Rainbows concert

Another wonderful evening of Christmas and other music to raise funds for the Rainbows charity held at St James the Greater Church in Leicester. 

Our contribution included our string orchestra playing Tango and Cha Cha, Ode to joy and Good King Wenceslas. With our wind band also contributing Tick Tock and Rat Tat Tat.

The children's performance was highly praised and they all thoroughly enjoyed being part of a very special evening.

Rainbows is a charity that provides care for terribly ill children or those with life limiting conditions. It is very dependent on fundraising to provide this vital care to not just the children, but also to their families. It makes a real difference and provides lots of amazing memories.

An excellent evening that was thoroughly enjoyed by all. 

Advent in our foyer

Each week in assembly we light one of the Advent candles to mark the next stage of our Advent journey. As part of our staff briefing on Monday's we do the same, pausing to reflect on the next stage of our journey. Our foyer display picks up on this theme each week as well.

 

 

We light this candle to remind us

that God is always with us

As we travel towards Advent

 

 may we remember His love for us

Foundation Christmas

As all our KS1 classes prepare for their Christmas nativity production next week, it is great to see the festive season being celebrated in so many ways. Even though it is clearly getting a little chilly in the base!

 

This week the children have been learning about the key characters in the Christmas story, at the same time as doing a bit of 'decking the halls!' There was even a king in residence this week!

Traveling together

 

 

This week we continued our Advent theme by looking at the concept of journeys. All journeys start somewhere and the Christmas story is full of unexpected starting points.

 

The one thing that is important about journeys is who we travel with, travelling alone can be peaceful for a while, especially if you are used to having a car full of children! But really the only way to travel is to travel together. For us as a school this is exactly what the next few weeks are about as we explore the Christmas story together in so many different ways.

 

Next week we will witness the fun and creativity of our KS1 production in school, this is always an event full of ‘awe and wonder’! The classes are working very hard on their contributions and the school has definitely taken on a very festive feel – even the Christmas tree has arrived today and will soon take pride of place in the main school hall.

At the same time KS2 are beginning their preparations for their Christmas production over at Church the following week. This again is a very special event in the school calendar, the mixture of drama, music and costumes, within the setting of the church, is something that always leaves a very special impression on everyone involved and who attend.

 

Of course there will also be the Christmas lunch, the celebration of Christingles and parties to look forward to. All of which fuel the growing excitement that the journey towards Christmas brings. All this will end with our final whole school assembly at 2:0pm on the Friday which parents and carers are invited to join us for.

 

We hope that you are able to join us on this journey and that you will enjoy the travelling together that this involves.

 

The art of shapes

Really enjoyed visiting year 1 and 2 classes this week and  seeing them so creatively engaged in learning about 3D shapes. Lots of messy hands around as well!