On Thursday 14^th November the children were invited to come dressed to school in red, white and blue or denim to celebrate America Day; following the much of the work they were doing in school about the North American continent.

During the day the children took part in many USA related activities including creating their own American flags.  The highlight of the day was the surprise firework display to celebrate Thanks Giving Day in America which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. 

At the end of the day children relaxed with a well deserved movie with popcorn in true American style.   

On Monday 11^th November William Byrd commemorated Remembrance Day.  We started the day off with a whole school assembly where the children learnt about what Remembrance Day is and the importance of people wearing poppies. 

Children and staff showed off their poppies with pride and we raised an amazing £615.86 for The Royal British Region charity.

The whole school observed a two minute silence to show our respect to the Armed Forces community, past and present.

Thanks to everyone for their support and remember; you should never forget!

A big thank everyone who came to our family Halloween Disco.  The children and adults had a SPOOKTASTIC time and danced the night away. The costumes were fantastic and incredibly scary!  Thank you to Miss Darby and all the staff that helped organise such a fabulous event.  

The whole school from Reception to Year 6 participated in a range of skills from sewing, chalk, painting, collage and much more on our Art Day.  We saw some amazing art across the school from our talented children.  Everyone enjoyed the day and all the children got the chance to show off their creative skills and unique imaginations.

Our Year 5 children started their journey to Disneyland Paris this morning.  Keep a track of what they are up to on a daily basis with our regular updates.

Monday 14 October

06:50 - Our children left school on time and are really excited about the next few days. We are on our way to Folkestone.  Let the fun times begin!
11:15 - We have safely arrived in France and we are on our way to the chocolate factory.
14:45 - Having a chocolate masterclass and trying out pure cocoa.
18:00 - We have had a great time at the chocolate factory and we have arrived at our hotel, Chateau de Grande Romaine.  Everyone is settled into their rooms and is looking forward to dinner.
18:45 - Dinner time! Enjoying a meal at the hotel restaurant.  Some of us even tried snails!
19:30 - Enjoying our evening activity before bed.
21:00 - Bedtime - We are all very excited and looking forward to seeing Disneyland tomorrow.

Tuesday 15 October

06:45 - We are up and having a yummy warm breakfast before making our way to Disneyland!
08:00 - We are all super excited and on the coach making our way to Disneyland.  Looking forward to a fun packed day.
08:45 - We have arrived!
10:00 - We are queueing for our first ride.  Let the fun times begin!
12:00 - It's mid day already and we have enjoyed so many rides and we still have a few more to go!
13:00 - It's lunchtime.
14:30 - Going on more rides and looking forward to seeing the parade soon.
18:30 - We have had a fantastic day at Disneyland today.  We are back at our hotel having dinner.
19:45 - The fun is still not over, we are singing songs around the campfire!
21:00 - Bedtime - Looking forward to another fun packed day tomorrow.

Wednesday 16 October

07:30 - We are up and are having our last breakfast in France.  We are looking forward for another fantastic day at the French bakery, Boulangerie.
08:45 - We are on the coach and making our way to the Boulangerie.
13:00 - Trying delicious croissants before attempting to make our own.
13:30 - Having a masterclass on how to make and bake the perfect croissants and bread.
14:15 - Heading off to have a well deserved lunch.
15:00 - Having a yummy lunch at Flunch.
15:45 - Making our way to the the train station.
16:30 - Getting on the train.  Goodbye France!
17:30 - Just stopped at the services.  We will be home very soon.

On Thursday 10^th October Year 5 had the opportunity to watch a fascinating, fun and interactive planetarium show, Wonder Dome.

They went on incredible learning journey about the solar system, the stars and planets; space exploration and other fascination astronomy topics.

The children saw the entire night sky projected inside the dome and they looked at the beautiful stars and constellations in the night sky. The presenter explained how to identify certain stars and constellations and also told some magical stories from Ancient Greek Mythology.