Find out what's happening in school:
On Wednesday and Thursday this week, we were really excited to welcome Debra Kidd and Hywel Roberts into our school to work with our children. Since attending a training event with Debra and Hywel in September, the staff have been looking forward to getting these two expert story-tellers into our school to get our children even more invested in their learning, and to work with us to think about ways we can use stories to deliver the curriculum and deepen the children's understanding.
Between them, Debra and Hywel worked with all our children from F2 to Y6 to enhance their topic learning. The joy and laughter that both children and staff experienced, and the play and the conversations that took place before and after these sessions, show how fantastic these sessions were. Those classes who have produced follow-up work have really seen the benefit, and we will be working story-telling into our curriculum delivery more and more in the coming weeks and months.
Thank you to Hywel and Debra for their work with us, and thank you to our staff and children for working so brilliantly when our visitors were in to ensure they had a brilliant time themselves!
We are having regular Forest School sessions on Thursdays, which started last week. So far, all our Key Stage 1 classes, as well as 3EK, have enjoyed these sessions. The children have had absolutely brilliant experiences, getting out in the fresh air and doing lots of exciting den-building, archery and teamwork activities. We have reports of lots of children going home and telling their grown-ups excitedly about what they have done and requesting camping trips!