Rededication Of the Lychgate at St Marys and St Peters Church, Kelsale

Children, adults from school and some parents walked to Church this morning for the much anticipated rededication of the Lychgate.  Monies for the Lychgate fund had been collected as past of a restoration collection and work had now been completed.

Acting Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Rt Rev Dr David Thomson carried out the rededication and the children enjoyed listening to his talk and interacting with him as he blessed the lychgate and the children.  Mrs Taylor read a reading from the bible and our two eldest collective worship monitors lead the congregation in prayer.  

Photographs of the rededication ceremony can be seen at the links below:

EADT article

EADT gallery

Plus a mention on Rt Rev Dr David Thomson's blog.  

We felt excited and honoured to be a part of this special morning. 

Guy making 2014

Today was the day for our annual Guy making day in preparation for the village fireworks event.  The children were split into groups mixed from years 3 to 6.  The children had to plan their guy using the theme 'Historical Villains'.  Plans including inspiration from Peter Pan, Harry Potter and even The infamous 'Hand of God', Maradona.
All children worked incredibly well together with straw flying, giggles and inspirational guys produced.

Members of the parish council will be coming into school to judge our guys in the morning, although all guys are certainly worthy of a prize.   Well done Kelsale.

Class 4 Collective Worship

A group from class 4 planned and took collective worship for the whole school this morning.  They organised their own props and led the school in call and response.
A fantastic effort.  Well done to all.

Spellbinder

We were treated today with another visit from The Spellbinder.  Unfortunately, Spellbinder lady is still not very well but we send her our love and best wishes.

It is difficult, with just the aid of a camera, to capture the magic Spellbinder brings with him every time he visits.  The only way you can get a clue is to look at the faces of the children who are enthralled by his stories and giggle during his songs and dances.  Please enjoy the pictures below (first set- KS1 and second set- KS2).

Pals 4ever x

Football match- Kelsale CEVCP Versus Benhall

A fabulous turn out by parents (and some rowdy staff) to support the two teams.  Both teams showed amazing sportsmanship and cheered each other on, whether they were playing or not.  As Mrs Taylor said, it made her feel very proud, not only because of the performance of the teams, winning one match (4-1) and losing the next (with a very close 0-1), but also on the way the teams supported each other.

Fantastic work Kelsale!

Harvest parcels delivered to the Community

Thank you to the amazing parents who gave their time to parcel up all the harvest contributions and to those who gave their time to deliver the parcels with all of KS2 children. We met some lovely people on our journey around Kelsale on a beautiful sunny morning.

Harvest Festival 2014

Another lovely Harvest service showing the children at their very best.
Well done Kelsale CEVCP school.