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Flame of Friendship Finale

On Monday 8th July, a group of carefully chosen, keen dancers from years 3 and 5 were chosen to take part in the closing ceremony for the Flame of Friendship. The finale took place at the University of Warwick, where the Royal Opera House led a dance with the children from Coundon and 40 other schools from Coventry.

After a couple of practices of the dance, the Flame of Friendship torch arrived at the University and we completed the dance for a final time. There was lots of music, smiles and energy for the final dance. A procession was then led by a samba band from the sports ground to the sports hub – it was great fun!

At the hub, there was a short ceremony, where we heard a variety of short talks from a few professors of the University and the Mayor of Coventry. We also watched a video of the torch being designed and made, followed by a photo montage of the torch relay. To close, we performed the Lady Godiva song.

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Local History Week – Blitz Day in Year 5

Today we dressed up in 1940s or WW2 attire. We had great fun creating artwork which was influenced by the past (the Coventry Blitz) and the work of Sandra Lawrence. As well as this created poetry inspired by the Blitz and imaged what life would have been like for an evacuated child.

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Year 5 Local History Visit to Coventry City Centre

Year 5 learnt about the key events in the Coventry Blitz on November 14th 1940.  They experienced the Blitz at the Transport Museum, visited the Herbert Art Gallery to sit in an Anderson Shelter and reflected on the impact of the Blitz in the old Coventry Cathedral.  The children explored the wealth of history in our local town centre and how events from the past will have impacted on the city and its people. 

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The Flame of Friendship 2024 – The Coventry School’s Olympic Torch Relay

In the run up to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games, 62 Coventry primary, secondary and special educational needs schools will be participating in a torch relay, the Flame of Friendship, leaving Coventry Cathedral on Thursday 22nd February and finishing on the University of Warwick campus on Monday 8th July. https://warwick.ac.uk/wie/flame_of_friendship/

The torch is bespoke to this event, designed especially for this event, designed as part of a competition in which more than 2000 Coventry pupils took part. The winning design was submitted by a pupil from Finham Park School and has subsequently been redeveloped at WMG, on the University of Warwick campus.

Flame of Friendship takes Olympic word to schools https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2v49170xn1o#:~:text=An%20Olympic%2Dstyle%20torch%20is,to%20the%20Paris%202024%20games.

On Wednesday 12th June, it was Coundon Primary’s turn to receive the Flame of Friendship. Sherbourne Fields travelled to our school to deliver it to us. They were greeted by the whole of Coundon during a warm and welcoming lap of the school grounds, where we clapped, cheered and waved scarves, flags or banners for them. The children really enjoyed themselves.

Then on Thursday 13th June, we had the honour of delivering the Flame of Friendship onto Allesley Primary School. The children that took place in the delivery of the torch showed great pride in being chosen and were great representatives for our school. A special thanks needs to go to Miss Mower and Miss Ferris, for agreeing to walk with them all the way!

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Coventry Children’s Mile 2024

On Sunday 9th June, 33 Coventry schools (including Coundon) took part in the Children’s Mile! It was once again a lovely community event encouraging children to get active in a fun and positive way.

Before – ready and raring to run!

After – ready and raring to go home!

Thirteen of our children took part in this event (from years 3 to 6) alongside Mrs Woodroffe and Mrs Gray. The amazing and slightly competitive Miss Ferris also gave up her morning to join us and show her support! The children were great, they were full of enthusiasm and all ran the mile with Finley, Luca and Amelia making it back in the top 40 out of over 1000 runners!

Here’s a few snaps from the event. Let’s hope these children can encourage more children to be involved next year!

https://linktr.ee/coventrysport – official photos from the event

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Year 5 Cultures Week – Poland

Paper Craft

Wycinanki – intricate paper cut-outs – have been a popular folk craft in Poland since the 1900s. The decorative designs are mainly associated with two regions, Łowicz and Kurpie. The Kurpie cut-outs are made with a single sheet of paper and are thus totally symmetrical and only one colour.

Polish

The first known Polish pisanki date back to the 10th century. The pre-Christian tradition of dying eggs (originally red, the colour of blood) was to symbolize rebirth and renewal. Then, young women would decorate eggs and give them to young men.

Polish Dancing

We also learnt some Polish dance moves while dancing to the Polish traditional folk dance: Krakowiak.

Polish Food Tasting

During cultures week, we also tried some Polish food. This included:

  • Krokiety kasztelanskie (Croquettes with mushrooms and mozzarella cheese)
  • Pierogi with strawberries (fruit dumplings)
  • Polish bread
  • Kopernik Pierniki (polish gingerbread)
  • Slomka Ptysiowa (choux pastry product with sugar)

The children enjoyed this and especially enjoyed the gingerbread and the choux pastry.

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Year 5 Art

During our Mayan’s and Mexico topic, Year 5 have been busy creating these incredible Day of the Dead masks. The children completed research into existing mask designs and the Mexican festival. They then created papier mache masks and decorated them using paint and tissue paper flowers.

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HADO

On Wednesday 24th April, a group of nine year 5 and 6 children attended the Coventry HADO Arena to take part in some friendly, fun competition. We split into 3 teams of 3 and competed against ourselves and 4 other schools. 

In the initial heats, Coundon came 1st in two of their games and 2nd in another. Two of our teams then moved into the semi-finals and finals coming joint 1st place with Aldermoor Farm and 2nd place. 

Whilst there, we discovered that we had a pro in our presence! Isla, in year 6, made 62 shots during one game, which they said they’ve only ever seen twice! 

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Year 5 Eid Assembly

Year 5 shared their special assembly with parents about Eid.  Well done Year 5 for sharing your information, artwork and even a special prayer as part of the assembly (written by the children themselves).