A change of scene

This week our school looks a very different place as we prepare for the summer holidays. Classroom displays have disappeared as classroom contents are boxed ready to move to a new abode!

At the same time the children have enjoyed the opportunity to meet their new teachers and to visit their new classrooms, very exciting and quite a big change, especially if you are moving to year 3.

Over these three days our assemblies have focused on the whole school reflecting on what they are thankful for. This year has gone so quickly and in the business of the last few days it is easy to move on without taking the time to pause and reflect. The Psalmist encourages us to do just this, to be still and to know, to take time to reflect and to focus our minds on what we are thankful for both in our own lives and in the lives of others.

Each year group will be sharing their thoughts in our whole school assembly on Friday, by displaying one of the letters from two words. These two words are THANK YOU. Our main point of reflection will however be on the last letter in these two words - the U.

Why?

Because the things that we are thankful for don't happen by accident. They are either because we have made a difference or someone else has. The Letter U focuses us on this fact, it is because of who each individual is that our lives are special. But is also because of who God is that we are able to have so many things to be thankful for.

It is all about U!

So as we finish for the school year we want to focus on U, the difference that each of us makes and the difference that God makes in our lives and our communities.

May we always be thankful for the blessings that we have in our lives and the difference that other people make.

Pond developments

Today the second of our ponds was installed with a little help from our year 5 children. Both are now full and well populated with newts and frogs. The old ponds are out and ready to be disposed of and we are now looking to make good the ground around the new ones. The area will then be opened up for the children to enjoy at play times and lunchtimes.

We are also looking to introduce some new seating areas as well, just to make every one that little more comfortable!

Friday 3rd July

A busy day in school today with our year 6 children involved in the Curve schools bike ride, accompanied by our local police officers and staff. A great experience, with a slightly tiring climb on the way back up. Plenty of red faces as they entered the school grounds!

In addition we had an excellent picnic lunch outside today provided by our wonderful dinner ladies. Sausages and chips served up with ice cream for afters. The weather was kind to us, all though the shade was very welcome. Even the teddy bears appreciated it!

With one week to go there is lots to look forward to next week with our year 5 leavers assembly as well as our year 6 end of term production, which is always something special!

Activity day 2015

The sun has certainly shone over the last two days and for once we didn't have to cancel our activity mornings due to rain. Great to see the children working so well together in teams to take on many different challenges. Each one competed as a mixed year group team, supporting and encouraging each other.

We were also pleased to welcome parents who came to support and cheer their children on.

A big thank you to the staff who helped organise the events.

The Lord your God is with you

As we come to the end of our summer term, we will be focusing on the last part of Joshua 1 v 9, where God reminds His people that He is always with us. In fact it is for this reason that we should not be discouraged. Not an easy thing to achieve at times, but then I am sure that this is something that God understands. We only have to read the book of Psalms to see evidence of that!

In assembly today we thought about the fact that we can have confidence that God is with us even though we cannot see him.

We looked at Hebrews 11 v 1 where Paul tells his readers that faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Faith we considered, is trusting something beyond what we can prove with our intellect and senses, but it is also based on past experience or evidence. Not just our evidence or experience either, but those of others we know and who have walked the path of faith before us. In Joshua the people did not walk blindly in faith, they walked in full knowledge of the God who had proved Himself to be trustworthy and faithful to His promises.

Sometimes faith is tough, but it is always based on the confidence that God is always with us, even when we can't see him.

For our year 5 and year 6 leavers this is something that we hope they will take with them. That as they leave our school and begin new journeys  they can be confident that God is with them and because of this they will be

Strong and courageous

They will not be frightened or dismayed

For the Lord their GOD will be with them where ever they go.