The pupils have voted for their new student ambassadors. The student ambassadors allow the pupils in school to have a say on many issues and make an impact on school life. This week they have already been thinking about ways to improve playtimes and lunchtimes.
Mrs Wood has chosen new reading ambassadors to support pupils throughout the school with reading. The reading ambassadors visited the beautiful, new reading shed which is located near the playground. The children will be using the reading shed to enjoy reading during lunchtime and playtime.
Nursery have had the cutest visitors this week. Eggs arrived on the 24th April and by the end of the week we had eight chicks in the nursery. The children have enjoyed watching them grow and change and learning all about them. We sadly had to say goodbye to them today but have loved having them with us.
This week the children have come back to an awesome surprise. We have got new playground markings on our play ground. We hope the children are enjoying playing with them.
We had a fantastic time at the end of last term celebrating Easter. We had some amazing entires to our Easter bonnet competition and to our egg designing competition.
We visited St Micheal’s Church On Thursday 30th March for an Easter celebration. The children sang beautifully, read the Easter story, prayers and poems. We were joined by Reverend Jenny Camm. We were very proud of the children and had a lovely celebration.
KS2 at Great Coates are currently in an Accelerated Reader Word Count Competition! The children read books and are then quizzed, electronically using the Accelerated Reader Programme. For every book quiz passed the children’s word count is added to the class total! The children in the winning class will each win a prize the child with the highest word count in each year group will win a large Easter egg! The teachers will also nominate a student who has made the most effort in their class. So far most of our Key Stage 2 classes have read over 1 million words and one class has read 3 and a half million. The children are getting very competitive.
If you require any information regarding Waddles Nursery please see our poster attached.
On 3rd March we celebrated World Book Day. It was a brilliant day. The children have shared their favourite books, learnt about the Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho, and done some incredible writing, reading and artwork. At the end of the day, the children moved around the school and chose a book they would love to hear read from a different teacher.
Here are two peoms written by some of our children, in the style of Joseph Coelho, on World Book Day
What I Like to Eat
A little bit of poppadom,
a little bit of pringles crunching while I mingle.
A little bit of lollies and a little bot of spice, tingling in my mouth while I catch mice.
A little bit of plum and a little bit of cream
swirling in my mouth in my dream.
A little bit of bourbon, a little bit of hot chocolate `hot` ` hot` 1 sip and I am done .
A little bit of apple, a little bit of watermelon
`yum` ` yum` in my tum
Marnie.M and Summer.K
Hopefully that’s enough for me
A little bit of ice cream, a little bit of jelly,
hopefully it all fits in my belly,
A little bit of nacho, a little bit of cheese ,
hopefully that’s enough for me,
A little bit of pizza a little bit of chicken
I will eat it like I I’m wild,
A little bit of chocolate ,a little bit of cookie,
hopefully it doesn’t taste yucky,
A little bit of cake a little bit of custard,
if mum walks in I’ll be busted
Max
We have been SO lucky! We have had a visit from our friends at Morrisons. Our school has been nominated to receive fabulous books donated from Head Office. Thanks to everyone that suggested our school. The books are a welcome addition to our library.
On Friday 27th January a group of Year 5 and 6 children visited Fierce Elite Cheerleading Academy for a day of cheerleading workshops. The pupils spent the afternoon preparing and performing a cheerleading routine and had an amazing time.