Our School Value for May is Cooperation.
Our Core Values: Hope, Trust, Courage & Perseverance, Respect, Cooperation, Responsibility, Kindness & Friendship, Honesty, Peace and Understanding.
We explore our core values in our school and class assemblies and look out for them in our daily practice, earning Values Vouchers and Beads as we go.
Science week this year kicked off with a blast, as we welcomed Fizzy Dizzy to our class assembly. Lots of our children are excited about joining the after school science club after the Easter holiday.
There are so many fantastic activities this week and some very interesting visitors planned. Check back for photo updates throughout the week. Even more photos can be found in our Gallery.
Today's assembly was like an Achievement Assembly; we had so many reasons to congratulate our amazing children.
Congratulations to 'Ireland House' for winning the Caleigh Dance Inter-House Competition. Every house danced brilliantly and the judges had a difficult decision to make. We have uploaded the winning dance to our Video Resource Centre.
As normal, we congratulated children from each class for their accomplishments and achievements this week, as spotted by their class teachers and adults. There were so many fantastic reasons and values.
We also congratulated some of our Year 4 children who competed in a local Spelling Bee competition. The children have been working extremely hard learning their word lists and we are delighted to have come first and second place! We will proudly be the first winners to have our name inscribed on the trophy. A special congratulations to Elodie, who was the overall individual spelling champion.
Today's assembly was also a chance to congratulate the many children who have achieved 100% attendance this term. Two lucky children have won free club entries to Super Stars Easter Holiday Club and our upcoming Science Club respectively.
This week was Sport Relief Week and on behalf of the whole school, we thank our Sports Councillors for organising a very successful raffle and running lunchtime activities for the children. We will let you know how much money has been raised and donated to Sport Relief - thank you all! In assembly, we drew the raffle and there were some fantastic prizes won and some very happy children. Our Sports Councillors also chose someone from each class who they felt has been very sporty and active this week.
Continuing on a sport theme, well done to some of our Year 5 & 6 children who took part in a tag rugby competition at Luctonians. Our team played some fantastic rugby and narrowly missed out on progressing through the quarter finals.
A very busy week - with Science Week next week still to come!
Today we met several new people; Firstly Jan and Hannah, who are German students visiting the area and local schools. Secondly, our children met Paul Baines, who has created a sculpture called 'Road Spill'. Finally, in assembly, we met some Ancient Egyptians.
It was great welcoming Jan and Hannah to the school, who will be back again tomorrow to spend time with Year 5 & 6 and Nursery. Today they spent time with 3 & 4 and 1 & 2. It was great seeing the children ask so many questions and learning new words - our visitors were very impressed.
Paul Baines's piece of art was a great inspiration as we have set our own challenge for our children over the Easter holiday to create their own piece of art using recycled materials. We can't wait to see what the children come up with! All of the materials Paul used in his work were found in and around Kington and it was an interesting wake-up call for many.
Year 4 shared a very funny assembly today in which they shared with the school how people were mummified in Ancient Egyptian times. The children did a great job at entertaining the school through their acting and their catchy Tutankhamun song. Year 3 are going to be sharing some more Egyptian work after the holiday.
We had our 4th Enrichment Day of the year and the children were engaged in a number of excellent activities. The children enjoyed being in their mixed aged groups and produced some fantastic dramas, art work, food and animations. Children also learned more about the UK and played some great multiplayer sports.
We held our World Book Day today. Although it was a week later than planned, it was worth waiting for to see how much effort our children had put into their costumes and characters. Many children have read with their Buddy Classes today and shared a good book.
Our Head Teacher Award sticker assembly was hard to get used to, with so many costumed characters walking up the hall to collect their stickers and House Point badges. We also thanked our two student teachers; Mr Davies, who was been working with Year 1 and Miss Davies, who has been working in Year 4.
Well done to you all for making it a great, fun day!
It was a difficult decision to have to keep the school closed today. However we are extremely grateful to all the staff, members of the community and Maurice Hazelman, of KBS, for giving up their morning to help clear the school playground and site. A special mention for Mr Welson, who came in over the weekend too! Time for a well deserved cup of tea!
We are looking forward to opening Tuesday 6th March.