Just before February half term, we held our annual Art week, all the classes had the opportunity to draw a self-portrait – these drawings have provided a fantastic display in our main corridor to represent the family of our school. Each class has also been engaged in some additional art activities looking at different artists – an exciting week of art.
World Book Day was on Thursday 5th March – the children had the opportunity to come dressed as a character from a book (or in non-uniform if they preferred). As always there was a great array of costumes and the fun of guessing what characters they had come as. . This year, we also held a ‘Cook for Books’ cake sale at the end of the day to raise some money to buy some sets of class reading books.
Fox Class headed off to Narnia (in the Abbey), the children had helped prepare some of the exhibition, so it was great for them to take part in the workshop based around the book. They imagined themselves as evacuees and ventured through the wardrobe door. They all had a wonderful experience.
There has been much excitement in Squirrel Class with the arrival of eggs and an incubator. All the children in school had the opportunity to predict which egg would hatch first and we did not have to wait long as the chicks started to hatch two days later. I kept popping in to have a look to see how they were getting on and it was lovely to see the children’s joy.
As I write this, I am currently enjoying the delights of the Woodlands Centre with Owl class and Mrs Eacopo on their residential in the Brecon Beacons. Apart from being just a little damp, we have had a great time canoeing, climbing, caving and mountain walking. Of course the biggest challenge of the week was to make our own beds – I am still have a smile about their antics even now. As always this is a great week to challenge and push ourselves past our comfort zones. I am proud of the whole group.
Russell Leigh
Headteacher