Our children were served a fabulous Christmas dinner by staff this year. Over the two days and 4 separate sittings, the school served up nearly 400 lunches. Thank you to everyone that made the lunches a success and to our catering staff for providing such an excellent meal.
Our children loved choosing their free book from the Books for Bugs book fayre yesterday. The school purchased a book for every child to take home.
Children from EYFS attended a Christingle service at St. Stephen's church yesterday. It was a lovely service for the children. Thank you to St. Stephen's church for hosting the service and to all the parents that supported the event.
Thank you to everyone who attended our y3/4 performances this week. It was fantastic to see so many of you watching. The children were amazing and loved taking part. Well done and thank you to all the staff involved in this year's performance.
Well done to our year 5/6 football team who took part in the ESFA county finals last night. The children played against some very tough teams, drawing two and losing 3 games. However, they never gave up and showed great spirit.
What an incredible treat for our children! Our children were visited by Travelling by Tuba who put on an amazing musical performance for them. The children were amazed and inspired by the skills of the visiting musicians. A huge thank you to Wye Valley music for funding today's visit.
Today we celebrated Romania's national day with our Romanian community. Many of our children came to school in traditional dress and they taught the other children about their culture and some Romanian phrases. We were also joined by students from Forest High school who shared information about Romania with our year 5 and 6 children.
Thank you to Eagles class for decorating our entry into this year's Christmas tress festival which is being held at St. Stephen's church.
On the 20th November we were visited by a group of Japanese exchange students who were visiting the country through the Dene Magna. The students enjoyed a tour of the school and spent some time in years 5 and 6. We then held a joint assembly where our junior children sang songs and they taught the children about life in Okinawa.
On Friday, our choir sang a number of festive songs at St. Stephen's church as part of their Christmas Tree Festival. The children were amazing! Well done to Miss Wilkins and the entire choir.