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Welcome to the Spring term. Find out about getting muddy and mental health and how we are welcoming new neighbours at the Springfield Village.
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Springstead Village Welcome Card Winners
Wed 14 Feb 2024Congratulations to Lilly, Audrey and Ailsa whose welcome card designs were selected as winners in the competition run by contractors involved in the new Springstead Village development. Last Friday they were treated to a guided tour of the show homes, presented with a hi-vis vest and also a copy of their winning design transformed into a welcome card. The first residents are moving into houses in June.
The press release and a copy of the winning art work coming soon.
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Children's Mental Health Week - Let's Get Muddy!
Wed 14 Feb 2024Friday 9th February saw the children come in to school with wellies, towels and a change of clothes as we explored and celebrated how liberating it can be to get muddy on purpose! This was all in aid of getting in touch with our well-being and to discover fresh ways to feel good about ourselves. The rain of the previous few days meant there was no shortage of mud! Miss Louise prepared our mud play area and filled up the mud bath. Year 5 enjoyed, quite literally, taking a bath. Other experiences for the children included making mud sculptures, sliding on the school field, mud painting, decorating trees trunks with mud faces and of course face painting. Several children were heard exclaiming, 'This is the best day ever!'
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Visitor from Japan
Fri 12 Jan 2024Aoi came to school yesterday. She is from Fukuyama in Japan but is over here studying English at St. Andrew's University. Her family are good friends of Ms Haiselden from the time she spent teaching in Japan. Aoi spent time in Yrs 2 and 4. Aoi drew some comparisons with the Japanese education system. She loved our school lunch. She was amazed that the government fund 1:1 TAs. She also admired how pupils here are active not passive learners and also how we value each child's individuality.
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7th November Diversity Day
Thu 09 Nov 2023This year's theme for Diversity Day was Hopes and Dreams. Parents were invited in to share their experiences growing up in different countries and cultures. Children were asked to think about what they want to be when they grow up and the kind of person they wish to be. Year 4 in particular looked at the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and how they might contribute to achieving them. In the afternoon over 40 parents (23% of our families) came in for Stay and Play.
Among the experiences on offer to the children were to learn a Hungarian folk dance, hear a Ghanaian folk tale, dance to a Polish song, compare the English and Welsh alphabets, learn some Marahti and to hear from a TA about growing up in Afghanistan. Enjoy the photos.
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NEW Video Storyboard
Mon 30 Oct 2023Take a look under 'About Us' and the Vision and Values and see our new video showing our school vision and values in action, daily. It's called, 'ACTing out ACT'. Enjoy!
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Inter-house sports morning
Wed 18 Oct 2023Our Year 6 house captains and their deputies rose to their first challenge really well today. We had the first of our termly inter-house sports competitions. Our Year 6s led their activities well and it was also great to see the older children supporting Reception children to access the activities.
The event also gave our teaching assistant team chance for some professional development. They took the time to share their expertise with each other in order to support our EHCP pupils better. SLT, Miss Louise and the teachers supported our EHCP pupils in the sports. The totals for the events were-
Green (Leah Manning) 441, Red (Eric Liddell) 385, Yellow (Philippa Fawcett) 301, Blue 544 (Thomas Clarkson). Have a look at the photos to see the fun had by all.
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Best KS2 SATS results ever!
Tue 18 Jul 2023Our Year 6 pupils have achieved above the national average across the board. Very well done and to the whole staff team who have nurtured some of them since Nursery. We are really proud!
KS2 SATS RESULTS 2023
School Subject percentages
Below
At
Greater depth
National At
Reading
23
77
47
73
Writing
27
73
10
71
Maths
20
80
30
73
GPS
20
80
47
72
Combined RWM
CHPS - 63
59
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Wheelie Day
Fri 16 Jun 2023As part of National Bike Week, children came to school with their bikes on Thursday and spent break and lunchtime cycling a couple of trails round the school grounds. One was off road through Natureland and the other a test of skill weaving through cones on the netball court. Children from Nursery also took part. By the end of the day the children's cycling stamina and confidence had really increased. It was a popular event and it seems some of us would like to try it in the mud in the winter!
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School seaside trip to Hunstanton
Fri 16 Jun 2023On Wednesday 7th June we had our first ever trip to the seaside. Reception through to Year 6 boarded three buses, armed with beach shoes, bucket and spades, sun hats and towels and headed to Hunstanton beach for the day. It was a day of many 'firsts' for many children- real sand in their sandwiches, sandy feet, paddling, understanding waves and tides, building sandcastles with elaborate moats, finding crabs and jellyfish. We all had such fun. A big thanks to Ely Diocese for kindly covered the cost of the trip.
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Our winning cricket team!
Fri 16 Jun 2023On 6th June our Year 5/6 cricket team took part in the Dynamo Cricket Tournament held at Bottisham Village College. They played 3 games and comfortably won all 3 of them. Organisers of the event commented on the skill of our players. We are now through to the final of this year's Cambridgeshire schools Dynamo Cricket competition. This will be a whole day event on a proper cricket pitch in Caldecote village. We can't wait!
