Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Science Day

  Tue 17 Mar 2020
  The whole school enjoyed working in classes and Houses to be biologists, chemists and physicists. FS2 found out about camouflage...looking at different patterns and finding out which could be best hidden in the undergrowth. Years 1 and 2 made a blubber glove to test insulation, Years 3 and 4 looked at density of liquids and Years 5 and 6 investigated reversible and irreversible changes with food. In the afternoon each House carried out three investigations: the dancing raisin, shapes that float and sink and finally sorting fruit into their three main groups (drupes, pomes and berries). There was a real buzz around school and much laughter...especially when the raisins danced!

• Fit4Youth Workshops

  Mon 16 Mar 2020

  Our two KS2 classes have been enjoying weekly workshops with the Fit4Youth team this half term. They have learned about healthy lifestyles, exercise and where food comes from.

   

• Sport Relief

  Fri 13 Mar 2020

  The sun finally shone and the whole school came in dressed ready for sport. We started the day by sending the Sport Relief Song ‘It’s Game On!’. After break, Years 1 to 6 took part in House Relays which were incredibly close. All of the children in each house took it in turns to run between cones and after 5 minutes the runs were counted. There were only 11 runs between 4th and 1st place but Hermes came out as the winners.

  In the afternoon the whole school headed out to the Englefield House drive to run the Englefield Mile. Some raced whilst others took their time and enjoyed the experience.

  Thank you to Mrs Carney for organising the day and to everyone who supported the event to raise money to tackle child poverty and injustice across the world.

   

  

• Tennis Training

  Wed 11 Mar 2020
  A massive thank you to Pangbourne Tennis Club for organising training for all classes in KS1 and KS2. Damian Lane provided the weekly session in a bid to encourage more young people to take up the sport. It is a wonderful way for families to spend time together and keep fit and well.

• Maths Challenge at Pangbourne College

  Tue 10 Mar 2020

  Well done to our 4 Year 5 pupils ( Gregor, Kai, Kaleb and Maya) who came 4th out of  8 schools in this new competition.

   

  They had great fun completing the practical tasks and were great ambassadors for the school. Apparently the food was fantastic too!

   

  

• Book Week

  Sat 07 Mar 2020

  The school was full of budding authors and illustrators as we celebrated our annual Book Week. Several special events took place to promote the enjoyment of reading and writing throughout the school.

   

  Pupils in Mrs Sheppard’s and Mrs Carney's classes were joined by Rebecca Smith from The Corn Exchange in Newbury who did a story-telling session with them

   

  Each of our pupils learned a poem to perform to their class with the finalists performing to the whole school and a panel of judges.

   

  We were so impressed with the quality of the performances; hopefully the experience will engender a love of poetry in all of our pupils.

   

  It was fantastic to see such great ideas in action as the pupils and staff dressed up as their favourite book characters. From Gandalf to unicorns, and Harry Potter to the magic faraway tree, the costumes were absolutely fantastic. Well done to everyone...now you can get your thinking caps on for two years’ time!

   

  Good luck to all our pupils who entered the Radio 2 competition...we look forward to hearing how you got on!