KS1 Nativity -Prickly Hay

This week our younger children performed their Nativity Play to parents and grandparents, our staff and older children and also other members of our local community. The production was ‘Prickly Hay’ and it was wonderful to see all our children enjoy themselves and act and sing so well in front of so many people. We are very proud of their achievements. Thank you to all our families for helping with lines, costumes and props and to our KS1 team for such a great production. Thank you also to PAKSA for providing refreshments.

Year 5 and 6 visit to the Other Plaistow in London

Year 5 and 6 had a fabulous trip to Selwyn Primary School, in Plaistow, East London, this Thursday. We travelled by train and underground on Thursday morning and were met by our Selwyn friends as we emerged at Plaistow Underground Station. We walked together to West Ham Park (a certain year 6 teacher was very excited at the prospect of a claret and blue park .... but it was actually green!!) where we dared to go and speak to our new friends; it really helped when we found a huge pile of leaves to jump into together!

We then walked to the school and were amazed by all their absolutely amazing wall displays, their dedicated ICT suite and all their other facilities and resources. What an incredible school. Every child gets a free lunch which is freshly cooked within the school. We had tours around the school led by their Head Boy and Head Girl, plus other members of their school council. After eating lunch, we had fun playing together on the playground. It is amazing how quickly sport quickly breaks down barriers.

 After visiting the school, we walked to Green Street and tried to buy something that we couldn't buy in 'our' Plaistow, People bought amazing bangles, henna, unusual lama toys, chilli sweets and much more.

Miss Clark, Mrs Cave and Mrs Powell want to thank all the parents for giving their permission for their children to take part in this trip which we feel is hugely enlightening and meaningful for us all. We also give our heartfelt thanks to all the adults who accompanied us on the trip - we could not have done it without you! Fingers crossed that Selwyn will be able to visit us in the Summer Term.

A lovely evening hosting dinner for Edward from Mitoto Primary School

Our family were lucky enough to host our school’s guest Edward, the Head Teacher from Mitoto Primary School in Kenya on Tuesday evening. We collected Edward from school with the children at 3.30pm and had a coffee together and spoke about basic life in Kenya - sharing information and learning about each other’s cultures.

 It was such a privilege to have been given the time with Edward and learn about school life in Kenya. Children at Mitoto travel up to 5km each way to school by foot, bicycle and some by motorbike. We discovered that the learners at Mitoto are divided into 8 different classes, each with mixed age groups and that there was one teacher to approximately 80 - 90 children. Mitoto school has the same number of teachers as our school, but has 900 children rather than 200!  Learning about life’s basic difficulties and also that life without technology is often far simpler! 

 We spoke about life in our family, and how we are so lucky and blessed to have the things and opportunities we do. One of our daughters read a book with Edward about the human body, showing him the different parts of the body with 3D glasses. Hannah then chatted about her love for teaching and the children’s Super Medics course that she has written and taught to the children at school. We shared a meal together, and it was such a pleasure to have a tiny insight into life in Kenya. We now feel that we would love to be more involved and perhaps visit Mitoto. Edward spoke of the relationship that Mitoto have with Plaistow and Kirdford school (over the last 10 years) and how the school have fundraised to provide 4 new classrooms in addition to a cow, which has now had a calf and provides milk to make porridge for those who cannot afford breakfast at home. 

Thank you Mrs Jesse for arranging the experience, and for allowing us to invite Edward into our home. It was very special, and we look forward to hearing more about Mitoto, and seeing both Edward and Jayne in school again soon.

 Hannah & Matt

Our 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Today we celebrated 150 Years of our School. We held a very special party on the school playing ground and all our children provided some wonderful dancing, singing and entertainment throughout the afternoon. Thank you to all our guests for coming along and also to everyone who was able to provide photographs from years gone by in the school. Thank you also to Dame Julie Walters who came along for the afternoon and cut the ribbon on our new playground bench and wonderful Cake made by one of our former parents, Karen Pelham.

Sports Day

3rd Time Lucky! A massive well done to all our children who took part in our Annual Sports Day on Monday 24th June. We would also like to thank Miss Dore for all her hard work organising such a fun and inclusive event for our children.

New Sports Kit!

Plaistow & Kirdford Primary School are the lucky owners of a brand new sports kit. Thanks to the Premier League Primary Stars program we have been lucky enough to take order of 15 new shirts and shorts, including the Goalkeeper’s kit. It’s fair to see we will look incredibly smart and professional at the next sports tournament. Let’s go Team P&K!

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New Sports Kit!

Mrs Morris' Moonwalk Success!

Mrs Morris completed her MoonWalk in London on Saturday night. She started her 26.2 miles at midnight and finished 8 hours and 53 seconds later after walking 61,498 steps! Although a little achy and tired from walking all night, she didn't get any blisters.

Mrs Morris would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has generously supported her fundraising. So far she has raised £478.77.

If you would like to support Mrs Morris in reaching her £500 target you can sponsor her online at:

https://moonwalklondon2019.everydayhero.com/uk/liz-33

Alternatively there will also be a collection pot in the school office.

Amazing Netball this week ...

What a fantastic way to finish the Netball Season - with 2 wins! On Wednesday our Netball team attended the last matches for the season. We played 2 matches, winning the first match 7-5 and then the second match 10-1. The whole team have made so much progress this year and the results are very well deserved. We finished a very impressive 3rd place in the league - against much larger primary schools than ours. Well done to the whole team - please keep playing Netball at your next schools.

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Our Annual Easter Egg Roll Finals

We ended the term with our Annual Easter Egg Roll today. Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who came along to support. The heats were held during the week with the top 3 from each class going on to compete in the finals. There were prizes for the longest roll and best dressed egg and for the runners up. The staff competition was, as always, hugely competitive. Once again, despite her egg being extemely beautiful, Miss Hall was disqualified as the rules clearly stated that nothing was to be stuck on the egg. (Miss Hall’s egg was a unicorn with very long plaited hair, horn and eye lashes)! Thank you to The Reverend Pauline for judging the staff eggs and congratulations to Mrs Cave for best dressed egg and to Miss Puttick for the furthest roll.

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