Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Harvest activities
Fri 19 Oct 2018Harvest Festival
On Wednesday 17th October the Harvest festival took place in the main hall. All of the children were really excited. Each class had prepared something special for the parents, there was a rap. Poems, prayers and information about harvest around the world.
Reverend Karen then hosted a competition where Jake and Neeve had to describe a fruit or vegetable by touch alone to the rest of us and we had to guess what it was.
Lots and lots of food had been donated very kindly by the parents, Rev. Karen took this to the food bank in Shirebrook after the service.
There was also a competition run by the Derbyshire Catering Service in which the children had to make some kind of animal out of fruit and vegetables. There were lots of entries and the school winner was Abbie Steel. The Catering team chose Humpty Dumpty by Oliver and Rose Bollington. This will go through to the Derbyshire round of the competition.
Good luck to them and thank you to all the parents who helped by providing the food and ideas.
The News Crew
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Upcoming choir concert
Tue 16 Oct 2018Choir performance
On Friday 19th of October, the Choir will perform at Sports Direct. The children are really excited and they have already prepared for it. Here is a quotation from Tyler Geraghty;
“Im really looking forward to it and I hope the community will enjoy it as much as we do. Thank you to Mrs Johnson for allowing us to do this.”
The Choir is made up of really talented singers and they were chosen by Mrs Johnson herself. Some of the choir have stayed in it from last time which was last year. There are about 5 boys in the choir. The children will wear a grey top with red writing on. Here is a photo of the choir last year.
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Stand Up Derbyshire Day
Wed 03 Oct 2018Stand up Derbyshire Day
Stand up Derbyshire was all about recognising that we could still learn whilst keeping fit, school is not all about sitting down, we can read, write, act, calculate and play whilst standing up, running round and keeping fit.
We started the day with an assembly for Key Stage 2 and then one for Key Stage 1 and Reception when we trained to become a “Jedi”. It was lots of fun and all the moves soon had us out of breath. It was a really good exercise routine to follow. Each class then took part in some different activities and we all met at the end for a Daily Mile relay on our new super-duper track
Year 6 completed some Maths activities in the hall. It was all about working in a group whilst during Literacy they once again worked in groups to expand on some story openers. Guided reading was completed on the playground!
Year 5 completed some group work for Maths and acted out their story for Literary. In the afternoon they did the daily mile and they did not sit down all day.
Year 4 did the daily mile in the afternoon with the rest of the school, push ups, planks (5 minutes), cart wheel, snakes and ladders, and then they wrote about an upside-down castle.
Year 3 enjoyed extreme reading on the playground, Numeracy challenges such as standing on 1 leg and doing star jumps.
Year 2 worked on the playground with number bonds to 20 and then acted out the story “Whatever Next” They really enjoyed being the teddy who built a space rocket to go up to space in.
Year 1 threw balls to each other and counted in fives every time they caught it. They took part in our daily mile relay as well.
We finished off with an assembly at the end of the day when we shared all our “Stand up” learning with each other. What a wonderful (if tiring) day!!
The New Crew
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Peer buddies
Mon 01 Oct 2018New Peer Buddies
In Years 5 and 6 there are some new Peer buddies and there are 2 children for each day.
The peer buddies are there if you don’t have anyone to play with. You can find them under the veranda on the Key stage 2 playground. You can go and chat to them and they might have some ideas about what you could play. They will also find someone who you can play with. These children have been trained and know just how to talk to you.
Here are the days for the Peer Buddies:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Grace.S Caitlin Jennifer Brodie Summer
Sarah.L Rhys Kaiden Charlie Che`
We are sure that they will do a wonderful job to help us all enjoy our playtimes and lunchtimes.
The News Crew. (September 18)
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Daily Mile Track
Tue 18 Sep 2018New Daily Mile Track
The new daily mile track is an all-weather track so your child can do the daily mile even if it has been raining previously and the field is still damp. This has been a clever edition by the Sport co-ordinator (Miss Appleton). Here are some pictures:
The children are very excited to run on this new track as it will improve their fitness. This means that Sports day will not be much of a challenge. The children love doing the daily mile now that we have a colourful track.
The News Crew
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Football comp.
Tue 18 Sep 2018Yr 5/6 Football
The Yr5/6 football is tomorrow (18.09.18) and the team is ready. We all are hoping that they will win. Here is a quotation from Thomas Phillips -
“I am hoping we will do well this year as we didn’t do very well last year; with a new team this year I think we will do well. “
The event is taking place at Shirebrook Academy and it is on AstroTurf.
AB news crew
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Heads of House
Wed 12 Sep 2018Our new Heads of House have been chosen by the children.
They are: Chatsworth - Grace S and Thomas P
Hardwick - Che P and Jennifer
Haddon - Jessica B and Tyler G
Peveril - Corey B and Wiktoria N
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New School Council
Wed 12 Sep 2018Last week we held class elections for new School Council members.
This year our team consists of:
Caitlin M (Year 6)
Oliver C (Year 6)
Trinity P (Year 5)
Milosz S (Year 5)
Connor J (Year 4)
Kody M (Year 4)
Jessie S (Year 3)
Noah S (Year 3)
Billie B (Year 2)
Alfie K (year 2)
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Welcome back!
Tue 11 Sep 2018It is wonderful to see everyone back in school looking so smart and working really hard- a really impressive start. 4 classes (Y1, Y3, Y4, Y5) achieved 100% attendance last week- outstanding! -
Summer Fair and Year 6 Leavers Disco
Fri 06 Jul 2018Wow! What an overwhelming amount of support we have had from all of our lovely parents and families this week! We have had an incredibly busy week with our annual Summer Fair and Year 6 Leavers Disco back to back. They were both very successful events and all children, staff and families had a great time.
Thank you for all of your continuous support and help to fundraise throughout school. Your contributions help greatly towards resources and experiences which enhance our children's learning. Watch this space to see how much we raised after the events...
