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Choir at the O2
On Tuesday 20th January, our Choir are singing at the O2. What an experience. You can stay in touch by following our FB page:
Book Club
First Children's Book Group of next year is on Sunday 25th January 3.00pm Dial Lane Books Come and collect a book from my office if you want to go.
Archery Competition Wednesday 28th January
Last year, Chloe and Dobby helped us commemorate the life of Henry VIII who died on 28th January in 1547. Henry is the King most closely connected to our school (hence the logo).
Henry VIII was a huge proponent of archery, passing laws to enforce practice for all able-bodied men, seeing it as crucial for national defence, and even demonstrating his own skill, while his navy used archers extensively to attack enemy ships before boarding, with finds from the Mary Rose revealing elite archers served, highlighting the longbow's continued importance despite early gunpowder.
After school on Wednesday 28th January, we are running an archery competition on the school field. £1.00 entry fee for two arrows 10 metres from shooting line to target. Hit the five pound note to win (limit 1x£5 win per person). All money raised to the school pantry.
Probably myth
The "two-finger" gesture in archery history refers to a popular legend from the Hundred Years' War (especially the Battle of Agincourt, 1415) where French enemies allegedly threatened to cut off English archers' drawing fingers (index and middle), leading the archers to defiantly flash these two fingers to show they were still capable of shooting back.
Fact
If you have a surname Baker or Butcher then your ancestors were probably bakers or butchers. Coopers made barrels and Barbers dealt with hair and sometimes dentistry and surgery but did you know Fletchers made the feathers that were glued to the end of an arrow called fletchings?
Performing Arts Festival
Thursday 26th February 6.00pm in the Conference Room (next to the school library).
Three age categories. Simply read the designated poem (see below) and the judges will mark you for clarity and expression. All participants receive a medal. The winner of each category wins a trophy.
Year 2 and under: The Sound Collector
Year 3 and 4: Please Mrs Butler
Year 5 and 6: Sea Fever
If you want to enter send me a direct message or let me know at the gate by February 14th Valentines Day.
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Sound Collector by Roger McGough (Year 2 and under)
A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried it away
The whistling of the kettle
The turning of the lock
The purring of the kitten
The ticking of the clock
A stranger called this morning
He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same
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Please Mrs Butler by Allan Ahlberg (Year 3 and 4)
Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps copying my work, Miss.
What shall I do?
Go and sit in the hall, dear.
Go and sit in the sink.
Take your books on the roof, my lamb.
Do whatever you think.
Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps taking my rubber, Miss.
What shall I do?
Keep it in your hand, dear.
Hide it up your vest.
Swallow it if you like, love.
Do what you think best.
Lock yourself in the cupboard, dear.
Run away to sea.
Do whatever you can, my flower.
But don't ask me!
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Sea Fever by John Masefield (Year 5 and 6)
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
Year 5 Stargazing Sleepover
Friday 20th March 2026
Year 4 Residential
Wednesday 29th April to Friday 1st May
Year 6 Residential
Monday 1st June to Wednesday 3rd June
Sports Days
Tuesday 16th June Reception 1.30pm
Wednesday 17th June Y5/6 1.30pm
Thursday 18th June Y3/4 1.30pm
Friday 19th June Y1/2 1.30pm
Monday 22nd June Nursery 9.45am