Year 5 and 6 pupils from St James Primary School kicked off the Saints Study Centre’s Summer School on Monday 28th July. This year our holiday programme has been funded by Northamptonshire County Council through their Youth Small Grant Fund.   The learning programme is designed to motivate and encourage pupils to develop skills in numeracy, literacy, ICT, team building and study skills, incorporating the governments Every Child Matters agenda.

On Monday the young learners made a name badge using Publisher, they took part in a tag rugby session led by Saints community coaches and using the player maths cards solved a number of maths problems as a team.  In the afternoon, they started their Club Challenge which involved them being the owner of a sports club. They had to design a stadium, pick players for their team, choose a manager and mascot, design a home and away kit, compose a chant for their supporters to sing and a club motto, design a club badge and an anti- racism slogan. This involved producing all their work using a variety of ICT skills.

On Tuesday morning the children finished off their Club Challenges. They also visited the Saints shop to complete a maths activity and do some shopping! In the afternoon the children enjoyed an hour splashing around at a local swimming pool.

Yesterday involved a trip to Brixworth Country Park to play team games and take part in an orienteering activity led by Pete, an Educational Ranger. The children worked extremely well in teams to complete team building tasks and navigate around the country park collecting clues as they went.

Today the children are back in the Study Centre making Lego buggies and using Robolab technology. Firstly,  the children are challenged to make their buggies turn 360 degrees, then move the buggy up the corridor stopping between the door frames. The buggy then has to be parked in the Study Centre Robolab garage. The activity is then finished off with a Robolab Grand Prix, testing their speed and design. This afternoon, the children will compile a Photostory on the computers using all the photographs taken over the past four days.

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