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Stow primary school
Rebecca Scutt, Headteacher
CHIPPING NORTON SCHOOL
Simon Duffy: Head Teacher
Hard on the heels of the General election, came
our school elections. Four parties from Class 4
battled it out with policies as wide ranging as “we
will help you with your handstands” through to
“we want compulsory finance education for KS4
pupils” After a very well run election campaign the children then took it
in turns to be polling clerks and returning officers whilst the rest of the
school cast their votes. The winning party were The Future party.
We have had a number of sporting successes recently. Our Y5/6
rounders team did really well at a local tournament
despite having only played a few times together due
to Y6 SATS revision taking priority! We will be
entering the North Cotswolds school athletics, Quick
cricket tournaments, football, rounders and cricket
matches! We’re also taking part in National School
Sports week where everyone will have the opportunity to participate in a
range of sports throughout the week.
Donations for Nepal - We were thrilled with the
massive pile of wonderful donations from the Stow
Community for Nepal. Mrs Gorton (Sophie Y6 mum)
works with several friends who are driving out to
Nepal. They have relatives there who have lost
everything so we know it is all going directly to help those in need. Thank
you very much on behalf of Mrs Gorton and her friends for your
generosity and kindness. Sports Day will be held on Thursday 4 th June.
All pupils are being asked to bring any new balls in with them so that we
can donate them to our friends in Halale so that their pupils can benefit.
Dormer House Pupils Go Nutty for Nepal
Last week, children from Dormer House put on their fundraising hats
to raise money for the people of Nepal in the aftermath of the
devastating earthquake last month.
On Thursday 7th May, pupils from Dormer House School in Moretonin-Marsh,
held a fete to raise much needed funds for the people of
Nepal. Last month, Nepal was rocked by an earthquake measuring
7.8 on the Richter scale. Thousands lost their lives and hundreds of
thousands lost their homes. Vast areas of Nepal were destroyed.
As the world rallies to provide aid to the people of Nepal, the children
of Dormer House were keen to make their own contribution and so
organised their ‘Let’s Go Nutty for Nepal’ fete.
Year 6 pupil, Hywel Gadsby-Evans, explains, “We had lots of great
stalls; a marble jar, splat the rat, knock over the can, throw the fish,
hook the fish, touchy feely things, suck the skittles, apple bobbing,
and stick the tail on the unicorn. We also sold friendship bracelets in
the colours of the Nepalese flag. At the end of the day, we raised
£650.00. This was more than double what we hoped to raise. This
money will hopefully buy tents, water, medical supplies and blankets
for the people of Nepal. We all had a great time raising funds.”
The children were extremely grateful to Dormer parent, Mrs.
Muschamp, who made the friendship bracelets. They were also
thankful to Year 1 pupil, Amelia Balhatchet, who donated £7, which
represented 14 weeks’ pocket money. Dormer’s Headmistress, Mrs
Thomas, comments, “I am incredibly proud of the children for taking
it upon themselves to raise much needed funds for the people of
Nepal. They organised some wonderful activities and raised a
fantastic amount of money. Well done!”
To find out more about the huge range of opportunities that Dormer
House can offer to your child, please telephone 01608 650758 to
arrange a tour of the school. For more information, please email
office@dormerhouseschool.co.uk or telephone 01608 650758.
www.dormerhouseschool.co.uk
Installation artist and sculptor Angela Palmer talked to students from
across the school about two of her projects: The Ghost Forest and
Adrenalin. The students were enthralled by her story of how she acquired
huge rainforest trees from the Suhuma Forest in Ghana and brought them
to Trafalgar Square to raise awareness of the impact of deforestation.
13 Year 7 students took part in a STEM Challenge Day
organised by The Smallpeice Trust. The students were split
into small teams and challenged to design and build the
fastest super capacitor –powered car. All the Chipping
Norton School cars performed brilliantly. The car produced
by Ettie Rux-Burton, Keira Koch, Matilda Donaghy and Santi
Kenneford was the overall winner with their car reaching
speeds of just over 7mph.
The KS4/5 Geographers had a fantastic week exploring the south coast of
Iceland. This trip is an invaluable opportunity to study at first-hand many
aspects of the GCSE syllabus. The students had a wonderful week.
The Year 9s were treated to a thought-provoking talk by author Stewart
Ross as part of this year’s Chipping Norton Literary Festival. Stewart talked
about his dystopian novels, The Soterion Mission and The Revenge of the
Zed. In the evening football fans enjoyed an interview with Matt Dickinson
about his researched biography Bobby Moore: The Man in Full.
Year 4/5 pupils took part in an able, gifted and talented Great Inventions
Science Workshop. The children learnt about scientific discoveries
associated with three particular inventors and carried out a series of
practical experiments.
201 Year 4 pupils took part in the Primary Languages Festival. The sessions
had all been planned by and were run by Sixth Form Languages Leaders,
who were so skilled and professional that some of the primary teachers
who came with their classes thought they were actually teachers!
60 Year 12 students have been working towards achieving Community
Sports Leader Awards this year. At the end of last term the students
planned, organised and managed a Schoolympics Festival for 440 Year 2/3
pupils. The competition between the teams was fierce but fun and the
winning team including pupils from Charlbury, St Mary’s, Enstone and
Middle Barton primary schools. Congratulations to all the pupils that took
part – you were all amazing!
St Catharine’s
Catholic Primary School
In the run up to the general election our Year 6 students were so keen
to ensure that they got the right to vote that they decided to run their
own local election. It was completely child-initiated by Harry Jeavons.
Groups formed to represent the different major parties and hit the
campaign trail rallying support amongst other students in preparation
for polling day. It was wonderful to see our children on a quest to
understand more about the political shape of Great Britain.
May has been a busy musical month. Class 4 have taken part in a three
week Serenade Composition Workshop, we were delighted to host a
concert by the Bute Clarinet group one evening, a large number of KS2
pupils chose to attend the Chipping Campden Music Festival’s
lunchtime concerts and as I write, the whole school are recording a CD
of the children’s favourite assembly Music.
As part of the Chipping Campden Literature Festival our KS1 children
enjoyed a visit from author Julie Fulton and back by popular demand,
author Stuart Reid, inspired KS2 children’s creative writing skills.
Sporting highlights included the football match against Bourton on the
Water where St Catharine’s ultimately won 7-3. Congratulations to new
pupil, Louis Parr for his 4 goal contribution! And St Catharine’s came
second in a swimming gala competing against other local schoolsOne of
our young pupils, Georgia Snape-Jones, was commended for a
photograph that she took as part of a Class 2 project. It is the
Cheltenham Camera Club’s 150 th anniversary this year and you can see
Georgia’s photograph, alongside a photograph accepted to the
exhibition by Edward Smith, at the Wilson Gallery in Cheltenham.
Please come and support a new initiative: St Catharine’s School in
conjunction with Campden Rural Cinema will be showing ‘Big Hero 6’,
from the Disney creators of Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph on SATURDAY
27th JUNE. Film Showing 3pm (Doors Open 2.30pm) at Chipping
Campden Town Hall. Tickets £4 available in advance from TIC and St
Catharine’s School. ENQURIES TO 01386 593795.
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