Breathing Life into Greek History at RAPS
The wonders of Ancient Greece unfolded as children experienced an inspirational day celebrating the civilisation’s history, heritage and culture.
A special themed event to complement their learning in topic lessons saw the Year 5 group dress up as their favourite god, character from a Greek myth or in traditional Greek clothing.
A busy programme of activities began with trying to solve the puzzle of putting a smashed Greek vase back together again before creating the iconic wreaths to wear on their heads.
Pupil Lloyd explained more about the headwear. He said: “In Ancient Greek
times, the winners of Olympic events were given wreaths instead of medals. We all thought they looked great.”
Next up was taste-testing Greek foods and pupils tucked into a range of treats including olives, feta cheese, pitta bread, tzatziki, taramasalata and humus.
In an Ancient Greek drama workshop children became Olympians preparing for their events, with the competitors discussing a variety of sports that would be contested.
They also ventured to a Greek marketplace or ‘agora’ where they became buyers and sellers, haggling and discussing a variety of goods, as well assuming the roles of Hoplite soldiers.
To complete the drama sessions the group delved into folklore and created freeze-frame cameos of well-
known legends from Ancient Greece.
The final activity was learning the Ancient Greek alphabet and learning how to write the names of the gods and goddesses.
Assistant Head teacher Hannah Dannell said: “The day was a great success and we always strive to provide the children with an enriching curriculum that excites them about their learning. “
Head of School Nick Budge agreed and added: “This was an important topic that offers a wealth of information and knowledge - our Year 5 were really engaged with such a strong and memorable creative learning experience.”
Ramsgate Arts Primary School is part of the Viking Academy Trust with Upton Junior School and Chilton Primary School.
*For more information, contact Head of School Nick Budge on 01843 582847
Exploring the differences and similarities between humans and other animals is a big exciting adventure for children as young as four and five years old.
RAPS Early Year's teacher Sally Small said: “This was a fantastic opportunity for our children, and they learned a range of key facts about the creatures and how they differ to humans.
Head of School Nick Budge added: “It was fantastic to see so many of them pushing themselves outside of their comfort zones when facing some of the creatures - they came away with a wealth of knowledge and interesting facts as a result of the sessions.
Primary School.
Creating cave paintings, writing instructions on how to make bronze and making round houses out of clay are among activities that have taken Year 3 children at Ramsgate Arts Primary back millions of years to the dawn of human civilisation.
who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Otzi was discovered in September 1991 in the Otztal Alps (hence the nickname Otzi) at the border between Austria and Italy.
Teachers Kiki Amin and Alice Mann said: “To enrich their learning experience, we took Year 3 to Dover Museum to see the Bronze Age boat in particular, but also to take part in two workshops.
A kinder and safer Internet experience is what children at Ramsgate Arts Primary School want to see developed.
* Safer Internet Day: Over the years, Safer Internet Day has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar. Starting as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest actions in 2005, Safer Internet Day has grown beyond its traditional geographic zone and is now celebrated in approximately 180 countries and territories worldwide.
Children at Ramsgate Arts primary and Chilton primary schools are enjoying a bigger breakfast to get the day off to an energised and healthy start.
“Our meal provisions across the board tie in naturally with our general wellbeing programme for all our children that gives them every possible support to make their school days as positive, healthy and happy as possible.”
until the end of July 2024. Schools will contribute 25% of costs. All pupils in participating schools are to be offered breakfast supplies at no cost to them or their parents.”
The contract for the programme is delivered through Family Action, who source and deliver breakfast food products to participating schools. All breakfast products offered through the programme meet the school food standards. Schools are able to choose and order the food products and quantities they need for their pupils.
Acclaimed artist Lily Mixe has teamed up with children at Ramsgate Arts Primary to create collaborative and inspirational work.
and tried to blend this into their background.
Inspired by numerous diving expeditions, and hundreds of notebooks and studies of animals and plants, Lily states that her work “examines life under the surface, the incredible unseen, silent beings we take for granted. I want to give a visual voice to the natural world. I want to celebrate nature in the same way we value precious stones and rare artefacts. I place nature as the highest currency on planet earth.”
Young warriors have gone wild about their learning at Ramsgate Arts Primary School.
process to sharpen flint and create tools and weapons. To understand how the process worked and how tricky it was they tried their hand at knapping using bars of soap – it wasn’t easy.
Then pupils were challenged to build it with their ‘talk partners’ using biscuits for the block work and icing to glue their structures together.
The magical northern lights natural phenomenon lit the way for an inspiring exploration of light at Ramsgate Arts Primary.
light using a mirror, as well as learning about what shadows are and how they are cast.
“And they also tried their hand at learning in the dark without light which was very exciting for them.”
Christmas celebrations got off to a happy and Elfy start for children at Ramsgate Arts Primary.
The RAPS tradition of a giant Christmas tree once again took centre stage, while pupils helped dress it with an array of colourful and sparkly decorations.
Head of School Nick Budge said: “The visit to see Elf was a great start to our end of term activities and festivities. It was a cracking performance and really got our busy programme under way in style.
our children, families and friends a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.”
Children from Ramsgate Arts Primary are on the right track when it comes to learning about railway safety.
get older, and become more independent.
Children and families at Ramsgate Arts Primary have worked together to create a giant mural that celebrates sea life and the shoreline.
She said: “Our children and families came together to create a large-scale drawing based on sea flowers and marine life. They then had the opportunity to use a variety of bold, bright colours to create a large scale art piece.
Head of School Nick Budge described the Big Draw project as “an important event for our school community.” He added: “There was a lot of support from our families and it was great to see them working together. The mural is colourful, bright and bold and we hope to put it on display in the school to celebrate the success of our Big Draw initiative.”
The work of acclaimed street artist Banksy and conceptual artist Barbara Kruger are inspiring creative children at Ramsgate Arts Primary.
whole range of themes including littering, looking after our planet and animal cruelty. 
Head of School Nick Budge was impressed at the diversity of entries for the competition. He said: “Using two prominent and focussed artists as a basis for their work certainly encouraged our children to produce a raft of thought-provoking images.