Events and Activities

The children are having an amazing time at Ford Castle. They have all taken part in their first activities and have had their evening meal. They have worked fantastically in teams and have all challenged themselves.

Today, Early Years and Key Stage One, were lucky enough to listen to a magical story performed by professional storyteller Chris Bostock. We heard the story, ‘The Tree Of Life’, which tells the story of Tiny Tortoise.  He had a wonderful dream of a tree that grew every kind of different fruit. Ow

A busy week in our Forest School. Reception built dinosaur nests and as you can see they are are moving and handling the wild resources with confidence and maturity. Some other children worked with clay or collected special items for our Forest Museum board. Meanwhile the strawberries were weeded an

The children had the best day celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee on the last day of term! The children wore their homemade crowns very proudly, and we ate our homemade picnic in the sun and played games in the garden. We enjoyed singing the National Anthem which we have been learning over the past coup

Despite the children being off, the Jubilee Project needs to move forward in readiness for next week. Miss Rowe and Dom were joined this week by Neil who is creating a beautiful drift wood arch. The arch will be planted with climbers and certainly adds a touch of drama to the garden. Meanwhile the p

The children in reception, were so proud of their performance of the British national anthem as part of our Platinum Jubilee celebrations this  week. click on this link to view our performance.

What an amazing day of celebrations at our Jubilee Street Party. Angel Court residents came to join in the fun. Maisie said “She’d never thought she’d be so happy and excited to come back to school.” Two minutes later, with much laughter, she spotted she was still wearing her slippers. It didn’t sto

Reception had a fun filled day celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II by coming to school wearing all things red, white and blue. We enjoyed learning about the Queen and her family across the week through our topic learning. This week we have been looking at the Queen and learning al

Year Two have thoroughly enjoyed celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They have learned all about her life, including her Coronation and family. The children worked together to write a fantastic postcard as if they had attended the Coronation ceremony. They included information about the Crown

What an extravaganza of a day we have had in year one celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Firstly, we all looked resplendent dressed in red, white and blue and positively regal wearing our homemade crowns. At lunch time, we all sat outside with the whole school to hold our street party. We all