Carnival Day at Sierra Bernia...

Friday the 17th Feb was a special day at Sierra Bernia school, where all pupils, and staff, were involved in a carnival day of games, dressing up,parades, and eating sticky toffee apples and hot dogs!!

In this blog are a series of pictures which capture the family atmosphere at the school.
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On the left are 'The Tiger Twins' joining in the fun!! Below right is Lauren of Upper Secondary showing the circus theme of the day ( and selling chocolate pancakes which went down very well !!)

On the left is 'Stan the Magic Man' performing some amazing card tricks which baffled all !!.....

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.......allowed to be a clown for the day!!

( left)Sofia and Ella joining in the fun of the day!

( Right) The whole Upper Secondary worked hard as team to provide hot dogs, toffee apples, pancakes plus drinks and play the X-Box......hope they made a profit!!

The girls put on a great gymnastic display ( this was one of the few photos where they were caught in mid air!)

All in all a real fun day for all and a perfect way to begin the half term holiday......

'what a load of rubbish!'.....

Over the last few months, Mr Westcott's Lower Secondary Geography group have been looking at different aspects of environmental pollution. Recently the group went to a country area near Albir to see how much rubbish people do leave behind. The results were surprising.....

For example one group picked up 4 BIG BAGS of rubbish in a small area of woodland, including tin cans, plastic bottles, cigarette packets ,sweet wrappers plus general paper products...on the left are Sofia, Ella and Amalia with their collection of rubbish......

Here are some photos of the other group who also collecting an amazing collection of rubbish plus bits of glass, batteries and gun cartridge cases. Both groups also found a large amount of dog waste which owners had not picked up...On the right are Kieron, Marcelo,Alex, Ahmar, Charlie and Maxim who also found many different types of rubbish..

Above is Ahmar with a sweet wrapper, one wrapper may not seem much, but the groups found many of these in a small area which soon add up to a large amount.....

Sadly, at the end of the park were a group of recycling bins where, with a bit of thought, rubbish could easily have been put....The whole group took part enthusiastically in the project, and at least they are now aware of the need to recycle rubbish and keep our beautiful environment clean and tidy. The last picture shows the view from the top of the hill where we collected the rubbish. It is the kind of view we all want to save for the future....

'make do and mend' with upper primary....

Mrs Letchford's upper primary group are currently looking at life just after the second world war. Those of a certain age might remember the Governments 'make do and mend' campaign, which was designed to encourage women to do such things as unpick knitted jumpers and reuse the wool, plus alter and mend clothes. The government at the time issued posters such as the examples shown left and above.......

The upper primary group were then encouraged to try the skills of embroidery and knitting, skills which for today's generation are completely unknown. The following photos show many pupils having a try at these skills, to get a feel of life was like during this time.....

It's difficult this knitting lark!!!!

Sue helping out......Sue was one of the few staff at the school who remembers how to knit!!!



This was fantastic experience for these young pupils , where activities like these give pupils a feel of what life was like in these ' history in action' activities.........Look out parents, your next birthday or next Christmas present could be a garment made by your child!!

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.