Hockey Success

On Monday 9th December we took two teams to The Weald to take part in a quick sticks hockey tournament. They were quickly nicknamed The Lions and The Tigers. Both teams played brilliantly winning all their games against other schools. The decider then came when The Lions had to play The Tigers. It was a hard fought match and in the end the Tigers cam out on top.

Overall The lions came second and The Tigers came first.

Well done to all our players. We are really proud of you.

E-Safety Poster Competition winners


We recently held a competition for children to design posters with our E-Safety slogan: "Stop Close Tell.” We had a brilliant response with over 50 entries! Thank you to all the families who took part and hopefully it led to good discussions about keeping safe online. I would also like to share this wonderful resource with you https://www.childnet.com/ It covers many specific ways to keep children safe.


Congratulations to our winners from KS2: Isla, Finn, George, Olivia and Jack

And from KS1: Lily and Florence

Their designs are now brightening up our computer cabinets.

Mr Butler

Girls Football - Round 1

On Friday 8th November our girls football team took part in the first round of the Horsham District Girls Football Tournament. They played brilliantly as a team and won three of their matches, lost one and drew one. Well done to all of our players. We look forward to watching you play in round 2!

X-Country

On Wednesday our x-country team went off to Billingshurst to take part in some x-country races.

Year 3&4 ran first with three of our girls taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in that race.

Next the Year 5 girls ran and earned 158 points for their team. Overall they came 4th. Then it was the turn of the Year 5 boys where everyone finished in the top 15 places. This earned them 47 points and the team came first out of all the schools.

The year 6 girls ran next and earned 104 points for the team placing them in 4th place. The year 6 boys also earned 104 points and came second our of all the schools.

Well done to all our runners. You all showed great determination and team spirit. We are very proud of all of you. Thank you to everyone who helped with transport and supported our teams.

Anglo Saxon Day

We had a very exciting start to our week in Owl Class. We came in dressed as Anglo Saxons and had an expert come in to help us become experts ourselves in our knowledge of the Anglo Saxons. We looked at artefacts (including a smelly fish, a warm coat and a horn cup), learnt about their lifestyle, and played a game called ‘fox and geese’. Mrs Howe did attempt to win against different Owls but she kept getting beaten… Most excitingly we looked at Anglo Saxon weapons and army re-enactments. The Owls particularly enjoyed discovering more about the different weapons needed on an Anglo Saxon battlefield and getting to use their shields we have made. It was very intimidating to watch them marching forward with their shield wall and I think if they went into battle they would be a fearsome army! We also re-enacted the Battle of Hastings to see how the Normans finally won the victory.

West Sussex Big Sing Choir Adventure

It was such a joy to take 10 of our Choir members to the  West Sussex Music Big Sing Event at The Weald on Thursday morning.

We joined 6 other Primary Schools in the Locality for the opportunity to sing together in a large ensemble and perform our own song 'Wonder'. The children did not let nerves get the better of them- they sung their hearts out!

The children worked hard to listen carefully to the Workshop Leader who taught us all new songs. The children developed their ability to sing in a round, use syncopated rhythms and experiment with harmonies.

All of the children did Plaistow and Kirdford proud and it was so lovely to see the children immersed in a morning of music.

A special thanks to all the lovely parents who made it possible to get our choir members to and from the event.

Well done to everyone involved! 

Sports Day

What a lovely day!

We kick off sports day with a carousel of activities which allowed everyone to earn lots of lovely housepoints for their team. After a quick play we then moved on to the relay races. It was a lovely atmosphere at lunchtime with a picnic and playing on the field and then straight into the flat races and the Year 5 & 6 long distance races.

Well done to all the children and congratulations Wey house for winning the house point trophy for the day.

Through to the Final!

On Monday our Hockey team went to East Grinstead Hockey Club to take part in the county finals. This is the first time that we have made it though to the finals and it was very exciting. Our team faced 10 other schools and fought hard in each match. They demonstrated good skills, great determination, sportsmanship and teamwork - we are really proud of them all.

Amazing Hockey

On 11th December we took two hockey teams to a tournament at The Weald. Both teams demonstrated good skills, determination and teamwork. Out of 7 teams our Year 5 team came 4th and our Year 6 team came won the tournament. Well done to all our players, we are very proud of you and a big thank you to our hockey coach.

X-Country

On Thursday 9th November Miss Hall and Miss Dore had the pleasure of taking children from KS2 to a x-country event at The Weald. The sun came out and although the ground was very wet and muddy it did not deter the children from running and enjoying themselves. It was lovely see so many children take part in this event and to see the support that they gave each. Miss Hall and Miss Dore are very proud of all the runners and would like to thank all the parents for helping with transport and cheering the teams on.

The Year 3&4 team got a total of 108 points, Year 5 team got 154 points and the Year 6 team got 113 points.

Sports Day

On Friday we held our sports day. Despite the heat, everyone did brilliantly and got lots of house points. Congratulations to Wey, who won the day! Thank you to everyone for participating and supporting the day.