 5^th September

We went for……………Computer room. We stated making questions to ask are head teacher Mr Burford. We got the cost off him for each thing we would need. These are the prices:

Each connecter-£60 we need 23 of them 23x£60=£1380

Electricity=£500

Each workbench-£180 we need 15 of them 15x£180=£2700

Whist William, Jude and Kai were upstairs with Mr Burford Daisy, Briony and Brooke started the groups PowerPoint. When Jude, William and Kai came back downstairs they worked out every thing would cost £4580 so we would have £420 left over.

Friday 6^th September

In the morning Jude went to measure the middle classroom so we could work out if we could fit all the computers in. Once we had worked out if we could or not our final verdict was……yes we could fit all of them into the middle classroom great but then we had to work out were the clubs could move to. The verdict was that Wii fit club could carry on because we would leave a gap for the whiteboard which would also mean that teachers would not have to tell people to come back to class when they wanted to show them something. Chess Club will be able to move to the conference room even through Chess Club and School Council meetings are on the same day and are both at lunchtime because School Council meetings can move to a different day. Finally, Breakfast Club can move to the hall because there is nothing going on in the hall in mornings. In the afternoon William started doing the diary while Jude and Kai started doing some designs for the computer room and the girls carried on with the PowerPoint

Monday 9^th September

In the morning the whole of class AS looked at a PowerPoint Mr Stanley had made because some of the PowerPoint’s were a bit messy because of the backround, font and there were lots of animations so when people wanted to get to the next piece of the PowerPoint they had to wait because of the animations. Finally some of the PowerPoints could do with a bit of trimming.

After assembly the whole of class AS did some literacy and wrote persuasive letters. Each person had to persuade Mr Burford that there tables idea was the best. There were 4 people writing about their idea to have Bee Hives on the filed, six people were writing about their idea to have a traversing wall on the playground by the steps up to the field, six were writing about their idea to have Chickens, my table of six were writing about the computer room idea and the final table of six were writing about their idea to have Vegetable Patches outside the classrooms. In the afternoon William carried on with the diary, the girls almost finished the PowerPoint and finally the other two boys did some more on the design of the room and started a second one. They started a second one so they could go and see which one people thought was best.

Tuesday 10^th September

In the morning everyone finished writing their letters. Once they had finished writing their letters they gave their books to a response partner. Everyone’s response partner did 2 stars and a wish for the person who had given them their book. Then they the book back to the person who had given it to them. The person who had just received their book back so they could see what there response partner had written as a whish and what they had said to do which was something to do with what they had written. If someone had got use more connectives the thing with it may say rewrite 3 sentences with connectives in them. When they had done that and shown Mr Stanley and he had said it is ok he would tell you to go and start typing it up if there was space on the computers. Some people almost finished typing it up. In the afternoon we started the script that would go with our PowerPoint presentation because we had to be finished by Wednesday the 11^th lunchtime because we had to practise our presentation in the afternoon. While the girls were doing that William carried on with the group diary.

Wednesday 11^th September

In the morning Mr Stanley showed us how to script a PowerPoint so we could write a script for our PowerPoin. We did that for the whole morning. In the afternoon we practiced our presentation and finished the diary. At five to two Mrs Harris called the whole of the class together so we could show the whole of the class our presentation and so each of the other tables could show us their PowerPoint.

Thursday 12^th September

In the morning each group did final preparations before Mr Stanley asked them to show him their PowerPoint, so he could give them any final tips before the governors came in and judged all the classes presentations so they could decide which one is best. The one that is best so they can go on Friday into assembly to compete against the other 8 best from the rest of the school. It was very nerveracking for most people. In the end it was fine for everyone and was really fun. Mrs Meredith was very impressed with every group’s presentation so it was a very hard decision. Mr Stanley said he’d tell us the next morning.

Friday 13^th September

Once everyone had come in ordered their lunch, put their bags away, sat down and Mr Stanley had done the register he gave the feedback on the day before and said that KFC were the ones who would present to the whole school in the afternoon. After break Mr Stanley gave everyone 15 minutes to finish off their typed letter the group’s diary and start an evaluation of the presentation they had done the day before.

Persuasive letters related to The School We’d Like – Imogen D

Tuesday 10^th September

Dear Mr Buford,

I am writing to you to see if you will adopt our idea. Our idea is a vegetable patch out side each of the classes. You are always saying how important team work is; a vegetable patch would be a perfect. Below I have outlined the reasons; only a fool wouldn’t hop aboard this wonderful idea.

Firstly I think this is a fantastic idea; if children don’t have a garden at home they can come in every morning and tend some vegetables. obviously you cant have 28 children all crowding around one vegetable patch at once, so we would have to organise teams that is were team work comes in.

Scientific research shows that gardening is meant to be relaxing and we would raise money for the school. ‘How?’ I hear you ask. well we would sell the fruit and vegetables that we grow (keep some to each for ourselves as well) and hopefully we would make a good profit, that would create a stronger connection with the community.

So Mr Buford do you want a fit and healthy pupils? Do you want a stronger connection with the community? I hope you are as wise as you are normally are and agree to this.

Yours sincerely

Immy D

Persuasive letters relating to The School We’d Like – Peter

Dear Mr Burford,

I am writing to you to tell you why my group want a chicken coup. Hopefully you will agree because we think this is a fantastic idea.

We think the chicken coup is a great idea because then you can sell the chickens eggs to raise money for the school. Also, chickens are a great idea because you can pick them up. Furthermore, we could have great fun with them. My group think we should get bantams then you get to pick them up more. Also when they run it looks so cute. Additionally, my group thinks we should have 9 chickens so then KR, AS, MG, KB, DC, LL, JA, SH and most importantly HG could get a chicken. Every class should have 1 chicken per class.

Hopefully no-one is allergic to chickens because if not that would be great. Chickens are happy and playful because they are funny when they walk and run.

Yours sincerely

Louisa

Persuasive letters related to The School We’d Like – Louisa

Dear Mr Burford,

I am writing to you to tell you why my group want a chicken coup. Hopefully you will agree because we think this is a fantastic idea.

Hopefully no-one is allergic to chickens because if not that would be great. Chickens are happy and playful because they are funny when they walk and run.

Yours sincerely

Louisa

Persuasive letters related to The School We’d Like – Brooke

Monday 9^th September

Dear Mr Burford,

I am writing to you to tell you about Bob the Blobfish’s idea to improve the school. You have done so well at making the school not just look good, but be good too. We have thought very hard about this and we have found a way to make the school a………… computer room! Just think about it; we know how much you know about computers and we think you will like the idea.

Firstly, the strengths are you and the other teachers won’t have to walk up and down the corridor when someone needs help. Children will get more work done because it will be quieter for them. Fortunately teachers can talk and the children will be able to hear them. As you can see this is a great idea that will benefit everyone. Only a fool would pass away an opportunity like this.

You may think that there are no other strengths but there are. Children on the computers will get more work done. Unfortunately, it will be easier to talk to friends, but the teachers will see you and tell you off. Teachers won’t have to go out of their class and tell the people on the computers to keep the noise down. It would be great. The best part is teachers will be in complete control.

Before I go I would like to ask you some questions. Do you want the children to be above average in all subjects? Do you want to have some peace in your office? Think about it! I think I know what your answer will be to all these questions but I might be wrong. Anyway, it’s your choice and I know you will pick what is best for the school. So think long and hard about this and I hope you chose what we think is best.

Yours sincerely

Brooke L

Persuasive letters related to The School We’d Like – Briony

Dear Mr Burford,

I am writing to you to tell you about my idea of the computer room because it will benefit the children and the teachers a lot.

The teachers won’t have to walk down the corridor which means the children won’t have to wait too long with their hand up.

Additionally, children will be able to hear what the teacher is saying and the teacher will be able to tell if we are talking which is good for our education; it will be quiet.

Breakfast club and film club can move to the hall. Wii fit can stay and chess club can move to the conference room. It will be quieter there for chess

The computer room I think is a good idea.

Yours sincerely

Briony

Persuasive letters relating to The school we’d Like – James K

Monday 9^th September 2013

Dear Mr Burford,

I am writing to you to tell you about our idea of having 9 chickens. I doubt that you will not like it as you have some of your own Therefore you know how beneficial they are.

Firstly we get eggs from them and we can do lots of things with them such as:

Selling them to get money.

The eggs are also for the teachers’ breakfast.

You may be concerned about safety issues, However you have no need to worry because we have Mrs Brown and Mrs Boyle who are trained first aiders. Not just that but we are getting a type of chicken called bantams ` and they are very calm so they do not peck. Also they have fluffy feet so you can pick them up without risk of injury.

Here are some questions for you to consider. Do you want money more for the school? Do you want your children to learn more about chickens? Do you want plenty of eggs? Only a fool would say no to these questions and you are not a fool.

Yours sincerely,

James K