This week in Bumblebees we have been learning about our senses. The children had a great time using sight and touch to help them to complete our ‘Search and Find’ activity.
The children had to choose a picture and then try to find the correct item in the Tuff Tray full of loose parts.
The children loved the activity and had great fun.
A squad of our pupils represented St John’s at the local area basketball tournament this week. As a school, we finished 5th behind two teams from Baschurch and Myddle out of 10 teamsin total.
We are really proud of our squad, particularly our Year 4 pupil Devon who stepped in at the last minute to help out. Well done to George, Arthur, Jamie, Alice, Mia and Devon!
Hedgehog Class had a fantastic time at Oswestry Library today so we just wanted to let you know about some of the great resources and activities that they have available. The library has a great selection of books, CDs and DVDs available. As a member, you can also get access to over 7000 e-Magazines and e-Newspapers. They also offer free computer access and WiFi. Membership is free and you can join either online or in the library when you visit.
The library has a lovely children’s area which is well resourced and welcoming. A lot of the children have said today that this was their favourite part of the trip! All of the children have come home with membership forms today however, membership forms can also be filled in online too.
Oswestry Library also hold regular activities that may be of interest to you…
Lego Club
Every Saturday 11am-2pm
Every Thursday 3.15pm-4.15pm
This is a free drop in session. No need to book, just turn up!
Bookstart Rhyme Time and Story Time
Every Monday 2.00-2.30pm
Every Wednesday 10.30-11.00am.
Board Gaming
Come along and try a new game or bring a favourite from home. Everyone welcome.
Free drop-in session.
The Reception children had a fantastic morning this morning to kick off our new topic “People Who Help Us”. We started the morning at Oswestry Library. We met Cathy, the Deputy Librarian who read a story to us in the children’s area.
Then we went on a dragon hunt around the library. This helped us get to know the different areas within the library such as the talking book area, local history area and the self-issue machine.
We were then given the chance to spend some time in the library choosing some books to have a look at and read ourselves. Mrs Farmer, Mrs Dyke and Mrs Viner really enjoyed spending some time reading to the children!
After the library, we visited Clark’s shoe shop where the ladies in the shop spoke to us about their job role and how they measure people’s feet to make sure that they get the right shoe size. The children were very excited to take their shoes off and get their own feet measured!
When we had finished asking our questions at Clark’s, we went to visit Vision Express. We learnt that people can go to see an optician to get their eyesight healthy. We know that this is to make sure that their eyes are healthy and working as they should do. We loved going in here as we got to try on some glasses in the shop!
We finished our trip at Philip Paul Ltd. The children were excited to go here to see how mechanics can help us. They met Paul who showed them some tools, ramps and what is hiding under the bonnet of a car.
When we had finished looking in the workshop and asking Paul lots of questions, we enjoyed having a look at a Mini in the showroom (both inside and out!)
What a busy morning we had! We can’t wait to find out more about People Who Help Us over the next few weeks!
We spent the week learning about the meaning of Remembrance, particularly focusing on World War One and the work of Wilfred Owen. Please enjoy a selection of our work below including some art work we are in the process of completing.
We’ve been thinking about the world wars and Remembrance this week.
Please enjoy Year 6 George’s poetic response which earned him a Headteacher’s Award. An incredibly poignant poem where George has managed it show his own perspective on war. Well done George – what a talent.
The children in Reception have been looking at poppies today. The made their own poppy pictures by printing with potatoes and carrots. We think they are beautiful!
Today in Rabbits Class we have spent some time talking about Remembrance day and the reasons why we have a two minutes silence. The children took a lot of time, care and effort creating their collage poppies as a sign of respect and support for the Armed Forces.
Our football team had a great session out today where they participated in the STFC EFL Cup. They managed to keep very close score-lines on the day, drawing 1-1 with Apley Wood but losing 1-0 to West Felton and 3-1 to St Giles. The boys showed brilliant team spirit and did us proud. A special congratulations to Jackson for his exemplary sportsmanship, Andreas for his determination in goal and also Jamie for his skilful play and for scoring two goals.
Thank you to Jonny and the team at STFC for hosting such a great event!
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