The school year is now well underway, and it is lovely to be back in school.
Here is brief summary of some of the additional activities and events we have been up to so far!
September:
Our vicar, Tricia began weekly assemblies.
Classes 1 and 2 have begun Cricket with Fraser and Class 3 started their 10 sessions of swimming lessons. Classes 2 and 3 have started football and Multi skills with Rowan.
On the 13th September the PTA surprised held the Summer Social and surprised me with a celebration of my 20 years here at school. The video of messages from pupils past and present were so touching. The gifts were very generous too! This was certainly an evening to remember! Thank you!
We all enjoyed taking part in a day of ‘Wheelchair basketball’ with Nat and Jack.
I delivered an information session for parents on how we teach phonics
The book bus came to school and every child chose a new book each for their classroom.
The Macmillan Coffee morning was a huge Success, raising over £400 for this worthwhile cause!
October:
Parents of children in Reception came for a school lunch.
Mr Harrison took a team of footballers to the Brampton 6-aside tournament. The team did incredibly well and were runners up!
Harvest Festival was attended by so many parents and grandparents, with each class delivering a harvest related presentation.
Class 3 distributed the ‘Harvest Hampers’ around the village the following day. These hampers are much appreciated and provide children with a real connection to the people who live in our village.
Class 2 held their assembly for parents.
November:
The Rota Kids started the month with a fancy-Dress disco
Class 3 put on an impressive assembly for parents, as did Class 1.
Miss Pennington took the High Five netball squad for a tournament at William Howard.
Book fair returned to school for a week and was fabulously supported by pupils and parents raising almost £400 for school to buy new books!
Class one visited Carlisle Castle.
The whole school visited Theatre By The Lake to see Jungle Book.
Mr Harrison took his class to a cricket competition at The University of Cumbria, organised by Fraser our cricket coach – thank you Fraser!
Towards the end of the month Mr Harrison took 3 teams of long distance runners to the Talkin Tarn Cross Country run and the mixed boys and girls team came first!
December:
The PTA hosted the Christmas fair with a fabulous selection of stalls and activities raising an amazing £1200 for school!
The visiting theatre put on a great performance of Robin Hood.
Janice from Wynot Donkeys brought 2 festive donkeys to see the children.
We had a delicious Christmas Lunch – thank you Julie!
Class one performed a beautiful Nativity in church and classes two and three put on Christmas shows in school for parents! All brilliantly performed and enjoyed by the audiences!
We finished off the term and year with a fun filled Christmas party for the children!
January
January has been pretty quiet, Year 5 pupils went to WHS for a taster day, which was very well organised and beneficial for the pupils.
We held Parents Evening for parents of pupils in classes one and two, which was extremely well attended.
Gary brought 2 owls and 2 birds of prey into school and the whole school enjoyed the demonstration. Class 1 stayed behind and all the children got to hold an owl.
Best wishes,
Lynn Harrison
