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

• PTFA Christmas Fair is a big hit!

  Thu 12 Dec 2019
  We had a fantastic turn out at our PTFA Christmas Fair tonight. WOW! What an incredible Santa's Grotto. It was lovely to see the children enjoying the face painting, crafts and racing the cute Christmas pigs. A big thank you to Charlotte and her team for organising and we can't wait to hear the final amount raised.

  

• Christmas has come to Colsterworth!

  Fri 29 Nov 2019
  Our school Christmas tree arrived in school last night and the Breakfast Club children were excited to start decorating this morning. We now have the most beautiful centrepiece in the hall for our Christmas celebrations.

  

• Agent of Change has the 'WOW Factor'!

  Fri 29 Nov 2019
  Year 6 pupil Rhys definitely has the Colsterworth 'WOW Factor' and is an 'Agent of Change'. He decided that he wanted to make a difference not just to our Colsterworth family but to the wider community by organising a collection for the Foodbank. Off his own back he wrote a letter to Reverend Neil to see what could be done. Watch this space for details of the Foodbank collection.

  

• Rain Reigns Supreme in Christmas Card Competition

  Thu 28 Nov 2019

  Back in October Reverend Neil set the school a task to design a Christmas card for the Village Churches. Many of our children created fantastic pieces of art to enter the competition. After much deliberation by Reverend Neil and his team, Rain in Year 2 was picked as the winner. His Christmas card design has now been printed onto a card to be sent out to every house in Colsterworth and the surrounding villages. Rain really thought about the colours he was using, how to blend the colours together and what he wanted his Christmas card to look like. An amazing ‘take care’ design and we know all of the families will enjoy receiving their Christmas card this Christmas.

  

• Two Special Visitors!

  Wed 27 Nov 2019
  Mason and Becky joined Nightingale class to enhance their Science and PSHE learning. The children re-capped some Year 1 objectives such as animals and omnivores, herbivores and carnivores. Then, we moved onto some Year 2 objectives such as animal habitats, what humans and animals need to survive and what they eat. We went beyond our Science curriculum by thinking about what a pet needs. We also learnt about how to hold a rabbit and how to care for one. The children were ever so compassionate and really took care of our bunnies in school. When it was wet play at lunchtime, they all decided together they would have a calm, colouring session so they didn’t disturb/scare the rabbits. Well done Nightingale, you’re all so thoughtful and lovely. 

  

• Hawking are Walking Like An Egyptian

  Wed 27 Nov 2019
  Hawking class wowed an audience of parents this morning with their performance of 'That's Not My Mummy! They sang and acted their way through a fact-filled class assembly which took us on a journey back to the world of the Egyptian pharoahs. The children thoroughly enjoyed performing and definitely showed us the Colsterworth 'WOW Factor.'

  

• Year 2 Reading Workshop

  Tue 26 Nov 2019

  What a fantastic turn out to the Reading Workshops! Year 2 parents/carers were invited to come along to the workshop with their child to complete some reading activities together.

   

  The parents/carers heard all about Year 2 expectations, how to help at home with early readers, developing readers and advanced readers. Miss Bergmann introduced the ‘reading dogs’ which is a tool we use across school to support children with their comprehension skills. We began by comprehending a video called Excitable Edgar, a short piece of poetry and then a longer piece of text about the Isle of Coll, which is linked to our Geography work. Parents/carers and children completed these activities together. We also used a fluency chart to see how children’s pace, smoothness and tone were during reading their banded book. The children thoroughly enjoyed having a grown up in school to do some work together and are looking forward to completing some take care homework together. Each parent/carer received a personalised pack including a reading dogs bookmark, an up to date phonics and common exception word assessment, their first week’s homework and the accompanying rhymes with each RWI sound we learn.

  

• Sports Leaders of the Future

  Fri 22 Nov 2019

  Today our young sports leaders were joined by Tom from Inspire+ and took part in a fantastic training session to develop their skills as young ambassadors of sport within the school.

   

  James, Lillia, Henry and Millie from year 5 & 6 discussed their role within school and thought up new ways to inspire and encourage others to lead healthy, happy and active lifestyles.

   

  They showed off their team work and leadership qualities completing a range of activities and developing a new action plan ready to lead further sports and games at Colsterworth.

   

  Currently our sports leaders are building up active playtimes through a range of games lead daily by year 5 & 6 playground leaders.

  They are providing a great example for the rest of the school!

  

• The Most Amazing Journey for our School

  Fri 22 Nov 2019

  In October 2019 our wonderful school undertook a SIAMs Review led by Yvonne Shaw, a School Effectiveness Advisor for The Lincolnshire Diocesan Education Team. This was a ‘health check’ that supports the school’s readiness for a SIAMS inspection. The report is glowing and really celebrates the most amazing journey for Colsterworth CE Primary School since joining Abbey Academies Trust only last September.

   

  We are so very thrilled and proud of all three schools within our Trust who have all been part of this rapid improvement and exciting journey for Colsterworth. Well done and thank you to our wonderful children, staff, parents and carers, trustees and governors – all our Colsterworth school family, for embracing new opportunities.

   

  We will continue to flourish and fly high with enthusiasm and aspiration. You can find a copy of the report in the letters section of the website.

   

  “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.”                               

  John Wesley

• Our Golden Book Winners

  Mon 18 Nov 2019
  Well done to all those who have featured in our Golden Book this week.