Berrington Village Pump Edition 137 (Aug - Sep 2018)

News from Christ Church C.E. Primary School
Learning, Listening, Living
The end of term has seen glorious weather! No chance of
Sports Day being rained off this year. We have loved our
spacious, shady grounds and have enjoyed being outside when
we can. Family members joined us for a fun Sports Day with
Childrensworld running their own event in the afternoon on
the field. There can be nothing more lovely than watching 2
and 3 year olds take part in their first sport day – we enjoyed
bringing Red Class and all siblings out to watch too.
We also saw 51 members of
the School take part in
Shropshire Schools Half
Marathon at the County Showground – an absolutely amazing
achievement! We are a Daily Mile school with all the children jogging or
running for 15 minutes a day and our fitness levels have certainly improved
as a school this year. Our team recently won William Brookes, Small
Schools Sports Trophy in a competition against five other local schools –
our increased stamina serving us well in the heat.
We are delighted to be awarded a ‘Gold Mark’ for the second year in a row
showing that our PE and Sports provision is of excellent quality. This is so
important to us, as we see children as rounded individuals and want to
develop their mind, body and spirit, in these important primary years. In
September, we are planning more activities to develop children’s fitness and support parents.
As September approaches, you may be thinking about school places for your 3 year old and feel some
excitement and trepidation that they will be starting ‘big school’ this time next year! Do ring and I will
happily give you a personal tour. We can offer a family-feel to schooling whilst maintaining high
expectations of academic and extra-curricular activities. We flourish because of our community-feel, so if
you value that individualised approach to education, come and visit us.
Remember we are the catchment school for many villages: Cressage, Cross Houses, Harley, Cound,
Coundmoor and Sheinton but we also have children attending from further afield, into Much Wenlock and
Buildwas too.
We work closely with Childrensworld UK who are onsite and offer an “Outstanding” (Ofsted) nursery and
wrap-around childcare for before/after school and the holidays, so can offer excellent care if you are a
working parent and will need additional childcare.
Tracey Cansdale,
@ChristChurchsy5
Headteacher
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