On the 14th of November 2024, 16 pupils of year 5 and 6 were chosen to be Peer Mentors. They had one day of training with a professional Peer Mentor from the charity Bucks Mind. The new Peer Mentors are: Lucy H, Lucy R, Alice G, Pixie, April, John, Ava, Ramir, Annabel, Maya S, [...]
Deanfield homes, who are currently building a small new development of houses in Dinton, have kindly donated a lovely new Mud Kitchen to our school. It has taken pride of place on the Junior Site field, in our outdoor learning area. The children are already making full use of their new resource and creating [...]
From crazy hair to hairbands, accessories and unusual hats, the children of Cuddington and Dinton school celebrated and raised funds for other children with a smile on their faces! Some hairstyles of note were Pudsey Bear designed in a bun, a pot noodle with chopsticks, an elephant in hair and many, many more! Thanks [...]
After a few days of poppy selling, our children wore their poppies with pride and joined a two minute silence at Cuddington and Dinton War memorials. It fell to the eldest and youngest pupils to have the honour of laying a wreath. Thanks to Lucy, Ingrid, Athena and Darcey who laid wreaths at Chearsley, [...]
Verulamium Museum Roman Villa On Wednesday 6th November, year 5 and 6 went to Verulamium Museum, we were split into groups. Group one had lunch first while group two went to the mosaic room which had some interesting facts about Romans and how they built and ate! Next the groups switched and [...]
On Tuesday the 5th November some of year 3 and 4 went to Stoke Mandeville School for a morning of sport, run by students from the school. We split in two groups at the start (Year 3 and Year 4) and went round doing lots of fun activities. One of the best bits was [...]
In Science, Year 1 have been looking at Materials. Today, we built our very own boats out of paper and masking tape and we tested how these floated in the water. We found out that the longer we left the boats in the water, the more the water soaked into the paper and therefore [...]
On Thursday, Kumar visited us from Aylesbury Hindu Temple. He shared lots of information with us all about the origins of Hinduism and their core beliefs, as well as talking to us about the festival of Diwali and how it is celebrated all over the world. We all learnt a lot, including that snakes [...]
We were delighted to host a visiting community artist from Waddesdon Manor today. Olivia Davis inspired Year 4, 5 and 6 to create a Christmas fairy-tale themed collage. Families will be able to view the display at the Waddesdon Manor Stables over the Christmas period.
On Thursday the 17th of October we played Haddenham and lost 2-0. Emily was a strong defender and Lucy was in defence for half the match. Emma was incredible in goal. April was a brilliant tackler. Darcey was a great runner and passing to Sofia to do her amazing kicks! Annabel was our captain [...]
