KS1 Christmas Party

Party afternoon for the children in KS1.  Music, cheers and excitement echoed through the halls as a variety of party games were played.  The children then went back to their classrooms and enjoyed the party food, provided by the parents.

What a Star! KS1 Christmas Production.

What a fantastic night! KS1 wowed their audience with a bright, vibrant and beautifully performed nativity.  Despite the heave schedule and later night, the children bounced into the hall for their final performance and sung their hearts out.  A big congratulations to all the staff/producers/choreographers/music technicians and stage hands and a massive well doe to all the children/actors/choir/stars!

DVDs will be on sale in the very near future.  Letters will be on their way home soon.

Gingerbread houses

Classes 4 and 5 have been in a Christmas frenzy this week.  They have all completed a Gingerbread house project using a range of skills including scaling, 3D drawing and model building, weighing ad measuring, reading scales and design.  The project was certainly not without its challenges, but with excellent team work, the children were able to find solutions.  I think you will agree, the results were worthwhile.

Christmas Decoration Day 2014

A quick catch up before things really get busy at school next week! If you haven't been into school recently or haven't looked up, you may not have notice the beautiful decorations adorning the school corridor and hall.  All the work of the children and helpers on Christmas decoration day.  Come and have a look.

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.