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

• Y5 live Kenya link up

  Tue 25 Jun 2024 S Tague

  Following on from my visit to Kenya, our Year 5 Ravens had a a live video link up with some of the children from some of the Kenyan schools. The children asked each other questions and explored what they like to do in leisure time. For the children in Kenya this is taken up mainly by studying and doing chores. Our children were able to share some of the amazing hobbies they do which again reinforces how fortunate we are. The children engaged with the meeting so well - well done!

  

• EYFS Change For Life Festival

  Thu 20 Jun 2024 K Riley

  Yesterday we took 12 of our EYFS children to take part in the EYFS Change For Life Festival.  They took part in lots of different sporting activities and used lots of PE skills.  They were all brilliantly behaved and had a great time  Well done!

  

• Y2 Football Match v Melbourne

  Mon 17 Jun 2024 S Tague

  On Friday 14th June some of our Y2s took part in a football match against Melbourne Infants. This was supposed to be a multi-school tournament but for various reasons it became just 2 schools. This didn't stop us from playing and in two games our Y2s drew one and lost one. They all had a great time and behaved perfectly. Thanks to the parents for supporting and thanks to Mrs Jones for helping out too.

  

• Mr Tague's Trip to Kenya 25th May - 2nd June 2024

  Tue 04 Jun 2024

  As I mentioned in my newsletter (24thy May) I shared with you that I was heading to Mombasa, Kenya to visit the schools we have been twinned with for the past 3 years. Along with another headteacher and teacher, we set off on our travels not quite knowing what to expect. None of us were prepared for the level of poverty that the children we are linked with actually live in and this was the biggest eye-opening aspect of the trip. On the second day there we did go on a safari to the Tsavo East game reserve - 13,000 square kms of wildlife! The accommodation had perhaps the best views in the world - overlooking the Savana grasslands packed with wildlife. We did see a huge range of wild animals - too many to list but we saw elephants, giraffes, hippos, zebras and lions but no rhinos (as they are in Tsavo West). There's no doubting that this part of the trip was amazing and a genuine bucket list item. You will notice that 'Hodgie', the Year 1 class mascot, also accompanied me on my trip and loved the safari!  The Tuesday and Wednesday were our school visits. Previously we'd only ever met selected staff and children/students on live video link ups so this was very exciting to meet them all in person! The Global Schools' Project runs alongside the Kids' League Kenya charity which offers life changing scholarships to promising students to fund them through school, college and university to find a better life. We visited the home of one such success story, Yvonne, who lived in the slum area and attended one of our schools. Now 25, and a civil engineer university graduate, Yvonne was able to break away from the poverty where she and her family lived. Visiting her home makes you grateful for what we have in the UK and the homes that we live in - her home comprised of one small room containing a bed which all 7 family members lived, ate and slept. This toilet was shared with 5 other families. Despite the poverty, the children and students gave us the warmest welcome you could possibly receive. What they don't have in materials they have in abundance of love, smiles and a love of education. Each school welcomed us with open arms and a song and dance. We got to talk to the children and look at their work. They asked us questions and we asked them questions. I am convinced that children are children no matter where you are in the world but some children are born into better opportunities that others. We were able to hand over gifts - footballs biscuits and diaries (things they wanted) which they were so grateful for. On Friday we visited a coral regeneration project which King Charles had only just visited a few weeks before! In fact I snorkelled out to see his very own coral which was an amazing site. One of the guys, who is involved with the project, talked to us about their gardening project they were doing to help local famers and families - he ended up with one of my Derby tops! It was a fast paced and tiring week but a life-changing experience that I am so glad I did. It was nice representing our school and now gives more meaning to the video link ups we do in future. Attached is a very small selection of the hundreds of pictures I took and unfortunately I can't attach videos here. 

   

  Best wishes,

   

  Mr Tague 

  

• Y3-4 Prominent Cup

  Tue 04 Jun 2024 S Tague

  On Monday the 3rd of June Mrs Clamp and I took two teams to compete in the Prominent Cup at Melbourne Sports Partnership. Our mainly Y3 team did well and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to compete and won one of their games against local rivals Findern - many of which were team mates from their Repton Casuals Saturday team! The Y4 team (pictured) came second in their group and lost in the final to Willington. A huge well done to all the boys and girls who played and to the parents that supported. As always their behaviour was excellent!