Leading the way in Effective Practice

Staff and pupils are delighted to have been awarded the Effective Practice Certificate for 2011/12 by Worcestershire County Council.

This certificate recognises the awards the school has achieved in Art (Arts mark Gold), leading curriculum innovation, AFL Strategies for teaching phonics, specialist provision for Every Child Matters, Numbers Count and Every Child a Reader and their Leading Parent Partnership Award.
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Generous gnomes raise over £700 for

Children in Need

Staff and pupils dressed up as gnomes this year and raised a fantastic £700 for Children in Need. Pupils made donations and bought cakes at break and lunchtime.

We also sent 30 children to Malvern to help with BBC Hereford and Worcester's world record attempt for the most people dressed up as garden gnomes in one place. The current record was set by 331 people in Canada but offical tellers at the Malvern theatre event counted 478 people. Officials from the Guinness Book of Records are now verifying whether a new world record has beent set.

Also in Tots@726 babies, toddlers and staff dressed as ladybirds. They studied real ladybirds and joined in many activities with a ladybird theme including water play, drawing and making ladybird biscuits.

Our Reception and Key stage 1 chlildren had a fabulous 'Wild Rumpus' day as the culminating event for their topic based book 'Where the Wild Things Are'.

Making full use of our fantastic outdoor space they had a fun packed morning in the playing fields and forest school when they problem solved, danced, followed clues to take them to treasure and had a fabulous time in the forest cooking popcorn on the fire. In the afternoon they made instruments, cooked and ate sausages and made hats using natural materials.