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ST JAMES’ AND EBRINGTON
C of E PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Headteacher: Joanna Jonson
We are in the middle of a very busy summer term which started with a
chocolate bingo night which was a fun (and chocolate) filled evening
for all our families and friends. It was wonderful to see the hall so full
and a really big thank you to John Griffiths for his bingo calling, and to
Emma Taylor, Lorna Oswell and their team from St. James’ PTFA for
organising the event. £546.24 was raised for the school.
Of course, May would not be the same without our traditional May
Day Maypole Dancing. Well done to all our dancers (and their
supporters) for turning out for a 7am start on the 1 st May to continue
the tradition of maypole and Morris dancing in Chipping Campden
Square to welcome in the day. Thank you also to Mrs. Morrey for
teaching our dancers and to The Cotswold House Hotel who very kindly
fed us all with delicious bacon sandwiches.
On the sporting front another successful month; we took part in the
swimming gala at Chipping Campden School, we beat St. David’s School
at football and netball and are now looking forward to summer sports
of cricket and tennis and our sports day at the beginning of July.
We are very fortunate to be able to benefit from the Music and
Literacy Festivals organised in the town. We have enjoyed many
activities including visiting authors (Jason Rohan and Julia Fulton) a
graffiti artist (Adam Bolton) and our children very much enjoyed
visiting Mill House Nursing Home. The residents love hearing the
children reciting poems and the children received many positive
comments. We have also been able to take part in music workshops in
school, which have been greatly enjoyed, and some of our children
were entertained and instructed by the Lux Quintet.
In light of the recent events in Nepal, we have raised £600 to send to
help the people of Nepal. The children sold ice-creams at playtime and
held a ‘‘Bring and Buy sale’ and a cake sale. Thank you to all the
parents and children who contributed. Thank you also to the Y6 pupils
for helping to organise the events.
Other activities have included a visit from the local community police
officer to deliver ‘stranger danger’ talks to all the children;
We are now looking forward to maypole dancing at Scuttlebrook Wake
and many outdoor activities. Let’s hope the English summer will be
kind to us for our last weeks of this academic year.
St Mary’s C of E (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton
Headteacher: Mrs Yvonne Barnes BEd (Hons) NPQH
MFL Language Festival
On Wednesday 22nd April, St. Mary’s Yr 3/4 children attended the MFL language at Chipping
Norton School. The children were split into groups of different countries Portugal, Italy etc. They
learnt three foreign languages, French, Russian and German. They also had to try some different
types of cheese e.g. Brie, Portsatou, etc. Twenty eight children of all were able to enjoy this
wonderful experience. Joanna Pike
Yr 3/4 Science
A few weeks ago all of year 3 and 4 were focusing their topic on how light travels. The pupils
worked on a project that showed that light travels in a straight line. To prove this fact the children
took 3 pieces of paper with holes in them. The pupils put these pieces of paper in a straight line,
making sure they were straight by threading string through the holes, a light was then shone
through the holes. The experiment was good fun. Kaya Malone
Competition Winner
In April I won tickets to go to Cornbury Music Festival. I took part in a completion in St Mary’s
School along with other musicians and singers, they were more singers than instrument players.
All of the acts were brilliant and many people were applauded with great enthusiasm. However,
there could only be one winner and the winner was chosen by the Head teacher and the musical
correspondent, they chose me to win! I will be receiving the tickets from a presentation at
Chipping Norton School. Charlie Weaver.
Author Visit
On 23rd April 2015 Steven Butler came to St. Mary’s Primary school to talk about his book the
“Diary of Dennis the Menace”. He read nine of the ten menacing rules and said we had to read the
first book to find out what the final rule is. After that he read part of the “Diary of Dennis the
Menace Bash Street Bandit” which is the fourth and final book so far. Then he answered some
questions.
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Cold Aston C of E Primary
School by Katie Walker
Headteacher: Miss Alexandra Symondson
Our whole school value for the summer term is ‘Trust’ and classes are
exploring this in various ways through worship, topic work and the
curriculum. Class 1 have been learning about the circus and have their
own mini big top in their classroom! To coincide with a trip to a local
estate, Class 1 have been learning about life on a farm. Meeting alpaca’s
on their visit was a great talking point and a big success!
Class 2 are looking at topics based on books and are currently studying
‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’, and also animals, food chains and
life cycles. To support this, the class went on an exciting visit to Birdland
in Bourton where they were treated to an interesting talk on owls.
Class 3 are learning about forces and magnets in science, and have been
planning and carrying out their own exciting investigations. Who could
have guessed that chocolate and jelly made such poor surfaces for
vehicles to travel on! Class 3 are also learning about programming in
computing and why the Bible is sacred in RE. As well as this, the whole
class have been learning to play the clarinet!
Class 4 are looking at ‘changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron
Age’. Their work is taking the form of a historical study. This is a new topic
from the 2014 National Curriculum and is proving to be interesting and
enlightening. The whole school are looking forward to their performance
of ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ which takes place in June.
Every Wednesday we have ‘Creative Curriculum Afternoon’. This is where
the whole school mix up into 5 small mixed aged groups and undertake
termly workshops learning skills for life. This term the groups will be
taking part in cookery, drama, PE and Forest School. We welcome input
from parents and volunteers for these afternoons.
In sport, we have sent representative teams to hockey, rounders, cricket,
athletics, and archery and mountain biking.
A busy, exciting and enlightening term!
St David’s C of E Primary School
Headteacher: Mrs F Heming
Enquiring minds, caring hearts, creative hands
Thank you to the staff at Travis Perkins who
welcomed our Reception classes to their premises
in Moreton earlier this month to help the children
find out more about building materials. It was a
pleasure to see all of the children in their
high-visibility jackets, walk up to Travis Perkins
where they had a tour of the premises and the
staff showed them various types of wood and explained how cement was
made. The children really enjoyed seeing the forklift truck in action!
On a sporting front, two determined Year 3 & 4 tag rugby teams travelled
to Cirencester Rugby Club to attend the North Cotswold Schools Games
competition. Both teams participated in 5 group matches each in the
morning and were then split into finals groups to play another 4 matches
in the afternoon. Both teams performed really well, with one team
coming second and the other winning the Bowl trophy in their group. All
the children showed teamwork, determination, respect, passion, selfbelief
and honesty; values at the heart of our school games ethos.
On 24th April the whole school took part in the ‘Jump Rope for Heart’
skipping event to raise money for The British Heart Foundation. It was
lovely to see everyone enjoying skipping in the sunshine whilst raising
over £700 for the charity.
The summer term is shaping up to be as busy as ever with sports day, a
music evening, theme events and a number of leavers’ events for the
Year 6 pupils. Our school orchestra will be playing at a number of events
in the summer term including Broadwell Village Fete on Saturday 13th
June, St. David’s Summer Fair on Saturday 20th June and our music
evening on 8th July. Please see the school website for further details:
www.stdavidsprimaryschool.co.uk