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International News
All of the pupils in Baden Powell and St Peter’s C.E. Middle School (South of England) are currently participating in a global week, packed full of fun activities that will help the pupils understand more about the wondrous world that they live in.
The children were split up into groups of mixed years, and then were given a country name. They would stay in this group for the week. The children were invited to spend the week in non-uniform, to create a more friendly and relaxing atmosphere.
We joined them half way through their exciting week, and sent our reporters to find out exactly what they were up to.
The Water Story
Everybody needs clean water, but unfortunately not everyone has access to it. Water is used for lots of different things such as: Brushing your teeth, having a shower, drinking, swimming and flushing the toilet. The Ugandan’s group task was to purify some dirty water using a plastic bottle, some fabric and a funnel. Let’s how they did….
Frankie said that she had learnt how much we take clean water for granted and she never really realised how much water she uses every day. She found working with different people quite fun even though they kept spilling water all over 
Global Warming Presentations
The group that was enjoying this activity was Zimbabwe. The group buzzed out into the practical area and started to share with us what they had done in their activity. They had been learning about Global warming and were given an opportunity to research their particular interest.
Connor said he liked the graphs and had learnt a lot about global warming and that he had enjoyed working with people from different year groups.
The children are buzzing! We asked the question why? “Um… because normally we wouldn’t really do this kind of thing and I think that it’s a really good experience for all of us working with new groups,’’ beamed Lizzie.
‘‘It’s nice to experience the Year Fours and the other year groups as well, and so then we get more friends and get to hang out with them,’’ replied Hattie.
Thank you for reading about this great day that the children of Baden Powell and St Peter’s C.E. Middle School had. Tomorrow we will inform you about Thursday’s exciting activities, which will include the ‘Environmentally Friendly’ and ‘UN Charter Languages.’
Local News
Property Boom in Morocco
With the recent release of the Brad Pitt Movie filmed in Morocco, "Babel", Morocco is seeing an even heightened influx of tourists who want to venture to see the “Berbers in the mountains”. Morocco, a country of truly vast landscapes, has had artists, film stars, authors, and the filthy rich make it their home away from home. The allure tends to be towards one part of the country or another. Whether its Paul Bowles in Tangier or Winston Churchill painting a scene near Marrakesh, Morocco is seeing a rise in the affluent making the Kingdom their own, thus causing property in Morocco to skyrocket.
Everybody needs clean water, but unfortunately not everyone has access to it. Water is used for lots of different things such as: Brushing your teeth, having a shower, drinking, swimming and flushing the toilet. The Ugandan’s group task was to purify some dirty water using a plastic bottle, some fabric and a funnel. Let’s how they did….
Frankie said that she had learnt how much we take clean water for granted and she never really realised how much water she uses every day. She found working with different people quite fun even though they kept spilling water all over their table!!
Mathew told us that their task was to purify water by using a funnel, some fabric and two plastic bottles. Alice told us how her group had cleaned the water. They placed the fabric into the funnel and let the water drain through to the other bottle. Children had to pretend that they had just walked ten miles for some very dirty water that had to be cleaned.
Joe said, “We’ve been trying to think of ways to make dirty water into clean water and I think my groups done it! We have to use some materials like sand, straw and fabric and we have to make clean water. It’s really fun and amazing!”Jake helped to explain, “I did some African drumming trying out new instruments and cleaning water. We tried to clean out dirty water and trying to make it clean enough to drink. It’s fun and very exciting. It was very fun working with someone else.”
Joe from Year Five said, “We did this drumming with a man called Noah and now I’m try to make dirty water to clean water. We are learning about people in Africa
Mathew told us that their task was to purify water by using a funnel, some fabric and two plastic bottles. Alice told us how her group had cleaned the water. They placed the fabric into the funnel and let the water drain through to the other bottle. Children had to pretend that they had just walked ten miles for some very dirty water that had to be cleaned.
Joe said, “We’ve been trying to think of ways to make dirty water into clean water and I think my groups done it! We have to use some materials like sand, straw and fabric and we have to make clean water. It’s really fun and amazing!”Jake helped to explain, “I did some African drumming trying out new instruments and cleaning water. We tried to clean out dirty water and trying to make it clean enough to drink. It’s fun and very exciting. It was very fun working with someone else.”
Joe from Year Five said, “We did this drumming with a man called Noah and now I’m try to make dirty water to clean water. We are learning about people in Africa
having to walk 10 miles to get dirty water. Its really fun getting wet and messy….it’s really fun!”
David explained his activity for us, “We are making some very dirty water into clean water using lots of different materials.” David summed up his week so far as FANTASTIC. Lana told us that she is enjoying the week so far and is making lots of new friends. Lana explained that they had done something similar in Science, which helped her to complete her challenge.
Global Warming Presentations
The group that was enjoying this activity was Zimbabwe. The group buzzed out into the practical area and started to share with us what they had done in their activity. They had been learning about Global warming and were given an opportunity to research their particular interest.
Connor said he liked the graphs and had learnt a lot about global warming and that he had enjoyed working with people from different year groups.
Enjoyment
The children are buzzing! We asked the question why? “Um… because normally we wouldn’t really do this kind of thing and I think that it’s a really good experience for all of us working with new groups,’’ beamed Lizzie.
‘‘It’s nice to experience the Year Fours and the other year groups as well, and so then we get more friends and get to hang out with them,’’ replied Hattie.
Thank you for reading about this great day that the children of Baden Powell and St Peter’s C.E. Middle School had. Tomorrow we will inform you about Thursday’s exciting activities, which will include the ‘Environmentally Friendly’ and ‘UN Charter Languages.’
Local News
Property Boom in Morocco
With the recent release of the Brad Pitt Movie filmed in Morocco, "Babel", Morocco is seeing an even heightened influx of tourists who want to venture to see the “Berbers in the mountains”. Morocco, a country of truly vast landscapes, has had artists, film stars, authors, and the filthy rich make it their home away from home. The allure tends to be towards one part of the country or another. Whether its Paul Bowles in Tangier or Winston Churchill painting a scene near Marrakesh, Morocco is seeing a rise in the affluent making the Kingdom their own, thus causing property in Morocco to skyrocket.
