School News
THE START of this academic year sees 111 children on roll, with an organisation
of four classes:
- Class 1 reception and Year one
- Class 2 Year one and Year two
- Class 3 Year three and Year four
- Class 4 Year five and Year six.
Applications for Reception places in September 2006 need to be in school by 9th December so now is the time to come and visit the school and discuss placements. Please contact the office to arrange your visit and collect a prospectus.
We hope for another successful and creative year. It starts off with a Hans Christian Andersen focus, with theatre performance funded by the School Trustees.
A longer term project is arts based one: the sad demise of a very special tree is being used as a stimulus for some creative work. Within our school grounds adjacent to Station Road is a large tree, commonly known within the school at the elephant tree. This tree is thought to be over 100 years old and originates from Hupea, a province in China. The tree is facing serious pollarding as it is showing signs of disease. In order to preserve memories of the tree, children have spent the early part of the term drawing and writing about it.
We are inviting members of the community to share their memories of the tree - do you remember playing on it? What stories about its origins do you know? Who did the carvings? Please write into the school as we would like to collect as many memories as possible. The next step is to invite interested parties to the school to discuss what they would like to see happening to the cut wood. We are hoping to work with local artist Richard Bray to create a sculpture for the school. Members of the community are also invited into school to work with the wood and this will take place next summer.
We are collecting Tesco sport tokens, used ink cartridge and old mobile phones. Please send these in to the school.