School News
This half term we have been thinking a lot about helping other people in our
local community and further afield. The children and their families have done a
marvellous job making Christmas Shoeboxes full of toys and clothes for children
in less fortunate circumstances. Also, the School Council arranged a fantastic
day of fund-raising for Children in Need this year. They organised an art
competition, a dress your teddy up competition and a fun run at lunchtime.
Overall the children managed to raise £90.79.
On Monday 17th November we held our annual Anti-bullying event. The children came to school wearing blue clothes, as this colour represents the Anti-bullying movement, and took part in a whole day full of activities which promoted the Anti- Bullying message. We work very hard in school to reinforce the 'Staying Safe'ethos and the younger children were making blue handprints out of paint to help them remember 5 people they could ask for help if they were feeling unsafe. Each child is a member of a mixed aged 'Learning Circle'in school. These meet once a month to discuss issues about school. On Anti-Bullying Day the discussion was all about including people who are different and may get left out. The children came up with lots of ideas which are displayed in our hall. The day was great fun, but also reinforced a very important message.
We are starting to think about our Christmas Performance in school. As you may be aware, we like to do something different each year. Over the past three years we have done a Pantomime, a play of the Snow Queen and a traditional nativity. This year we are working with Jo Buffery from Cambridge Community Arts and we will be putting together an arts performance involving the whole school. We are not quite sure what this is going to look like yet as the children will be developing the main idea during our special Christmas Performance working days in early December.
We will be holding our annual Christmas church service on 19th December at 11am. We would love to be joined by members of the community, so come along if you can.
May we wish you all a very Merry Christmas.