The morning started with a welcome talk, followed by an artefact workshop. After break, the children had a banner making session where they created banners and chants ready for the afternoon. In the afternoon, the children took part in a mini Ancient Greece Olympics. Events such as javelin, long jump, sprinting and discus were enjoyed by all,

I  just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the staff and children for such an amazing Christmas performance this week. To organise that number of children so seamlessly and efficiently is incredibly impressive. I thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful range of performances — from The Twelve Days of Christmas and Neville having a wee! to the beautiful poetry from Year 6, as well as the fantastic dancing and choreography throughout.

It was truly lovely to see all the children’s smiling faces, and they were certainly living life in all its fullness during the performances. All the hard work that goes into producing events like this is very much appreciated.   Mrs Stubbs, School Governor.

As part of their topic, the classes also visited Stump Cross Caverns, where they were able to explore underground caves and see stunning rock formations up close. The children were fascinated to learn about how stalactites and stalagmites form over thousands of years and how the caverns link to the wider story of our planet’s geology.

First, the people will tell you to make your potential tent but before they will show you how to do it, then after you will be told to make your bed not your sleeping bag but you will get a bed so you are not sleeping on the floor. You will be about 5 cm off the ground after you will find out who you are in a tent with after you go and get your stuff and get what you need then go and put it back. Then you will come back to the yurt and we all sang a song and had our food the option are hot dog, burger or both then you will get toled the rules for sleeping you will go to bed at about 9 O’clock you will have 5 more mins before lights out then you will wake up at 7 O’clock then you have a whole day of fun activities like:baking,den building and more but you still get your breaks and school dinner    Maxi G

We started our camp by pegging down our tents, then we made our beds by putting W shaped  metal poles into some holes in some thin fabric. It didn’t look comfy but it was so comfy to sleep in. Then we went to get our bags and got told who we were with then we unpacked our bags. After we unpacked our bags we lit a fire in the yurt and roasted marshmallows then put them in chocolate biscuits to make smores and had campfire songs. Next it was dinner, we put on a BBQ and had hotdogs and burgers and we could have cheese and salad. Then we got ready for bed, we brushed our teeth and got into PJs then we had some time in our tents to chat. We got to bed at 9 ish and woke up at 4 in the morning and did a bit of colouring and games.    Florrie S

We had a schedule as follows:

09.00 – 09.30 – parents in Team Grainger class (phonics lesson),  Team Davidson class (phonics for Yr 1)  and Team Williamson (reading for Yr 2)
09.00 – 09.30 – KS2 assembly for parents in hall
09.30 -10.00  – KS2 children to classes with parents to observe reading.
09.30 – 10.00 – Mrs Grainger & Mrs Williamson to discuss reading and phonic for Reception and KS1 in the hall
10.00 – 10.30 – Miss Davidson only. Y2 reading

It was lovely to see so many parents and carers come into school to observe their children and listen to advice from the teachers.

This was followed by an afternoon of Friendship – we had a carousel of activities for the children to take part in followed by an assembly where we celebrate friendship.