Dear Parents/Carers

It’s been a busy week, ‘Learning to Live’.  

House Poetry at the infants was wonderful this week. Many children from each class participated and several reception children bravely joined in too! The children performed a range of poems; from nature poems and funny rhymes to original acrostics and riddles. Very well done to everyone who joined in and shared their poems. Please do look at Tapestry to see a few photos of this exciting house event. Well done, too, to all the children who have been enjoying poems this term but decided they weren’t quite ready yet to read them to such a big audience – there’s always next year!  

Meanwhile, at the juniors, Year 6 had a very special visitor – Clare Brunet returned to school to demonstrate a sheep’s heart dissection as part of their Wonderful Life Topic. They were fascinated and asked brilliant questions. Year 3 finished the week with an Ancient Greek Day to really immerse the children in the learning for their current topic. The children and staff looked brilliant dressed up for the occasion. They got a real feel for the differences between how we live today compared to how the ancient Greeks lived, as well as reinforcing their understanding of just how forward-thinking the ancient Greeks were. They had a taste of the Olympics, the foods that were eaten and drama too. 

Sadly, there’s been a couple of sport fixture cancellations this week; but the year 5 football team had their first fixture of the season on Tuesday away at Boxgrove. The boys played brilliantly as a team and despite a losing scoreline represented the school really well. The girls also enjoyed playing netball at Burpham Primary. 

The Year 6 Sports Crew have been working towards their Silver Badge. On Monday, they visited the infants and delivered 3 different games to Beech Class, which focused on teamwork, agility and skills. Everyone had lots of fun and the Year 1 children gave the Sports Crew some fantastic feedback. 

Remember that next Friday is our second Fluffy of the year. We’re all excited to see so many imaginative activities on offer! Please remember to send in £1 on the day (or make a payment on Parentpay) so that we can keep this running each term. 

It was wonderful to see the blue sky at times this week. Despite a few cold starts, the beauty of the school’s location on these cold, crisp days really does capture ‘heaven in the moment’ for me. Let’s hope there’s more of these bright days to come as the days slowly lengthen. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Vicky

Thought of the Week: Love is not jealous – are you content to be yourself?

Whole School

• Friday 14 February - Fluffy Friday 
• Monday 17 – Friday 21 February - Half Term Holiday
• Monday 24 February – Children back to school