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Year 3 had a wonderful windy day walking Dover High Street today. They looked at all the different shops and were very excited when they found Dover Suite World from the YouTube adverts!  We were incredibly lucky to be allowed into the newly renovated Town Hall and were amazed at the stained glass windows and beautiful paintings.  We finished our trip with a seaside picnic with a treat of chips and ice lollies, before walking the pier and watching the boats. What a fantastic day! 

Thank you to all the parents who have been involved in the Year 5 and Year 2 Stem engineering project. On Wednesday a few children from each of the year groups were selected to attend a special event at Christ Church University. The children competed against 9 other schools in different engineering categories. Harwin was lucky enough to win the best deigned vehicle in Key Stage One. All the children did a wonderful job, and we are very proud of them all.  

On Friday, Eco Club were lucky enough to take part in a guided geology walk at Western Heights. Lucy from the White Cliffs Countryside Partnership, led the children on the tour. Thank you Lucy.

Year 6 had a fantastic afternoon practising their cross-country running.   Felisha- "It was really fun beating your friends but I got really sweaty: it was great to show how fast I was." Z- "It was fun but tiring because the course was really long." Poppy- "It was tricky when we had to swerve thought the garden and when we went down the slope we had to really slow down." Kaydie- "It was really fun but really tiring, doing the extra distance, we had to pace ourselves."

This week in Year 4, we’ve been putting our place value and addition/subtraction skills to the test in a fun and challenging way. Using dice, we rolled random numbers and then had to decide where to place each number into a column to help us get as close as possible to a given target number. It was a brilliant mix of strategy, mental maths and a bit of luck!

This term, Pebbles are finding out all about the seaside. This week we thought about things we might take to the beach with us including sun cream, a sun hat, a towel and toys. We then wrote lists to help us remember everything. We have also had fun playing with the toy sea animals.

Term 6 is Sports Month at White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School - Every Monday in June starting on the 2nd June, children will be taking part in sporting activities. Children are to wear their PE kit into school every Monday in June as well as on their timetabled PE day.   Key Dates Monday 30th June - Sports Day (PE Kit) 9.30am - Key Stage 1 1.30pm- Key Stage 2 Wednesday 2nd July- Early Years Sports Day (Reception- PE Kit)

At the end of each term, children who display the school values of Unique, Confident and Valued are nominated by staff across the school, to receive a Headteacher Award. This term 10 children were nominated to receive the award. Well done, Jace, Tommy, Railon, Ivy, Leala, Jonh, Letica, Albie, Sophie and Lana.

This term, Year 5 have been taking part in an Engineering Project where they have worked in small groups to develop and create working motorised cars. Armed with wires, wheels, motors, and a whole lot of enthusiasm, the children dived into this hands-on STEM project with incredible focus and excitement.