Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Congratulations to our Golden Book children

  Mon 11 Oct 2021

  Well done to all of our Golden Book children this week.

  

• Kind Minds on #Hello Yellow Day!

  Fri 08 Oct 2021

  The children were a ray of sunshine today in their yellow as they dug out custard yellow socks, neon leg warmers and banana yellow tops to support #HelloYellow for World Mental Health Day. It was a simple idea; wear something bright and cheery yellow but it carried a BIG message. We wanted to show young people they are not alone with their mental health. Supporting the #HelloYellow was important to our children, so our Student Council, Wellbeing Warriors and UNICEF ambassadors worked together to promote a great non uniform day, raising funds to support the Young Minds charity who help young people with their mental health. After such a long year of more downs than ups, the children saw it as vital to get together and have fun for a great cause. They lit up the school with their smiles and kindness definitely shone through. 

   

  #HelloYellow takes place on World Mental Health Day and is part of the Young Minds campaign to fight the stigma of talking about mental health with our children.

   

  A little bit of yellow goes a long way…

  

• National Poetry Day 2021

  Thu 07 Oct 2021 Louise Jordan

  National Poetry Day is a UK-wide celebration of poetry, taking place on 7th October 2021, and our theme was Choice.

   

  Our children in school all wrote a poem on the theme of 'Choice' and shared these in their classes, as well as sharing a range of poetry types and enjoying various activities throughout the day. 

   

  Two fabulous poets were chosen from each class for the 'Willoughby Poetry Competition' Have a read of their amazing poems! 

  

• Meet Our Golden Book Children

  Mon 04 Oct 2021

  Well done to all of our Golden Book children this week.

  

• This Week's Golden Book Children

  Mon 27 Sep 2021

  Well done to all of our Golden Book children this week.

  

• Democracy Day

  Mon 27 Sep 2021

  On Thursday 23rd September we marked Democracy Day 2021 at Colsterworth Primary School. by voting at our polling station in the hall. We started this important event with a collective worship all about the core British Value of democracy. The children know the importance of everyone having the right to have their voice heard. We take great pride at Abbey Academies in our democratic election process, which enables every child to vote for their chosen representatives who will form the incoming Council for the year ahead.

  Amid great excitement, the results of the elections were announced today in our celebration assembly. The successful candidates were awarded their certificates and badges.

  Student council co-ordinator, Mrs Helliwell, said; “Every year the children who want to stand for council, confidently put forward their manifestos and take the democratic process very seriously. Every year, it gives me great pleasure to see how respectful all the children are and this year was no different. To see their democratic right put into practice and the rights of every child in school to have a voice is relevant; it is a life skill that they will use in their future.”

   The Student Council plays an active role in decision-making at our school and we are excited to see what new ideas are going to be brought to our Council meetings this year!

  

• Wake up Wednesday - Parent Controls

  Fri 24 Sep 2021
  

• Our Golden Book children this week

  Mon 20 Sep 2021

  Well done to all of our Golden Book children this week.

  

• Wake up Wednesday - Social Media Scams

  Wed 15 Sep 2021
  

• 3G Immersive Science Day - The Day the Plastic Quit!

  Tue 14 Sep 2021

  The year 2 and 3 children entered their classroom today and were greeted with an intriguing surprise.  Anything and everything made from plastic had been removed.  The plastic had gone on strike!  This exciting learning ‘hook’ was to introduce the environmental dilemma of the pros and cons of plastic. The children had a fun packed morning using iPads to research facts, debating the positives and negatives of plastic and being agents of change by writing their own plastic pledge for the future.  The children then used their designing skills to create an innovative plastic removal machine, which was inspired by the Ocean Clean up Device.  The fantastic finish to this topic will be writing a persuasive letter to environmentalist including: Sir David Attenborough, Steve Backshall and Chris Packham explaining their plastic munching machines and ways to reduce, reuse and recycle plastic. This topic also links into the Eco-School topic of global citizenship and the children are most certainly demonstrating their power to make a positive change.