Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Goodbye Midnight – end of an era!

  Wed 22 Jun 2022

  With the summer holiday looming, and the children off it was decided that our feathered friend, Midnight would greatly benefit some summer company. We are happy to say that we have found her a happy home, with a leafy garden in which to peck and roam.

   

  It was a school councillor, 12 years ago who came up with the original idea of rescuing ex battery hens, selling their eggs and investing in the saving of more ex-battery hens. The reception area was well known for having eggs for sale daily. The number of parents and children who became regular visits to the coop during the summer holiday has been astonishing: often with the same faces returning time and time again. Of course, the hens have been a hit at break times with the children, and for some children they have benefited hugely by their presence. Of course there have been some funny moments- an escapee walking past Ms Birkett’s classroom with children calling out in their maths lesson ‘ Ms Birkett, Ms Birkett, there’s a chicken outside the classroom, followed in hot pursuit by Mr Beament and 3 other adults! Thankfully, she was soon captured and returned to safety. 

   

  Who would have believed that 12 years ago when we won £2000 in a Bath Chronical project, that we would give a special home to a total of 21 chickens and made an impression on so many people.

  

• Year 2 transition playtime

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  This afternoon the Junior School welcomed Year 2 children (and some Year 1 children as well) to the Junior School playground. 

   

  The children got the chance to explore the playground and have fun with some Year 3 children.

   

  It was sunny fun!

  

• Year 6 performance

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  It's that exciting time of the year where Year 6 start to practice their big end of year performance. The casting has been completed and the children have begun acting, singing and pulling the show together!

   

  They have only been practicing for a few days but it's looking really great already! 

  

• Dyslexia information event for parents and carers

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  Come and join us for a short presentation to learn more about dyslexia and how we support dyslexic learners at St Saviour’s.

   

  When: Wednesday 6th July 3:45pm to 4:40pm

  Where: Infant School Hall

   

  Take advantage of our free creche!

  

• Kandinsky and colour mixing

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  Egypt Class have been learning about Kandinsky and colour mixing in art this week.

   

  Last week we learnt about secondary colours: orange, green and purple and how to make them. This week we have been mixing our colours and experimenting making lighter and darker tints using white and black.

   

  We have created our own beautiful versions of Kandinsky's 'Squares with Concentric Circles'.

  

• Rivers

  Mon 20 Jun 2022

  Last week, Year 5 took their learning outside and decided to draw maps and diagrams on the playground using chalk to show the rest of the school what they had learnt in their geography topic on rivers. 

  

• Weekly Roundup – Infant School

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  We had such fun last Friday during our Opal presentation and our Parents and Carers Stay and Play. The sun was shining, and our school grounds were in full bloom.  

   

  Sophie and Hannah made a home for snails. Alivia found a giant newt and had fun handling it carefully, looking closely, sharing it with her friends and then putting it back in its home. Children were climbing trees, digging, and making mud soup; creating games using loose parts and making potions with the water; there were bikes, scooters, football and acrobatics and gymnastics! 

   

  All the children had huge smiles on their faces as did the grownups! We are so proud of our Play and we look forward to continuing to enhance our provision in line with children’s voice and interests. Click here to see all of the photos from the day. 

   

  New Discovery themes this term 

   

  Nursery’s Discovery theme is Changing me! Children are thinking about how they’ve changed as they’ve grown, their likes and dislikes and thinking about moving up to becoming the oldest children in the nursery or transitioning to reception.  

   

  Reception’s Discovery theme is Stories from around the World exploring different cultures, finding out about countries and the people and animals that live there. Tommy bought in lots of croissants for the children to share and I had fun in the International Café where I was offered food choices from around the World. 

   

  KS1’s Discovery theme is Picture This. They are learning about Frieda Kahlo and aspects of life in Mexico due to its location and geographical features. The children have concentrated hard learning about colour mixing primary and secondary and in year 2 the children were looking at tertiary colours! Please click here for Colour mixing Year 2 

   

  Celebration assemblies 

   

  Reception joined KS1 for their first Celebration assembly this morning. It was wonderful having the whole of main school together. You are now invited to join us for this assembly from Friday 1st July at 9:10. If your child is receiving a Learning to Learn award, Spelling award, Handwriting award you will be informed prior to the assembly but you are welcome every week. 

   

  Click here for Bake off! 

  Click here for Flora the Reading Dog 

  Click here for Family Thrive 

  Click here for Vacancies 

   

  We hope you have a lovely weekend. 

  Best wishes 

   

  Sophie 

• Weekly Roundup – Junior School

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  What a beautiful week –it’s been so sunny! 

   

  Bake off 

   

  We kicked off the week with the E-Team bake off, and what a success it was. Miss Williams and the E-Team worked hard to encourage children from across the St Saviour’s Schools to bring in bakes either linked to their culture or favourite books. We were blown away by the fantastic range of bakes, and the sale was a huge success. Click here to see pictures of the delicious bakes and the fun the children had selling them. Miss Williams awarded all participants with a certificate in assembly today to celebrate their great work. We will put the money raised towards new non-fiction books based around our topics which the classes will give to the new classes in their year group next year.  

   

  Family Thrive 

   

  We have been running Family Thrive sessions for the past two weeks – the course will run for a further four weeks. Participants have been learning about the brain, child development and ways of being alongside a child during times of dysregulation. We’ve loved sharing The Thrive Approach so far, and hope the participants are finding the course useful. For pictures, click here

   

  Celebration Assembly 

   

  You are now invited to join us for this assembly from Friday 1st July at 10:15. We will be singing, sharing certificates, awards and great work. We hope to see you there.  

   

  Also this week: 

  For information about the Infant OPAL award (Platinum – well done 😊) click here 

  To find out about how children have been raising money for Ukraine, click here 

  To see pictures of Flora the reading dog, click here 

  For vacancies, click here 

  Don’t forget to subscribe to our online school calendar. Our calendar is the place where you can check for events, term dates and INSET days.  

   

  For a window into our school please follow us on social media. We regularly update our Twitter page and Facebook page.    

   

  Best wishes, 

  Mrs Simmons 

• Flying Mice

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  In Science this week as part of our squash, squeeze, bend and twist topic Year 2 have been making flying mice!

   

  Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No...it's a flying mouse! 

   

   

  

• Flora the reading dog

  Thu 16 Jun 2022

  Flora 'the reading dog' was back in school this week listening to children read... she had a great time and can't wait for next time.

   

  Woof Woof!