A Flying Visit to Dishforth Airfield
Reception had a lovely trip to Dishforth Airfield on Monday. The children had lots and lots of fun looking at a helicopter and meeting real life soldiers! They made themselves camouflaged with cam cream, felt how heavy the guns were and even tried some ration packs – yummy! The fire engine also turned up and the children got to have a look around that and some children even tried to spray Mrs Living! Huge thanks to Cordelia Adamthwaite-Cook’s daddy and his team for organising such a fun afternoon for everyone – the children all loved it!
Pre-Prep Summer Concert and Speech Day
The gym was adorned with flowers for the Pre-Prep concert and prize giving. Mrs Ford put on a lovely concert with renditions of Sing a Rainbow from Nursery and Reception and Bare Necessities and Supercalifragilistic from PP1 and PP2. Mrs Sample was extremely proud of her recorder group who gave an impressive performance which was a credit to their hard work in recorder enrichment. There were many lovely individual performances on a wide range of instruments including Andrew Sturdy on the saxophone and Harvey Mercer on the trombone. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Reception performed Gary Barlow’s Sing and everyone enjoyed the grand finale when PP1 and PP2 gave an enthusiastic rendition of Reach for the Stars. Well done the staff and pupils of Pre-Prep. You always ‘reach for the stars’. It was a lovely celebration of the pupils’ achievements and during the year all Pre-Prep pupils have received a prize. We said goodbye to PP2 as they begin their adventures in main school by giving them a shield as a memento of their time in Pre-Prep.
PP2 Parents’ Lunch
PP2 had a busy day on Thursday leaving the classroom to become event planners, chefs, waiters and waitresses. They began the day by learning how to lay a table correctly. Some children made beautiful table decorations with Mrs Wick and Mrs Majewski using flowers from Mrs Wick’s garden. Then the children prepared a delicious lunch of salmon with lemon sauce, green salad and potato salad, with meringues, cream and summer fruits for dessert. The children worked really successfully and carefully to produce 33 plates of beautiful food complete with garnishes. Finally it was time for the parents to arrive. Each child met their guests welcoming them with a menu before seating them and offering drinks. The parents were all impressed by the children’s waiting skills and are hoping they will be served at home in future! Well done PP2 for looking after your parents so well.