Well done to all our attendance winners for this half term. Children with 100% attendance this half term received a bronze certificate and their names were entered into the attendance raffle. There were also prizes for children with excellent attendance this half term and a prize for the child with the most improved attendance. Well done everyone and keep up the hard work coming to school every day. 

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Newsletter - Autumn 1

At our first Steering Group meeting, the Ambassadors were asked to design a new Ambassador badge. Their designs were really good and after a very difficult decision Zahyan's beautiful design was chosen. Here he is feeling very proud to have his design printed ready to wear for all the Ambassadors.

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A huge thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us for our Diwali Showcase!

The children had a wonderful time celebrating the Festival of Lights. They enjoyed making clay divas, creating beautiful rangoli patterns, designing henna art, listening to traditional music, and learning all about the Diwali story.

It was a joyful celebration filled with colour, creativity, and togetherness. We loved seeing our school community come together to share in this special cultural event.

This week, Year 1 went on a wonderful Geography trip to Minet Country Park! We put on our coats and set off to be real geographers.

At the park, we looked carefully for human and physical features. We spotted trees, ponds, and hills, which are all physical features made by nature. We also saw human features like paths, bridges, benches, and car parks that people have built.

Our enquiry question for the day was:

“Are there enough signposts in Minet Country Park?”

We worked in teams to look around and count how many signposts we could find. Some groups thought there were plenty, but others noticed that it was easy to get a little lost! We had great discussions about how signs help people find their way and why they are important in parks.

When we came back to class, we used everything we had seen to draw our own maps of the park. We added the paths, trees, ponds, and even remembered to include a key for our symbols — just like real cartographers!

Everyone had such a fun time learning outdoors and using their geography skills in the real world. Well done, Year 1 Geographers!

We were pleased to welcome so many of our Year 1 parents/carers to learn about phonics and how we teach reading through the Read, Write, Inc. scheme.

Parents/carers attended a workshop at the start of their morning, before spending time in their child's phonics lesson.

We look forward to running more phonics workshops for parents/carers in other year groups after half-term.

A huge well done to our amazing group of eight Year 2 children who represented our school at the Panathlon competition this week. They showed fantastic teamwork, determination and sportsmanship throughout the event and we’re thrilled to share that they came away with the bronze medal! We’re so proud of all their hard work and the children said they had a great day. Well done!

This week, each Year 2 class took part in an energetic Taekwondo taster session. Led by a skilled instructor, the children were introduced to some of the basic movements and techniques of the sport, including kicks and balance work. The taster sessions encouraged important values such as respect, focus, and self-discipline all of which link closely to our school values. The hall was filled with enthusiasm and determination as pupils challenged themselves and celebrated each other’s successes. The Year 2 children really enjoyed the taster sessions.