Weekly News Archive
TUESDAY 23rd JULY 2019: LEAVERS ASSEMBLY. We had a wonderful time this morning reminiscing with the children in Year 6. It was a pleasure to see them celebrate their time at Manea.
MONDAY 22nd JULY 2019: 100% attendance activity. All the children who attended school every day and on time this Summer term, spent time with Mr Lenton being creative.
MONDAY 22nd JULY 2019: PRESCHOOL GRADUATION. The children said goodbye to preschool today in their graduation celebration. Each child received a certificate and a teddy and were dressed in gowns and mortar boards. The children sang songs and shared their pictures of their favourite activity to do in preschool
16th JULY 2019: Manea Gala Float. On Saturday the Year 6 leavers took part in the Manea procession. How amazing they look.
Tuesday 9th July saw Years R, 1 and 2 on their trip around the village. They all had a wonderful time exploring their surroundings. Years R and 1 saw Percy the park keeper, who had caught a fish. Year 2 found an old coin, which they were very excited about. They all said how they really enjoyed their team work activities, especially with the parachute. All classes enjoyed some time in the park on the zip wire, the trampoline where they found some frogs and playing on all the other equipment.
On Wednesday 10th July Year 6 had a fantastic time at Play2Day for their last trip in primary school. The trip was full of energy, playing tag and man hunt at the soft play centre.
Year 5 also had a lovely trip around Manea on Thursday 11th July. They took maps and compasses and applied their geography skills and knowledge to find the physical and human features of the local area. They finished off by enjoying a picnic at the pit.
FRIDAY 5th and MONDAY 8th JULY 2019: Our Production - A celebration of Julia Donaldson. All the children in the school took part in the production in their classes. The singing at the start and the end of the production was as always wonderful. Thank you to everyone who came to see their children. Well done everyone.
FRIDAY 28th JUNE 2019: Look what arrived today. All children from school and preschool will have a session on the Life Education Centre. Do ask your children all about it.
FRIDAY 28th JUNE 2019: Taking part in the community scarecrow competition. Have you seen them anywhere?
THURSDAY 20th JUNE 2019: KS2 Sports Morning. What a fantastic morning we had with children and their families. The morning was packed full with 12 activity stations that all children took part in followed by team games and individual races. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us and to Mr Tull for his superb organising of the event.
FRIDAY 14th JUNE 2019: Year R and 1 were scientists this morning learning all about liquids. There was language such as density and viscous being used to describe what was happening with some of the liquids.
Friday 7th June 2019
This week the children from KS1 enjoyed a coaching session from Simon Millward and Scott MacNeil. Scott and Simon are coaches of a local football team.
The children had an amazing time!
TUESDAY 21st MAY 2019: Early Years and KS1 Sports afternoon. What a great afternoon and such team spirit. Thank you to everyone who came and cheered the children on.
Friday 10th May 2019: The transformation ready for the children to use.
FRIDAY 3rd MAY 2019: Look what arrived next to the Year Two Classroom. I wonder what it is going to be used for and what it will look like in a few week's time. Come back to find out later this term.
FRIDAY 26th APRIL 2019: Our first week back. Look at what we are doing.
WEDNESDAY 3rd APRIL 2019: Pine, Elm, Cherry and Beech classes shared an inspiration day on Tuesday all about the Gruffalo.
FRIDAY 29th MARCH 2019: Our letter from Ofsted was sent out this week. We are delighted that the inspector agreed with our school self-evaluation and recognised the journey we are on to be the best that we can be. It is clear from this letter that the children are happy at school, identified in the statement ‘the ease with which pupils mix with each other and with staff is representative of the respectful, harmonious ethos of which leaders are justifiably proud.’ This week was also a busy one as we exhibited our children in Year 3's art work at two exhibitions at Doddington and in March. Please see our community page for more photos of this.
THURSDAY 21st MARCH 2019: Today Fir class welcomed their parents and carers to share their books and show off their learning. The day started with a class assembly where the children recited 'The Promise' by Nicola Davies. The parents and carers had a short training session on some of ways they can support their children at home with the new language work the children are doing in class.
THURSDAY 14th MARCH 2019: Willow Class assembly and celebration of work with parents and carers.
THURSDAY 7th MARCH 2019: WORLD BOOK DAY. Can you tell which characters we all are and from what book?
Friday 1st March 2019: Class reading sessions. Everyday each class hears a story read to them by their teachers. Here are the titles of the stories and some quotes from the children.
FRIDAY 15th FEBRUARY 2019: Maths week took place in school with a celebration market place in the hall. This week also saw the 100% attendance filming day. Please see the community page for more pictures.
FRIDAY 15th FEBRUARY 2019: Year 6 Class Assembly - a spooky one based on the book 'Short and Spooky' by Louise Cooper.
Thursday 7th February
Year one had brilliantly performed their assembly this week. They told the story of 'How to Catch a Star' Oliver Jeffers.
They have been working over the past couple of weeks to perform this story and have been writing all about it in their literacy lessons.
The children enjoyed sharing their story and all of their hard work with their visitors.
THURSDAY 31st JANUARY 2019: YEAR R ASSEMBLY - PENGUIN by POLLY DUNBAR. The children in year R retold the story using very expressive actions and voices. Have a look at our photos of some of the actions and when the children shared their learning with their families.
Monday 28th January 2019: Assembly
Miss Froggatt, led a whole school celebration assembly on Monday 28th January to share a cheque presented by Mr Buttriss of Metalcraft Ltd in Chatteris who donated £250 to the school towards books for the library.
As part of their work on developing vocabulary, we have been raising money for our library to increase the variety of books to encourage reluctant readers to develop a keen interest in reading.
‘The Metalcraft Community Fund was set up to support projects such as this therefore we are delighted to have been able to provide some funding. Given that more than 50% of our employees are from our local area it’s vital we invest in our potential employees of the future.’
A governor of the school has contacted many local businesses to ask for their support for this project and would also like to thank
City 1st Truck tyre
Fengrain Ltd Marketing
Fowler
FJS Services
Red Skips
Hanson
Cook
The governing body would also like to inform any other company that would like to donate to the school for this valuable cause to please contact the school office on 01354 680293.
Friday 25th January 2019: The launch of 'Mrs Wordsmith'. This is an approach to teaching children about words and developing their use of vocabulary. The children are introduced to three new words and their meaning each week. This week some of the words have been: bloodshot, moist, flawless and lashing.
Thursday 24th January 2019: Beech class assembly - the children's own story about Mr Ginling based on the book The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch. Miss Pritchard then shared with parents and carers the language work the school is focussing on and how they can support their children at home with this. Parents and carers then visited their children in class to see their work.
Friday 18th January 2019: ASH CLASS ASSEMBLY. Ash class performed, through storytelling, the story 'Until I Met Dudley'. They learned by heart all the words and put actions to the story. Look at the pictures of their performance.
Friday 11th January 2019: GREAT NEWS: The school has achieved the Rainbow Flag Award which recognises how inclusive the school is and how well we celebrate differences. See some of the books our children have used to celebrate difference and challenge stereotypes.
Friday 4th January: Happy New Year Everyone! Here are some photos of us learning in 2019.
Wednesday 19th December 2018: CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY. Thank to all the children who brought a donation for 'Save The Children' and wear their Christmas Jumper. Look at some of the festive clothes in our photos.
Thursday 13th December 2018
What a festive day we have had!
On Thursday 13th December we had a trip to the church to watch the fabulous Year 1s retell the story of the Nativity. They were accompanied by Years 4, 5 and 6 with their brilliant singing!
At lunchtime the children continued celebrating Christmas in the dinner hall, by having a Christmas lunch. They looked amazing in their christmas hats which they had made earlier in the week. We had reindeers, stars, christmas trees and snowman designs, to name but a few.
We then finished the day with a sing along version of the Nativity songs by Years R, 2 and 3. The children also sang a few traditional carols. The children looked wonderful singing amongst the christmas lights and decorations.
It was a really lovely day which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We cannot wait until we do it all again next year!
Monday 10th December 2018: School Christmas Discos
Friday 7th December 2018: Our Forest School sessions have begun and the children at our school are experiencing a range of activities where they are applying a range of skills.
Recently Mrs Goude has been training as a Forest School Leader and has been leading one of the groups in Cherry Class. Have a look below at some of the activities the children get up to!
Wednesday 5th December 2018: What we think of our new school dinners. Our dinner caterers changed to 'Lunchtime Company' after half term. See what the children think of their new dinners.
Friday 23rd November
A week of sporting challenges for our teams. On Wednesday Mr Tull took a team to a football tournament. We were very proud of our work - narrowly missing first place.
On Friday a Tag Ruby event took place - organised by the Witchford partnership. As we went to press they were just leaving with a wonderful team of volunteer parents supporting them - thank you for all your hard work!
Mr Tull is also developing something new to share our sports work........ Watch this space!
Friday 16th November 2018
WOW! What a great day!
Today was Children in need and all the children came to school in their own clothes. Some children even dressed up!
The morning started with an assembly all about Children in Need. Shortly after the children all went on a ramble around the village. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 went rambling around the woods whilst KS2 went rambling around the Manea Pit.
During the week we had also been looking at challenging sterotypes and looking at differences between families. All the work the children created was put up on display for a market place held at the end of the day.
We had many of our families come to view the lovely work and to buy cakes from the cake sale. The work was admired by many of you and we were lucky enough to sell out of all the cakes!
Thursday 8th November 2018: Safeguarding Questionnaire Results: Thank you to everyone who completed the safeguarding survey. Please see the two documents below for the results of the children's and parent/carers' questionnaires. We are pleased that our safeguarding procedures ensure our children, on the whole, feel safe at school and know how to keep themselves safe.
Thursday 8th November 2018: We Remember Them - a group of KS2 children who were randomly selected will attend the Remembrance Service at Manea Church on Sunday to lay down poppies.
Friday 2nd November 2018: Harvest celebrations. Every child performed for parents/carers and grandparents during our Harvest assemblies. They also celebrated the work they have some so far this term in their classrooms.
TUESDAY 16th OCTOBER: Years three and four Ancient Greece Day
Friday 12th October 2018: Information about funding for schools.
MONDAY 8th OCTOBER 2018: More residential photos. Please note the photos will start with Miss Froggatt and Mr Robinson's group followed by Mr Lenton and Miss Smith's group followed by Mr Tull's group.
FRIDAY 5th OCTOBER 2018: Year 5/6 residential trip to Grafham Water. Look at our photos of each group's first session. More to come on Monday.
Grafham Water
Wednesday 3rd October 10.30am:
The children and adults have all arrived safely and are excited about the adventures they will have over the next few days!!
Thursday 4th October
The children and adults are having a lovely time on their adventures at Grafham Water. They have been sailing, biking and had fun building dens in the dark last night.
Friday 5th October
All of the children have had another fabulous day and evening at Grafham Water. They can't wait to tell parents about what they have been up to. They plan to be home by the end of the school day.
Friday 28th September 2018: Investigating our new Forest School area
Friday 21st September 2018
Year four have been working really hard on their Ancient Greece homework this week. Have a look at some of their amazing creations:
Some interesting Labyrinths to hold the mighty Minotaur ...
Terrifying mythical creatures
But thankfully... a courageous hero to save the day!
and some strong Ancient Greek shields to protect the heroes in the myths
Thursday 13th September 2018: Our Allotment Art to celebrate 10 years of the Manea Allotments. This will be on display at the allotment celebrations on Saturday 15th September at the British Legion from 10:30 am.
OUR FIRST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR: Wednesday 5th September 2018. See us in our new classes - some of us are in the new classroom which arrived in the Summer.
Tuesday 24th July 2018: We said goodbye to our wonderful group of year six children. What a fantastic assembly they put on for us.
Friday 20th July: As part of their DT lessons, Year 4 have been building new homes for the Twits.
Friday 13th July 2018:
Pre-school are celebrating!
Thank you to everyone who returned our questionnaires.
The children were asked 'What do you like best?'
"I love drawing"
"I like playing with my friends"
"I like being pre-school helper"
"The lego and I like everything"
"playing teachers with my friends"
The parents/carers were asked, "What do you think our pre-school does well?'
"Everything, its a lovely pre-school'
"Always having adults available to talk and feel rushed'
"Friendly and kind staff"
"Everything, but especially putting children at ease'
"Makes children feel welcome'
July 6th 2018: Year R forest schools - tree climbing, mud kitchen, swing and exploring. Miss Froggatt joined us for our forest school session this week and we told her all about what we were doing. She even ate 5 cup cakes in the mud kitchen including strawberry and cream flavour and chocolate with sprinkles!
Friday 29th June 2018: Science week
We have had an exciting week this week as we have celebrated Science within our school. It all started on Monday with an interesting assembly by Mr Rix, a Science teacher from Cromwell.
He then taught a lesson on the heart to year six.
Not forgetting some very exciting visitors that joined us Pine class this week.
The whole school and pre-school followed a Science trail on the field which celebrated different scientists throughout time.
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Learning throughout the week
Science Market place
Friday 22nd June 2018: Around the World in 80 Minutes - ish!- Our school production.
Thursday 14th June 2018: Years 3 and 4 sports events followed by Years 5 and 6 sports events - take a look at what we did.
Wednesday 6th June 2018: Pine, Elm and Beech sports afternoon. Have a look at our photos. The Jesters won overall and everyone enjoyed the event and took part.
Thursday 24th May 2018: Year 5 and 6 visit to Duxford.
Friday 18th May 2018: Wow- look at this fabulous homework from a year four child:
Here she explains her creation:
"This week for my homework, I tried to recreate a Willy Wonka chocolate factory. One of the machines is called the magic chocolate bar. In the tubes, the ingredients mix and they all come out moulded on the conveyor belt. After that, they go on the magical 'ready table. On the magical ready table there are some gummy tic tacs they are basically tic tacs in gummy form. The second machine is called the everlasting gobstopper machine the ingredients go on the cool conveyor belt then they go in the machine and on top the magic ingredient A.K.A glitter. They all mix and get wrapped. Then they go on the magical ready table. Next I made his office. He has a golden chair and a desk,. On the desk, there is the golden ticket for Charlie Bucket. Also he has laptop and a cup of tea. Mr Wonka has a testing table for him to try, t has chocolate and sweets on it. Last but not least, there are signs for the Oompa Loompas to get the orders ready. I'm really proud of my work".
Friday 11th May 2018:
WOW! What an amazing opportunity for our children that all your votes enabled to happen. Thank you to everyone who voted so that our children could have the animal encounter they had this morning. A special thank you as well to Mrs Cooke for all your hard work in organising this for us. Look at our photos to see the amazing creatures we saw – spot the one that is sat on Mrs Stevens!
Friday 4th May 2018: On Wednesday Pine, Elm and Beech class visited Castle Rising in Norfolk. Please see some of our pictures.
Friday 27th April 2018: Year R have been taking part in balance bike training - see what they have been doing.
20th April 2018: Year 3/4 Residential Trip to Burwell House
Friday 20th April: Year 3/4 Football Tournament
Thursday 29th March 2018
Earlier this week our school choir attended the 'Schools Make Music' concert. This is a concert where some of the schools in our area get together with Cromwell Community College to put on an evening of music.
The evening went really well and our children sang unaccompanied amazingly! The children sang two traditional songs from a different culture. They really made the members of staff who were with them very proud!
FRIDAY 23rd MARCH - SPORT's RELIEF
This Friday 23rd March the whole school, including Pre-School took part in a circuits skills session, learning different ways to get fit. This was to celebrate and fund raise for Sport's Relief that is currently taking place nationwide. Many thanks for all of your donations!
We also saw the arrival of our new football kit. We used it for the first time in our 8 a-side football tournament this week. Please see our sport's page for further details about the tournament!
16th March 2018
This week we celebrated all of our Forest School work with a marketplace. Lots of parents and children came to see all the wonderful products, writing and other projects.
THURSDAY 1st MARCH 2018: WORLD BOOK DAY. We enjoyed looking at each other's costumes of characters from our favourite books during the whole school assembly for World Book Day today. Have a look at some of the costumes - Can you work out which book they are from?
22nd February 2018: Visit from an athlete. On Thursday David Smith, a high jump champion, visited our school. He ran a short circuit session with each class and then shared his athletic journey with us in an assembly. We wish him all the best when he competes in the Commonwealth games.
22nd February 2018: Fir Class assembly. The children in year 5 have been creating some beautiful writing recently based on the story 'The promise'. On Thursday, they performed the story with actions to their parents and carers.
9th February 2018: Eight children attended the sports stacking competition at Neale Wade Academy. They competed in the individual and team events using the 3-3-3 and 3-6-3 formations, as well as the cycle formation. All the children did very well. For more photos and details please see the sports page.
8th February 2018: Pine and Elm Class' Assembly. The children in reception and year one retold the story of 'Room on the broom' with a yowl and a growl and a croak and a shriek! Their actions to match the story were fantastic.
1st February 2018: Willow Class Assembly. The children in year three told us all a story of Thor and the Gods where a number of plans were created and carried out. The expression the children used to tell the story was amazing.
26th January 2018: Year 4 Class Assembly - Hiccup the Viking who was seasick.
19th January 2018: Year 6 assembly and sharing learning with our parents and carers.
17th January 2018: Our football team took part in a 5-a-side tournament at Neale Wade Academy against our other local schools. The team played really well and came second.
12th January 2018: The children who achieved 100% attendance in the Autumn Term made cakes and decorated them as their 100% attendance treat.
5th January 2018: HAPPY NEW YEAR - HAPPY LEARNING. Happy New Year from everyone at Manea Community Primary School.
15th December 2017: CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
CHRISTMAS DINNER: The children enjoyed a traditional Christmas dinner with Christmas music playing and everyone was wearing their Christmas hats. The teachers for each class served the children their dinner.
CHRISTMAS 2017 ACTIVITIES: We really enjoyed the Pantomime of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We danced away at the discos. We have made Christmas cards and Christmas hats to wear at the Christmas Dinner on Thursday. Have a look at our photos.
Wednesday 6th and Friday 8th December 2017: Our school Nativity. Donkey for sale.
FRIDAY 1st DECEMBER 2017: Years 5 and 6 WWII Day. The children in years 5 and 6 have come to school dressed as evacuees. They went to the woods to work in groups and make an Anderson shelter. Please see Fir and Oak class pages later today to find out how they got on with all the activities they took part in.
FRIDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2017: TAG RUGBY TOURNAMENT. Please see the sports and physical activity page for more photos.
WEDNESDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2017: FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. Please read the match report on the sports and physical activity page of our website.
FRIDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2017 - CHILDREN IN NEED. Today we have so far raised £166.55 for children in need. We have also come to the end of our Anti-Bullying week where we have been learning all about different families and that differences in people should be celebrated and not criticised or laughed at. Ask your children about some of the books they have been reading.
13th to 16th NOVEMBER - YEAR 5 'BIKEABILITY'
WC:06/11/17
On Thursday, many schools from across the country attempted to break a world record!
197 stackers took part throughout the day. Each class had to stack for half an hour non- stop in order to qualify. Manea Community Primary School had one of the highest numbers of stackers in the country!
Take a look below!
Friday 3rd November 2017: Cross Country Event in Whittlesey. Three boys and three girls from years 3 to 6 took part in today's cross country event. They all completed their races and represented the school with great team work. The Year 4 girls team won their team event. The Year 6 girls won their team event and we had three children who came in first place in the individual events. Well done to everyone who took part.
2nd November 2017: Harvest Assemblies. We had a wonderful turnout to our assemblies where the children presented their harvest celebrations and shared their work with all our visitors.
1st NOVEMBER 2017: MEET OUR NEW FAMILY WORKERS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS. They will be working with children and families from our school so please say hello when you see them.
FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER 2017: Our joint training day with our local schools where we presented an introduction to Forest Schools.
FRIDAY 13th OCTOBER 2017: Number of the week and Years R - 2 working.
WED 4th - FRI 6th OCTOBER: Year 5/6 residential trip to Norfolk.
FRIDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2017: Number of the week: 20. Question of the week: If you could be a season of the year what season would you be and why?
FRIDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2017: Jeans for Genes day.
Friday 22nd September 2017: Number of the week - can you see?
FRIDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2017: In our assembly today we talked about the launch of 'number of the week' next Friday. This will be where a number is generated and children then find different information out about the number both at home and at school. Here are some examples for the number 5.
Thursday 14th September: Look at the Lego stadium these boys have made. They went on to investigate all about sporting stadiums and worked as a team.
FRIDAY 8th SEPTEMBER 2017: WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. Just look how busy we have all been. We had Banana Drama in our assembly today to tell us all about their club.
THURSDAY 20th JULY 2017: PRESCHOOL GRADUATION. The children who are leaving preschool presented an amazing graduation celebration with their families this morning. Not a dry eye in the house!
W/C:10/07/17
The children in Year 1 and Year 2 were visited by Mr Oxford from the RNLI team. They learnt about water safety and the role of the RNLI team, just in time for the school holidays. One parent said how much their son enjoyed it, telling them facts that they didn't know.
6th July 2017
Inter-village sports tournament
On Thursday 6th July, 9 children from each class in KS2 travelled to Lionel Walden Primary school to take part in the inter-village sports event. They participated in a range of activities including short distance running, long distance running, sack races and the class egg and spoon race. Throughout the event, the children's behaviour was outstanding and they were a real credit to our school.
W/c 3.7.17
A week of change for our year 6 children. Visits to Witchford, Neale Wade and Cromwell have taken place this week. We wish all the children well in their new venture and enjoy finding out their thoughts on their new schools.
'it was great'
'I made two new friends already!'
'I feel much better now about September'
Year 6 are currently in the process of writing their memories from Manea School. Look out for them soon on the website!
W/C 30.6.17
The visit from the Life Bus. The children all took part in learning through the life bus from Cambridgeshire County Council. The younger children met Harold the giraffe who helped them find out how to keep healthy and the older children investigated in more depth how to look after themselves. This is a wonderful opportunity that we have every other year.
Comments from Key Stage one children:
'Wow! I loved learning in the bus'
'Harold was amazing, he taught us lots'
'I now know what to do to look after myself!'
We would like to thank all connected for their hard work.
29.6.17
This evening two groups of children attended a very special event held at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. The children were from Elm Class and Fir Class and were invited to celebrate their efforts in filmmaking for the Young People's Film Festival. The group from year 5 walked away with a commendation for their silent movie 'A Sporty Disaster'. Although Year one did not come away with a prize, we are extremely proud of what they were able to achieve. The Children all enjoyed dressing up for the 'Oscar' style evening and are looking forward to entering again next year.
27.6.17
Key Stage 2 sports day - what a wonderful event. The children all worked very hard in their races and supported each other with gusto! The audience of Key Stage 1 children cheered on and even took part when they caught the rocket javelin in the year 6 event!
We would like to congratulate all the children and also thank all the parents/carers for their support.
The event finished with an ice-cream each, donated to the school - just before the rain started!
22nd and 26th June
A fantastic whole school production! A Disney Delight! The children performed sketches to represent a variety of films by Disney - Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Moana, Annie, Peter Pan, Aladdin, Jungle Book and of course a firm favourite... Frozen!
We were extremely proud of how hard the children worked in order to create their class masterpieces and enjoyed celebrating with their families.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that came to support the children.
12th June 2017: This week we found out that we raised a whopping £854.83 for the NSPCC. The children have enjoyed the assemblies and carrying out their class challenges. Thank you for your wonderful work!
25th May 2017: KS1 Sports Day. All the children in Pine, Elm and Beech took part in what turned out to be a great event. The children all tried hard in their races and the children in Year 6 were a great support to all the teams. Well done everyone. Please see our photos of sports day.
19th May 2017: Yesterday Miss Froggatt was working with the children in Pine Class, when all of a sudden Year 5 invited them to see the work they had completed on the playground based on the stories they were telling. Please see the pictures below when Pine Class visited Fir Class.
19th May 2017: NSPCC Assemblies. Representatives from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children came a presented two assemblies on Wednesday.
12th May 2017: Year 6 Den Building.
FRIDAY 5th MAY 2017: OUR YEAR SIX. It has been an absolute pleasure to see how our children in Year six have learned this year. They have taken on all the challenges presented to them with perseverance, determination, pride and a sense of humour when required! We couldn't be more proud of them. We wish them every success as they take their tests next week. We know they are all stars. As you will see below, breakfast is ready for the week ahead!
THURSDAY 27th APRIL: BE AWARE OF THE PIRATES - Years R, 1 and 2 had a very exciting pirate day on Monday. This included dressing up and taking part in a wide range of activities related to the topic. See our pictures below.
FRIDAY 21st APRIL 2017: Year 5 and 6 CROSS COUNTRY. After school on Wednesday a group of year 5 and 6 children took part in a cross country event in St Neots. The children had a great time and ran really well. Owing to there being one girl fewer than required, one girl even ran twice! Well done to everyone who took part.
THURSDAY 30th MARCH 2017: THE SPACE CENTRE. The children from year 5 and 6 visited the Space Centre in Leicester on Tuesday. It was a great day where they learned even more about their topic on Space. Please see our photos below.
Friday 24/03/17
Today we celebrated Red Nose Day. The theme for the day was wear red or dress up as your favourite nose. Take a look at some of our children all dressed up.
THURSDAY 16th MARCH: PINE CLASS ASSEMBLY. 'DRAGON STEW'. Year R told one of their favourite stories about some Vikings trying to find a dragon to make dragon stew. The children really made their audience laugh especially the part about dragon poo! After the assembly the children showed their work to their families.
W/C:6/03/17
If you look through issue 53 of Manea Matters you will find an article written by our Forest School Leader (Mr Lenton).
Over the last couple of weeks Mr Lenton worked with each class of the school. Each class were treated to a fire circle and each class did different things.
Pine class: Pine class were able to toast marshmallows over the fire and discussed all the things that fire could be used for.
Elm Class: Elm class set fire to some of the houses they had made to try and understand why the fire spread so quickly during the Great Fire of London.
Beech Class: Year two used the fire as a stimulus to write different types of sentences.
Willow class: Willow class used the fire as a stimulus to their workbooks on fire facts.
Ash class: Ash class used the fires as a stimulus for writing about making smores.
Fir Class: Fir class held their fire during Science week and looked at the different ways things can change when using fire.
Oak Class: Year six used their fire time as a stimulus for writing.
Next time we will be looking at tool work!
THURSDAY 2nd MARCH 2017: WILLOW CLASS ASSEMBLY: The start of the Rome. Year three told through a presentation the story of two brothers who were the Founders of the city of Rome. Following the assembly they took their parents, carers and grandparents to show their work.
Wednesday 1st March 2017
Girl's football tournament
Today we had a group of our girls taking part in the football tournament.
We worked as a team watching other games to help us with ours. Then we took it in turns to defend the goal and attack. We enjoyed taking part in the tournament and working together. We had lots of fun. See our pictures below
Year 5/6 football tournament
