Our Junior site were surprised this week with a guest appearance from 'Florrie' the Florence Nightingale charity bear! Florrie presented certificates to Alfie and Freya, to say thank you for all our fundraising efforts. Back in February we all took part in a sponsored silence. One of the charities children could choose to donate [...]
This week saw the return of the annual Aylesbury primary school cricket tournament, held at our local club in Dinton. Two teams represented Year 5 and 6- one girls and one boys. Through the tournament one win was enjoyed by each team, followed by a few defeats. Hopefully next year we will make the [...]
As part of Year 5 and 6's 'Shakespeare' topic the classes were inspired by a trip to the Shakespeare Globe theatre, London. We tiptoed through our guided tour of the theatre, as actors were busy rehearsing 'A Midsummers Nights Dream' on the stage- it was fascinating to see the actors being interrupted by the [...]
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I am so proud of Year 6 and the Year 5s who took part in the Mandeville School Year 6 Games. They represented the school with motivation, determination and team spirit. Each participated in one of six sports: netball, football, hockey, tag rugby, end zone and handball. A special well done to the hockey [...]
As Wednesday morning started there was a palpable ripple of excitement across the Junior site, as Mr Heard's drumming pupils performed at our annual assembly. We were wowed by rock songs, from '80's hit 'Eye of the Tiger' to 'Imagine Dragons'. A mixture of y4-y6 pupils have worked hard, through the expert tuition of [...]
Years 5 and 6 enjoyed a visit from Maia and Marianne, Senior Ecologists from Eco-consult, who gave an informative talk about UK wildlife, focusing on Bats. Later we enjoyed a carousel of activities including: the moth life cycle, researching and identifying animal tracks, making a bat mobile and how to identify a bird from [...]
On Wednesday 3rd April all the Junior children enjoyed at 'Easter experience' at Dinton church, helped Rev. Phil and Rev. Richard and many kind people from the local churches. When we arrived at the church we visited seven stations, so we could experience the journey of Jesus from Palm Sunday, to Easter day. Palm [...]
Click edit button to change this text. On 1st April key stage 1 and 2 joined together at Cuddington Church, to tell the story of Easter and share time together. The service began with Foundation talking about their chicks and explaining how they had hatched them from eggs. Year 1 shared watercolour pictures [...]
On Monday 18th March, the school choir experienced a once in a lifetime opportunity when they performed at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The choir had to practice extremely hard to memorise seven different songs, not including the breathtaking final piece! When we arrived we saw a mountainous orange building, which seemed quite [...]
