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

• Safer Internet Day

  Tue 05 Feb 2019

  WOW! What a brilliant day we have had celebrating Safer Internet Day across school. KS1 began with a Collective Worship all about an alien called Zap! The story was all about asking for permission to do things online and about the choices we can make about what personal information we give away about ourselves. KS2 discussed the idea of consent such as organisations asking for consent and sharing photos online. Our wonderful mini e-cadets and e-cadets participated in Collective Worships through collecting ideas, giving opinions and reading a prayer. In our classrooms we participated in different activities throughout the day. The children in Reception drew what they thought the internet looked like and Year One played ‘keep it safe or give it away’ linked to keeping personal information private. Year Two used their reading skills to answer questions about an e-safety story called ‘Penguinpig’ and thought about what Zap should do if he received another message asking to give his mobile phone number away. KS2 completed a survey and made a permission pledge about what they have learnt from Safer Internet Day. The key message from today is ‘our internet, our choice’ which we will remember and continue to think about when we use the internet.

  The prayer from Collective Worship:

  “Dear God, Thank you for the wonderful school environment that we are in. Thank you for all of the fun and exciting things we can do in the internet. Help us to be respectful and kind online. Help us to use it wisely – to broaden our minds, connect with friends and family and have fun, not to harm others. Amen”

  

• Golden Book Award winners

  Mon 04 Feb 2019
  Our Golden Book award winners this week - Monday 4th February 2019. Well done all of you.

  

• Swimarathon News

  Sat 02 Feb 2019 Mrs Bevan

  This years Rotary Club Swim Marathon took place on Saturday 2^nd February and WOW what an event! This year we took along the biggest team from Colsterworth with 20 Children ranging from Y6-Y4 and of course Miss Rogers and myself!! It is always such a fun event and this year did not disappoint! All swimmers swam fantastically well, I was so impressed with our whole team, we really do have some super swimmers at Colsterworth! Together as a school team we swam over 400 lengths and raised over £300 for the Rotary club. I am already in training for next year!

  Well done, Fantastic job everyone.

   

  

• Rave reviews for Year 6 Blitzed Brits!

  Thu 24 Jan 2019

  Lister Class (Y6) showcased their fantastic knowledge and learning in their class assembly ‘Blitzed Brits’.  With amazing acting, singing costumes and characterisation, the pupils were able to share all of their cross-curricular learning on this topic which delighted the audience of parents, carers, governors and Mrs Moore.  This class assembly certainly had the Colsterworth WOW Factor and there are definitely a few talented individuals to look out for in the end of year production!

  

• Five Star Rating for Midday Supervisors

  Tue 15 Jan 2019
  We are excited to announce that our wonderful midday supervisors have earned a five star food hygiene rating from SKDC. Well done!

  

• UNICEF News!

  Mon 14 Jan 2019

  We are now officially a UNICEF Rights Respecting School! Our school has recently achieved the Bronze Award: Rights Committed. UNICEF works with Schools in the UK to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and able to thrive. A big thank you to our UNICEF Ambassadors who are working on projects within school to embed UNICEF values in daily school life and help to give our children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.

  
   

  

• Roots to Food Recipe

  Tue 08 Jan 2019

  Mexican Chilli Beef with Chocolate, Sweetcorn Rice served with Tortilla Chips and Sour Cream

  1 Onion Sliced thinly

  1/2 small Red Pepper sliced

  1/2 small Yellow Pepper sliced

  500g Minced Beef

  4 Spring Onions thinly sliced

  125g Fresh Coriander

  1 x 400g Chopped Tinned Tomatoes

  1 heaped teaspoon Cajun Spice

  100g Easy Cook Long Grain Rice

  1 small tin Sweetcorn

  1 small tin Kidney Beans

  2 tbls Sour Cream

  25g Dark Chocolate

  1 tbls Vegetable Oil

  Tortilla Chips/Doritos

   

  Method

  In a large bowl mix the minced beef with the cajun spice. This mix is best left to marinade for 1 hour.

  To make the chilli first fry off the onions in the oil until soft. Add the minced beef and cook until the minced beef is brown.

  Add the peppers and continue to cook until the peppers are slightly soft.

  Add the kidney beans and stir through. Now add the chopped tinned tomatoes and stir until the chilli starts to simmer.

  Add the fresh coriander, spring onions and gently stir through the chocolate until melted. Simmer very slowly for 5 minutes.

  The rice can be cooked simmering with the sweetcorn once the chilli is made.

  Serve the chilli with sour cream and tortilla chips

  Enjoy the sweetness of the chocolate in the chilli.

   

  Download the recipe from the letters page

   

  Fun, fitness and food!

  Darren from ‘Farm to Food’ also came to do a KS1 and Reception workshop with us. We went outside and did some exercise then discussed why it was important to keep fit. After that, we went into the hall and learnt all about portion sizes. We learnt that our hand is the perfect way to measure one portion size.  Finally, we made a banana milkshake! Everybody had a go at trying it. What a brilliant afternoon!

  

• Christmas Carol Service

  Thu 20 Dec 2018
  Our Key Stage 2 children retold the Story of the First Christmas through a selection of traditional carols, bible verses and modern Christmas songs. They wowed the packed church with their enthusiastic and musically magnificent singing.

  

• Attendance

  Wed 19 Dec 2018

  Our attendance figure reached 96% last term.  We have worked very hard to improve attendance at Colsterworth School and with your continued support we know we can improve attendance further.  Congratulations to our twenty-nine 100%ers who received their Bronze Attendance Certificates and to Mia Kelly who won the Christmas hamper.

   

  Well done to Hawking who achieved the best class attendance of the term and received a £25 Amazon voucher to spend on resources for their classroom.

   

  The winner of the Easter attendance prize draw will win a family pass to Twin Lakes in Melton Mowbray. 

  

• Key Stage 2 Museum of 'Take Care' homework

  Wed 19 Dec 2018

  Our Key Stage 2 children have spent the last term creating some marvellous pieces of 'Take Care' homework to consolidate their topic learning.

   

  To celebrate their hard work we opened a museum to display the fabulous creations which took us on a journey through the Roman Empire Veni Vedi Vici room all the way to World War 2 in the Blitzed Brits area.

   

  The children enjoyed sharing their work with each other.