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• Inspiration!

  Fri 16 Jan 2026

  We were very lucky to share our day with an exciting inspirational speaker - George Fouche.  George is a former international rugby player and currently 'one of the world's most sought after Olympic mindset coaches.'  He flew in from working with the Winter Olympics team to spend the day with us.  George led a whole school assembly, where he shared his inspirational story with the children, and then worked with each class throughout the day, aiming to inspire everyone.  The children worked together to create structures from fragile strands of spaghetti and soft marshmallows.

  

• Penguin Day!

  Thu 18 Dec 2025

  The last day of term was Penguin Day in school.  Everyone was so excited by our visitors - 4 Humbolt Penguins!!!

   

  

• Nativity - Prickly Hay!

  Fri 12 Dec 2025

  Stars of this week have to be our Owls and Robins who performed a BRILLIANT ‘Prickly Hay’ Nativity on Tuesday. We had actors, singers, dancers and even an orchestra to bring us this fantastic version of the Christmas story. Well done everyone!!!! (including our brilliant staff!!!)

   

  

• Year 6 Residential to Rhos-Y-Gwaliau

  Fri 05 Dec 2025

  Our Year 6s returned from their residential trip to Rhos Y Gwaliau on Saturday. What an amazing time they have had!

   

   

  I didn’t just learn skills like rock climbing, I learnt confidence and resilience - Florence

  I don’t regret a single moment - Izzy

  I learnt to look on the bright side - John

  It was the best thing I’ve ever experienced - George

  If you have the chance to do something, do it - Seb

  It was an inspirational experience and I did what I thought was undoable - India

   It felt like a once in a lifetime opportunity - Ella

   

  A HUGE thank you to Mrs Thompson and Miss Amey for choosing to do this! Here are some photos to enjoy:

   

  

• Christmas Tree!

  Fri 28 Nov 2025

  Christmas has started! Owls walked all the way to the Yattendon Christmas Tree Barn on Thursday to choose our Christmas Tree. Classes will now decorate this very generous gift with their handmade decorations for everyone to enjoy.

   

  

• AWE STEM Workshops

  Fri 21 Nov 2025

  A brilliant afternoon at Newbury Museum for Swallows and Kingfishers.

   

  AWE had organised a STEM event (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) which was arranged into 5 tasks. Working in groups (a task in itself!) the children set up a maze for a laser, solved puzzles using Morse code, created an aerodynamic mode of transport and an earthquake proof structure. Highlights of the afternoon were using the robotic hand and programming a rather endearing robotic dog!

   

  Thank you to Mrs Jones and Mrs McCormick for accompanying us!

   

  

• History Workshop

  Mon 20 Oct 2025

  Swallows and Robins enjoyed an engaging History workshop investigating and handling real life artefacts.  They used their detective skills to organise the objects chronologically along a time line from oldest to newest whilst supporting their arguments with historical evidence and prior knowledge.  They explored the various materials and technologies which were available across different periods of History.

   

  

• Robotics Challenge!

  Mon 20 Oct 2025

  We were pleased to invite other local primary schools for a Robotics Challenge afternoon on Monday. Everyone had a great afternoon building and programming cars using the Lego spike kits, including Mrs Coomber who organised the session.

   

  

• Harvest Festival 2025

  Fri 03 Oct 2025

  Harvest Festival was enjoyed by the whole school on Wednesday. Some children baked bread, Owls paraded their Harvest Crowns, Robins made Harvest Wreaths and read the prayers. Our choir sang beautifully, including some solo performances and we listened to musical pieces performed by Lucy, Fabby and Felix!

   

  Donations were made to the West Berkshire Foodbank.

   

  

• Owls first time at the Outdoor Classroom

  Fri 26 Sep 2025

  Owls had their first ‘Woodland Wednesday’ this week. They explored our woodland classroom, created natural shelters for some woodland animals and collected some autumn treasures. They also enjoyed hot chocolate at snack time!