On Thursday 14th December, most of the pupils visited the Pantomime. The yearly visit to the pantomime gives our children the opportunity to visit a theatre and see a theatrical performance. The children, as usual, were perfectly well behaved and we had a brilliant time. Thank you to parents for supporting our annual visit to the pantomime.
We have seen some amazing Christmas performances in the last week. On Friday, Nursery were treated to a lovely Nativity Play with traditional carols. On Tuesday and Wednesday the Reception children performed a wonderful Christmas Nativity Play . On Wednesday afternoon, the Year 1 children in Mrs Pollard’s sang beautifully performing Christmas Carols to their parents. Thank you to all parents who came and supported their children.
On December the 8th, the choir visited the Bishop King Church Centre and took part in the local community Nativity, organised by the Freshney Forward Group. The children loved singing for the people of the local community.
We visited Chatteris House residential home on Monday 11th December to sing Christmas Carols. The residents really enjoyed our singing and the children were amazed when they had a surprise visit from Father Christmas!
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On November 10th the whole school celebrated Diwali for the Day. The children learnt the story of Diwali, created Diwali art and they all took part in Indian Dance Workshops.
On Thursday 2nd November, Year 5 visited the Victorian School Museum at Barton for a day of learning from the past. They had a great day of learning in a Victorian style.
On 13th November, the school took part in Anti-Bullying Week. Children came to school dressed in odd socks and learnt that everyone is different and that we need to be accepting of each other’s differences.
On November 9th, we had a visit from the Imagination Theatre company who performed Wind in The Willows. The whole school watched a wonderful performance and some of the children even took part in the play, playing rats and the police. The children loved the performance and then completed some amazing work about the story.
On 10th October, the whole school celebrated World Mental Health Day. We all dressed up in something yellow to mark the day. The children took part in many activities and discussions, including what makes us unique, how to talk about mental health to others, how to improve our mental health and who you can go to for help.
We would like to say a big ‘Hello’, to our new attendance mascot, Harold. Harold will visit classrooms in the school when they have great attendance. Children who improve their attendance will have a chance to visit Harold.
We have also been promoting good attendance with lights outside each classroom door. Every day the light will be turned to red, amber or green according to the attendance for the class. All of the classes are trying hard to be green every day and Harold is visiting them when they are green.