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

• 4T Golden Book Winners

  Tue 20 Apr 2021

  Well done to our Year 4 Golden Book children this week. 

  

• All Hands On Deck for 1A Pirate Day

  Tue 20 Apr 2021

  Wow – Reception had a stupendous start to our new topic on Tuesday 20^th April as we all took part in Pirate Day…aargh!

  It was all hands on deck and we had a full crew of shipmates and captains all ready and looking shipshape for sailing the seven seas.  We had pirates with swords, pirates with telescopes, pirates with parrots, pirates with scary scars and a whole ‘ship’ full of pirates with smiles on their faces.

  We played pirate themed games where we had to get into the role of a pirate; scrubbing the decks, climbing the rigging, looking for land and digging up buried treasure.  Throughout the day we all tried very hard to speak like pirates and we gave ourselves fearsome pirate names such as Pirate Snowflake, First Mate Hotrod and Captain Hook!  In the afternoon we went on an adventure to sail around the world to find the island that had the hidden treasure. We sailed alongside sharks and found lands full of lions, parrots and penguins before finding our pirate treasure.  Luckily no one had to walk the plank (phew!)

  It was a super start to our ‘Ahoy there! Would you invite a Pirate for tea?’topic and we all had a fantastic time.

  

• Dojo certificates across the school.

  Thu 01 Apr 2021
  Our children have continued to work hard collecting dojos this term. We have presented 42 bronze certificates for earning 100 dojos , 3 silver certificates were awarded for earning 250 dojos and an elusive gold certificate was presented in year 6 for earning 500 dojos this school year.

  

• Our 'Egg'citing Easter 'Eggs'travaganza

  Thu 01 Apr 2021

  We've seen 'egg'cellent Easter hats in the form of fluffy sheep and rabbits, alongside the more traditional Easter bonnets. We've had 'egg'ceptional eggs masquerading as well known TV presenters, film and book characters and we've protected 'eggs'traordinary eggs with space modules to prevent them from being injured when dropped from a great height by the dastardly Mr Mitchell! 

  The children have become 'eggs'perts in problem solving and teamwork during their scavenger hunt and this afternoon our 'eggs'hausted pupils have enjoyed a film session in their bubbles ready for an 'eggs'hilarating Easter holiday!

   

   

  

• Easter Service at St John the Baptist Church

  Tue 30 Mar 2021

  Today was an exciting day for all of us as we made the short walk down to St John the Baptist Church in our bubbles for our annual Easter Service. It was lovely to be able to have our service in person with Reverend Neil as we have been unable to for so long due to the restrictions.

  It was especially important, as for some of our pupils this was their first experience of a school church service and the Easter Story is such a valuable part of our Christian life.

  

• 2B make Frightening Faces for their Fabulous Finale!

  Wed 24 Mar 2021

  To round off our topic 2B used their DT skills to design, make and evaluate a product. During DT, we ensure we create something for a purpose. Ours was to create a frightening pitta face to scare off those scavenging seagulls from devouring Mr Grinling's lunch! The children loved making pittas from scratch, cutting vegetables and making their face using their plan.

   

  Along with these fabulous creations we also have new winners for our reading raffle and some super 'take care' homework.

  

• Red Nose Day - Funny is Power!

  Fri 19 Mar 2021

  The children (and staff) have had an amazing day proving that we are all superheroes in our own way.

   

  1A perfected their super balance powers, super speed, super flying powers, and super power aiming and they also strike a fab superhero pose!

   

  2B showed us their Creative Colouring skills while 3H explored their talent for kindness and compassion.

   

  4H wowed us with their super dancing skills and 5H displayed their expertise in origami and created their own super hero sidekicks!

   

  6C demonstrated their many talents through sport, dance, art and beautiful handwriting.

   

   

   

  
   

  

• Mothering Sunday in the week

  Thu 11 Mar 2021 Louise Jordan

  This week Reverend Neil visited us in our bubbles to lead a special 'Mothering Sunday in the week' service. He talked to the children about why we celebrate Mothering Sunday and give thanks to those around us. Reverend Neil also provided bunches of daffodils for the children to give to their mothers or those special to them. 

  The children loved seeing Reverend Neil and hearing the important messages and there were also some very appreciative parents and carers at the end of the school day receiving their daffodils! 

  

• Where there’s a will, there’s a World Book Day way!

  Thu 04 Mar 2021 Louise Jordan

  The children of Colsterworth Primary always look forward to the fun and games of World Book Day, but this year we were all more excited than ever. There was no way we were going to let a COVID Lockdown ruin our fun. For the past few weeks, the teachers had been busily Zooming and Teaming, coming up with plans for the BEST WORLD BOOK DAY EVER! And they did not disappoint. Whether the children were completing the activities at home or in school, they loved getting stuck in to the story-based tasks and challenges. All round Colsterworth, children could be heard quoting their favourite characters; Harry Potters were chanting “Expelliarmus!”, wolves were growling, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff!”, Horrid Henrys were screaming, “It’s not FAIR!”, and Very Hungry Caterpillars were ever so quietly munching on leaves.

  To make sure the children still felt like they were celebrating this magnificent day with their friends, they were encouraged to share their costumes, or those they had created with their potato buddies, on their remote learning platform, and these were then shared with their peers. The teachers were so impressed with the learning that occurred at home and said it was fantastic to see families coming together to celebrate an event that would usually take place solely in school.

  

• Express Yourself - Wellbeing Week

  Tue 09 Feb 2021 Louise Jordan

  Last week, at school & at home, we focused on Children's mental health week which this year took the theme of Express Yourself!

   

  The children were lucky enough to receive video messages from Paralympic athlete Sam Ruddock and Inspire+ coaches Sacha and Jasmine who all drew attention to the importance of good mental health and ways to look after our wellbeing.

   

  Our Wellbeing Wednesday challenge for the week continued to highlight the theme as the children were tasked to express themselves with the use of a single piece of paper! What a wonderful creative school of children we have!

  The responses were amazing! We saw paper posters, books and even footballs used to express all our fantastic God given talents and SMARTS.

  It is clear to see that even in a time of difficulty our children shine like stars! 🌟