St John's and St Clement's Primary School
St John's and St Clement's Primary School
Please come to our International Evening this Friday. All pupils and their families are welcome to join us. You do not need a ticket and there is no entrance fee, but we ask everyone who comes to bring some food to share. We would like food from around the world, reflecting the wide range of nationalities we have in the school. National dress would be great too! The children will decorate the halls with international flags and Kingsdale School's wonderful African drumming band will entertain us from about 6.30 to 7pm.
The theme for this year's Arts week, which was held in June, was Folk Tales. Each class learned about a traditional story from a different part of the world, including India, Norway, Ireland, and Russia.The children then chose from a huge variety of workshops that taught them how to create art works based on the stories. We did:
We also took part in specialist dance and drama classes run by visiting experts.
We hope you like our work! It was an inspirational week. A HUGE thank you to Mrs Burdette for all her hard work in organising it.
During early February we held a health week to promote healthy lifestyles in our school for our children. Each child took part in at least four activities throughout the week:
Year 1 and Year 2 had road safety talks, Year 3 invited staff from Sainsburys to come in and talk about healthy food. Year 6 had a talk from the local fire service. Parents were invited to enjoy a food tasting in the dining room and to sample school dinners.
We had a healthy eating drive at lunchtime with four vegetables available each day and the children compiled a tally chart of their favourites. The most popular choices have been included in the menu for the following term.
Every child receive a free skipping rope and pedometer. Children recorded the number of steps they took each day and the winners were awarded prizes. Skipping became a very popular activity at playtime and lunchtime. A targeted group of children made a collection of films to promote healthy living.
Fun was had by all!
