School News
THANK YOU SO MUCH for the fabulous response we have had for our swimming pool
fund raising door drop envelopes. With your help we have managed to raise just
over £1500 from this alone! Other fundraising ideas are going well. Our
fantastic seven parents have completed their sponsored cycle ride from St.
Austell to Swaffham Prior and managed to raise over £4000 doing this. We have
currently raised about £10,000, so we are almost half way there. Thank you once
again for your continued support.
The children are all taking part in a sponsored swim on 26th June to raise further funds. This will take place at Bottisham pool and should be great fun. We also have our annual Summer Fair on 5th July and hope you will be able to come along. We started off this term with an INSET day involving members of the whole school community; staff, children, governors and parents. The aim was to re-write our school vision and write a new motto, and here they are:
Our School Vision: Swaffham Prior C of E Primary School promotes a sustainable, challenging and Christian ethos which is at the heart of the community. All adults and children are responsible, caring and friendly. We communicate and work together effectively, showing respect for each other and our environment. Everyone is encouraged to be motivated, happy, confident and independent learners able to meet future challenges.
Our new motto: Learning, working and growing together.
All children have had 1:1 Learning Meetings with their class teacher this term. Each child had a special 10 minutes with their teacher to discuss their learning, what is going well and what their next steps should be. This new venture has gone really well and the children really valued being the centre of attention for a whole 10 minutes, so we are going to do it each term.
Class 4 have just completed a Personalised Learning Week. The children were given the opportunity to choose what they wanted to learn about for a week, but they had to plan and organise it all themselves! The topics varied from Fashion Design, Photography, Being a Flying Groom, Stunts, Go-kart building and Chemical Reactions. The children organised visits to Cambridge Regional College Fashion and Photography departments, Darley Stud and Wicken Fen. They also worked with specialists from the stunt world and chemistry teachers. The week was great fun and we all learnt a huge amount.
Rehearsals are currently under way for the Key Stage 2 summer production, Robin Hood. The children are busy learning their songs and words for the show which is being held on 15th July @ 1.30pm (dress rehearsal), 16th July @ 7pm and 17th July @ 7pm. Please call into school if you would like to see a performance.