KS1 Christmas Nativity

 The KS1 nativity this year was 'It's a baby!'  The children have had a huge amount of fun practising for their nativity and learning new songs.  They did extremely well learning all their lines by heart. 

Well done superstars!

Year 4 at the fire pit

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Postman visit in Foundation Stage

Wrens and Robins have been reading and learning all about The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg. This week we were lucky enough to have a real life postman visit our classroom! Mr Bains told us all about his job: how the letters get sorted, why we have to put a stamp on, what happens to parcels if people are not in and what happens to letters for different countries. He also showed and told us about special postman equipment, including different coats for different weather, special grips for his shoes if it snows and a 'letter peg' which makes sure dogs don't bite his fingers through the letterboxes! The children were very keen to find out about life as a postman, although we decided that we wouldn't like to get up at 4.30am! Thank you Mr Bains for coming to visit FS2. 

Girls football

On a bitterly cold Thursday 24th November some of the Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils took part in a Girls' Football Competition at Woodlands School and played against a variety of other schools. Isla and Imogen did a great job in defense making sure the other teams didn't score through some super challenges. Ellen was brilliant in goal, clearing the ball from her area to her team mates. Molly had a great attitude and Tessa was a great team player, always stopping the ball from going the wrong way. Charlie received woman of the match and despite the ball hitting her twice in the same place, played very well. Isabelle was great at communicating to her team in defense and Kayla was happy to play in any position required. Fern was very competitive and worked superbly as a member of the team. We had a great time at the competition and can't wait to play again!

By Elle

Year 5 visit Tutbury

On Thursday 24th November Year 5 headed to Tutbury Castle for the day to meet the Queen! The children were welcomed by Queen Elizabeth herself, who then told the children some fascinating facts such as: she used to wear thick white makeup to cover up small pox, she came to the throne in 1558 and ruled England for almost 45 years, when she got angry she would throw her shoes at people and many more. A lovely gentleman named Mike showed us around and told us many interesting facts about the Tudor period which has been our topic this term. We loved our trip to Tutbury and would love to go there again.

By Sofia and Alice

FS nativity trip

On Thursday 24th November, Christmas really started in FS2 as Robins and Wrens went on a Nativity trip! We walked a long way to St John's Church, where we listened very carefully to the story of the Nativity. We found out that sometimes the best presents don't have to look fabulous, and we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus, as well as learning a new song all about parties. Then we did some craft activities before walking all the way back to school again. What a lovely day and well done to all the Robins and Wrens :)

Shoe Box appeal

Many, many thanks to children and families who kindly put together a shoebox full of gifts for children in a third world country. You kindness will bring an enormous amount of happiness to a young child. The boxes have been collected, packed into the boot by our fantastic School Council, and are now on their way to bring a big smile to a young child at Christmas. Thank you. Click here if you would like to understand more about this wonderful gift.