Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Orla Receives Double Blue Peter Commendation.
Thu 12 Mar 2020One of our fabulous children has this week received her second Blue Peter badge.
Whilst watching Blue Peter, Orla, one of our year 5 pupils, decided that she would draw and annotate a picture to send into the long standing show and was lucky enough to have hers chosen to appear behind the presenters in an episode last month. Orla received a sort-after green Blue Peter badge for her hard work.
She was pleased with her prize so she decided to send another drawing to the team at the BBC and was surprised when a second Blue Peter badge landed on her doorstep - this time a blue one!
Orla is very proud of her achievement and says she will continue to send pictures and letters into the show. Maybe one day she will have a complete set.
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Well Done to our Golden Book children!
Mon 09 Mar 2020Congratulations to all of our Golden Book children this week.
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Colsterworth 'Excellent' Inspection
Fri 06 Mar 2020Colsterworth, as a Church of England Primary School, had a Section 48 Inspection on Monday 3rd February. Dr Anne Lumb led the inspection.
The Inspector graded our school on the following question:
‘How effective is the school’s distinctive Christian vision, established and promoted by leadership at all levels, in enabling pupils and adults to flourish?’
In line with current Ofsted practice the inspector looked at the outcomes of the pupils and the provision made to deal with these areas of the school’s life. Dr Lumb had a full programme for the day and spent parts of this talking both formally and informally to pupils, staff, trustees/governors, parents/carers. In addition, she attended our Collective Worship led by Reverend Neil and observed lessons.
Mrs Sarah Moore (Executive Headteacher) comments “We are absolutely delighted that our Section 48 inspection went so brilliantly and that Colsterworth CE Primary School has been awarded an ‘Excellent’ judgement. This is particularly wonderful as Colsterworth only joined Abbey Academies Trust 18 months ago after the Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ judgement in December 2018”.
Mrs Louise Jordan (Head of School) added “My colleagues and I are sure that everyone will be as thrilled and as proud as we are with this judgement and with all the rapid improvements at Colsterworth CE Primary School”.
Mr John Kirkman, Co-Chairman of the Trustees, gave the following comments: “This report gives high praise to all that takes place at Colsterworth and whilst acknowledging the hard work, skills, dedication and commitment of everyone involved, it is, once again, particularly pleasing to note the very complimentary comments about your children. We are all tremendously proud of them”.
Have a look at the report in our Letters section.
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World Book Day 2020
Thu 05 Mar 2020On Thursday 5th March Colsterworth Primary School was once again buzzing with the excitement of another World Book Day where children and adults alike have the opportunity to spend the whole day celebrating a love for reading. From Willy Wonka to Harry Potter, all the children were dressed to impress and even Tweedledee and Tweedledum made an appearance!
The theme of this year’s World Book Day was ‘Share a Million Stories’ so the children were treated to extracts from the teacher’s favourite stories and then spent time visiting each other’s classrooms to share stories.
The excitement didn’t stop there as there were prizes galore, kindly donated by Grantham Book Services. Of course, there was the annual ‘best dressed’ competition and also a ‘design a potato character’ where the entries wowed the judges!
Miss Aldiss, Year 3 Teacher and English lead said, ‘It has been wonderful to see the whole school bursting with enthusiasm for World Book Day! As teachers, we naturally try to promote a love of reading throughout the year, but World Book Day is always an extra special opportunity for everyone to come together and enjoy their favourites!’
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Sensational Swimmers!
Wed 04 Mar 2020Colsterworth School's swimming team stormed to victory at this year's Small Schools Swimming Gala on Wednesday 4th March. With tremendous individual and team performances from children from years 3,4,5 and 6 the school walked away with two winners cups and were victorious in both the relay event and the overall swimming competition. Throughout the event the children showed positive attitudes and a strong sense of teamwork as they cheered on and encouraged each other as well the other schools involved. An all round fantastic morning of sportsmanship and successes.
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Our Golden Children this week
Mon 02 Mar 2020Congratulations to our Golden children this week
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Colsterworth Music Festival
Fri 28 Feb 2020Our children in Key Stage 2 had another successful year at the Colsterworth Music Festival.
Our amazing Ukueles came first in their category and our gorgeous Key Stage 2 choir came second with their beautiful performance of 'Sing' by Take That and 'Jungle Rhythm' from the Jungle Book. As always their God given talents shone through and the judge noted their clear diction, smiling faces and impressive use of movement.
Our Year 3 pupils sang 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley and 'Raise your Voice', also claiming second place. Their enthusiasm shone throughout the whole performance.
As always we were so proud of our children and their commitment. It really is magical to see them take such pride in these events. Also thank you to our parents and carers for your ongoing support.
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Meet our Golden Book children for this week
Mon 24 Feb 2020Congratulations to our Golden Book winners this week.
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Safer Internet Day 2020
Wed 12 Feb 2020This year the theme was based on online identity. It was important for us to learn about being our ‘true selves’ online whilst also being safe. KS1 and KS2 had separate Collective Worships and then completed different activities back in classrooms. We were also very lucky as we had One Day Creative in to lead workshops to all children across school. KS1’s theme was ‘Cyber Heroes’ and KS2’s theme was ‘Cyber Bullying’.
KS1 enjoyed a poem all about the amazing things we can do online, how all of us are unique and different and a re-cap on why we don’t put any of our personal information online.
Below is the poem from our Worship.
This is Me!
The internet’s a super place,
To play, to learn, to chat.
A space for us to be ourselves,
So let’s remember that.
Need a book? Well search no more.
Pop one on your device.
Sit down, relax and snuggle up,
Doesn’t that sound nice!
Feeling glum? A little tired?
To take away your gloom…
Just listen to your favourite tunes,
And bop around the room!
A question’s buzzing in your head,
Can gorillas doodle?
Oh wow. It seems the answer’s yes.
You found out thanks to Google!
You’re off on hols, the drive is long,
To pass away the hours.
You watch a film about a bull,
Who loved to smell the flowers.
Your cousins live across the world,
A thousand miles away.
Bu thanks to WiFi, face to face.
You see them every day!
It’s your birthday, lucky you!
Your cake is just sublime.
You take a pic to show your gran,
And share with her online.
But wait, there’s more you can do.
Buy tickets, gifts or food.
New clothes are a click away,
To look the awesome dude!
It’s great to share your favourite things,
With friends across the nation.
But keep offline, and just for you,
Your personal information.
If you’re online and feeling sad,
Worried or upset.
Tell a grown-up straight away,
It’s the best help you can get!
No two people are alike,
Even if you’re twins.
Be yourself and keep in mind,
That kindness always wins.
There’s just one you and you are FAB.
I think that you’ll agree.
Express yourself and make some noise.
Jump up, shout…
THIS IS ME!
During the KS2 Collective Worship, we talked to someone new in the hall and learnt 3 things about them. Some children shared what they had learnt about their partners and we discussed how this makes us different, unique and is all part of our identity. We moved onto talk about how what we do online forms part of our identity too. We were asked questions such as ‘Have you ever used a filter online?’ and ‘Have you ever created or chosen an avatar or character?’ KS2 children were shown a profile of someone and we discussed how it was safe because it did not give away any personal information.
Max and Sofia (our Year 5 and 6 e-cadets) shared a prayer they wrote with Miss Bergmann.
Dear God,
Thank you for the wonderful things that the internet brings. We are thankful that each one of us is different and this creates our own unique identity.
Help us to be kind online and have the courage to speak out against unkindness if we ever need to. Help us to work towards creating a truly inclusive internet, where everyone can be themselves but be safe whilst doing it.
Amen
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Our Golden Book winners!
Mon 10 Feb 2020Well done and congratulations to our Golden book children this week.
