Leys Farm News Blog

Last Thursday Mrs Seeley and Mr Gibbs went to Halifax to receive the Food For Life Partnership Silver award from the famous chef Brian Turner.

It was a proud moment because it is in recognition of all the great work which everyone has done in school to make sure we are all doing our best to eat healthily.

The next step for our school is to go for the gold award.

We have sent some bean seeds to all the children in the school to grow at home. We do appreciate all the support and interest you are showing to the garden and welcome interest from parents and relatives who have a fondness for gardening.

By Owen y5

During the Easter holidays a huge volcano erupted in Iceland causing havoc to many people living there and to many other countries as well.

Part of the problem was because of the massive ash cloud that has travelled around the atmosphere resulting in many flights being cancelled. This means that many people on holiday cannot get home.

One of our school cooks has been on holiday and she is very disappointed that she is stranded at an airport until the huge ash cloud goes away and all flights can resume and take people home!

The Eyjafjallajoekull volcano started shooting ash and molten lava high into the air and onto a nearby glacier after being dormant for 200 years last Thursday.  No one expected the eruption and many people planning to travel abroad have had to cancel and stay at home.

Here are some volcano facts you might like to know about:

• One in 10 people in the world live within ‘danger range’ of an active volcano.
• There are around 1510 ‘active’ volcanoes in the world. Volcanologists disagree on what comes under the term ‘active’, but 1510 volcanoes have erupted in the last 10,000 years, which means they are active in the world of volcanoes. There are thought to be many more volcanoes on the sea bed.
• The biggest volcano in the world is Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Its whole volume is about 80,000 cubic kilometres.
• Sometimes lightning is seen in volcanic clouds. It’s not clear why this happens but it could be to do with lots of hot particles bashing into each other, causing static charges.

By Callum P Yr 6

A big welcome back to everyone and hope you all had a great Easter. 

This term as you will know your topics have changed and here are what they are: 

Year 3 and 4 are doing something called ‘In the deep’ this is about things such as Rainforests, plants, animals, mini beasts and rivers.

Years 5 and 6 are doing ‘Lights Camera Action’. This is all about the film industry.

Each class has a variety of things planned for the term and everyone should enjoy visits to various places associated with their topics.

If anyone has any artefacts or costumes they would like to share with their class linked to their topic, they would be more than welcome to bring them in.

By Megan G Yr 5