School News
WE HAVE HAD a very busy Spring Term at Swaffham Prior School. A new School
Council has been elected and they have been very busy thinking about how to
raise money for Comic Relief. They organised a 'Red Nose' cake
competition, badge making stall and charged the children money to come to
school dressed in clothes that were too big for them! Great fun was had by all
and lots of money was raised for the charity.
We have been thinking very hard about Problem Solving this term and on 27th February we were all able to put our skills to the test when we had a 'Happy Puzzle Day' in school. The Happy Puzzle Company visited us for the day and all of the children were involved in solving brain straining puzzles, which also involved a lot of team work. Each class also worked on a problem solving project throughout the day. In the evening over 70 people came to our Family Challenge Evening. Families raced to solve puzzles before their neighbours, it was an excellent event.
Jen Holmwood came back to visit after a trip to Kenya. We now have a strong link with the Iganjo School and Jen was able to show us some more pictures of her recent visit to Kenya, including some of the children wearing Swaffham Prior sweatshirts. More letters will be written soon.
FoSPS have been very active this term. They have run their usual cake stalls, raising lots of money. A very successful Spuds and Puds Evening was held on 9th March in Reach village hall. There were delicious 'Spuds' to eat and a wonderful array of home-made puddings, it was very hard to choose which to have. All of the recipes are in a book which is for sale at the school for £2. The now annual Easter Egg Bingo was held on 23rdMarch. This involved lots of chocolate and again raised lots of money for the school. FoSPS are currently saving for a large piece of play equipment for our field.
Our sports clubs continue to be popular at school and we are very proud to have recently been awarded the Activemark. This is due to the hard work of Mrs Jackson and all of the staff who offer extra sports clubs after school.
Children in Class 4 have been busy preparing for and taking part in some local inter-school competitions. We sent a team to the Circle Schools Geography Quiz in February. They were very pleased to come 5th, especially when there was only 5 points between them and the team in first place. Four Year 5 children are busy preparing for the Y5 Maths Challenge which takes place in April.
Some children in Classes 3 and 4 enjoyed going to the Corn Exchange in March to listen to the BBC Concert Orchestra. It was a very interactive performance and ended with a grand Dr. Who finale, which everyone really enjoyed!
As part of Cambridge Science Week we had a visit from the Time Truck. Class 3 and 4 got stuck into learning all about Rocks and Soils and Space.
Our Easter church Service is being held at St Mary's on Thursday 29thMarch and we hope to see lots of members of the community joining in with our Easter celebrations.