Newsletter Friday 30th April 2010

This week has been very eventful. On Monday, Martin Malone kicked off the first Artspace workshop after school. Children began designing their own tiles in preparation for a permanent art display at the Xcel Centre.

Year 2 visited the Partnership Centre in Cheylesmore as part of their topic on the Victorians. Children had fun dressing up in Victorian clothes as well as making bookmarks. They also painted pictures of Victorian houses using stencils. You can see a display of their work outside the hall.

On Wednesday, Mr Combellack from the Warwickshire Cricket Board started after school cricket sessions for Key Stage 2 children. There are still some places left and each session costs £1. Please speak to the office staff if your child is interested.

This afternoon, two singers (Peter and Charlie) from Armonico Consort, came to visit Key Stage 2. They recently worked with Year 5 to produce a musical in a day and were overwhelmed by our children’s achievements. They played singing games with the children & taught them a short African song. If your child was inspired and would like the opportunity to participate in their choir, please return the slip from the letter they will be bringing home today, to the office. They are offering places at a very reasonable rate of 50p a week.

Finally, the Year 6 breakfast club started today and was a huge success. The majority of the pupils came for breakfast and had fun testing their mental maths skills as part of an inter-house competition. Mrs Knibb commented on how much more relaxed the children were before their mock tests. Breakfast club will continue next week.