Wow! What a fantastic day we’ve had in school today. There were so many different outfits and the creativity was brilliant. We had a great take-off, in-flight entertainment and finally a superb landing. A huge thank you from Stella Airways for making Airport day a great success.
We enjoyed our class visit on board the BA flight to New York! We were lucky enough to spend the morning with Mrs Cox, cabin crew for British airways, who spent time talking to us about the different roles at the airport. We each had a role to play and even had the opportunity to dress up! We had a fantastic morning and really enjoyed taking on our roles.
On Monday afternoon, the whole school took part in a special liturgy to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. Everyone assembled in the hall to hear the story of Pentecost and to think about the Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Generosity, Gentleness, Faithfulness and Self-control) and how we use those gifts for the good of others. After that the children processed out to the field waving or wearing their flames and streamers which they had made in class to represent the power of the Holy Spirit. The liturgy continued outside with prayer and ended with a hymn.
Well done to everyone this week on taking part in Health & Well Being Week!
We’ve been trying so hard to get more active during school hours and also eat healthy snacks.
We started the week with an assembly getting the children active – we did some great dance moves.
We’ve also had a healthy tuck shop every morning break and we’re going to continue it every Friday.
And some of our older children led Fit15 sessions on the play yards. We also had lots more equipment on the yards at playtime.
We’ve also had some visitors in school to help us get more active and healthy.
Today, a representative from the Blaydon Foodbank came to talk to the children in assembly. Lucy explained that the foodbank work to tackle food poverty and hunger in our local community. She explained that everyday people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income. A simple box of food makes a big difference to many families, with foodbanks helping prevent crime, housing loss, family breakdown and mental health problems.
Many local schools, churches, businesses and individuals donate non-perishable, in-date food to the foodbank to help and support people within our communities who are in need.
As a school, we have decided that we would like to work together to help people in need in our local community through the Blaydon Foodbank.
We have set up a food collection point in school and the children are invited to donate some non-perishable foods and toiletries over the next couple of weeks. These may include; breakfast cereal, soup, pasta, rice, pasta sauce, tinned beans, tinned meat, tinned vegetables, tinned fruit, tea, coffee, sugar, biscuits and snacks.
