Pre-Prep Sports Day
Every single pupil in Pre-Prep (and some parents!) joined in the fun of Friday’s magnificent Sports Day.
Reception’s Good Work Assembly
The pupils in Reception thoroughly enjoyed showing their parents and other visitors on Friday morning what a vast array of learning they had been involved in this term. The highlight of their Good Work Assembly was Mrs Tulloch’s wonderful video compilation of everything the children had got up to this term.
Pre-Prep Danceathon for Nepal
Just before half term, the whole of Pre-Prep took part in a Danceathon to raise money for the Nepal Earthquake. The children showed off their best moves non-stop for an hour and a half. Pre-Prep loved dancing away to some golden oldies like the Macarena and YMCA as well as some Rita Ora and One Direction. The teachers were put through their dancing paces and took part in a house ‘dance off’ with Mrs Clarke looking particularly Beyoncé like! Pre-Prep are trying to raise as much money as possible for this cause so would like to remind everyone who has not brought in their sponsorship money to do so by Friday.
School Walk and Tea on the Lawn
After the mayhem of the morning’s go kart race, the whole school enjoyed a more leisurely afternoon in the afternoon sunshine. Accompanied by a selection of canine friends, staff, pupils and parents spent a few hours away from the classrooms, taking in the air and the beautiful countryside that surrounds the school, before returning to Main School for the traditional Tea on the Lawn. Thank you to all those who donated so generously to the wonderful tea table, and to our own catering team for making sure we all started our half term break well refreshed and replete.
Summer Fair
It was lovely to see such a fabulous attendance at this year’s Summer Fair. The friends had worked tirelessly to lay on a superb range of activities, entertainments and stalls for all the family, and even the weather made a special effort to be nice for us! The Form competitions were a huge success with the miniature gardens and vegetable characters seeing a spectacular range of entrants. Thank you to all who entered and well done to our winners: George Dunn (Miniature Gardens), Stanley Clarke (Vegetable Characters) and Oscar Staveley (Photography). The Friends would like to extend a huge thank-you not only to all the families who supported the event, but to those who did so much to make the event happen: to all the Friends who manned stalls, to Mrs Partington’s Leckby Business Studies students who provided so many attractions, and to the school catering staff for all their help setting up and helping out on the day; to Mr Bayne for his marvellous balloon creations, to Mrs Saxby and Mrs Sowerby in the Bursar’s Office for all their help behind the scenes; to Mr Lister for the generators, and to Mrs Lister for all the meat for the BBQ.
PP2’s All about Form 1 morning.
PP2 were all very excited to meet their buddies on Wednesday morning. They began by joining Form 1 and Mr Bayne for some outdoor singing before finding their buddies. The children then had the opportunity to ask questions such as ‘Do you get lots of homework?’ and ‘How do you know which lesson to be in?’ Next the Form 1s took PP2 on a tour of the school to show them where to find everything. Everyone enjoyed a play on the field and explored the classrooms before saying goodbye. All the PP2s and Form 1s are looking forward to their Summer party.
PP2 Sports Activity Afternoon at Highfield
PP2 had a fun-filled afternoon at Highfield. They took part in a carousel of activities which included running, hurdles, javelin and long jump. The hardest was the triple jump which was quite challenging to master. The children enjoyed making new friends and trying out all of the activities on offer. Before it was time to head back to school the children were all treated to a delicious match tea. The afternoon was great preparation for sports day as well as being great fun.
PP1 visit Flamingo Land
Towards the end of April, PP1 visited Flamingo Land Zoo as part of their Animals topic. The children had great fun seeing lots of different animals and even got to hold and meet some creepy crawlies in their Meet a Creature workshop. They even saw a baby camel and a baby giraffe. The zoo staff haven’t named their newest arrivals yet so PP1 are going to have a think for suitable names for them. It was a great day out meeting lots of animals; PP1 came back bursting with useful information and further questions for their topic.
Chick Chats in Pre-Prep
There was great excitement from the Pre-Prep pupils and chirping from chicks as eggs hatched in the incubator. A total of 16 little chicks hatched from the eggs,all making as much noise as possible. Henry Land (PP1) was heard to exclaim “They are giving me a headache and we can hear them in our maths lesson!” Mrs Wick had brought in her incubator to keep the eggs warm for three weeks until they hatched. The children from Nursery through to PP2 were delighted to hear the chirping inside the eggs and to see the chicks pecking out of the shells. Some of the children were lucky enough to see the chicks hatch.
Pre-Prep Gardening and Animal Enrichment
The Gardening and Animal enthusiasts enjoyed a happy time in their enrichment as they not only got to see and hold the chicks but Mrs Rathbone very kindly brought in Bumble her Poodle puppy. Bumble was a delight and sat on Mrs Rathbone’s knee as the children asked lots of interesting questions and then stroked Bumble’s soft fur. James, her son, thought Bumble was so well behaved that she could go to school every day!