Parents

Mother’s Day Lunch

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Community, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

Today children and mums (and grandmums) enjoyed a belated Mother’s Day lunch.  Rachel, the cook, prepared a roast chicken dinner followed by sticky toffee pudding and custard.  There were lots of empty plates and very full tummies! It was lovely seeing so many of you join us for this special lunch.

Signs Of Spring At Hall Farm

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, Trips

The Kingfisher Class visited Hall Farm today looking for signs of Spring. The children followed the farm trail and they saw daffodils, buds on trees, lambs and calves. The children were allowed to feed the baby lambs using a bottle of milk; they really enjoyed doing this and the lambs were very hungry. The children also visited the café […]

Rats Make an Appearance at Assembly!

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Owls, Parents

It was the turn of Owls class to host the assembly on Friday.  The children shared some poetry work, including Kennings and list poems and they also performed ‘A Dinosaur Rap’. The newest additions namely Fudge & Dusty (the class rats)  made an appearance and the children explained how to care for them.  They also […]

World Book Day

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

Today the children and staff celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed as their favourite book character. The day started with a parade in the playground, looking at the different costumes and characters. The children then took part in different activities in their house groups. Miss Jones provided an activity based on Maths […]

Road Safety Check

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Community, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

The JRSO’s carried out a road safety check. They wanted to see if children and parents were travelling to school safely. They looked for parents parking correctly, children walking and crossing the road correctly, children riding their scooters or bicycles safely and wearing a cycle helmet. The JRSO’s were pleased with what they saw but have […]

Spencer Bear’s Birthday

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, Parents

This week Kingfisher Class have been very busy. On Monday they received a letter from Spencer Bear’s Mum asking them to organise a birthday party for Spencer Bear. The children created invitations, sorted items for party bags, wrote their own recipes for a birthday cake, made birthday cards, wrote a list of items needed for the […]

JRSO’s Speed Check

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Community, JRSO, Parents, Swans

The JRSO’s joined the Community Speed Awareness Team for a speed check outside the Black Horse Public House. The JRSO’s watched how the camera was used and were told what information was needed like the car registration number and make of car. The JRSO’s watched the cars and noted down any information they could, they had […]

ABC Pre School Visit

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Community, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, Visitors

Mrs Simmons brought the children from Abc Pre School  to visit Kingfisher Class. These children will be starting school in September 2016. These sessions give the children the opportunity to become familiar with the school environment and get to meet their teacher. The children will visit every Monday afternoon for the rest of the school year. The children had lots […]

Safer Internet Day

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Curriculum, Parents

Yesterday the children took part in many activities associated with Safer Internet Day.  Learning new songs, creating posters and discussing ways they can stay safe on line. We consider www.thinkuknow.co.uk website to be a good source if you wanted to discuss this topic further.

Windy Forest Schools

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, Trips

Children in Kingfisher Class got to go on their second session of Forest Schools but this time it was very windy but not cold. The children remembered the Forest Schools rules and followed them. The children worked in groups to make dens and even had their snack in their dens. The children explored the forest, finding […]

Volcano Magic

by | 1 Jan 2016 | Owls, Parents, Science

It was the turn of the Owls to share their work with the Parents at Friday’s assembly. They showed some photos and explained what they had been doing in gymnastics, shared some amazing writing and showed some work which they were particularly proud of.  However, the highlight of the assembly, had to be ‘Science in […]

School Council Presents….

by | 1 Jan 2016 | Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

The School Council presented to the ‘Parent Forum’ meeting the new ideas for dealing with behaviour in the school. They had already gathered ideas from all the classes on what behaviour charts the children would like to be seen in school, together with a clear rewards and consequences system.  In their School Council meeting they […]