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Christmas Jumper Day

Christmas Jumper DaySchool Council have organised a Christmas Jumper Day on Wednesday 17th December. The idea is that the children replace their school jumper with a Christmas jumper for the day.

This is a nationwide initiative with all proceeds going to Save the Children.

School Council came up with the following guidance:

  • Please can children bring a donation of £2 to school in a named envelope
  • Children can wear a Christmas jumper to school on 17th December (the jumper can be home-made)
  • If children do not have a Christmas jumper they can wear Christmas colours to school on that day
  • Please do not wear trainers or high heeled shoes or boots to school

Reptile Life

Yesterday the whole school were joined by Rob and Johnny from Reptile Life. Every child from Nursery to Year 6 had the opportunity to learn about the habitats of a wide range of animals including Charlotte, a Chilean rose tarantula, Dave the royal python, Walter the Burmese python) and a barn owl named Dexter. Children were also able to handle the animals.

Here are some comments from Class 4,

“I really enjoyed this animal project! Most of us got to hold a whole python that was 3.4m long which is amazing!”

“I  liked seeing the animals, the python was 3.4ms long. Charlotte was a tarantula; they can live until they are 15 or 16, and male tarantulas can only live until they are 5 or 6! Thank you Rob and Johnny for letting us hold and stroke the animals!”

“I really enjoyed today, I learnt new facts and got to be close up to wild animals. My favourite animal was the the tenrec, they are adorable.”

Please see individual class blogs for more photos.

What did you learn? Which animal did you hold? How did it feel?

School Journey 2014

b60e087b1e8e1a5544d283eba22c7ab1_400x400Year 6 have just returned from a very exciting few days of challenge, adventure and, above all, fun at the annual outdoor residential at Marchants Hill, Surrey.

The children were, as ever, incredibly well behaved and a credit to the school.

Thanks to Miss Fullana, Mr Scott, Mrs Rees and Sara for giving up their own free time last week and making it another very successful school journey. The right balance of fun, challenge and encouragement is so important on these trips, and the children further develop persistence and independence, as well as a host of skills with each of the 20+ activities. To keep 25 children happy, laughing and engaged for 5 long days, which for many was their first time away from home, takes skill and dedication from the attending teachers.

It is something which the children will remember for a long time. The photos are on the Class 6 Blog.

And, of course, the PGL leader said we were her best group ever!