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

• Week commencing 14th November 2016

  Fri 18 Nov 2016

  Our Year 5 class attended an Indoor Athletics Competition on Tuesday morning at The De Montfort School in Evesham. The children competed against other Year 5/6 children from local schools and took part in track and field events such as speed bounce and relay races. Well done to everyone who took part!

   

  Also on Tuesday, the School Council visited the Teams4U warehouse in Evesham. The children were told about where the shoe boxes would go and helped volunteers check them before they get sent to Romania. The children worked really hard and had a great afternoon.

   

  This week our ECO Warriors hosted a Cluster ECO meeting. We shared what we do as a school and learned what other ECO groups do too. We enjoyed welcoming our visitors and sharing our ideas.

   

  Key Stage 2 have been extremely busy this week making and baking yummy biscuits to sell today to raise money for Children In Need.

   

  All children and staff have participated in Children In Need by coming into school dressed in their pyjamas in exchange for a donation. The money has now been counted and we are pleased to say we have raised a fantastic £320.00! Thank you to everyone who has supported this.

   

   

   

• Week commencing 7th November 2016

  Fri 11 Nov 2016

  Parents were requested to book Parents' Evening time slots for either Monday 21st or Tuesday 22nd November. We have had a great response to this booking system.

   

  The Sunshine Group met this this week and were given Sunshine books for their classrooms.

   

  Eco Warriors also met - their useful tip this week was 'Remember to turn your heating down and close doors when the sun shines'.

   

  Reception class have made some amazing stained glass poppies for their classroom windows - please make sure you take a look at them.

   

  During Forest School, Year 1 have been looking at deciduous and evergreen trees.

   

  Year 2 have been creating Learning Logs on Remembrance and World War II this week.

   

  Thank you to everyone who joined us today at the very moving Remembrance Service led by Mr Steve Salter.

   

  Finally, we hope you will join us in congratulating Mrs Fishbourne on reaching 25 years' service at Harvington First School - what a wonderful achievement Mrs Fishbourne, many congratulations!

   

   

• Week commencing 31st October 2016

  Fri 04 Nov 2016

  Children were welcomed back to school after the half term break.

  Year 4 continue to enjoy learning the violin with Mr Hawcutt. Please remember to send violins into school on Mondays.

  Nasal flu immunisation was offered to children in Years 1, 2 and 3 by the NHS.

  Mr Bob James from Teams4U came to collect the 65 filled shoeboxes for this year's appeal. Thank you to everyone who supported this worthy cause. 

  Our Year 4 girls attended a Netball Match at Bengeworth Academy today and we eargerly await the score!

  We look forward to seeing everyone tonight at the PTFA Firework display on the village playing field. Refreshments can be purchased from the village hall from 6pm with the firework display starting at 6.45pm.

• 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.

   

   

• Week commencing 19th September 2016

  Fri 23 Sep 2016

  Mrs Howard and Year 4 were excited to start learning the violin this week! Mr Hawcutt from Severn Arts will be visiting the class every Monday afternoon to assist with their musical development. The children are encouraged to practice the violin at home but must remember to bring their instrument back into school on Mondays.

   

  Also on Monday we welcomed Mrs Kennedy from St Egwin's Middle School to our Year 5 class. The children were given an invitation to St Egwin's Open Evening and a School Prospectus.

   

  Mrs Fishbourne met with our new ECO Warriors on Tuesday lunchtime.  Lara, Lennon, Emilia, Eli, John, Lucy, Darcy, Reece, Harry, Maria, Mrs Clark and Mrs Fishbourne had a very productive meeting. They have given all the classes a specific role and a challenge!

   

  The ECO warriors will be sharing a ‘handy tip’ on each newsletter. The first ‘handy tip’ is Lennon’s suggestion:

   

  ‘’Make sure you tidy up so things don’t get broken’’

   

  Our Celebration Assembly was very well attended this morning - thank you to everyone who joined us.

• Week commencing 12th September 2016

  Mon 19 Sep 2016

  We welcomed back all pupils and staff to the autumn term.

  Music lessons started again this week - children are excited to be learning keyboard, recorder, flute and clarinet. We also hope to begin guitar and ukulele lessons at the end of the month. Details to be given to parents shortly.

  Year 5 had the first of their 10 swimming lessons this week at Evesham Leisure Centre.

  After school clubs also started this week - Sports Challenge are offering mini football club on Mondays for Reception and Year 1, hockey on Tuesdays and football on Wednesdays for Years 2 to 5.

  This term we are offering two new clubs for children - gymnastics club which is run by Mr Eaton of Team Bees and archery club run by Evesham Archery Club - both clubs have proved to be very popular and are well attended.

  More clubs start week commencing 26th September.

   

• Week commencing 4th July 2016

  Fri 08 Jul 2016

  What a busy week!

  On Monday Year 5 visited The Evesham Arts Centre to participate in the Festival of Languages with other local schools.

  Four of our Year 4 children attended the Worcestershire Summer School Games on Tuesday where they took part in a tennis tournament.

  On Tuesday all children in school had a 'transition' morning in which they moved into their new year groups and Year 5 spent the whole day at their new middle school.

  On Wednesday we held a Grounds Morning - the children and adults worked really hard to help clear the weeds and make our grounds look neat and tidy. Thank you to everyone who supported us.

  Yesterday we took part in the Evesham Swimming Club Gala where we competed against other local schools - we came 5th overall.

  Today we held our Sports Day - the children were extremely sportsmanlike and competed confidently. The children were joined by their families to enjoy a whole school picnic at lunchtime. Thankfully the weather was kind to us today.

  The PTFA have organised A Very British Fayre which is being held this evening from 5pm until 8pm - all are welcome to attend.

   

   

• Week commencing 27th June 2016

  Fri 01 Jul 2016

  On Monday we welcomed Zetta Robinson from Evesham Library into school to talk about The Reading Agency Summer Reading Challenge.  Ms Robinson gave an assembly to the children about what fun can be had by reading through the summer holidays.  This year's theme is Roald Dahl. Visit bigfriendlyread.org.uk or download the app sol.us/read

    

  On Wednesday Year Two visited Avoncroft Museum to support their learning on materials and why times change. The children had a tour around the different houses and even got to go inside a windmill.  They also spent time making bricks and wattle and daub walls made from 'cowpat'.

   

  Today all of Key Stage 2 visited the At-Bristol Science museum to develop their science investigation skills. Each class attended a workshop. Year 3 - Healthy Bodies, Year 4 - The Water Cycle, Year 5 - Choose Health.