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As I type, our Year 5 class are waking up after their first night on their much-anticipated residential trip. There was lots excitement as they headed off from school yesterday, ready to take on their first challenge, Jacob’s Ladder. Their enthusiasm was not affected by the wet and windy conditions, which had abated slightly by the evening. Hot chocolate, marshmallows and camp fires saw the end to their first exciting day.
On Monday 29th September, we were joined by many past and present staff, governors, friends of the school and Rt Revd. Michael Beasley, Bishop of Bath and Wells, for a special service of rededication. This event was the start of a year of celebrations, marking the 200th anniversary of Churchill Church of England Primary School. The children learnt about some of the history of our school, including how the land on which the school was originally built was donated by George Henry, the then Bishop of Bath and Wells, but the money to build the school was generously provided by William Perry. Over this year, the children will get to learn more about what it was like to attend our school, 200 years ago. We look forward to sharing more information with you.
The school year is now well underway and the children are really engaged in their learning. I have had the pleasure of doing a number of learning walks, in all of the classes, and it has been super to see the focus and positive attitude of so many of the children, as they strive to be the best they can be.
It was lovely to see so many happy faces coming into school last week. The first few days back are always quite special as we all embrace that golden opportunity to be the very best version of ourselves. Establishing high expectations for behaviour, punctuality, uniform and approach to learning, is the key task for the next few weeks. All of the classes are working on their learning charters and these will be shared with families during the meet the teacher meetings (a reminder of dates and times is included below).
Dear parents and carers,
I hope you have all had a relaxing and enjoyable summer. The new school year is fast approaching so I wanted to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome back to families returning after the summer holidays, and to those new families joining us this year, welcome to Churchill CE Primary School. In this letter I have included some exciting news about our school’s 200th anniversary as well as a few key reminders.
The end of the school year is in sight and with just 2 school days to go, we are focusing our attention on celebration services and wishing our super Year 6 pupils a fond farewell and good luck for the future.
It has certainly been a hot few days! Thankfully it was a little cooler today and the children were able to be out enjoying the field, once again.
Firstly, apologies for the slightly shorter than normal newsletter. We are experiencing some technical problems with our IT server so I have not been able to access a lot of the information. As soon as the system is back up and running, the office team will send out a slightly updated version with our clubs and community news included.
Last week, we saw our super Year 6 class sitting their SATs tests. The whole class reflected our rules for life and showed fantastic resilience, responsibility, readiness and respect for themselves and all their classmates. Thank you to all of the school team, members of the governing body and to families for supporting the children to have such a positive SATs experience. The young people should feel incredibly proud of themselves.
Welcome back, I hope you had a relaxing Easter break.
Term 5 is a short term but nevertheless a busy one, with school trips, spring music concert (see information below), bikeability for Year 5, Year 6 SATs and our Year 1 class service and Tea @ 3.
It is hard to believe that we have just one more week and we will be breaking up for the Easter holidays. Term 4 has been really busy, but there has been so much to celebrate. Our success in the Rotary competitions continues, with three of our pupils being awarded the top prices in the Young Musician competition. We have also had great success with our netball and girls’ football teams as they performed brilliantly in their matches and have now progressed on to the regional stages of their competitions.
The term has started with some lovely bright sunshine and the children have had their first opportunity, of the year, to play on the main school field. We really are very fortunate to have such super grounds for them to enjoy.