Personal & Social Education

The nursery children are really enjoying learning all about how to care for pets. Today they took part in puppy training. First in class they watched some dogs doing agility courses at Crufts. Then they got into pairs, a puppy and an owner in each pair. Outside they taught their puppies to walk on

The children have enjoyed their first week back in Reception. As we have celebrated a New Year, we enjoyed a circle time discussing what we would like to improve on. The children thought really hard about their goals and hope they can achieve them before this year is up. After our discussion, we wro

Taking opportunities to focus on our personal and social development is such an important aspect  of growing up. Today Year 3 enjoyed time learning about different ways of communicating. The focus was on non-verbal methods of sharing information, the many ways this can be done and why we may need t

The nursery children went into our Forest School today to learn about how to care for the school hens. Before heading outside we talked about what are the important jobs we need to do to keep our pets safe. Just like us, clean water, food and a safe place to sleep hopefully means our hens are happy

The children had a great time at this year’s Christmas party.  We danced to lots of big pop chart songs, festive tunes and even Baby Shark.  Everyone looked great in their Christmas party clothes. The traditional games were out in force with musical statues, pass the parcel, corners – and of cours

Wow! What an amazing success Mission Christmas has been! The Rights Respect officers had a huge job counting all of the donated gifts before helping to load the Mission Christmas van. It was fun but tiring work! As a school, we collected over 300 gifts which will brighten up the Christmas of many ch

Nursery children continued to learn about composting this week. They headed out to the Reception garden to collect the fallen leaves, these will make a nutritious addition to their compost bin. They are already collecting their fruit waste each day and any plant materials from their garden.  Despi

Wow! Thank you so much for your continued support with our Mission Christmas Appeal. The amount and variety of gifts donated so far is overwhelming and the pile just keeps on growing! Don’t worry, if you would still like to contribute, you have until Monday 16th December, when the gifts will be co

Our new school choirs first performance took place today at St Ninian’s church. This is part of an ongoing community project to help increase dementia awareness and share the energy of youth with local residents. Singing for Happiness is an initiative that aims to bring joy to those experiencing dem

A big thank you to everyone who has donated gifts to Mission Christmas so far. We are overwelmed by the kindness and generosity from our school community. There will be some very happy children at Christmas time. You still have time to donate a Christmas gift before the Christmas Elf comes to collec