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• Dogs Trust

  Sun 30 Jun 2019 Miss O'Neill
  On Thursday, 27th June, Jo from the Dogs Trust visited to teach everyone about responsible dog ownership, and how to keep safe near dogs when you are out and about.

  

• Quadkids Athletics

  Thu 06 Jun 2019 Mr. Gray

  Well done to the Year 5 and 6 Quadkids Athletics team, who competed against 10 local schools at Thomas Gainsborough School. The team was made up of 5 boys and 5 girls. Each team member had to complete a howler throw, a standing long jump, a 75m sprint and the, dreaded, 600m run.

  Everyone did their very best in every event as they tried to earn as many points as possible for their distances and times. There were some astonishingly quick times in the sprints with our athletes either winning or pushing the winners on in each of the heats. The 600m run also showed our team to experts at pacing their running – ensuring that they didn’t race off at the start and saved some energy for a big finish.

  The team represented Acton brilliantly and finished 4^th overall behind, the winners, St. Joseph’s, Nayland and St. Gregory’s.

  

• New Play Equipment

  Wed 24 Apr 2019 Miss O'Neill

  When the children returned to school today, they were all very excited to see some big changes to the playground. A new set of PE equipment—including a climbing wall, target practice, tug of war, cross trainers and hobbyhorse —had been installed over the holidays, ready for the start of the new term. In addition, the Caterpillars discovered a new mini trim trail in the Foundation Stage outdoor classroom, complete with wobble -bridge  A frame, and stepping blocks. Everyone has been busy getting fitter and stronger, and we look forward to making the most of this new challenge.

  A big thank you to Mr Gray and Mrs Pocock for making all of the arrangements for the equipment to be installed, and for designing such an exciting course.

   

   

  

• Year 5 and 6 Trumpet Performance

  Fri 05 Apr 2019 Miss O'Neill

  Today children and visitors were treated to a superb performance by our talented instrumentalists in Year 5 and 6, under the direction of peripatetic teacher Mrs Blyth. Children sang and  demonstrated how to read music, and how to play the cornet, as well as performing on their instruments. They have reached an impressive level in a very short time, and the Year 6 Play-On group are becoming extremely accomplished musicians

  Well played, everyone!

   

  

• Stay and Play

  Fri 05 Apr 2019 Miss O'Neill

  On Thursday, we were delighted to see lots of reception class parents, grandparents and carers into school for their Stay and Play session. After a short presentation to the adults by Mrs Fielder, everyone took part in a wide range of practical activities designed to help children develop their early writing skills. They developed finger strength and coordination with the play-doh, wrote letters to each other, used chalks to write on the floor, drew large scale maps and drawings and painted with fingers and brushes. What a busy morning!

   

  

• Thorpe Woodlands 2019

  Thu 28 Mar 2019 Mr. Gray
  Our Year 5 and 6 children have returned for their residential visit to Thorpe Woodlands. We had an excellent couple of days challenging ourselves and overcoming fears (as well as eating a few toasted marshmellows!). The Penguins and Wolves will be producing some reports on their time away. If you can't wait that long then have a look at  the updates from the trip and a few of the photos by clicking here. 

  

• Year 5 and 6 RE - Passover

  Fri 22 Mar 2019
   Jerry visited today as part of Year 5 and 6’s current RE learning -  Judaism – Worship, Pilgrimage and Sacred Places What is holiness for Jewish people: a  place, a time, an object or something else? Jerry talked about the story of Moses, the seder plate and demonstrated how members of families who follow the Jewish Faith celebrate Passover today. Children tried the horseradish and the matzo bread. The youngest boy in the class had to hunt for the matzo bread, as is traditional during this Jewish Festival. Jerry also talked about links to the Christian festivals of Easter and Christmas. 

  

• Learning Together

  Fri 22 Mar 2019 Miss O'Neill
  Year 4 parents and carers came into school on Thursday for their Learning Together workshop. During a very well attended workshop, the topic of feelings and emotions was explored. The children talked about comfortable and uncomfortable feelings using feely bags, and learned that playground emotions can be expressed in lots of different ways and may not always be what they seem. 
   

  

• VR Space day

  Fri 15 Mar 2019
  Our school were intrepid space explorers on Friday 15 March.  Here are our pictures.

  

• World Book Day 2019

  Fri 08 Mar 2019 Miss O'Neill
  On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day with a theme day based on the wordless story 'Bee and Me'. Children in some classes wrote the story in their own words, others took on the challenge of writing from different viewpoints. During the day, children planted a selection of bee friendly plants, and some even made bee biscuits - delicious!