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What a fantastic time we had today running a mile or for some, much more than a mile and raising money for charity. We raised £450!

Thank you to the families and children who took part from across the federation.  

What a fantastic achievement for our Federation!!14 children from across the Federation took part in the John Taylor Athletics tournament. There were a variety of events which the children took part in from, running, obstacle courses, and field events.

3 schools took part and the children had a great time. We were the overall winners for the tournament which is great for all of our children and the Federation.

As part of our commitment to educating children about British Values and citizenship we have been learning about the governance of the country and about the democratic electoral process.  Our children have been very lucky to have been able to work with the parish council, and Class 4 in particular have all been able to experience a mock council meeting in class and to hear about the role of the Parish council.

Additionally,  to cement this understanding further the Parish Council opened an invitation for pupil representatives from school to see a real Parish council meeting, allowing them the opportunity to appreciate the role of the school in the local community and to see how they, as local citizens, can impact upon change in the locality and our 4 parish council representatives attended a further formal, meeting which was held on Monday 7th March 2016. Pupil councilors explored and voted on several issues such as parking, litter, dogs in the village, speeding and the park. There are several actions for the children to feed back to peers and to work on before the next meeting.

I was so very proud of the children, they spoke incredibly confidently and the preparation they put in was exceptional, allowing them to discuss with self-assurance at a level which I think Newborough Parish council were pleased with. What a great experience for them and supporting the already super links we have wit our community.  We thank the Parish council for their time and wonderful approach to working with our children.

All children across the federation have enjoyed world book day, dressing as a character from the traditional tales and exploring books in class! This compliments the work we are already doing to continue to develop reading such as our reading book buddies, sharing what we are reading across the school and our reading challenge as well as quality guided reading!

On the last evening of term our children had a fantastic time at our Valentines disco. Needwood PTA organised a great night, children had glow sticks, refreshments and lots of dancing as well as the opportunity to win prizes entering the ‘decorate a heart’ competition. What a great way to end term.

The children loved the drumming workshop and a few parents managed to attend. It is wonderful to offer this towards enrichment for our pupils and meeting the requirements of the national curriculum. "A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon." Listening to, reviewing and evaluating music across a range of genres, styles and traditions is so important and again, it was great to see children enjoying themselves so much. Thank you to Rhythmicity for their approach.