On Saturday 7th December, our school choir of over 20 pupils joined the church choir to perform Christmas carols at the Combe Mill Christmas Market. Lucky shoppers were treated to brilliant singing from all. Well done everyone!
On Friday 6th December, FoCS took over the Reading Room to host the Christmas Lights Event. The evening began with Bazaar stalls, Children’s Christmas crafts, reindeer rides (well, a donkey wearing antlers) and Santa’s grotto. There was a range of … Continued
The Green Club worked hard to prepare eco-friendly gifts for their stall at the Christmas Lights event. They produced sell-out bath bombs, bird feeders using old teacups, Christmas tree decorations, and many other wonderful gift ideas. The children did an … Continued
KS2 thoroughly enjoyed watching a performance of Macbeth. Everyone was completely engaged and all got to partake in the show itself, either as named characters or creating the various sound effects of the Scottish heath (from wind and rain to … Continued
Swallows Class spent the day at the Samba workshop, where they learned about this traditional style of Brazilian music. They experimented with a whole range of instruments: tamborims, maracas, agogo bells, pandeiros, and the huge surdo drums. As well as practising … Continued
Today we held our first Showcase event of the year, where parents were invited to share this term’s learning with their children. It was wonderful to see such a great representation. The children enjoyed sharing their ‘Funnybones’ dance, which they … Continued
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Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a day of African Drumming with Richard from World Beats Music. They developed an understanding of the history of African drumming and learnt that drumming can be a form of communication. They finished the day … Continued
In November, Swallows Class headed off to Leicester to visit the National Space Centre. We began with a trip to their planetarium, where the entire ceiling came vividly to life with the tales of and journeys encountered by an astronaut. … Continued
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