School News
AS ALWAYS, LIFE IS VERY BUSY AT SWAFFHAM PRIOR SCHOOL.
I am very pleased to say that following Miss Lakey's resignation I have
been appointed as permanent head of the school. This became official on the 1st
May and I am enjoying taking on the role and looking ahead to the future of the
school. One of my first jobs was to appoint a new deputy head. The interviews
took place on the 10th May and after interviewing a very strong field of
candidates the Governors appointed Mrs Eloise Cheales as our new deputy head.
Mrs Cheales currently teaches in Surrey, and is very much looking forward to
starting her new role at our school in September.
As summer is here we have been doing lots of activities outside, and none more exciting than our Sports Week, which took place during the week of 21st-25th May. Mrs Jackson spent a lot of time organising it and we were able to take part in lots of varied activities including; Tai-chi, bowls, football, trigolf, orienteering and whole school aerobics. The pinnacle of the week was a visit from England hockey player Jo Ellis. She got the children enthused about the sport and hopefully we might see some future England players from Swaffham Prior. The week finished with the whole school using up their energy on a fun bouncy castle.
During the same week we took part in the National Walk to School Week. All of the children were encouraged to walk to school this week. Those that live out of the village had to park on the outskirts and walk the rest of the way and the children from Reach who come by bus walked round the school field. Not only does this type of activity help the children to become fitter, but it also has a positive effect on the environment. Because of this we are going to continue the walking theme into the rest of the summer term by asking the children and families to take part in a 'Walk on Wednesday'campaign.
We are lucky to have very supportive parents at our school and as usual they have been doing an enormous amount to raise funds for the school. FoSPS have been busy with their Spuds and Puds Night, Easter Egg Bingo, Barrow of Booze and planning for the school Summer Fair which is on 30th June. In collaboration with the School Council they have also started to run the CCC (Children's Council Cafˇ) once a month. This has been an enormous success and members of the community are more than welcome to come along. The next one will be on 22nd June from 2.30 - 3.30pm. Come along for some delicious cake and a chat.
The children in Class 4 have been very busy with their Maypole dancing this term and have been very lucky that the rain just managed to hold off for the Reach Fair and the Village Feast. We also had a visit from the residents of Burwell Day Centre who enjoyed watching the children dance and hear the choir sing. I must thank Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Holt for their hard work with the children.
Well, let's hope the sun continues to shine for the rest of the term and that the children in Class 4 have a brilliant time on their residential trip to Aylmerton, that Class 3 enjoy being Tudors at Peterborough Cathedral and that Class 1 and 2 learn a great deal on their trip to the Butterfly Farm.