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Monday 22 July 2024 End of Year Church Service at St. Mary's - July 2024 Last Friday morning, Tim led worship in St. Mary's church with a 'summer theme' all about looking after ourselves in the summer, refreshing ourselves and spending quality time with loved ones. Some of the children even got to play some summer games in church!
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Thursday 18 July 2024 Sports Day 2024 Well done to all the children who took part in Sports Day today in glorious sunshine! It was lovely to see all the children cooperating with each other and supporting one another on all the activities both this morning and this afternoon!
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Thursday 18 July 2024 Y6 visit - PC Sibun and Toby Hewson Y6 welcome two visitors yesterday - PC Sibun and Toby Hewson from the Parish Council,
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Thursday 18 July 2024 Y6 - Shakespeare Rocks! - July 2024 What amazing performances from Y6 on Wednesday of their Leavers' production of Shakespeare Rocks! You sang, danced and acted brilliantly! What an amazingly talented bunch you are! Photos below.
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Monday 15 July 2024 VIPs of VIPs! - July 2024 Well done to all our "VIPs of VIPs" today in assembly! It was lovely to celebrate all our lovely VIPs voted for by the children in each class but also by the adults. Well done to all of you - you are a real credit to our school!
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Friday 12 July 2024 Y5 - Greek Day - July 2024 Greek Day
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Thursday 4 July 2024 W&B General Election - July 2024 Our four main political parties: 'Birch Party', 'Oak Party', 'Pine Party' and 'Sycamore Party' held a W&B General Election assembly this morning where the children from each party spoke passionately and persuasively about a range of subjects that effect our school life, our local community, our national picture and our global outlook. The children prepared and made speeches with some great ideas and policies!
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Wednesday 3 July 2024 Transition Day - July 2024 Lots of happy faces on Transition Day today - we're looking forward to seeing you all properly in your new classes in September! Photos below.
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Tuesday 25 June 2024 Y6 Diocesan Leavers' Service - June 2024 What a privilege it was, on a beautiful sunny day, for our Year 6 class to attend the Diocesan Leavers' Service at Chichester Cathedral yesterday. There were 12 primary schools attending alongside many dignitaries from the Diocese, including the Bishop of Chichester. Violet Class, you did us proud with your dramatic reading from the bible yesterday, rewarded with a hearty clap from the whole congregation! You also looked so smart in your shirt and ties, with your full school uniform on! Hopefully, the memories of this service, and your contribution to it, will help you on your journey towards secondary school.
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Thursday 20 June 2024 Cricket Tournament - June 2024 Well done to our cricket team on Tuesday this week as they took on a number of strong teams at the cricket tournament at Littlehampton Cricket Club. The team came 11th out of 12 schools but did win their last game so ended the day on a high! Well done to all of you for playing in the right spirit. Photos here.
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Monday 17 June 2024 Summer Fair - June 2024 What an amazing Summer Fair we had last Friday - the British weather behaved itself and meant it was dry and sunny, if a little windy! Many, many thanks to Emmie, Lisa and all the members of the PTA who worked so hard throughout the day (and in the days before the fair), to make it so memorable for our whole school community. The fair raised over £4000 for the school - well done everyone!
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Friday 14 June 2024 Humanities Week Assembly - June 2024 It was lovely to see lots of children across the school showing off their work yesterday in our Humanities week celebration assembly. It was amazing how much the children had learnt about different regions across the world. Photos here.
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Sunday 9 June 2024 Quadkids Athletics - June 2024 Well done to all of our Y6 athletes who took part in the Quadkids athletics event on Friday last week. The children had to show different athletics skills in the four part event: a sprint race, a 600m race, standing long jump and vortex howler throw - all of our athletics representatives did really well in quite blustery conditions! Well done to all of you - photos here.
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Sunday 9 June 2024 Y6 - Making Pizza - Humanities Week 2024 Violet Class enjoyed making delicious pizza early last week as part of their delve into Europe in Humanities week 2024 - photos here.
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Friday 7 June 2024 Y2 - 'Little Big Sing!' - June 2024 Y2 had a really nice time visiting Yapton Primary School yesterday to perform in the 'Little Big Sing!' event. Alongside singing their own songs, Y2 performed some music numbers with some of the infants from Yapton Primary School - lovely to see our school interacting and singing with another local school! Photos below.
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Wednesday 5 June 2024 Y4 - Pagham Harbour - June 2024 Blue Class had a lovely time in the sunshine at Pagham Harbour today, learning all about the habitats in that area. Photos below.
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Monday 27 May 2024 Y4 - Japan Children's Day - May 2024 Year 4 had a fantastic day last Friday celebrating the end of their Japan topic.
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Friday 24 May 2024 Y6 - Out of Bounds Day - May 2024 Year 6 had a fantastic day today to celebrate the end of their SATs test last week with a trip to 'Out of Bounds' in Rustington. Violet Class managed to fit in: 'Clip 'n' Climb, Adventure Golf, Lunch, Bowling and Adventure Nets! All in one day! The sunshine was glorious and the children had a great day! Photos here.
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Friday 24 May 2024 Y6 - Olympic Enrichment Day - May 2024 Year 6 had an excellent day yesterday thanks to our Premier Sports coaches where they tried different Olympic sports on an 'Olympic enrichment day" with fencing and archery among the highlights! A fun-packed, sport filled day!
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Thursday 23 May 2024 Y3 Roman Day - May 2024 Today in Green Class we had Roman Day! Throughout the day the children were able to experience different activities. They made Roman helmets, created mosaics, working with Roman numerals and even made Roman honey biscuits.
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Wednesday 22 May 2024 Y6 Residential - Lodge Hill - Day Three Although it rained a little today, Y6 enjoyed their last day at Lodge Hill with sno-tubing, rifle shooting, team building exercises followed by an orienteering challenge across the whole site. Well done to Year 6 - you were a pleasure to take away and a real credit to the school!
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Tuesday 21 May 2024 Y6 - Day Two At Lodge Hill - May 2024 Another fun-packed day at Lodge Hill today as Year 6 enjoyed a variety of activities during the day including sno-tubing, team challenges, crate stacking, archery, nature trails and rifle shooting, In the evening, the children had fun with a quiz followed by a disco led by DJ Becker! Photos below.
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Monday 20 May 2024 Year 6 Residential - Day One - Lodge Hill - May 2024 Year 6 had an excellent first day here at Lodge Hill full of exciting activities; including abseiling, crate stacking challenge and a camp fire to finish the day! Photos here.
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Friday 17 May 2024 Wear It Blue Day 2024! Thank you to everyone who joined in with "Wear It Blue Day 2024" either by contributing with a donation or by dressing up in something blue. Year 6 had a visit from Jay from West Sussex Mind who spoke to the children about things we can do to keep ourselves in a positive mindset when it comes to our mental health.
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Friday 17 May 2024 Y6 - Ice cream treat and post-SATs breakfast - May 2024 A huge thank you to the PTA for giving our Y6 class a lovely couple of treats to celebrate the end of their SATs this week. Yesterday, Violet Class were treated to a delicious ice cream and today, they all tucked in to an amazing post-SATs breakfast! Well done Year 6 for trying your best in the SATs and thank you once again to the PTA for giving them lovely rewards at the end of the week!
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Friday 17 May 2024 Y5 - Planetarium Visit - May 2024 Year 5’s Trip to South Downs Planetarium. Earlier this week, Indigo Class had a great trip to South Downs Planetarium investigating our night sky, Dr Mason was, as ever, brilliant. The children asked him lots of interesting questions and they were all answered. The children were so well behaved and this was commented on by the volunteers at the venue. Thank you to all the parents that helped on the day.
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Friday 3 May 2024 Y4 - Japanese Visitors - May 2024 Today, Year 4 were visited by three lovely Japanese ladies.
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Tuesday 30 April 2024 Y3 - Bignor Roman Villa - Apr 2024 Year 3 had a brilliant day last Friday at Bignor Roman Villa, where they expanded on their knowledge of The Romans. The day started with a guided tour, where the children were able to walk around the villa, to see artefacts and even walk on a roman mosaic floor! Stories were told of what it would have been like for the Roman living and working on the farm at Bignor. The children demonstrated their excellent knowledge of the roman gods/goddesses, as we saw Venus and Jupiter within these too.
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Tuesday 30 April 2024 Henry Adams Olympic Competition Winners - Apr 2024 Well done to all our entrants in the Henry Adams competition where the children had to design an Olympic flag. Some very imaginative entries and a particular well done to our winners!
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 Computing Morning - Apr 2024 Competition winners, the E-Safety team and guests enjoyed a morning of IT yesterday. Children were introduced to the new Microbits that we received absolutely free! They made a Science themed ‘Timing Gates’ using cars and kitchen foil and then made Rock-Paper-Scissors but all had lots of fun!
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 Dance House 2024 Well done to all our fabulous dancers last night at Dance House 2024 at the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing! It was a big stage to fill and you filled it superbly with your smiles, energy and love of dance! See below for photos (of the dress rehearsal) and the dancers in their costumes backstage (many thanks to the PTA for supplying the t-shirts).
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Tuesday 23 April 2024 Summer Term Prefects - Apr 2024 Well done to our 4 new Prefects for the Summer term - we are sure you will do a splendid job! We are also sure you will be excellent role models for our school!
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Friday 19 April 2024 PTA Colour Run - Apr 2024 Despite the deluge of rain towards the end, this didn't dampen anyone's spirits as the children enjoyed a very entertaining Colour Run this afternoon! Many thanks to all the PTA helpers who helped the children on their way by making them as colourful as possible! Photos below.
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Thursday 18 April 2024 Y3 School Games - Multi-Skills Final - Apr 2024 Today 10 children from our Year 3 class represented our school and West Sussex West at the Spring Sussex School Games in multi-skills after winning our local virtual competition.
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Thursday 28 March 2024 Easter Worship - Mar 2024 Thank you to the Rev. Jo King, from Holy Cross church, who delivered our Easter assembly today. It was very interesting to hear the Easter story from Peter's point of view through the use of emoji emotions! Photos below.
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Thursday 28 March 2024 Y5 - African Dance - Mar 2024 Well done to Indigo Class for your African song and dance which you performed in front of the Y5 parents/carers yesterday. A particular well done to those who led the singing and the rhythm of the dance. Very well done!
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Thursday 28 March 2024 PTA Easter Egg hunt - Mar 2024 Many thanks once again to Emmie, Lisa and the PTA for organising the superb Easter hampers and the Easter egg hunt - the children searched every nook and cranny in the school atrium to find those eggs!
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Thursday 28 March 2024 Corporate Challenge Road Race - Race 3 - Mar 2024 Our runners did us proud once again in Race 3 of the Inter-Schools Road Race competition in Chichester. What a great running team! You ran brilliantly in all the races you took part in, and supported each other throughout! Well done team!
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Thursday 28 March 2024 Y4 - Easter Assembly - Mar 2024 Well done to Blue Class for your retelling of the Easter story in your assembly this week. You sang well, acted well and delivered your words very clearly - a great way to hear the Easter message.
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Thursday 21 March 2024 Music concert Mar 2024 Wow! What an amazing evening we had last night as so many of our children showed off their special musical talents! From drums to guitars, piano to cellos, violins to recorders and flutes, the children showed off their remarkable talents!
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Thursday 21 March 2024 Swimming Gala - March 2024 Well done to our superb team of swimmers at the exciting swimming gala yesterday. You all swam with such energy and enthusiasm! Unfortunately, the swimming gala was cut short after most of the heats had been completed so there were no finals races but you all did your best in a great atmosphere!
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Thursday 14 March 2024 Science Week - March 2024 What a fantastic day we had on Tuesday when the whole school mixed up to get their hands on different experiments in different classrooms! Thank you also to parents/carers who visited the school today to see some of the experiments in action in the hall and a big thank you to Mrs York and her Science ambassadors for organising a fantastic Science week 2024! Photos below.
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Thursday 14 March 2024 Corporate Challenge - Race Two - Mar 2024 Well done to all our runners at the Corporate Challenge Inter-Schools road race yesterday evening. Racing in ideal conditions, all our runners did us proud! One more race to go in two weeks!
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Monday 11 March 2024 Science Week Launch Assembly - Mar 2024 Mrs York and her Science ambassadors launched British Science Week 2024 in assembly this morning. Every class was then instructed to take part in the same experiment - testing different slices of bread with different levels of exposure to bacteria - how clean are our hands...?
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Friday 8 March 2024 World Book day 2024 We had lots of great costumes for World Book Day 2024 yesterday as we celebrated our love of books!
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Wednesday 6 March 2024 E-Safety Competition - Mar 2024 Well done to everyone who took part in the E-Safety competition - the winners were announced yesterday in assembly. The winning entries will be displayed around the school to remind us how we can stay safe online!
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Friday 1 March 2024 Corporate Challenge Road Race - Race One - Feb 2024 Well done to all 14 of our runners who ran so well in the rain on Wednesday evening in Chichester in the first of three road races over the coming weeks. Despite the conditions, the children ran some really fast times, Notable results were:
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Friday 23 February 2024 Fire Service Visit - Feb 2024 Today, YR, Y2 and Y5 had a great time when the Fire and Rescue Service brought in their fire engine and the children got to climb in the vehicle, explore a little and learn all about what the Fire and Rescue service does!
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Friday 23 February 2024 PTA new glockenspiels and board games - Feb 2024 A huge thank you to the PTA for all that you do for the school! This week, the PTA very kindly bought some new board games for one of our OPAL play zones. The games were chosen by our school council and we have really enjoyed playing with the new board games over the last few days. Alongside this, the PTA bought a class set of glockenspiels so that ALL the children in the class can play an instrument at once - see below for a few photos of the School Council with the board games and Violet class enjoying the new glockenspiels.
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Friday 9 February 2024 Y3 - Maya Day - Feb 2024 Maya Day!
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Thursday 8 February 2024 Safer Internet Day 2024 On Tuesday, it was 'Safer Internet Day 2024' so there was an assembly earlier this week run by our E-safety ambassadors to remind everyone of the ways we can stay safe online.
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Thursday 8 February 2024 Tag Rugby Festival - Feb 2024 Well done to 12 of our Year 6 children who had a great afternoon on Tuesday practising their tag rugby skills. After an hour of rugby skills and activities mixed in with other schools, the children then played three friendly games, winning two and drawing one, showing great defence and scoring some super tries. All played in a fantastic rugby spirit!
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Tuesday 30 January 2024 Cross Country - Jan 2024 Last week, a number of our Y5 and Y6 children took part in the cross country race at Bishop Luffa school.
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Thursday 25 January 2024 YR and Y5 Bird Watching - Jan 2024 Red Class and Indigo Class made some bird feed a few days ago to attract birds to different areas of the school. YR and Y5 then went out for some bird watching today to see if they could spot some birds and make a tally chart.
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Thursday 18 January 2024 Netball Tournament - Jan 2024 Well done to our Y6 Netball team who played in a tournament earlier this week coming joint 5th out of 8 schools. The team played in a great spirit in somewhat cold conditions! Photos below.
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Monday 15 January 2024 PTA - New Playground Equipment - Jan 2024 A massive thank you to the PTA for purchasing lots of lovely new playground equipment for the children to play with at break times. The House Captains helped to select all the new equipment and they are organising a rota in order that all the children across the school get the opportunity to play with all this lovely new play equipment. The pogo-sticks are already proving very popular!
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Tuesday 9 January 2024 Spring Term Prefects - Jan 2024 Congratulations to our fabulous new Prefects for the Spring Term. We are sure you will be super representatives for our school! Photos below.
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Friday 15 December 2023 Reindeer Run for charity - Dec 2023 What a great way for the children to expend some of that pre-Christmas energy by taking part in a 'reindeer run' for charity this morning. The conditions were perfect for our reindeer to get in training for the big day!
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Friday 15 December 2023 Christmas Service at St. Mary's - Dec 2023 Thank you to our local vicar, Rev. Tim Ward, for inviting us to a church service this morning at St. Mary's. Along with a few Y4 volunteers, Tim led us through a poem all about the Christmas story. The children also sang Christmas carols wholeheartedly in the church. Photos below.
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Thursday 14 December 2023 Y5 - Victorian Christmas Day - Dec 2023 Indigo Class had a great day yesterday with a day full of activity celebrating a Dickensian Victorian Christmas. The children were very busy making cakes and cucumber sandwiches in the kitchen. They also made orange pomanders, jack in the box or soldier toys, a swing ball toy and even had time for some Victorian handwriting with quills and ink and Victorian games outside.
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Wednesday 13 December 2023 YR - Stay and Play - Dec 2023 Thank you to all the parents/carers who enjoyed a Christmas "Stay and Play" with the children in Red Class. Everyone had a lot of fun in a lovely Christmas atmosphere! Photos below.
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Tuesday 12 December 2023 Y5 - Loom band bracelets for Sussex Snowdrop Trust - Dec 2023 A group of children in Indigo Class decided to create ‘Loom Bands and Bracelets’ to sell for a local charity ‘Sussex Snowdrop Trust’.
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Monday 11 December 2023 Year 6 - World War II Day - Dec 2023 Year 6 had a great day in Year 6 today as they commemorated the end of their World War II topic with a VE (Victory in Europe) Tea Party. The children baked scones and carrot cakes in the morning and finished the tea party with their Lindyhop dance. A great way to finish the topic!
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Friday 8 December 2023 Santa's Grotto and Christmas Fair - Dec 2023 What a fantastic Christmassy day here at Walberton and Binsted! It all started with Santa's grotto and "presents for parents/carers" - lots of busy elves and PTA helpers made sure everything ran like clockwork! After school, we had a wonderful Christmas Fair - many, many thanks to Emmie, Lisa and all the PTA helpers for organising such a brilliant fair and many, many thanks to everyone who came and supported the fair and made it really special. Photos below.
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Wednesday 6 December 2023 Girls' Football Area Finals - Dec 2023 A massive well done to our girls' football team who narrowly missed out on a place in the next round of their competition yesterday despite going through the tournament unbeaten and only conceding one goal!
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Tuesday 5 December 2023 School Council - Christmas Tree Decoration - Dec 2023 Many thanks to the School Council who helped to decorate our magnificent Christmas tree yesterday morning. The School Council couldn't reach the top of the tree but they did a splendid job decorating all the lower parts to the tree!
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Monday 4 December 2023 Christingle - Dec 2023 Well done to all the Y3 and Y4 children who took part in the beautiful Christingle service yesterday evening at St. Mary's church. You spoke and sang brilliantly, explaining the meaning of Christingle for everyone! You made us all proud that you represented the school so well in our local community.
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Friday 1 December 2023 Henry Adams Christmas Competition Winners - Dec 2023 Well done to all the children who took part in the Henry Adams Christmas competition where the children had to create a Christmas decoration out of recycled materials! Dee Tickner (from Henry Adams) and Mrs Brockhurst found it really hard to judge the competition as there were so many stunning entries!
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Friday 1 December 2023 POP Day 2023! KS2 braved the cold weather yesterday to give our school grounds a bit of a tidy up - (particularly all the Autumn leaves!). This was all part of POP Day 2023 (Protect Our Planet Day 2023). Alongside sprucing up our outdoor areas, the children also watched some live links from STEM Science POP Day and tried their hand at various activities related to how we can protect our planet. Photos below.
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Monday 20 November 2023 Henry Adams Christmas Competition Assembly - Nov 2023 Many thanks to Dee and Clemmie from Henry Adams who came in last week to launch their Christmas competition for this year. The children are being asked to design a Christmas decoration out of recycled material - details were sent out by email last week. Entries need to be in by 30th November please. The winner will get a fantastic Harry Potter lego set!
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Monday 13 November 2023 Girls' Football Tournament - Nov 2023 Well done to our brilliant Y5/Y6 girls' football team who played magnificently in the tournament last Friday - coming second overall!
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Tuesday 7 November 2023 Y6 - D-Day Museum Trip - Nov 2023 Violet Class had a great day at the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth yesterday. Alongside a World War II workshop (where the teacher was very impressed with the children's knowledge of WWII), the children had the opportunity to explore the great exhibits, artefacts and displays in the museum. Photos below.
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Friday 29 September 2023 Y5 - Harvest Hope - Sep 2023 Indigo Class were amazing in their Harvest Assembly today. It delivered a very poignant message that we always have ‘Hope’. They sang their hearts out and acted brilliantly! Well done. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Harvest Food for the Bognor Regis Food Bank.
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Friday 29 September 2023 Y4 - Brighton Museum Trip - Sep 2023 Year 4 had a great day on Wednesday at the Brighton Museum learning to be Ancient Egyptian embalmers! The museum uses life size mummy dolls to train new embalmers. The children not only had to wrap them, but they have to be properly prepared, cleaned, preserved and decorated with jewellery and amulets for their journey to the Afterlife.
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Wednesday 27 September 2023 Y5 - Fishbourne Creek - Sep 2023 Year 5 had a fantastic day for their Fishbourne Creek trip last Friday.. They learnt how to measure the flow of the water as well as identifying what happens in different parts of the river. It was such lovely weather that the walk to the Dell Quay classroom didn’t seem quite so long. They also saw where the River Lavant flows into the harbour. During their walk they noticed coastal erosion and the impact it was having on the wildlife. Photos below.
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Thursday 21 September 2023 Y3 - Butser Farm trip - Sep 2023 Yesterday, Year 3 visited Butser Ancient Farm where we got to experience lots of different activities relating to our topic of The Stone Age.
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Wednesday 20 September 2023 Y2 - Arundel Castle Trip - Sep 2023 Year 2 had a fantastic trip to Arundel Castle yesterday, even though it was a little windy! We enjoyed exploring the different areas, including the dry moat, beautiful gardens and grand Baron’s Hall. We bravely climbed the winding stairs to the top of the Keep and found out about what happened if people tried to invade. We also explored some of the armour and clothing that different people wore in the castle, depending on their role and we particularly enjoyed dressing up in these! The children asked some fantastic questions and it was a great experience exploring such a wonderful castle.
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Friday 8 September 2023 House Captains - 2023-2024 Well done to our brand new House Captains for 2023-2024! I'm sure you'll do a brilliant job representing your House Teams - all the candidates in Y6 gave super speeches and it must have been difficult for the children to vote for their Captains! Well done to everyone who made a speech and an extra special well done to our new House Captains for 2023-2024!
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Friday 8 September 2023 Y3 - Cave Drawing - Sep 2023 In Year 3, our current topic is the Stone Age. This week we have been reading the book 'Stone Age Boy'. As part of our art lesson today, we had a special visit from ‘Um’ who is Om’s cousin from the story we are reading.