Solar Schools' Competition We are running an exciting ‘Solar School’ creative arts competition with some great prizes! What you need to do? Produce a piece of artwork, sculpture, poetry, prose, collage (pretty much anything but not a video) on the theme of Renewable Energy /Solar Power / Climate Change. You can do this on your own, with someone else, or [...]
We had a fantastic day at school today! We had a visit from the author, Victoria Eveleigh, who came in to talk to us about writing books and making your characters believable. We also spent the day dressed as our favourite character from a book. Thank you to all the Mums and Dads who put in a lot of effort [...]
We would like to invite parents of children in classes one and two to join their child/children for lunch on Thursday 26th March. The menu will be either lasagne, homity pie (see picture!) or jacket potato. Please book your place by completing and returning the form on this Friday's newsletter as spaces must be booked in advance. The cost of [...]
Class 1 had a very special treat this morning, a visit from Paddington Bear! We have been reading 'Paddington at the Palace' and he thought he would drop in to pay us a visit in person. Each one of us held Paddington when it was our turn to retell part of the story, so he got to know us all [...]
We had fun this afternoon investigating which material would keep the ice-pop frozen for the longest! I hope everyone has now got their ice-pop in the freezer and has predicted how long it will take to re-freeze!
Class 4 did recycled items for their projects. I had the pleasure of seeing three of them this morning. Carpet tiles and corner yogurts and a shreddies box... all made Daisy's recycled house. Including a bean bag from her old socks! "I really liked how you've gone to different places to collect things for it!" said Thomas "It's epic!" said [...]
Blowing more than a gale outside but we still decided to get out there this afternoon and flip pancakes! The children loved it (lots of cheering and teamwork) and Team Hill won! Joint 2nd was Team Rinvolucri and Team Ellis and 3rd was Team Turner. You'll spot some within the photos one of the staff too - Mrs Rinvolucri ran [...]
Not sure if forwarding an email will work for the blog, but it's worth a try. Follow the links to 40acts online and find some great alternatives to 'giving up something' for lent.
This evening our disco had a lovely family feel with children and parents enjoying the opportunity to have a drink, a chat and (in some cases) a bit of a dance! Whilst the hall was once again the main stage for the music action (great DJ-ing skills Emma Trueman :-) ), class 4 became more of a'chill out' room with [...]
We surprised Mrs Atkins by singing Happy Birthday to her today. We stopped our counting when we got to 30!
