Page 57 - Phonebox Magazine July 2006

News from Sherington CE First School
ECONOMIC AWARENESS
Regular visits and fund-raising for charity shows us how to earn money and help others.
Writing this for a deadline near the end of term gives us a chance to reflect upon a greatly successful year at Sherington School. Our themed weeks, very competent students and many supportive visitors (both occasional and regular) have all added to the overall life and culture of a ‘small school doing big things’.
We sadly say ‘goodbye’ to double the number of pupils this year. Our Years 2 & 3 both move on to Lovat and other schools to continue building upon the secure foundations laid down in Sherington. In the future we will be a smaller school but thereby no less focused, striving to support individual children’s learning and development in our ‘family’ setting.
Recent news encompasses further work developing our Every Child Matters and Pupil Voice initiatives. The former saw a half term of school assemblies mapping the children’s knowledge and achievements and displaying them using new software on the interactive whiteboard. Our Pupil Voice work for the year saw us presenting classroom research involving children’s own planning and evaluations at local and national forums for other teachers.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
ENJOYING AND ACHIEVING
Early years pupils plan their own play curriculum as part of their ‘Pupil Voice’ curriculum – an ongoing action research study.
STAYING SAFE
Regular cycling safety instructions as well as contributions from a ‘Pupil Voice’ research project cover elements of PSHE.
In the immediate future please note the following dates:
Tuesday 4th July - Class 2 at the MK Music Festival
Friday 14th - Sports Evening & PTFA ‘fair’
Friday 21st - School closed for staff training
We reopen to the children, including many new faces, on Wednesday 6th September 2006.
STAYING HEALTHY
As well as cycling and elements of PSHE all children have access to either of our two vegetable plots and weekly cooking sessions often make use of home-grown organic produce.
MAKING A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Every child in the school has planted a tree in the school grounds and additionally in a joint venture with the Parish Council to develop a play area in the village.
All the staff and Governors wish to thank the many members of the community who have supported us this year and we look forward to our continuing partnership in the future.
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