A great effort from our Year 5/6 boys football team on Wednesday in the inter-schools football tournament at Clee Fields Football Pitches. They worked together well as a team and did the school proud. Well done boys 👏
On Thursday 24th September, Year 4 visited the River Freshney to learn about rivers, wildlife and water safety. We were joined by the very informative James Elliott, otherwise known as the Canoe River Cleaner. The children enjoyed finding out about what James does and went on a wildlife walk. The pupils were inquisitive and asked excellent questions and were knowledgeable about rivers. They were a credit to the school. You can read it on James’s post on Facebook here. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1P6Ve1uz6E/
We had an amazing time raising money for the LCH charity on Friday. Here is a video of the fun we had!
Today Reception to Year 6 took part in a Colour Dash Fun Run in aid of the LCH charity. The children had an amazing time running around the field to raise money and loved getting covered in paint for a good cause. Thank you to parents for supporting the fund raising.
On Thursday 11th June, the whole school celebrated Empathy Day. The children read books which made them think about other people’s feelings and thought about putting themselves in other people’s shoes. Some of the classes took part in on line webinars with author’s who write thought-provoking children’s literature.
Today we have introduced collaborative outdoor play at lunchtime. The children are able to take part in activities such as den-building, obstacle course making, sports activities and team building games. A team of Year 5 Sports Leaders supported the other children to share, talk respectfully and work together to play. The sports leaders were a credit to themselves and made sure lunchtime ran smoothly from start to finish. We played in the rain and everyone still had a brilliant time. I bet everyone will be looking forward to coming to school tomorrow to do it all again!
Today, our school council met with Evie, Finn and Luke from North East Lincolnshire Council to discuss Willows Park. The council wanted to get the views of the pupils on what they want the park to look like as the council has been granted funding to update play facilities.
The children told the council what they think is wrong with the park at the moment. They feel unsafe sometimes, that there is not a lot to do and that it is not well maintained with litter and broken facilities. The children spoke about what they would really like to see in the park which included a large climbing frame, a skateboard area, new zipline and swings.
The school has run a competition to design a new park and the councillors decided on two winners for the competition; Alayah in Year 6 and Isobelle in Year 3.
The councillors really listened to the views of the pupils and said that our pupils were brilliant to work with. They said it was a pleasure to speak to them as they had mature, thoughtful ideas which were inclusive of everyone. They said the pupils concentrated all the way through the meeting which went on for over an hour and they will definitely take their veiws into consideration.
The children were enthralled by the sound of a string quartet in school on May 6th. Playground Proms took over the hall and performed a number of exciting classical tunes with the children cheering, clapping and dancing along. It was an unforgettable experience for our pupils to see such a live performance in their own school hall. At the end of the performance, the children were asked if they thought classical music was boring and they all agreed that it is not! It was an incredible event that I am sure the children will never forget.
Please read the newsletter for May to see some of the amazing things that have been happening in school. You can also read this on our letters page.
