Latest News | Harvington C.E First & Nursery School

Week commencing 20th November 2017

Fri 24 Nov 2017

School run after school clubs finished this week - thank you to everyone who has supported with these. Sports Challenge Tag Rugby on Tuesday and Thursday Football club will continue for one more week.

On Thursday, four Year Three children went to St Andrew’s First School to join in with lots of other schools for a gymnastics tournament. There were different stations that they worked around each with a gymnastics coach. The children all worked together and worked on their rolls, headstands and balances. At the end, the children put together a routine to music and performed it to the rest of the schools.

The PTFA have organised two discos this evening for all children. Nursery and KS1 disco starts at 5.30pm until 6.30pm and KS2 from 6.45pm until 8pm.

Week commencing 13th November 2017

Thu 16 Nov 2017

'Bake-Off-with-a-Difference'

On Tuesday staff members produced some wonderful 'Showstopper' cakes and, after paying an entrance fee, these were judged by two governors. The best looking Showstopper was won by Miss Ashmead. Thank you to all the children who paid £1 to guess which staff member had made which cake. We are very pleased to announce that £94.40 was raised which will be going to The Vale Wildlife Hospital.

On Tuesday some of the Pupil Parliament ministers went to the Teams4u warehouse to help sort the shoe boxes that had been kindly given by school. We had to check each box had toiletries, warm clothes and toys for the children and watched a video about where our boxes would go. We sent 92 shoe boxes and are top of the shoe box leader board for the amount sent in from a first school. Thank you to everyone who sent in a shoe box.

Written by Elaina Groom and Lily Kealy

Year 3,4 and 5 visited Tesco as part of Economic Awareness week. We looked at packaging to see where the foods had come from and how far they had travelled, we also learnt about fairtrade and rainforest alliance products. The children particularly enjoyed learning about the different types of fish on the fish counter and where they had been caught.

Children in Need on Friday meant that everyone dressed up as a 'Super Hero' for the day in return for a suggested £1 donation. Key Stage 2 had been busy all week making hundreds of Pudsey biscuits and these went on sale too. The total amount raised is now over £300! Thank you to everyone who supported this.

Week commencing 6th November 2017

Fri 10 Nov 2017

We were blessed with a lovely clear, dry night last Friday for our annual fireworks event organised by our wonderful PTFA; perfect for enjoying soup, hotdogs and hot chocolate whilst watching the professional display. Thank you to everyone who supported this event and those who gave up their time, to help it run so smoothly. In particular, special thanks to those who donated food to sell on the night:

The Golden Cross
Ralitza Gilbert
A.P. Meats
Tesco
Ferry Fast
Harvington Guides

These contributions make all the difference to the final amount raised, which will be confirmed as soon as possible.

On Monday, Miss Beaver gave a Phonics Presentation to parents which was followed by visits to Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 to see how phonics is taught in the classroom. Thank you to those parents who attended - we hope you found it informative.

Mrs Clark and the Eco Warriors met on Tuesday lunchtime to discuss how we can make our school even more eco-friendly.

Our Roots and Shoots have been busy harvesting, drying and hand packaging sunflower and runner bean seeds from our school garden. These hand-crafted packets will be for sale on Tuesday 14^th November after school outside Year 5 at the amazing price of of 50p!

The governors, staff and children of Harvington C.E. First and Nursery school took time out from their classrooms for two services of remembrance today.

Firstly, the school remembered all those who lost their lives or who were injured in the wars. The Year Five pupils read out the names of the fallen and the whole school stood in silence. Ethan Nicol, Lotty Sealey-Wade and Freya Dishart played the Last Post with Mrs Fishbourne and then the whole school honoured the two minutes silence. After the service the children walked back to their classrooms silently, placing their poppies on the altar as they went. It was a very moving service and one that is so important to us as a school.

In the afternoon we all went outside and stood around the new tree and bench that we have in our outside area. These have both been placed in our grounds to remember our special, best friend Brian Tarling who sadly passed away last year. We held a short service to remember all that Brian did for the school, not only in his long standing role as Chair of Governors but also as a supporter of the school. The children turned and looked at our sports field and buildings and had time to reflect on all Brian achieved.

Week commencing 30th October 2017

Fri 03 Nov 2017

We welcomed children back to school after the half term break.

On Monday Year 5 went along to Ellenden Farm to do some cooking. The children worked brilliantly as a team measuring and weighing all of the different ingredients. They practised lots of skills such as grating and mixing. Thank you to everyone at Ellenden Farm for having us, the children had a great time.

A football match was hosted at Harvington First School at 3:30pm on Wednesday 1st November. The great Harvington took on Bengeworth! After school, the two teams trained to make sure they were ready for the big match. Bengeworth were extremely good and scored the first goal. Quickly after, Matthew Turner scored a great equaliser for Harvington.

At half time Miss Beaver made a couple of changes and we were raring to get back on the pitch. Reece Brighton soon scored a great goal which took the score to 2-1. Shortly before the end of the game, Bengeworth scored their final goal, making the final score 2-2.

By Mikey Sale, Year 3.

Harvington First School hosted a netball match on Wednesday 1st November for children in Years 3, 4 and 5. The teams were Harvington and Bengeworth. The girls were all feeling nervous but were excited for their game. Sophie Newrick managed to score two great goals for Harvington and the Harvington crowd roared with encouragement! Bengeworth put up a good fight and the final score was 15-2. Although Harvington did not win this match, they are preparing for more matches in the future.

By Willow Harris - Year 3.

On Thursday we had a VIP visit our school. The bear himself - Pudsey - made a surprise visit to talk to the children about Children in Need. The children were very excited to see him! We will be fundraising to support Children in Need on Friday 17th November when children are invited to come into school dressed as 'Super Heros' in return for a suggested donation of £1.

As part of their theme 'People who help us', Reception class had a special visit from a Policeman this morning. Sergeant Beard talked to the children about his job and how he helps us in our day-to-day lives. The children also had fun trying on some police uniform. Many thanks to Sergeant Beard for visiting us.

This evening the PTFA will be holding their annual Firework Display on the village playing field. Refreshments will be available from 6pm in the village hall with the display starting at 6.45pm. Tickets are £5 per adult, under 16's are free. We hope to see you there.