On Wednesday, the whole school came together in the chapel for our Harvest Festival, beautifully organised by Mrs Pankhurst and the PEGs committee. It was a lovely opportunity to give thanks for the food we have, celebrate God’s creation and think about the importance of sharing with those who may have less than us.
Each class played a special part in the service. Class 1 did an amazing job performing the rhyme Chop, Chop, Choppity Chop, followed by Big Red Combine Harvester. Our youngest children did us proud, joining in brilliantly and bringing plenty of harvest cheer to the chapel.
Class 2 entertained everyone with The Great Harvest Court Case, where the Farmer, Sun, Rain, Soil, Bee, Shop Worker and Food Bank Volunteer all tried to convince the judge that they deserved the most thanks for the food we eat. In the end, the court decided that there could be no single winner because everyone has an important part to play.
Class 3 took us on a journey through the history of Harvest Festival, exploring traditions from the Bible through to Lammas and the beginnings of the modern Harvest Festival. Did you know it was started in Cornwall? They finished by leading everyone in a thoughtful Harvest Prayer, giving thanks for creation and remembering those who may be facing difficult times.
There was also plenty of wonderful singing throughout the service, including Lord of the Harvest, Cauliflowers Fluffy, Autumn Days and For the Beauty of the Earth, before Rev Chris shared a few words with us.
A huge thank you to Mrs Pankhurst and the PEGs committee for organising such a lovely celebration, and to all our children for speaking, acting, singing and taking part so confidently. Thank you also to everyone who joined us and brought generous gifts for the Food Bank and to Sheila for playing the organ.
Monday was the first day back at school. We saw all the walls were freshly painted and we got a new teacher called Mrs Skerry. During the day, we made class rules, chose sitting places where we did maths and learnt about Roman numerals. Everything was going smoothly until we had a fire drill. Everybody was shocked, as the teachers guided everybody outside.
On Tuesday, when we got into class, we had a morning activity to do. It was fun but we did a lot of work, which was quite nice because we haven't done any in a while. We had Mrs Skerry in the morning, which was fun, and in the afternoon, we had Mrs Robson and we did Geography and PE. We were learning about renewable resources and non-renewable resources and, in PE, we were learning about how to be a good leader. We were asked some questions and Mrs Robson wrote on the floor with chalk, and you had to go to the one which you thought was right. Our subject in PE was leaders.
The next day, we came to school at 7:20am to go to London. We went to the British Museum. After the museum, we went back to our rooms and got sorted. When we were ready, we went off for dinner at McDonald's! After McDonald's, we had to walk through the most fabulous Oxford Street (which is widely recognized as the busiest shopping street in Europe!), then made our way to watch Matilda. It was soo GOOD.
On Thursday, we got to see the Houses of Parliament. It was great. We looked around and played games. It was brilliant. After that, we went outside and had some lunch, then we went to Downing Street and Buckingham Palace. Finally, we went to Paddington Station and got the train home.
On Friday, we all came in super tired. We did English, Maths, lunch, RE, and PE and then went home for a good rest.
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Co-operative values with the principles of our Church of England schools.
