Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

• Spring 1 House Cup Results

  Fri 12 Feb 2021

  Each half term the children work incredibly hard to earn gold coins for their school house. At the end of the Autumn term, Indian Owls had claimed the house cup but whilst learning from home - children having still been working hard and 'earning house points from their house' during our weekly school assemblies. Mrs Chapman has been sharing lockdown certificates virtually to celebrate some of the wonderful learning the children have been doing and the results are in...

   

  1st place - Long Legged Owls

  2nd place - Indian Owls

  3rd place - Elf Owls

  4th place - Masked Owls

   

  Well done - keep up the hard work next half term!

• Virtual Visitors

  Thu 11 Feb 2021

  Virtual Visitors

  This week Year 1 and 2 had some visits to help in their learning. 

   

  Year 1 had a special Zoom call from some keepers at Whipsnade Zoo, who talked to them about different animals and the types of food they would eat. They were shown some skulls and the keepers explained how their skull and teeth helped show whether the animals were carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. The children got to ask questions and even had a tour round the chimpanzees!

   

  Year 2 received some videos from Rev. Howlett to help with their RE learning. Normally, Year 2 would visit St. Benedict's Church but, as that isn't possible at the moment, they sent in some questions for Rev. Howlett who replied with some brilliant answers. The children really enjoyed watching them and hearing from a local vicar. They even wrote some thank you messages!

   

  Thank you to both Whipsnade Zoo and Rev. Howlett for helping support the children's learning. 

  

• Safer Internet Day

  Tue 09 Feb 2021

  This year we had 3 core themes for Safer Internet Day, which we explored in different ways across the school.

  Digital Citizenship, Digital Consent and Balancing Screen Time

   

  We took some time to think about what the internet meant to us and how we use it. As well as this we thought about how we should behave online to keep ourselves and others safe, and create positive experiences online. We also thought about what information should be shared online and what to do if we were worried.

  Importantly, because of how much we are having to do virtually at the minute, we also looked at screen time, thinking about what screens we use every day, what signs our bodies and the world around us give us when we need a break, and how we can manage and balance using screens. 

   

  We even created some brilliant work to help make sure everyone knows how to look after themselves online.

• Story Telling Week

  Mon 01 Feb 2021

  30th Jan - 6th February 2021

  This year we celebrated National Storytelling Week slightly differently as many of us are learning from home. Throughout the week we had book and story themed tasks to do at home, including 'TAKE A BREAK WEDNESDAY' where we encouraged everyone to take a break from screens and complete as many 'Book Bingo' tasks as they could. We also had special story telling zoom sessions all week starting with Mrs Stevens reading 'Each Peach Pear Plum' on Monday, then Ms Cooper with a fun, French retelling of Goldilocks and the 3 bears (Boucles d’or et les Trois Ours) on Tuesday, Miss Alford sharing her version of the 3 Billy Goat's Gruff (complete with masks) and Mrs Chapman sharing some of 'World's Worst Teachers' on Wednesday and finally on Thursday Miss Cahill sharing some poems from 'An Emotional Menagerie'.

   

  We had a great week and are looking forward to celebrating World Book Day later this term.