A great video of year 6 - learning the 'multiplication dance' ....
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We had lots of film footage, so this is just a very small slice of the action! The Mayor of Wandsworth herself told us how much she had enjoyed watching this video, when we visited her in Wandsworth Town Hall.
Normally school age children find the election of a new prime minister a boring process. Their television programmes are taken from the schedule and instead are replaced with dry political debate. However, at Riversdale Primary School every child eagerly participated in the election process.
Each child wrote their own manifesto as to what their policies would be if they were elected Prime Minister. These ranged from Felicity in Year one stating that she would make sure that everybody who had to go to hospital would have someone to hold their hand, to Cate in year 6 who would personally fill in every pothole in the country.
Children elected an MP for every class and then the hustings were held. Each MP and their team produced banners, posters, badges and flyers. Every child visited the ballot box on Thursday May 6th and cast their vote!
Was it the Happy Party, the Sports Party, the Ginger Party, the Riverservatives, the SuperHero Party, the Magic Party. We waited with debated breath!
Watch our film and find out for yourself who won..... :)
Each child wrote their own manifesto as to what their policies would be if they were elected Prime Minister. These ranged from Felicity in Year one stating that she would make sure that everybody who had to go to hospital would have someone to hold their hand, to Cate in year 6 who would personally fill in every pothole in the country.
Children elected an MP for every class and then the hustings were held. Each MP and their team produced banners, posters, badges and flyers. Every child visited the ballot box on Thursday May 6th and cast their vote!
Was it the Happy Party, the Sports Party, the Ginger Party, the Riverservatives, the SuperHero Party, the Magic Party. We waited with debated breath!
Watch our film and find out for yourself who won..... :)
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Working away in the classroom, a look at the display work, and a glimpse of the lovely book corner! Also, an interesting peek at some of the dramatic poses they get up to during...........drama! Enjoy our Smilebox.
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All the chidren had such a fun time making these pop up books. They used many different methods of construction to put them together, and although it was quite hard work at times, they all made fantastic books. We will be making a video, with the children showing you other pages in their books, with a demonstration of how they work!
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Yr 5 had a fantastic time making paper mache constructions around a balloon. Sandra Ruffini took some great photos of them totally engrossed in their project, although it was David (Yr 5 teacher) who stood on his desk to take the arial shots! Well done everyone - we will create another Smilebox of you when you get to paint them, and we shall enjoy seeing your finished results....
The video was filmed at Riversdale School, with the beautiful singing voice of Ola, with filming and editing by Wendy Elf. Thank you Margaret for holding the music sheet!
Riversdale School have raised over £850 in aid of Haiti so far, by holding various fundraising events throughout the school. Check out our website for more details:
http://www.riversdaleprimaryschool.co.uk
