With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.
This annual event aims to be a joyful celebration of the power of sharing stories. The children marked the occasion in their house meetings where they created their own stories together using picture cards for inspiration. They worked so well together and conjured some very imaginative stories! Pupils then shared some picture books together in their family groups.
We had a surprise visitor in school recently! Father Christmas came to spread some festive cheer and even share some stories with the children. What a lovely day!
Year 5 invited Father Bill into class this week to talk about the sacrament of marriage. We have been considering the big question “Is commitment important?” as part of our RE work.
We discussed the meaning of commitment and Father Bill explained the details of a marriage ceremony, including the promises made, the blessing of the rings and the nuptial blessing. We also discussed our favourite hymns and readings that might be used.
The children in Nursery had great fun joining in activities for World Nursery Rhyme Week. They did a fantastic job of singing the rhymes and copying the actions.
This week, Year 5 attended a dodgeball event at Temple Park. All of the children tried very hard and worked brilliantly in their teams. Well done, Year 5!
Key Stage 2 classes recently took part in a virtual visit from award-winning author, Hannah Gold.
During the virtual visit, Hannah spoke about her bestselling books The Last Bear and The Lost Whale. She also introduced the children to her highly anticipated third book, Finding Bear. Hannah spoke about her exciting work and the background to her latest book, as well as answering pupils’ questions in a Q&A session.
Some of the children enjoyed listening to Hannah so much that they were motivated to write their own animal stories inspired by Finding Bear.
Last week, Year 5 had a special History workshop.
We explored the lives of Anglo Saxon monks which is part of our History topic this term. Richard really brought the past to life as he shared many aspects of Anglo Saxon times with us.
Just as Richard intended, we learned lots and we had lots of fun!
Here is a selection of photos of the children enjoying their brilliant afternoon:
The Book Fair will be arriving in school soon, with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy.
There are over 200 titles to choose from, with prices starting from £2.99. We have requested lower cost books and value packs to hopefully provide a range of more affordable choices. This is sure to be an exciting event and every book that is bought at the fair can help to get free books for our school library! As always, your support is greatly appreciated but there is no obligation to make a purchase.
You can browse the book fair highlights using this link:
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We will have the Book Fair in school from Friday 13th October until Wednesday 18th October.
Pupils are invited to bring some money into school if they wish and visit the book fair with their teachers during school time on the following days:
Three teams of pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 enjoyed competing at Monkton Stadium in the Quadkids Athletics event last week. There were some brilliant results in the 75m sprint, 600m, howler throw and standing long jump. Everyone tried so hard and should be extremely pleased with their performances. Team A placed 5th out of a staggering 48 teams!
Most importantly, I was very proud to see everyone supporting each other with lots of enthusiasm and kind words. The children had buckets of positive energy and it was a delight to hear them cheering each other on.
A huge ‘well done’ from Mrs Usher 🙂
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