Thank you PAKSA

A massive thank you to PAKSA for organising the ice cream to visit school this afternoon. A perfect way to round off the half term.

Tennis

On Wednesday a Year 3&4 tennis team went to The Weald for Road to Eastbourne Tennis. They took part in a carousel of activities aimed and using their footwork and racket skills. For each activity they earned points and the team came fourth overall. Then they played some double matches.

Well done to all our players.

VE Day

On Thursday 8th May, we came together as a whole school community to mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day and think of all the brave men and women of our country who served in the 2nd World War. All our children and staff were treated to a scone with jam and a soft drink. Children had all had the opportunity to design their own gratitude medals for important people in their lives that they are grateful to. Some of the children were able to read out who they are grateful to and why. It was a lovely and truely memorable afternoon for our community.

Cricket

This week two teams attended a friendly cricket afternoon at Loxwood Cricket Ground. The afternoon was to share the enjoyment of cricket, improve skill and take part in a mini tournament.

Both teams showed great skills, enthusiasm and teamwork. Our Year 6 team won all their games and our Year 5 team won their last game. Well done to all the players and thank you for a lovely afternoon.

This Girl Can

This week we took two teams to This Girl Can at The Weald. Initially we were going to have one team playing netball and the second team playing football, however due to fewer teams being able to attend than hoped, both of our teams took part in a mini football tournament and then a mini netball tournament.

We are so proud of all the players as they pushed themselves out of their comfort zones and played brilliantly.

Our pink team won the football tournament and our green team won the netball tournament.

Henry Adams - World Book Day Competition

Our thanks go to Dee Tickner from Henry Adams who came into school again this week to judge the incredible entries into their World Book Day Competion - to make a well-know book character using a recycled cardboard tube/s together with other reclaimed materials and other items you may have at home.

Thankyou to eveyone who entered and well done to our competition winners. One of the amazing creations will now be entered into the Chichester Festival Theatre competition to win Theatre Tickets.

Football

This week a team of Year 5’s and 6’s attended The Weald for a football tournament. All the players played well and demonstrated good skills and teamwork. We won two matches, drew two and lost two. Over all we came in 6th place.

Well done to all the players.

SWAG family visit

This week Andrew, Nicola, Hope, Wilfy and Jeannie visited us. They are on a journey of a lifetime cycling around the world. They started from their home near Hobart, Tasmania over 1 year ago, travelling through New Zealand and then South America. They are now spending time in the UK before travelling on through Europe.

To follow their adventures please see information below.

Website: www.swagfamily.au

 

Facebook / Instagram: @Swagfamilyhughes

 

Support and follow the adventure in full: www.Patreon.com/swagfamily

Hockey Success

On Monday 9th December we took two teams to The Weald to take part in a quick sticks hockey tournament. They were quickly nicknamed The Lions and The Tigers. Both teams played brilliantly winning all their games against other schools. The decider then came when The Lions had to play The Tigers. It was a hard fought match and in the end the Tigers cam out on top.

Overall The lions came second and The Tigers came first.

Well done to all our players. We are really proud of you.

E-Safety Poster Competition winners


We recently held a competition for children to design posters with our E-Safety slogan: "Stop Close Tell.” We had a brilliant response with over 50 entries! Thank you to all the families who took part and hopefully it led to good discussions about keeping safe online. I would also like to share this wonderful resource with you https://www.childnet.com/ It covers many specific ways to keep children safe.


Congratulations to our winners from KS2: Isla, Finn, George, Olivia and Jack

And from KS1: Lily and Florence

Their designs are now brightening up our computer cabinets.

Mr Butler

Girls Football - Round 1

On Friday 8th November our girls football team took part in the first round of the Horsham District Girls Football Tournament. They played brilliantly as a team and won three of their matches, lost one and drew one. Well done to all of our players. We look forward to watching you play in round 2!

X-Country

On Wednesday our x-country team went off to Billingshurst to take part in some x-country races.

Year 3&4 ran first with three of our girls taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in that race.

Next the Year 5 girls ran and earned 158 points for their team. Overall they came 4th. Then it was the turn of the Year 5 boys where everyone finished in the top 15 places. This earned them 47 points and the team came first out of all the schools.

The year 6 girls ran next and earned 104 points for the team placing them in 4th place. The year 6 boys also earned 104 points and came second our of all the schools.

Well done to all our runners. You all showed great determination and team spirit. We are very proud of all of you. Thank you to everyone who helped with transport and supported our teams.