Pupils from years three, four, five and six had an exciting day out to Leicestershire County Cricket ground to watch the England Women’s cricket team score their highest ever one day score in their match against Pakistan as part of the ICC Women’s World Cup. It was an exciting experience for all involved and the children were delighted to see two England players score centuries. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who helped to make the event happen for the children.

It was a pleasure to welcome three children’s authors to the school as part of the Author Assemble national tour. Organised in partnership with The Book Shop Kibworth, we welcomed Claire Fayers, Marianne Levy and Kieran Crowley. The authors spent the afternoon with the children from years three, four, five and six sharing the inspiration behind their stories and answering the children’s questions about the process of planning, writing and editing a book.

Marianne Levy – Author of the Ellie May series, her YouTube-inspired  Accidental Superstar is her first book for pre-teen readers with follow up, Face the Music publishing July 2017. www.mariannelevy.com
Kieran Crowley – Irish author of The Mighty Dynamo and The Misfits Club, Kieran is travelling to the UK especially for the tour.
Claire Fayers – Claire’s debut, a heart-warming adventure, The Accidental Pirates: Voyage to Magical North, was nominated for the Children’s Book Award 2017. Journey to Dragon Island is the second book in the series. www.clairefayers.com

Pupils from the school council took part in the presentation ceremony at The National Space Centre where our school received the Leicestershire County Council Beyond Bullying Award. This is the culmination of work completed over the last year which has included pupils, staff, governors and parents.

Part of this project has been the development of the website content which can be found here.

A packed audience at DeMontfort Hall were lucky to see a wonderful concert of performances organised by Leicestershire School Music Service which involved two of our classes. The show was opened by our year five pupils who performed Taiko Rhythms. This was a chance to share everything they have learnt with Mr Kirkland and Bullfrog Arts over the past year and it was great to see them enjoying the experience.

Later in the evening our year four class made up part of the schools choir who performed a series of songs linked to Roald Dahl. Having worked with the music service over the past term, it was an excellent opportunity to share their talents.

The evening involved a wide range of pieces from different schools and there were many proud parents in attendance. This concert has undoubtedly become one of the highlights of the school year, thank you to all who helped to organise and to Mr Kirkland, Mrs House, Mrs Sparkes and Mrs Hollis for supporting and leading the children.

Well done to the boys who played in the tournament hosted by Broughton Primary School. The side performed well in some very exciting matches, eventually finishing as runners-up. It was a pleasure to coach the team who represented our school with great enthusiasm and sportsmanship.

Thank you to the staff at Pitsford School for organising the Science Olympics which involved pupils from our school. The children enjoyed taking part in a series of experiments and were announced as the winning team. Thank you to Mrs Riley, a school governor, for supporting the children at the event.

A group of year five pupils were fortunate to be invited to take part in a science master class event hosted by The Kibworth School. The children had a fascinating morning enjoying a range of experiments around the theme of energy while working alongside pupils from other local primary schools. Thank you to Mrs Byrne for accompanying the children and to all involved in organising the event.

We were lucky to have glorious sunshine for our annual sports day. All of the children took part with key stage two pupils going first. The children took part in a selection of different races finishing with Hanbury being crowned the winners. In the afternoon, key stage one enjoyed their own sports day with more great support from parents and grandparents. The year six sports ambassadors did a great job to help organise all of the events and Kendall were the winners.

Thank you to Mrs Sparkes for organising a great day of sports at Church Langton.

The children had a wonderful time at Condover Hall taking part in a wide range of events and activities. The rest of the school enjoyed hearing all about their adventures in their assembly and I know many are now looking forward to their chance to go on a residential trip. Thank you to Mr Baylis, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Manley and Miss Mortimer for accompanying the children.

All of the pupils enjoyed taking part in the maths challenge day organised by Mrs Manley. They had to try and solve various challenges involving a wide range of equipment and the excitement of each group was great to see.