Eagle Owls

WB 18 09 2023

Eagle Owls continue with cooking through the ages and this week a popular dish from the 1960s – Spaghetti Bolognaise. There is always a vegetarian option to be made as well for those who choose it.

WB 11 09 2023

Eagle Owls have started half a term of food technology to tie in with History – they are exploring different recipes from across the ages. This week they had a go at Coronation Chicken invented for Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1953

WB 17 07 2023

While the whole school enjoy the annual Den Day – in good weather – we reflect on another fantastic year at Little Melton.  We enjoyed the Leavers Performance on Wednesday evening and then Friday was a busy day- bidding a fond farewell to our lovely Year 6 pupils who have done us proud for 7 years, and celebrating the end of another year of learning for our youngsters. THANK YOU all for your wonderful gifts and well wishes, and we wish you all a fabulous summer break

WB 10 07 2023

Our penultimate week before the summer hols had the Owlets go on a visit to Banham Zoo, Snowy have a beach-classroom day; Barn had pop-corn as part of a celebration and Eagle are script ready for the Leavers performance.

Here is a snap shot of some of the things from our Eagle Owls leavers performance – I’m an 11 year old- Get me out of here!

WB 03 07 2023

Eagle Owls were able to enrich their PE curriculum this week by doing some outdoor and adventurous activities in the form of sailing. They went to Filby Broad – all thanks to Sue Head one of our Governors who is an instructor there of many years. The two year groups went on different days  as this was also the week that our Year 6 Leavers had their first taste of being at Hethersett Academy for 2 days. They came back and had sailing to help bring down any anxiety that the visit may have brought up! It was a lot of fun for both groups.

WB 26 06 2023

We could not have been prouder of the Eagle Owl children this week – they took part in our annual Bake-Off competition. Pupils can work on their own or in a pair and then decide if they want to make sweet or savoury. They they research everything from the oven temperature needed to how long it will need and what ingredients to get. The whole operation is headed by our wonderful TAs Mrs Awbery and Mrs Graves, who collect all the timings to see which group’s food could go in the oven at the same time, and who will need something alternative. Considering we only have 2 ovens in our tiny kitchen, to create over 20 different dishes in a morning is incredibly impressive and done with military precision!! We could not do this without Mrs Bushell who is the expert at teaching them, and also without the support of parents who have supplied the ingredients for this competition.

This year it was judged by one of our Governors, our school secretary and Mrs Hamilton, who was making a (lucky) surprise visit to say hello. They were banned from the hall and so the judging was done completely on TASTE, PRESENTATION and TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.

What a range we had! From Fish and Chips and Burgers, to Sushi and Curry with home made flatbread among others; in the sweet category we had a Dessert Pizza, Brookies (cookies and brownies combined!), Nana’s Apple Pie and wonderful cupcakes – again among others! I hope you agree – this is indeed a fantastic opportunity to be creative with cooking and also to see how independent our children can be. It really was wonderful – well done to EVERYONE involved. It was so hard to pick winners and so there were several in each place!!

Winning Dish: Strawberry Shortcake – Thea

Equal Second place went to Lily and Indi with their light and fluffy Victoria Sponge Cake and to Josh for his Sushi.

Third place went to Sophie and Benji for some delicious Chocolate Mousse and biscuits.

Equal Fourth place went to Seth for his French Apple Tart  and to William and Seb for their Burger and Chips.

Equal fifth place was awarded to Stanley and Sam for Nana’s Apple Pie, and to Josef for his Fish and Chips.

What a day!! Well done to everyone. Prizes ranged from Bake-Off merchandise (donating money to Stand Up to Cancer) and delicious cook books, so winners all round.

WB 19 06 2023

We seemed to have less time this year to put together our dance for the Dance Show. However the Eagle Owls, as always, put their all into the rehearsals and completed a fab dance for the day. We tried to encourage Eurovision-type outfits, fun and bright, and even had a Year 6 wear a blue wig backwards on his face – very Eurovision!! It was a great day and we want to say well done to them all. To perform on stage to an audience of more than 300 is rather nerve wracking and they did splendidly.

Photos are available to buy via the SSP website of the performance. Here is a sample of the proofs.

12 06 2023

Eagle Owls had an excursion this week, to West Runton Beach, for a some scientific and geographic investigations. We had timed it well this time for a low tide and the pupils had a fascinating time exploring all living things in the rock pools. They were especially looking for crabs and found many! They also looked at the erosion along the cliffs and found examples of pollution washed up on the beach. It was a glorious sunshine and we all had a great day.

WB 05 06 2023

Welcome back! Hope you all had a lovely half term break. We have had a great first week back with our shole school enjoying Sports Day. KS1 in the morning, KS2 in the afternoon and a family picnic in between for those lucky enough to have time to make it! Thank you all for your support.