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

• Meet our new Student Council

  Fri 09 Oct 2020

  At Colsterworth all the children have a voice and are involved in developments at the school. Class councils are held regularly to discuss and agree what the children want their Student Councillors to do. Their ideas are then taken to the School Council which meets once a month. We are members of the School Councils UK.

   

  Representatives are elected each year for our Student Council. They meet once a term or every six weeks to talk about projects they are leading or things children at our school want to change or introduce.

  Usually we focus on the time of year for a fund raising project.

   

  Our new Student Council had their first socially distant meeting today and we look forward to hearing from them in the next few weeks.

  

• Harvest at Colsterworth

  Tue 06 Oct 2020 Louise Jordan

  Thanks to Reverend Neil, we were still able to hold our wonderful Harvest Festival service in Church. Children from Year 1 to 6 attended at intervals throughout the day for their own service in their 'bubbles.' Our Reception children held their own Harvest Festival in their classroom in school, but also got to be a part of the service by watching the video link. 

  Alongside the community, the children are still able to donate to the Grantham Food Bank as the church is open throughout the day. It is amazing to see that even in such different times our children are dedicated to being ‘Agents of Change’.

  

• UNICEF Ambassadors

  Mon 05 Oct 2020 Louise Jordan
  Congratulations to our UNICEF Ambassadors Mils and Oliver who were voted into post by their peers in the Year 6 'bubble'. The children wrote their own manifestos about their rights and their interpretation of the role of UNICEF Ambassadors. We can't wait for them to share their ideas as we move towards our UNICEF Silver Award! 

  

• Year 4 Golden Book

  Mon 05 Oct 2020 Louise Jordan
  Well done to Flynn, Brody, Daisy and Daisy, our fantastic Year 4 children in the Golden Book this week!

  

• Vile Victorians

  Fri 02 Oct 2020 Louise Jordan
  Our Year 5 and 6 pupils enjoyed an immersive 'Vile Victorians' day on the 2nd October. Children came to school dressed in Victorian clothes, sampled life in the Victorian classroom and took a tour of our village, finding out about its history and links to the Victorian era. A fantastic day was had by all and the day certainly sparked the children's imagination and led them to ask thoughtful and insightful questions. 

  

• Meet our Collective Worship Council!

  Mon 28 Sep 2020 Louise Jordan

  Our Collective Worship Council hold an important role in our school.  Made up from a child in each year group throughout the school their main aims are:

   

  • To play an active role in planning, leading and evaluating Collective Worship
  • To support the development of Colsterworth Primary as a Church School

  

• Golden Book 2020

  Mon 21 Sep 2020 Louise Jordan
  Well done to Oliver, Seren, Mils and Lola, our first fantastic 'socially distant' Golden Book children! We can't wait to see which children from our Year 5 bubble are chosen next week.

  

• Democracy Day in Colsterworth

  Thu 17 Sep 2020 Louise Jordan

  On Thursday 17th September, we marked Democracy Day 2020 at Colsterworth Primary School. Normal proceedings could not go ahead and things had to be changed this year! Due to school’s social distancing measures, we were sadly not able to turn the hall into our polling station for the day; however we managed to overcome this by keeping our bubbles separated and we voted in our classrooms instead. We started this important day with a virtual collective worship reminding ourselves all about the core British Values – democracy in particular – and the importance of everyone having the right to have their voices 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 Student Council for the year ahead, and were happy to be able to complete this process.

  On Tuesday 21^st September, amid great excitement, the results of this year’s elections were announced in a special virtual assembly and the successful candidates were awarded their certificates, books 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, 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. It was important to us that our election happened even in these strange times this year – with all the necessary tweaks required! We are so proud of the way the children have adapted to the changes in the process and they took everything in their stride.”

  As a Rights Respecting School, it is a key foundation to have a student voice. UNICEF’s Rights of the Child Charter, article 12 states, ‘Every child has the right to be listened to and for their views to be taken seriously.’ The Student Council plays an active role in decision-making at our school and we are excited to see what new suggestions are brought to our socially-distanced Student Council meetings this year!

  

• A true Agent of Change

  Fri 04 Sep 2020 Louise Jordan

  We are so proud of our 'Agent of Change' Orla, who decided to shave her head to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.  Her initial target on 'Go fund me' was £300 but at the moment she has raised a staggering £540! We think she looks stunning and is incredibly brave!

  

• Our school has the 'WOW Factor!'

  Thu 03 Sep 2020 Louise Jordan
  Take a look at just some of our fabulous displays around school. Our staff have worked very hard to ensure that the children have a safe and stimulating learning environment!