Week Ending 15th June 2007

Our class gardens are looking good now. Hedgehog class were able to eat some of the radishes from their garden, organically grown of course! The Squirrel class garden has a sea-side theme and is looking great!
We had a Sharing Assembly on Tuesday. The children showed their special work and spoke up in big voices to tell us about why they had been chosen. One five year old read his whole reading book beautifully.
On Wednesday we had our cookery evening which was well attended. Our kitchen manager Tania Watkin did a fantastic job demonstrating some barbeque and picnic recipes.How does she do it? It all tasted delicious. Most of the recipes are in our school cook book, available for £5 from the school office.
There was great excitement on Wednesday when our caterpillars arrived in the post. Each child in Foundation stage or keystage one has their own caterpillar in a container so they can observe how they grow and change. More about this in the next few weeks.
As part of our Geography work we have sent Barnaby Bear to Turkey and Travelling Hedgehog to the Isle of Wight with some of our children. We are hoping that they bring back photos and tell us about their experiences.
Our village carnival is in a couple of weeks. Work has started on our float and places have been allocated. Children have been very busy preparing items. The theme for the floats is 'Adverts.' Which advert are we using? Shh It's top secret!

Week Ending 8th June 2007

Our first week back after half term and a busy one too! We have been so lucky this week to have a student on work experience from Vandyke Upper School. She has been working with children in every class and will be sorely missed by adults and children alike. It's been another sporty week in Badgers Class. They started their first swimming lesson at Tiddenfoot pool in Leighton Buzzard and began a block of six cricket coaching sessions on Wednesday run by a Community Cricket Coach. Two of Badgers Class took part in The Race for Life at Campbell Park, Milton Keynes on Sunday. Congratulations to them both!
A great time was had by all on the Rabbits Class trip to The Science Museum in London. It was very hands-on and the children produced some lovely reports on their return.
Finally HSA are looking forward to their Cookery Evening on Wednesday 13th June. Remember to get your tickets from the school office. All proceeds are going towards purchasing laptops for the school.

Week Ending 25th May 2007

This week was very exciting as all of Mrs Norton's hard work paid off with the school being awarded Artsmark Silver.

We celebrated the last week of half term in style by the children completing a sponsored walk, to raise money for laptops. The School Council had this fantastic idea.

Rabbits had a sad week as it was the last week of golf which they enjoyed immensely. All is not lost though as Miss Wells attended a Tri-golf course and tried hard! Miss Wells also attended a maths course to keep up to date with the latest Government changes in numeracy. What a busy teacher!

The children and teachers in Rabbits and Badgers have worked very hard completing their SATS.

Week Ending 18th May 2007

The end of another busy week at school!We had a busy Sharing Assembly on Tuesday. Many Parents came to see their children explain why they had been chosen and show their lovely work. We had a visit from Keith Scott, our Education Officer who enjoyed his look around our school. We also had several visits from prospective parents.
The Home School Association had a meeting. They have lots of ideas for forthcoming events- our summer fayre, the cookery evening and the village carnival. Plans are being made for our carnival float.
Hedgehog class have been planting seeds in their garden. They hope to have another bumper crop of vegetables like last year! Some classes have been busy with their Sats. These should be finished next week. On Friday Mrs Matthews was able to take the class photos and one of the whole school. Thank goodness the sun was shining!

Week Ending 11th May 2007

A short week due to Bank HolidayMonday, but still plenty happening. The children in Hedgehog class have had fun observing snails as part of their finding out about the world lesson. Rabbit class continue to improve with their golf skills, Nick the coach (professional golfer) said that the children are progressing well with quite a few budding golfers! Badger class have been busy making Roman shields as part of their History lesson, they will be on display in their classroom.
Mrs Hounslow has been showing prospective parents around the School.
After School Club has become so popular Mrs McLaurie has been appointed to assist Mrs Barker and Mrs Cooney. We will soon need extra help at Breakfast club!
Due to wet weather the Class photographs will now take place next Friday weather permitting!
Our Friday afternoon ICT club still has places if you would like to come and join us.
The School Council were keen to organise a collection for the Blue Peter Shoe Biz Appeal, they have managed to collect 114 pairs of shoes so far.

Week Ending 4th May 2007

What another busy week at our school! Due to such glorious weather at the start of the week, Hedgehogs were able to visit our pond and enjoyed looking at the tadpoles. Rabbits and Badgers were also able to study outside. Rabbits investigated the nature trail as part of their RE topic - The Earth. Badgers are still looking at local habitats in science and this week they also had a walk around the nature trail to collect animals to study closely in class.
During our first Sharing assembly of the term, children from every class were able to tell us all about the wonderful work they have been doing. What an energetic week too! Rabbits have continued with their tennis and golf lessons. Even Mrs. Hounslow has been keeping fit on a PE course.

Week Ending 27th April 2007

We have had a busy week this week starting with tennis for Rabbits on Monday and Tuesday. Miss Wells went to Northfields for a tag rugby course which she thoroughly enjoyed! Badgers have been pond dipping as they are studying habitats in science. On Tuesday the HSA have planned some exciting events for this term. Also the School Council met on Friday to begin to organise a sponsored walk to raise money for laptop computers for the children to use in the classrooms. Last but not least we would like to welcome a new family to our school who started on Monday.