11 of our Year 5 and 6 children travelled to Monmouth in Wales to stay and help out at Jamie’s Farm. Spending 5 days away from home, working to run a farm is no easy task and our children certainly did our school and their parents proud. Find out what they got up to! 👇

What is Jamie’s Farm?

Jamie’s Farm uniquely combines farming, family and mindfulness sessions into a 5-day residential with a focus on giving children time and space to reflect, to renew and determine a new path for themselves. We do this by creating an environment where they feel respected, and are given opportunities to display their talents and show responsibility.

What does a typical day look like on the farm?

7:30 am	Rise and shine! Morning jobs start at 8 am!
9:15 am	A delicious breakfast made by one of the groups.
10:30 am	Farm jobs – working with the animals, doing maintenance on the farm, cooking lunch and preparing food.
12:15 pm	A delicious lunch prepared by one of the groups
1:30 pm	Farm jobs – again out on the farm, doing the jobs that need doing to keep the animals healthy and what is best for the farm.
4:00 pm	A tasty snack and then a walk or adventure!
5:30 pm	Shower time – farm work is smelly so it’s time to get clean.
6:30 pm	A delicious evening meal and games round the table. Then a film or time by the bonfire.
8:30 pm	Time for bed!

Take a look at what we got up to! We had tons of fun and are so thankful to the Jamie’s Farm team for giving us a chance to help run their farm, to explore beautiful countryside and to thrive and be successful. We can’t wait to come back again soon.

This half term, Year 3 are learning about the human body in science.

On Thursday 3rd February, a physiotherapist came in to talk to the children. She spoke to the children about her job and taught the them the names of some of the human bones. Some children wanted to know how they can become physiotherapists too!

Time to Talk Day with Mind and Co-op

This Thursday, 3rd February, was Time to Talk Day. To celebrate, we invited parents into the hall for coffee, cake, chat and chill. It was great to see so many parents together and we hope to do more sessions soon. Time to Talk Day aims at getting us to start conversations about mental health and wellbeing.

Miss Hobson’s class found a dragon hiding in the garage!

Happy New Year!

Welcome back after the Winter holidays, I hope you had a wonderful break and get to spend some quality time with your family and friends.

Covid-19

I have sent a letter home earlier this week to give you some guidance in relation to Covid. The most important thing is for our staff and children to be protected from the spread of the virus. This will also ensure school stay open because we have enough staff to cover classes. We want to make sure your children get a good quality education face to face in school and I am sure you do not want children to have to do remote learning unless absolutely necessary.

If your child has any symptoms, please do not send them to school. Do a LFD test and if it is positive, book or order a postal PCR test. If you have difficulties doing so, please contact school and we can support you with this. Please read my earlier letter with more information and also how we will manage attendance and absences.

Symptoms are:

1. A new continuous cough
2. A high temperature
3. A loss of taste and smell.

Symptoms for the Omicron variant also includes a runny nose and congestion, tiredness and a cough or sore throat, very similar to having a cold. If you or your child have these symptoms, do a LFD test to ensure you or your child are not infected and therefore not potentially spreading the virus.

At the moment we have had to cancel planned trips and we will review this at the end of January but we will continue to take the children in year 4 swimming for the time being.

If you have any problems getting hold of LFD tests or ordering a PCR test, contact school and we can support you with this.

Skills Builder

This half term, we are focusing on teamwork and staying positive. The children had a wonderful day on Monday learning more about how this will help them in their learning now, future education and jobs. You can also practice these skills by playing board games in teams, working on a puzzle together or doing house chores together. We would love to see any photos you may have of you doing these things and if you are happy to, we can showcase this on our website.

Mind

We are working closely with the mental health charity Mind to look into ways how school can support our families and community further with their mental wellbeing. We invited some parents to a workshop on Thursday and they have shared some brilliant knowledge and ideas with us. We will use this to write an action plan which we will share with you in the very near future. If you want to get involved with this more, please talk to Mrs Clark or Mr Trower.

Uniform

We are asking for you to have a look at home and if you have any uniform that no longer fits your children and they have a bit more life in them, to bring it into school. This can be school jumpers, trousers, T-shirts and coats. It will help if they are clean when you bring it in but school will also make sure it is clean and then we will set up the swap shop to run every month. We want to help our families out and want our children to look smart and feel part of the school community and uniform really helps with this.

Mrs. Clark

Take a look at what we have been up to this week