Dear Families
We are already at the end of week 3 and the learning is flowing thick and fast. We have had a very busy but happy week! Read on to see the variety of experiences and learning opportunities our children have had.
Commonwealth Day Adventure to see the King!
What an exciting and memorable start to the week we had. We were extremely lucky to once again have had the opportunity to attend Westminster Abbey with 8 children as part of the Commonwealth Day ceremony. First thing in the morning the children jetted off to London after being filmed for ITV! Did you see it?
Then, whilst at Westminster the children got to see… THE KING! WOW! What an incredible opportunity. A huge thank you to Mrs Jutla who made attending this event possible and to all of the staff who planned and led the trip (Mrs Fenton, Miss Ferrier and Miss Ford). This year’s theme for the Commonwealth was: ‘Together We Thrive’ and this really made me think that, as a community here at EHPS, we really thrive when working together. #weareEastHunsburyPrimary
The whole event was televised live on BBC and can be watched on BBC iPlayer. Can you spot our school? Your first glimpse of us comes 8 minutes and 5 seconds in.
Assembly
This week’s assembly was our termly House Assembly. A wonderful whole school assembly where we celebrate our House System. In this assembly, we shared the points total, future events coming up and our amazing House Captains shared fascinating facts about the forests/woodlands that they represent. They spoke brilliantly and did their houses proud. Well done Daria, Laila-Rose, Freya, Marcel, Stanley, Victoria, Dorothy, Wyatt, Zara, Freya, Summer and Thomas.
Shakespeare Ambassadors
On Monday, two of our Shakespeare Ambassadors went to Silhouette Theatre with Mrs Robinson to complete a presentation all about their work on Shakespeare.
Walk in Wednesday
We had another successful Walk in Wednesday which was focussed on making Spring Crafts. It is lovely now the evenings are getting lighter and we can see that the warmer weather is on its way – so it seemed fitting to have a spring themed Walk in Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend – we hope you had a lovely time. There are some lovely photos later on in the newsletter.
Nene Valley Water
Last week, Year 5 had a visit from Nene Valley Water. During the session, they learnt all about flood protection and completed some field work about how the environment can prevent flooding.
Big Sing
Our choir, expertly led by Fiona Landeman and Sarah Halsall took part in the Northamptonshire Big Sing at the Derngate on Thursday. What a wonderful uplifting event this was. Our choir sang songs such as Firework and The Power in Me and, as part of a 1000+ choir, lifted the roof off of the Derngate! A wonderful time was had by all and thank you to Mrs Pretty & Mrs Kelly who also attended and made the event possible.
TfW Showcase Morning
Yesterday, we held our second Talk for Writing Showcase morning! What’s that? I hear you ask… Well, we have been awarded Showcase Status for our work within writing, more specifically, the Talk for Writing approach (there are only 11 schools in the country). This means that we open our doors to other teachers and professionals to share our work and pedagogies with them. We are so proud of our children and what they achieve in writing.
Coming Up
Next week is another busy one… we have Year 4 off on a trip to Hazard Alley, Vicar Griff is in to lead an assembly about Easter, next Friday we have a mufti in exchange for chocolate and Easter eggs (ready for our Easter hampers), also on mufti it is wear odd socks day for World Down Syndrome Day and our Chatter Matters group! Roll on next week!
Save the Date! Eggtastic Event Coming Up!
Our legendary Easter Café and egg hunt is back again on Saturday 29th March 11am - 1pm. Come a long for a piece of cake and a cuppa and hunt those eggs! More information from FEHPS to follow.
Please keep checking the dates on the newsletter for any changes or additions to dates – we always try to communicate any changes in advance but things can change quite quickly.
Finally, thank you to everyone who purchased a book from our bookfair. I am pleased to share that we raised £1290 - we will be purchasing lots of lovely new books for our library shortly (thank you to Mrs De Chastelain and Mrs Pretty for organising and running the fair).
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Ms Pennington