Bowling and Beach!

December in Costa Blanca!!

Come and join us!

On the last day of the Christmas term, the Primary and Lower Secondary pupils had a great day out , bowling in Benidorm and then expending energy on the beach. One of the advantages of this part of the world....sunny beach days on the 20th of December!....

Here are a number of photos of a great day out which the staff and students all enjoyed after a hard terms work, and it was a perfect build up to Christmas...

Time for a drink! not sure whether it was before or after the bowling!

( below) fun in the sun!

organised chaos!!

Mrs Letchford giving a new student a lift....!

A great day out , the pupils behaviour was a credit to the school and thanks to all staff who made it all possible. See you all next term...

Sierra Bernia Christmas Charity...

Every year the pupils at the school, collect toys, toiletries, stationary etc, in Christmas bags, for the orphans at Emaus, sporsored by the Bed Centre ,Calpe. This year the pupils were as generous as ever, and the many full christmas bags ensured that children, who are not as fortunate, have a Happy Christmas. These are some photos of the younger pupils before the bags were given to Emaus ... Well done all and thanks for your generosity

Move over Wayne Rooney!! Sierra Bernias 5-a-side footy!

On a damp Friday afternoon, Sierra Bernia school organized a 5 a side football tournament at the local Sports centre, with more dribbles than the Bernia Babies on a good day, the day was a great success!

Organized by one of our parents, Mr Cooper, who has helped train and organise the football all term, and without whose valuable support the football would not be as popular as it is, the tournament was closely contested, with the winning team, led by Dani, running out the eventual winners. (pictured left)

With exams looming, this was a great release of energy, (ohh to be young again.....!), and although the competition was closely fought, all the players showed fair play and sportsmanship and did not show the 'prima donna' attitude of many footballers! Below are a number of images of a great fun day, which all helps in making Sierra Bernia the close community school it is ....

Well done all!!

Geography Art......

Continuing the theme of making art with the basic materials found around them, the Upper Primary have been studying coasts in their Geography lessons, and have been exploring the different types of beaches found in the local area.

They found sandy beaches, shingle beaches and pebble or stone beaches. From these beaches they gathered materials of each beach type to make some original and exciting art work. Throughout this page are a number of images that were created.......

This theme of 'Art in Action' stimulates creative activity in enquiring minds, skills and abilities that are encouraged throughout the pupils time at Sierra Bernia, also this kind of work proves that you do not need massive amounts of expensive materials to produce excellent work.

With the world around you, a creative mind, supportive teachers and a bit of imagination you can produce the kind of work seen in many of these recent blogs.

Christmas is coming with the Bernia Babies!!

Christmas came early for the mums and toddlers at the Bernia Babies Club when Santa made a surprise visit last Tuesday

Whilst the babies were working away like busy little elves, preparing Christmas cards for their mums and dads, Father Christmas made a grand entrance and then presented each child with a gift and plenty of Christmas cheer. Even the mums recieved a little something from Santa...a cheeky kiss!!

The following pictures need no commentary as they show the wonder of Christmas for the little one's.........

Due to school examinations and the Infant Christmas play, Bernia Babies will not be regrouping until 17TH JANUARY 2012.

Mrs Letchford would like to thank all the mums, dads, grandmas and grandads for bringing along their little ones to join in the fun, games and singing each week, and on behalf of everyone at Sierra Bernia School, wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Maths? Fun?...........Yes!!..read on.....

Many students ( and adults!) have a fear of Maths, so in Sierra Bernia school,under the guidance of Kanchan Ahuja, our Maths specialist, the school recently held its second ' Maths Fun Day' following on the success of the first day in May of this year.

Nursery, Lower secondary, and Upper secondary were all involved, and the day was a great success, and certainly helped to dispel any idea that Maths is boring...

The Upper Secondary were set a task to build a newspaper bridge strong enough to hold heavy weights . The only materials they were given were newspaper and masking tape.....

The picture on the left shows Kanchan and some of the upper secondary pupils mulling over the problem....

The project required a knowledge of strong base structures in Maths shapes, and here Vera, one of our Upper Secondary students, is seen considering another solution to this problem.....

Did it work ? there was only one way to find out! Mr Westcott who would be considered ( even by himself!) to be a 'heavy weight' ,was asked to sit on the finally completed bridge , so with much trepidation of all involved he lowered himself (gently) onto the bridge in front of all those who had spent a great deal of effort putting this together.........

YES!!!!!!!!!

It worked!.. all this with just newspaper and masking tape...This was a fantastic effort by all and below is a photograph of the upper secondary group involved, with Kanchan, whose drive and enthusiasm is, as you can see from this and other blogs, typical of the staff at Sierra Bernia School

With Kanchan are (from left to right) Daniil,Borja, Vera, Donna, Menno, Kirill and Maxim...well done all.

The nursery and infants also had great fun on the day with fun activities such as skipping, apple bobbing, hula hoops, eating cookies and blindman's bluff. We all look forward to Maths Fun Day 3!!