![New School Year Activities 2019](/perch/resources/b42bde1b-5490-4947-9934-ee6b34c88ef4-w1200h1200.jpeg)
We have all had a lovely first few days back with lots of exciting activities going on around school.
In Class 6 yesterday everyone painted self-portraits for the class display and in the afternoon they all enjoyed practicing yoga in the studio.
Today they had a class challenge to see who could build a tower out of marshmallows and spaghetti. It raised some great engineering issues!
![Cutting](/perch/resources/f45f8775-af91-42c7-9109-e60e02789d3c-w600.jpeg)
![Building](/perch/resources/0132714e-1db8-4a9a-82ee-8321d64b101c-w600.jpeg)
![Dance](/perch/resources/ddcc0a81-b459-4329-a17e-bf1dbe279c39-w600.jpeg)
![Tower](/perch/resources/cf4cacfa-9fed-4996-9483-588f07cdd050-w600.jpeg)
in S2 we enjoyed songs and dancing and using the interactive floor up in the studio today as part of our back to school week!
We liked disco lights on the floor, trolls, the circus and our calm down aquarium
![Studio](/perch/resources/96ca6ebe-0f7d-4f41-8306-159a85a6d3c9-w600.jpeg)
![Aquarium](/perch/resources/60b6a2f3-9931-4cdd-a7f7-a8a500706237-w600.jpeg)
Today S4 have been getting to know each other through team building parachute games.
The students worked on passing a ball to each other and following instructions.
Some friendships have already blossomed as a student tries to make her new friend laugh.
What a brilliant start to the year!
![Class friends](/perch/resources/a490a1df-8166-471f-87e6-2010538363c3-w600.jpeg)
![Parachute fun](/perch/resources/2d98c00c-6d81-4df7-aa3b-9618bba4bbd5-w600.jpeg)