Harvington C of E First and Nursery School
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Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Week commencing 13th February 2017
Fri 17 Feb 2017Year 5 children have had an incredible experience at The Malvern Outdoor Education Centre this week - we look forward to hearing all about their adventures.
Thank you to Mrs Enstone, Miss Beaver and Mrs Sale who accompanied the children on their trip.
We now break up for half term and look forward to seeing the children on Tuesday 28th February.
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Week commencing 6th February 2017
Fri 10 Feb 2017On Monday Year Two went on a trip to All Things Wild. They learnt about different habitats and adaptations and even got to meet a snake, a bearded dragon and an armadillo. The children carried out a science investigation to see which bird had the best beak and spent time meeting the other animals on an observational walk. Reece Brighton said "It was the best trip ever and I even held a snake, he was very smooth."
Also on Monday, Year Three had a fantastic time at Bishops Wood. They learnt all about the Stone Age to Iron Age period and even got to build their own roundhouse using twigs and rope!
Reception class visited Evesham Library on Wednesday afternoon. They enjoyed listening to stories, exploring the children's library and having a tour of the whole library. The children asked some great questions and are looking forward to going again with parents. The staff at Evesham Library kindly gave the children a story book each and some information about how to join. A big thank you to the parent helpers who made the trip possible.
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Week commencing 30th January 2017
Fri 10 Feb 2017We are very proud to share with you that Ofsted judged our school to be OUTSTANDING in ALL areas.
Please click on the link to see the report.
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Week commencing 23rd January 2017
Fri 27 Jan 2017School after school clubs started this week which include Cookery with Miss Kite, Computer Club with Mrs Jobson and Film Club with Miss Willmore on Tuesdays; Handbells with Mrs Hemming and Eco Club with Mrs Fishbourne and Miss Mahoney on Wednesdays and Dance Club with Miss Beaver and Craft Club with Mrs Howard on Thursdays.
On Monday, Year 5 visited The Almonry Museum and The Abbey grounds in Evesham where they learned about the history of the Battle of Evesham. The children enjoyed looking at the superb collection of artefacts which the museum displays.
Today, Mrs Fishbourne accompanied four Year 3 children to a Gifted and Talented Writing Event at St Andrew's First School.
Nursery and Reception enjoyed a 'Together Morning' to celebrate Chinese New Year. The children had fun making Chinese fans, lanterns, lucky money wallets and dragon musical instruments. They also took part in dragon dancing and even sampled tasty Chinese spring rolls, prawn crackers and dips.
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
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Week commencing 16th January 2017
Mon 23 Jan 2017Sports Challenge after school clubs started this week. Mini football for Reception and Year 1 on Mondays, Rounders on Tuesdays and Football for Years 2-5 on Wednesdays.
We welcomed Reverend Richard into school on Wednesday morning for an 'Open the Book' assembly.
Following the Eco Warriors' request to Help the Hedgehogs we were overwhelmed by the amount of tinned cat food and newspapers that were sent into school. Thank you to everyone who donated. Mrs Fishbourne took it all to The Vale Wildlife Centre who were extremely grateful for your donations.
On Friday evening we held another Film Night in aid of St Richard's Hospice. The children came to school dressed in their pyjamas or onesies and enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate whilst watching Finding Dory!
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Week commencing 2nd January 2017
Fri 06 Jan 2017Welcome back and Happy New Year - we hope you all enjoyed the Christmas break.
Many congratulations go to Mrs Clarke who has had a baby boy - we look forward to seeing them both very soon.
The children have settled well into the routine of being back at school. Today we held an e-safety day. The children learned how to stay safe online and the importance of not sharing personal details. The children learned the power of the internet - Year 3 shared a photograph of a whiteboard and after just three hours it had been shared in 15 countries!
Music lessons start next week with Mrs Jefferies, Mr Telford, Mr Hawcutt and Mr Hardwick - please remember instruments! Swimming lessons start for Year 4 on Thursday.
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Week commencing 12th December 2016
Fri 16 Dec 2016The children performed amazingly at this year's Christmas production of 'The Stars come out for Christmas'. In total we had four performances which were directed by our very talented Mrs Enstone.
The local community were invited to come and watch Monday afternoon's performance after which they were served coffee and mince pies very kindly organised by the PTFA.
We have received many lovely messages from parents saying how wonderful the children were - well done to everyone!
On Wednesday, the whole school visited the Swan Theatre in Worcester to see the pantomime Cinderella. A fantastic morning was had by all. Tesco very kindly donated chocolate biscuits for all the children to enjoy during the interval - thank you Tesco and thank you to Mrs Fishbourne for organising the trip.
We held our Christmas party lunch on Thursday. Table leaders had made decorations for the tables which looked fantastic. Class Catering cooked a lovely roast turkey with all the trimmings which was served to the children by staff members. Several volunteers and governors were invited to join us for lunch. Thank you to everyone involved.
During the afternoon we had a very special visit from Father Christmas himself. The children were very excited to see him and he very kindly gave all the children a Christmas gift, helped by his two Elves.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our school charity St Richard's Hospice this term. The mug decorating has raised the fantastic amount of £388.48, the children really enjoyed making them and did some brilliant designs. Special thank you to our school Charity Ministers Elaina, Darcy, Harry and Finlay who have worked very hard delivering mugs to classes, wrapping them and counting all of the money raised!
Together with the money donated at the Christmas productions we were really pleased to be able give £532 to St Richard's Hospice today.
School finishes today at 3pm and Wrappers at 5pm.
May we wish you a Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 4th January 2017.
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Week commencing 5th December 2016
Mon 12 Dec 2016Nursery and Reception enjoyed a 'Christmas Together Day' on Monday. The children could choose to dress up as Mary, Joseph, a shepherd or even a reindeer to help pull the sleigh. They were able to make many lovely Christmas decorations such as bouncing snowmen and Christmas Angels.
We held our music concert in the school hall where the children who have been learning to play a musical instrument had the opportunity to perform.Year One played a piece on their recorders, Year Three performed on their fifes and Year 5 played the violin. Thank you to all parents/carers who attended.
The children have enjoyed taking part in dress rehearsals this week for this year's Christmas production 'The Stars come out for Christmas'. We are looking forward to performing next week to parents, carers and member of our local community.
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Week commencing 28th November 2016
Mon 12 Dec 2016Our school hosted the Evesham Cluster Art Morning on Monday and we welcomed children from other schools to participate in art activities. Thank you to Mrs Clarke for organising the morning.
On Tuesday we went into assembly to teach the children about thankfulness. We used puppets to tell the story and the message was ‘’count your blessings’’
The children enjoyed the story and could answer our questions. By Freya Dishart and Ethan Nicol (Sunshine Mininsters)
On Wednesday the whole school walked to St James' Church to attend an Advent Service led by Reverend Richard. Thank you to everyone who joined us.
The Reception children had a wonderful day at Smart Trees in Bishampton. The children took part in small group orienteering and developed their understanding around Christmas.
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Week commencing 21st November 2016
Fri 25 Nov 2016On Monday Miss Mahoney gave a Phonics Presentation to parents of Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. Afterwards parents visited classrooms to see examples of phonic teaching. Thank you to everyone who attended.
On Tuesday we went to the Islamic exhibition in Birmingham to learn about Islam for our RE work.
We learnt about the messages in the Qur’an and the five pillars of Islam. We coloured some geometric patterns and wrote our names in Arabic.
We really enjoyed trying on some different types of clothing and learning lots of new facts. We had a great day and met some lovely people. By Skye and Maisy-Year 5
Also on Tuesday four Year 3 children, accompanied by Mrs Scott, attended a Gifted and Talented Gymnastics Event at St Andrews First School. The children were involved in learning different gymnastics moves and then the boys and girls performed separate dances to everyone.
Thank you to all parents who attended Parent Consultation Meetings on Monday and Tuesday evening - we hope you found the meetings informative.
Today we welcomed Fran from ComputerXplorers into school. Nursery have had fun programming Bee-Bots, Reception learnt how to create a simple animation, KS1 were involved in creating more advanced animations and KS2 have created lego robotics. Thank you to Miss Willmore for organising this fantastic day and a huge thank you to Harvington PTFA who funded this for the children.
