The Scholastic Book Fair will be arriving in school on Thursday 30 November and will be open every day after school on Friday 1st, Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th December. An ideal opportunity for some early Christmas shopping. Should enough parents request it, I will be happy to open the Book Stalls on Tuesday morning from 8.30am for half an hour (for a little private browsing away from younger eyes….)
Hopelands welcomed David Drew MP to address Monday’s whole school assembly on the topic of My Life as an MP, as part of UK Parliament Week. UK Parliament Week is ‘an annual festival that engages people from across the UK with Parliament, explores what it means to them and empowers them to get involved’.
Last Friday afternoon Years 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 participated in the Big First Aid Lesson Live provided by St. John Ambulance. The programme provided basic First Aid advice for children confronted by a burn injury or by someone who is choking, both very timely as Firework Night was fast approaching.
“It was great. Now if there’s anyone who hurts themselves, we know what to do” (Vandamai Y2)
“It’s good to know that if someone is choking, you can do something to help” (Daniel Y5)
On Tuesday, Year 2 brought their PSHE learning about ‘What to do in an emergency’ to a close with a visit to Skillzone in Gloucester. They toured The Village and learned how to stay safe at home, when crossing the road, when using a bus, at the building site, on the farm and on the riverbank.
On Tuesday, Years 2 and 6 spent an absorbing day at the GWR Steam Railway Museum at Winchcombe Station. In full WW2 dress, they enjoyed a full day experiencing something of what it was like to be an evacuee in 1940. The day included handling artefacts, singing WW2 songs outside the station accompanied by a banjo and accordion. The children listened and chatted to 80 year old evacuees who shared their experiences, put out incendiary bombs using a stirrup pump, were summoned to an air raid shelter to sit out a bombing raid by German planes and a doodlebug.
Class 1 and Year 2 attended their first Forest School session of this academic year at The Ernest Cook Trust near Slimbridge. After a drizzly start, eating their lunch under the outdoor shelter, the children enjoyed a ramble through the woods, collecting items for an autumn picture.
For No Pens Day Wednesday, Year 2 continued their studies about being a Child in WW2 by making replica Anderson Shelters, and pretty impressive they are too! Daniel and Toby decided to plant vegetables over the top of theirs to help Dig for Victory. Harry and Noah’s corrugated iron Anderson shelter was covered in soil and grass and the boys planted seeds ready to help with rationing.
Last year our Mum’s held a Macmillan Coffee morning and raised nearly £400! We were at school, so were unable to participate. (Although we saw all the lovely cakes) This year we’ve decided to hold one in school so that we can help organise it, sell cakes and try and beat last year’s total.
It may only be September but some things can’t wait! A part of our Christmas Fair on Friday 8th December we will be holding our Annual Class Christmas Hamper Auction.