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• Halloween Disco

  Thu 27 Oct 2016

  As you can see from these pictures we had an amazing time at the Halloween Disco on Thursday Evening.

  We are very lucky to have such a fantastic PTA who provide these events for us all to enjoy.

  A big thank you to everyone involved in organising and helping at the Disco - everyone had a fabulous evening dancing away!

  

• Sponsored Read

  Mon 24 Oct 2016

  To celebrate Children’s Book Week and encourage a lifelong love of reading at home and school, we will be running a sponsored read between Monday 31st October and Sunday 6th November.

  The project is being organised in conjunction with our local Usborne Organiser, Kate Cleave, and all the money raised will go towards brand new books for our school.

  In addition to the sponsorship money, Usborne will also donate up to 60% of the total raised in EXTRA FREE BOOKS to the school. If we reach the target of £600 we will get at least an extra £360 in FREE books!

  If you have not already received a letter you can download one using the link below.   Sponsorship forms and Reading Logs will be handed out on the first day back in school, and we will be completing challenges and activities through the week to help children boost their running totals!  Check back during the Sponsored Read Week to see how we are all getting on!

  

• Harvest Festival

  Fri 21 Oct 2016

  It was lovely to see so many parents joining us at our Harvest Festival on Wednesday.

  We all went down to the village church, and enjoyed singing songs based on Harvest and Autumn.

  It was a lovely opportunity to see all of the children performing, and the first of many this year!

  Our older children did a fantastic job supporting the music, with our brass band and rock band accompanying songs.

  The children in Year Five also demonstrated their new Sign Language skills by performing the Harvest Moon by Ted Hughes in Sign.

  

• Year Four Bikeability

  Thu 13 Oct 2016

  Year 4 completed their level 1 bike ability on Wednesday with Ian Jewell. They had an excellent day with lovely weather which meant that they could do it outside on the playgrounds. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the day and they all received a certificate and a badge for passing the course.

  

• Class Five at Poundstock

  Wed 12 Oct 2016

  On Tuesday 11th of October class 5 went to Poundstock Gildhouse to see what it would be like to be a Tudor. In the morning we were poor Tudors and we made cob, bread and ginger beer.  We were split into three groups, one was called Penfound, Trebarfoot and Calmandy.   Each group swapped around the activities so we all did everything in the morning.  We were all dressed up as poor Tudors which was really fun.

   

  When we were making cob everyone got messy because we had to use are hands to put the mixture into the mould. But it was very fun because we got to jump on it to mix it. When we made bread we all made a piece of bread each to take home! We had to make a special mark so we could remember which was which and who's was who's when we made ginger beer we all got a grinder there were wooden ones metal ones and normal ones after that we tested all of them the wooden ones would not crush the ginger metal ones did crush normal ones worked well to.

   

  After that we had a long lunch - it was yummy.

   

  Then we dressed up as rich Tudors – the girls wore dresses and jewellery and the boys wore suits and hats.   Then we played games, like cup and ball, chess, 9 men’s morris, fox and goose, bowling and cards.  When we were rich we also did dancing and learnt about what Tudor people would do at a feast.

   

  By Eden and Thomas

  

• Netball League 2016

  Wed 12 Oct 2016

  The 2016 - 2017 Netball League is officially underway!  Our netball team played their first match of the season on Monday evening, against Holsworthy Primary.  They started their campaign with conviction, winning 3 - 0.  Everyone is now looking forward to the next match!

  

• Roald Dahl Day

  Mon 10 Oct 2016

  On Friday 7th October we celebrated Roald Dahl day in school.  We dressed up as our favourite Roald Dahl characters and had lots of fun with some Roald Dahl activities in class.  As you can see everyone looked amazing in their costumes, and we enlisted the help of our fantastic librarian Mary to help us award prizes for the best Fancy Dress in each class.  Thank you to everyone at home for all of your help in making us all look so wonderful!

  

• Cross Country at Shebbear College

  Wed 05 Oct 2016

  We were blessed with amazing weather and fantastic results at the latest race in the Gliddon & Squire Cross Country League.

  This week the race was held at Shebbear College, and our runners continued to build on their fantastic start to the season.

  Our Under 9 teams had brilliant results, with Eleanor winning the girls race, closely followed by Imogen.   The boys followed suit, with Callum,

  Niall and Ewan all finishing in the top 25.  This means our girls team are currently placed in 3rd, with the boys in 4th across the league.

  The Under 11 Races also saw good results, with Imogen, George and Saul all finishing within the top twenty.

  We are now training ready for the next race on 6th November at Coxleigh Barton.

  

• Class Three Visit Julians Farm

  Sat 01 Oct 2016

  On Thursday 29th September 2016 Class 3 went to Julian's Farm for a morning. We met three people called Izzy, Amber and Harry. They were going river dipping and we helped them. We carried the things to the river. We found all sorts of bugs like flat bodies, shrimps and lots more interesting things. We also found a grass hopper. By Olivia