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• Week commencing 17th October 2016

  Fri 21 Oct 2016

  On Monday Reverend Richard led our Harvest Festival Service in the school hall - thank you to everyone who attended. The children brought in some beautifully decorated harvest baskets filled with various goodies which the children later delivered to some members of our village community. We have been overwhelmed by the number of thank you cards and phone calls we have received from local residents for the baskets.

   

  On Tuesday we welcomed a visitor from St Richard's Hospice (this year's chosen school charity) into school to lead an assembly. All the children were then involved in planting over 500 snowdrops in the school grounds. We look forward to seeing them in full bloom next year!

   

  We also held a whole school science day on Tuesday to develop investigation skills. ‘AS Creative’ visited school to complete a series of investigation activities with each year group. Throughout the day each year group took part in a science workshop where they observed, measured and collected results to solve science problems. For the rest of the day the children took part in science investigation activities around school.

  A massive thank you to the PTFA who paid for the full cost of this science day.

   

  The ECO Warriors held another meeting and this week's handy tip was 'Sweep up your leaves and put them in a pile for hedgehogs to hide in.'

   

  The children gave their biggest smiles for their school photographs which were taken by Mrs Croft on Wednesday.

   

  On Thursday Reception Class had a visit from the Fire Brigade to continue with their theme 'Occupations - what we want to be when we grow up'. The children were able to explore the fire engine and even dressed up as firefighters!

   

  Two school councillors visited Badsey First School with Mrs Scrivens to take part in a school council meeting. Here the children learned about how other schools organise their school council meetings and develop speaking and listening skills.

   

  The PTFA have arranged school discos tonight - KS1 and Nursery from 5.30pm to 6.30pm and KS2 from 6.45pm to 8.00pm. Entry fee is £1.50. We hope the children have a fantastic time.

   

  We break up for half term today and will re-open on Monday 31st October.

   

   

   

   

• Week commencing 10th October 2016

  Fri 14 Oct 2016

  On Monday Year 1 enjoyed a fabulous visit to the Bishops Wood Centre in Stourport-on-Severn. The children made smelly cocktails, took part in a mirror walk looking at the canopies, made dens for woodland animals and searched for animal footprints. They even took part in some tree-hugging! A fantastic day was had by all.

   

  We welcomed Mr Bob James from the charity, Teams4U to our assembly on Tuesday. Mr James spoke to the children about the shoebox appeal and the importance of giving a gift to a vulnerable child or family in Eastern Europe at Christmas time. All the children were given a leaflet about the project. We look forward to receiving many filled shoeboxes to pass on to Mr James. Shoeboxes need to be returned by Friday 4th November.

   

  On Wednesday we held another very successful 'Come Dine with Me' lunch for parents/carers - thank you to everyone who attended.

   

  Our Reception class have been visited by a policeman and a nurse this week to tie in with their theme 'Occupations - what we want to be when we grow up'. Next week the firemen are due to visit.

   

  Today our Year 2 visited the Thinktank Science Museum in Birmingham to experience the Planetarium and explore the hands-on exhibits throughout the museum. They also visited the science garden where they looked at levers and pulleys. The children all agreed it was a great day out.

   

   

• Week commencing 3rd October 2016

  Mon 10 Oct 2016

  On Monday we held a Maths and Little Big Maths Presentation in the school hall followed by a visit to classrooms by parents.  Details of our curriculum are on our website (under the key information section) and further maths information under your child’s ‘class pages’. There is also a web page providing support for e-safety.

  Our  ECO Warriors: Lara, Lennon, Emilia, Eli, John, Lucy, Darcy, Reece, Harry, Maria, Mrs Clark and Mrs Fishbourne had a second meeting this week. We celebrated the fabulous ECO work that classes had achieved. So many vegetable beds have been harvested and the produce either shared at lunchtime or eaten in classes. Year One said they enjoyed tasting their carrots and beetroot and Year Two loved making apple crumble and chutney. Year Three shared their produce at lunchtime and both Nursery and Reception enjoyed trying their vegetables.

  This week’s ‘handy tip’ is Darcy’s suggestion:

  ‘If you are cold then put on a jumper.’’

  Mrs Fishbourne accompanied four members of our Sunshine Group to Worcester Cathedral on Friday where they met with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The children participated in many harvest themed activities and were involved in creative prayer along with many other local schools. A memorable day was enjoyed by all.

  On Friday night we held a film night in school to raise money for this year's chosen charity - St Richard's Hospice. The children arrived in their pyjamas and brought cushions to sit on. Thank you to everyone who supported us.