Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Christmas Dinner Fun!

  Wed 18 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers

  The children enjoyed tucking into their Christmas lunches that our staff served to them yesterday. Cheesy Christmas music was played and the children looked fabulous in their recently made Christmas hats.  Thank you to the catering team for cooking a lovely meal as the children really enjoyed it. Most children cleared their plates so this bodes well for our children eating all of their special roast dinner on Christmas day too!

   

  

• Year 3 have been creating Punch and Judy Shows

  Tue 17 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers
  Well done to Year 3 have they have worked so hard on creating Punch and Judy puppets, theatres and playscripts which has been part of their Victorians topic. This week they are sharing their stories/plays with another Year group using the theatres and puppets too. I bet your audiences will be impressed. Super work everyone - we are proud of you - they certainly look fabulous! 

  

• Christmas Service at Christchurch

  Mon 16 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers

  I was also proud of our entire school during last week’s Christchurch assemblies. Not only did the children listen intently within a place of worship, but they also sang beautifully too! Thank you to our volunteers who assisted with walking the children there and a big thank you to Mrs Lowe for leading a wonderful service. 

  

• Year 3 Ukelele Concert

  Fri 13 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers
  Our Year 3s showcased their term's music learning with a real life audience this week and it was a real pleasure hearing them all play together. The children had surpassed Mrs Vaughan's expectations both from a playing perspective but also from the theory side of musical understanding too. The children were rightly proud of their achievements and our audience got to have a go as well. 

  

• Year 3 William Morris Printing

  Thu 12 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers

  I have been mightily impressed with our Year 3's William Morris style printing. As part of their Victorian topic they've been looking into the work of William Morris and found out a lot about him and his legacy. The children have copied aspects of his themes to create their own poly block printing pieces. As you can see from the pictures below, they worked hard to create them.

   

  

• Yr 6 Bikeablity

  Thu 12 Dec 2019 Miss Hunt and Kian Lawrence

  Year 6 are having a great time on their Bikeability sessions this week. So far, they have worked hard to learn how to signal, how to perform a U-turn and how to safely exit a junction. The children have all been very sensible and especially enjoyed going out on the slightly busier roads. They have one more day to gain their cycling proficiency level 2, so fingers crossed they will apply all of the skills that they have learnt so far this week.

   

  Everyone has shown excellent perseverance and has surprised themselves with how confident they really are!

  Here are a few quotes from the children themselves:

  “Bikeability is really fun but is tough in the rain and wind.”  Anna B

  “It is really fun and exciting! I have learnt a lot about road safety!”  Ethyn A

  “It is a lot of fun learning new things about bikes and road safety.” Evelyn B

  “Bikeability has taught me new things on how to keep safe on the road. Thank you for that Bikeablity.” Emily S

   

  Everyone has had a great week!

  

• Working hard at GBP

  Wed 11 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers

  It is always lovely seeing our children really involved in their learning - this walk around school during session time showed great levels of engagement.

  Well done everyone, very proud of you all. 

  

• A Midwife Crisis Production by KS1

  Wed 11 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers
  Wow what a marvellous first performance - like I said this morning I thought we had a travelling West End show at our school. The children acted confidently, sang beautifully and danced along to the songs so well too. It really helped us get into the Christmas spirit - a massive well done to you all. So many of you have come so far by getting out of your comfort zone and it is great to see you all shining on stage. We are all so chuffed about your achievements. I can't wait to see it again tomorrow morning at your second and final public performance!

  

• What a fabulous set of Christmas jumper designs!

  Wed 11 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers

  Our Christmas jumper designing competition has become a lovely tradition at our school thanks to Mrs Sheers who organises this each year....and wow, they all look fantastic - so unique and very carefully done as well! All of them are proudly displayed in our library area and our children will find out who has won next week - a small prize will be given to the best designers. It is going to be a real tough task for our judges - I wouldn't want to be in their shoes!

  Thank you Mrs Sheers for coordinating this and thank you to everyone who has entered. 

  

• Forest School Reindeers

  Fri 06 Dec 2019 Ms Rogers
  This young man was remarkably proud of his reindeer and quite rightly so. I think you can see that in his facial expression! Our Year 5 children have been making these in Forest School. I hope they all sit pride of place when you finally take them home as they are all truly remarkable - each one having a lovely unique personality!