As part of our end of term celebrations at St. Mary’s Church, the Golden Dove Awards were announced. Here are the deserving recipients:
Congratulations and well done to all of you!
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ANOTHER GREAT WEEK FOR TEAM COTON
This week in school has been another sport-filled week with the Early Racers and the Dance Platform.
On Tuesday, some of our Reception / Year 1 children took part in the balance bike racing. They had 4 different challenges to compete in:
Track Time Trial
Oval Track
Slalom Relay
Drag Race
The children showed great skills in manoeuvring their bikes whilst still managing to stay on the bike!
On Wednesday after school, some of our Learning Ladybirds attended a Dance Platform at The Pingle Academy. Eve and Frankie of Dazzling Dragonflies did a tremendous job of leading the children in the dance. They all gave an outstanding performance of ‘Breaky Bop’, spreading much joy and melting the hearts of not only Mrs Mailer and Mrs Abbott but many other visiting teachers and students at the competition. Experiences like this make a tremendous difference to the children, giving them confidence and self-assurance; skills that will stay with them throughout their life journey.
On Thursday morning, parents were invited in to school to watch the Coton Dance Club perform the routines they’d been working on. There were a lot of proud parents and grandparents in attendance who were wowed by what they saw. The children were so synchronised in their movement and showed great expression throughout. We also saw another performance of ‘Breaky Bop’ by the little ones. What a great end to the half term!
The Coton Dance Club and the ‘little ones’ will both be performing at the ‘Dance in the Forest’ later this year.
WORLD BOOK DAY – 1st MARCH 2019
It’s time to get your thinking caps on! Yes, World Book Day has soon come around again.
Children can dress up as any character from one of their favourite books. You are not expected to purchase costumes, although some people do. You can be creative and make them from items you have at home.
We are also asking children to bring in one of their favourite books to share with their class and discuss.
For ideas on costumes, below are a couple of links for you to explore:
Thank you
EARLY RACERS EXCEL
Yesterday some of our Reception and Year 1 children took part in the Early Racers Competition coordinated by Schools Sports Partnership.
The children showed great dexterity in manoeuvring the balance bikes whilst still staying on the bike!
They competed in the Track Time Trial, Oval Track, Slalom Relay and Drag Races, going as speedily as they could.
Well done Team Coton!
NEW AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS
The After-School clubs have been loaded onto the school website for the next half term.
You will note there are a few changes in clubs and the age groups which they are open to, please take a look.
Click here to take you to the relevant page of our website.
Thank you
No Sitting Back!
It’s been a couple of weeks since I last penned a Headteacher blog and there have been so many achievements to be proud of since. The speed at which our school is evolving and improving is great and not a single day passes where we sit back and rest on our laurels.
Cuppa and Cake with Mr Smith
It’s that time of the term once again. It’s the time where Mr. Smith sits down for a well-earned brew and an informal chat with parents, carers and family members.
Join him from 9am (until 10am) on Tuesday 12th February.
The following topics will be discussed:
- Wrap Around Care for our school (Breakfast Club and an After-School Club)
- Developing your child’s reading – what do parents want to know?
It would be great to see you there!
‘PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN’ OR ‘THE THREE MUSKETEERS’…?
After polishing off their huge breakfasts, the children got stuck into their activities. As you can see, the weather cleared and winds died down just in time for the high ropes!
Mr Smith was greeted by lots of excited children at lunchtime when he visited, commenting “They are absolutely buzzing with excitement and enjoying the experience”.
Part of this residential is about the children pushing themselves a little outside of their comfort zone and trying new things. One child was a little hesitant on the climbing wall, not wanting to go any higher….until Miss Bains promised she wouldn’t give the child any spellings to do if they got to the top and, as if by magic, they made it! The child was incredibly proud of themselves and their personal achievement!
This afternoon the children have embraced the art of fencing – of the sword type! The children were attentively taking in all the instructions and definitely made the most of this opportunity.
They will definitely sleep well tonight!
AND THE ADVENTURE BEGINS…
The first challenge for the children was to make their own beds – there was much hilarity whilst trying to negotiate duvet covers! After unpacking, the outdoor adventures began.
The children have had a great afternoon and am sure after all the fresh air and exercise, they will sleep well this evening.
GOOD RESULTS – ON THE UP!
These days, the mail we receive each day, whether at home or at work, tends to be either junk mail or bills – not very exciting!
This morning was the exception to this when we received postal communication from the House of Commons.
Our local MP for South Derbyshire, Mrs Heather Wheeler, has always been very supportive of our school; from attending our School Parliament polling days to giving talks to the children with the Rt Hon Chris Grayling, introducing politics to our children and highlighting the importance of the vote.
Mrs Wheeler MP wrote to congratulate the school, it’s staff and pupils on the increase of pupils achieving the expected standard in the Key Stage Two tests; reading, writing and mathematics.
We are incredibly proud of the progress we have made as a school, with results rising for the third year in a row and we strive to continually improve in all areas throughout our school moving forward.