World Book Day 2016

The playground was a sew of colour as the children arrived this morning.  Wands, sparkling shoes and onesies large and small were used to complete a selection of amazing characters.  The princesses scurried off to their castles as the collection of witches and wizards marched off to potions lesson, and the Wally's and Wanda's tried their hardest to blend into the background.
We all joined together in the hall where Burglar Bill (aka Mrs Taylor) gave all the children the opportunity to show off their costume.
The children then went off to classes, where some took part in book related activities from character debates (Top book character 2016) to book making.  We had to be on our best behaviour as Miss Trunchbull roamed the corridor.
Meanwhile Lucy and Natasha were busy in the kitchen preparing our Book day lunch- Mr Stink's chicken (it certainly tasted lovely).

A big thank you to Mrs Gill for her fabulous photos, which show off some of the costumes beautifully.

A fabulous day!

Sports For Schools- Roy Turnham

We were fortunate enough to have a return visit from Sports For Schools today, with a very special guest- Roy Turnham. Roy, originally an 800m running, represented Team GB in The London 2012 Paralympics as a member of the 5-aside visually impaired football team.
Roy gave a talk to the whole school, discussing his story, his sporting ambitions and the perseverance required to aim high and work for your goals.
http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/roy-turnham

Sports For Schools raise money for their own charity, to aid young athletes to take part i sport competitively.  They also support the school in raising money for new sports equipment.  It was to this end that the whole school took part in a sponsored circuit training exercise.
The atmosphere in the hall was fabulous.  The children worked incredibly hard, cheering and supporting each other to take part in 4 grueling activities.  They laughed, sweated (a lot) and persevered, all completing the challenge.
With this in mind, we ask you all to dig deep and return your child's sponsor money to school as soon as possible so that we might be able to raise enough money to improve the sports equipment in school.

Kelsale at the Football County Finals

Having won their way through to the play-offs in the Autumn Term, the school football team spent a chilly afternoon at St Edmund's school, Bungay, playing on the unfamiliar astroturf.  Despite this, our fabulous team, taking 2nd place, made it through to the county finals in Bury St Edmunds this morning.  Having made it this far, they were already ranked in the top 8 teams in the county.
Despite a series of challenging games, in freezing conditions (one look at Mrs Ward's face will confirm just how cold it was), the team worked incredibly hard.

The team and their coaches (Nick Denny and Miss Dempsey) need to know just how how proud the whole school community are of you and what an enormous achievement this is.  Huge congratulations! xx

Christingle

In the build up to the festive season, we took time as a school to remember the true meaning of Christmas through our Christingle service led by Miss Coppens-Browne.After making their own Christingles, the children joined together in the hall in prayer and the lighting of our candles. It looked very beautiful indeed.

Christmas Lunch

Nearing the end of term, we were all ready for a hearty Christmas lunch. As you can see from the photos below, we enjoyed another beautiful lunch today, expertly cooked and prepared by Natasha and Lucy.  Thank you so much ladies and to all who helped (organise, prepare and eat!). It was fabulous.

Christmas Decoration Day 2015

Another hugely successful decoration day!  A combination of rice, glitter, tissue paper and a huge amount of glue led to a beautiful collection of decorations.  These can be found all around the school.
As well as being very creative, the children showed a number of MAGIC qualities today:
MOTIVATED by the spirit of Christmas, with a fabulously kind and helpful ATTITUDE, continuing to show GUMPTION when things didn't turn out as they had hoped the first time and fantastic teamwork aided by COMMUNICATION.

A huge thank you to all the parents, relatives and friends and staff who organised, participated and tidied up today.  It is much appreciated.

Universal Children's Day

Universal Children's Day is a celebratory day set aside by United Nations to mark the adoption of the declaration of children's rights.

This year, in order to promote the ongoing plight of less fortunate children across the world, Lucy Hall, along with Natasha, organised a Universal Children's day lunch, We were treated to Cajun chicken, vegetarian chilli con carne and a beautiful pineapple pudding with mango puree. The dining room was decorated with banners and the tables adorned with flags of countries world wide.

The lunch was very much enjoyed by the children, visiting parents and staff,
The children were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to experience foods of other nationalities,  all the time considering those in less fortunate situations.

Thank you Lucy for a beautiful lunch.

http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/