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UK Astronomy Visit

Fri 25 Oct 2019 Serena Courtney

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a visit from UK Astronomy on Thursday 14th November. The team will be working with our pupils throughout the day then in the evening from 6.00pm we are inviting our families, friends and neighbours into school to share a fascinating evening with hopefully some star gazing.

FOS are generously supporting the visit and will be providing refreshments including jacket potatoes and mulled wine.

Please spread the word and join us for another very special event in our school.

Attendance w/e Friday 25th October 2019

Fri 25 Oct 2019 Iola Seaton-Reid

Whole School Attendance Week ending Friday 25th October 2019

997.86% (Authorised 1.19%, Unauthorised 0.95%

By Class:

Butterflies -.99.09%

Robins - 98.52%

Badgers - 97.39%

Class 4 Owls - 95%

Whole School Attendance Year to Friday 25th October 2019

97.38% (Authorised 1.77%, Unauthorised 0.85%)

Attendance w/e Friday 18th October 2019

Fri 18 Oct 2019 Iola Seaton-Reid

Whole School Attendance Week ending Friday 18th October 2019

95.24% (Authorised 3.57%, Unauthorised 0.19%

By Class:

Butterflies -.92.73%

Robins - 98.89%

Badgers - 94.78%

Class 4 Owls - 92.50%

Whole School Attendance Year to Friday 18th October 2019

97.31% (Authorised 1.86%, Unauthorised 0.83%)

Visit by the New Mozart Orchestra

Tue 15 Oct 2019 Iola Seaton-Reid

We were delighted to welcome members of the New Mozart Orchestra to our school this morning. They told us the story of Hansel and Gretel through the beautiful music by Engelbert Humperdinck and words read by a narrator. Our pupils had learnt the words to Hansel and Gretel's Dance and sang with the orchestra accompanied by Theo on the piano.

Clive Fairbairn, the orchestra's conductor, also took time to introduce each section of the orchestra to the audience with individual artists talking about their instrument and demonstrating the sound and range.

We were pleased to welcome parents and members of the village to share this very special event.

Hopes & Dreams Week

Fri 11 Oct 2019 Caroline Witton

We had our first ‘Hopes & dreams’ week this week and the children have been full of exciting stories about the work they have done.

The children have had some interesting discussions, answering some BIG questions about their own hopes and dreams and their hopes and dreams for the world. Most of their work is displayed in the classrooms and the children’s hopes and dreams for the world are hung on the tree outside my office. You are more than welcome to pop in after school and have a look.

The children have made dream catchers, decorations to show our values, dream bottles and many other things across the week. I’m sure the children will share this with you.

We also had 'hobby afternoon' on Thursday. The children had the opportunity to show their hobby and explain to each class everything about their hobby. We were very proud of the children’s ability to eloquently articulate information about their hobby. There was also some great questioning from children who wanted to know even more!

The week ended with Mrs Allen’s pop-up church in the hall. Sitting comfortably on bean bags and cushions in a circle, with eyes closed, children were encouraged to reflect quietly on the work they had done for hopes and dreams so far. They then chose a hope or dream for themselves, their family or the world and drew or wrote their idea on a cloud and fastened it to a balloon. Standing in a circle they were invited to join in with a prayer before releasing their balloons to the ceiling. The balloons were not released outside due to the possible environmental impact. The children sat and listened to a song about light, hopes and dreams whilst reflecting on their experiences.

Attendance w/e Friday 11th October 2019

Fri 11 Oct 2019 Iola Seaton-Reid

Whole School Attendance Week ending Friday 11th October 2019

98.10%

By Class:

Butterflies - 94.55%

Robins - 100%

Badgers - 98.26%

Class 4 Owls - 100%

Whole School Attendance Year to Friday 11th October 2019

97.68% (Authorised 1.55%, Unauthorised 0.77%)

Attendance w/e Friday 4th October 2019

Fri 04 Oct 2019 Iola Seaton-Reid

Whole School Attendance Week ending Friday 4th October 2019

96.79%

By Class:

Class 1 Butterflies - 96.36%

Class 2 Robins - 98.89%

Class 3 Badgers - 93.04%

Class 4 Owls - 100%

Whole School Attendance Year to Friday 4th October 2019

97.59% (Authorised 1.73%, Unauthorised 0.67%)