Monday 22 July 2013

Blessing Service 2013

On this blistering hot Monday morning, the children alongside staff, parents, friends and family snaked their way to the church for the Leaver's Blessing service.

Rev. Andy lead the congregation in song and prayer and the Year 6 children read out a selection of their memories from their school career. Rev. Andy blessed the children ready for their new path onto a new school as well as blessings for Miss Ward and Mrs Pugh, both whom will be leaving us tomorrow.
A lovely, emotional service as a prelude to our leavers assembly tomorrow.


Saturday 20 July 2013

KS1 Trip to Minsmere

Sorry for the late post, but Mrs Gill took a lot of many very beautiful photos that took a while for us both to sort out.

KS1 had a fabulous and very hot day out at Minsmere on Wednesday.  They spent the day pond dipping, beach combing and den building as well as other wonderful activities.  The staff were very kind, friendly and informative and, as usual, the children were extremely well behaved.

A big thank you to all the adult helpers who made the day possible.


Wednesday 17 July 2013

KS1 swimming demonstration and school picnic 2013

Parents of children in KS1 were invited to watch their children swim on Tuesday this week to see just how confident the children had become in the school pool.  The weather was absolutely glorious.



This was followed by the School's annual picnic, where parents, relatives and friends could bring a picnic lunch with rugs to sit and enjoy each other company on the school field.  There was a lovely relaxed atmosphere and some very delicious looking lunches!


Eggs and Chicks.

Once again, the Hall family provided the school with, what we hoped would be, fertilised eggs to incubate and hatch at school.  The incubators were placed in Classes 2 and 5.

On day 14 (out of 21), Andy came into school and lamped the eggs to see which of the eggs were most likely to contain chicks.




On day 20, we noticed cheeping noises coming from the eggs and tiny cracks and holes were starting to be made by the eggs occupants.
We watched eggcitedly throughout the day until finally, Sebastian was 'born'.



So far, 2 chicks have hatched in class 5 and 6 in class 2. More photos to follow.

Chick update:

A total of 9 chicks have now hatched (one with very fluffy feet).






To view a video of a chick hatching, click here.
A big thank you to the Hall family for this wonderful experience.

Seaside special lunch

On Friday, Mrs Hall cooked a lovely seaside special lunch for us before Sports and Fete Afternoon. The children took their fish and chips in bags out onto the playground and ate together on the grass and benches.


Country Dancing Festival 2013

This morning classes 3 and 4 walked down to Carlton Park , Saxmundham, to take part in a country dancing festival. Despite the soaring temperatures, great fun was had by all.

Sunday 14 July 2013

Kelsale Sports Day and Fete 2013

The weather this year could not be more different from last sports day.  Some cloud cover in the morning gave those setting up the fete some rest from the muggy weather.
The PTFA, children and other helpers spent the morning setting up stalls and organising ready for the afternoon.
At 1pm, the fete opened as Year 5 and 6 ran to man their stalls.  Raffle tickets were bought, games played and castles and slides bounced on.

At 2pm, the children were called for the races. Mrs Ward's organisation and Miss Dempsey's voice mean a very smooth and enjoyable sports afternoon with Yellow team announced as the winners. Medals were handed out and the fete restarted.



Again, huge thanks to the PTFA, lead by Martin,  for organising events, thank you to Mrs Ward for organising the sports day events, thank you to our sponsor's including Waitrose and Friday Street Farm Shop and thank you to the children and their friends and relatives for making this another very successful event.  Totals raised will be announced when counted.

Monday 8 July 2013

Race for Life Photos Now available

Race for Life photos can now be ordered for £1 per photo.  Each photo is 7" by 5".  You can order by sending in payment with a list of photos required and how many of each to  a class teacher.  Each photo in the slideshow has it's own captioned number by which it can be identified.
All money raised will also be sent to Cancer Research UK.