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‘On your marks, get set, go!’

Tue 27 Jun 2017 Mrs Hill

Last Tuesday we held our Annual Sports Day which was another opportunity for whole school to get together and celebrate the efforts and achievements of our won-derful children. This year, each team was given the name of one of our School Values along with a colour and took part in a carousel of team activities before heading to the track for individual races.
Despite the grey clouds, we managed to complete quite an impressive amount of races before the rain arrived! Eventually, though we had to abandon the idea of eating outdoors and decamped to the school hall for an impromptu picnic on the floor, which actually the children found far more exciting!
A special mention must go to our youngest children. This was the second time we were joined by the Nursery and our Saplings children were amazing throughout the morning. They took part in every event with real enthusiasm and confidence and their smiles said it all.
Thank you so much to the fabulous staff for helping the day run so smoothly and to our friends and families for coming to cheer us all on. And a massive thank you to Mr Armstrong who took some fantastic action shots throughout the morning, some of which are below. (For more not-to- be- missed photos see the Latest News page on the Parents section of our website).
I think what made the day so special was the way in which our values of Respect, Perseverance, Courage, Compassion and Unity were so evident in the way all of our chil-dren participated and really rooted for each other. Well done children!

Fun at the Fair

Fri 16 Jun 2017 Mrs Hill

A huge thank you to our brilliant PTA for organising and to all of you who came along to sup-port our Summer Fair on the 16th June. We were blessed with lovely weather which certainly helped and it was another resounding success.

Well done to Mrs Keeley Armstrong and Rosie for winning the Bake Off First Place rosettes for their fabulous cakes and pastries and to Wilf, Tristan and Katie and Leila who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in WSG’s Got Talent and certainly got the crowd going!

Thank you too to all our parents who helped man stalls throughout the afternoon. We raised a total of over £ 700 which will go directly to supporting the school and resources for our children.

Life Bus Education Visit

Thu 15 Jun 2017 Mrs Hill

On Thursday 15th June, we were visited by Life Education in their mobile class-room! Life Education is a fun way to help children make healthy choices and learn about leading healthy lifestyles. The children took part in the following workshops:

Saplings - Taking Care of Myself
Ash Class- All About Me
Elm Class - Feelings
Oak Class - It's Great to Be Me

The children had a great time!

PGL Osmington Bay Day 3!

Thu 15 Jun 2017 Mrs Hill

The final day of PGL rolled around all too quickly and after three days we all had to be woken up for breakfast!

We had time for a brief stop at Little Wembley for a quick game of football and some sand castle building before we headed off to Tunnel Trail. This was really fun and involved navigating our way through a series of underground mazes.

Then we had a course in Survival Skills and we worked as a team to build a shelter and make fire! (We liked the fire starting most of all!)

We were all definitely ready for lunch when it arrived and enjoyed a final meal of fish fingers and chips - delicious!

And then it was time to get our belongings, drag them down the steep hill from our chalets and leave the PGL site. We were all really sad to leave and say goodbye to our amazing 'Groupie' Lucy.

As we returned to WSG the coach was very quiet as lots of enjoyed a bit of a snooze (Mrs Hill definitely was struggling to keep her eyes open!)

What an amazing three days we have had! Final photos below.....

PGL Osmington Bay Day 2

Tue 13 Jun 2017 Mrs Hill

Even bluer skies. Even hotter sunshine. We couldn't have had a better start to our second day in Osmington Bay (except maybe a bit more sleep!)

Our first stop was Aeroball and an exciting game was played by all followed by Battleships - all on a trampoline!

Next we hit the climbing wall (not literally) and the children were very impressive as they scaled dizzying heights and belayed for each other down below.

After lunch, we headed off to Portland for raft building which was great fun! None of us escaped a soaking, but we didn't mind on such a lovely day!

After an early tea it was time for The. Shop. After purchasing what seemed like the entire contents of the pick and mix counter and some souvenirs, we arrived at the evening entertainment: the D.I.S.C.O. We showed off our best dance moves, played some games and had a ball.

Bed time rolled around quickly and all of us were very ready to hit the hay!

Looking forward to tomorrow and Tunnel Trail, followed by Survival Skills!

Pictures below - see you soon!!

PGL Osmington Bay Day 1

Mon 12 Jun 2017 Mrs Hill

We have had a wonderful first day at PGL Osmington!

11 very excited children set off this morning and arrived at the PGL site to be greeted by glorious sunshine.

After a quick tour of the site and picnic lunch, we were off to our first activity - Quad Biking!! This was great fun, and we felt very cool in our helmets and gloves.

Next stop was the Zip Wire. Even those of us who didn't have a head for heights had a go and we were all cheering each other on as we took to the tower!

After dinner we had a brief stop at Little Wembley for ball games before we headed down to the camp fire. We had a great time learning some new songs which we can't wait to share with you all on our return (lucky parents!).

By the end of the day everyone was ready for bed and as I write all is quiet (ish!)

What an amazing day - the children have been absolutely brilliant and we have already been told by two instructors that we were the best behaved group!

Photos below - check back tomorrow evening for another update!