Today we had our final school assembly where we said thank you and farewell to Mrs Harrison. Mrs Harrison has worked at Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School for 11 years and we are all really going to miss her. In her time at Plaistow and Kirdford Primary school she has helped so many children and we thank her for all her dedication. We wish her well with at her new school, where we know she will be brilliant.
Happy Christmas and our Best Wishes for 2022
It was a very exciting start to our last day of term today. Not only did Father Christmas greet all our children and families outside school this morning but it was also snowing!
A very Happy Christmas and our very Best Wishes for 2022 to all our children, families and for us all at Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School

Thank you for visiting us to day Father Christmas
Father Christmas visited all our KS 2 children at their playground doors to give them a small gift before coming inside the school building where our Reception and KS 1 children were waiting quietly in the hall. Each child received a small gift from Father Christmas.
We wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and our very best wishes for 2022.
A VERY Special Visitor!
Today, our children were visited by a very special visitor. Father Christmas took some time out from his extremely busy schedule to come and visit all our children. Rudolf was really good and stayed on the school roof while Father Christmas visited every class together with his very helpful Elf!
Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day
Today, our children were able the enjoy their Christmas Lunch with their class in the School Hall. We had 4 sittings to ensure we were Covid secure. All the children were able to pull a cracker with their friends - our thanks to PAKSA for providing the Christmas Crackers - there were lots of very silly jokes inside!
We were also raising money for Save the Children with our Christmas Jumper Day - thank you to all our families for their very kind donations.
School assembly - first assembly all together since March 2020
This morning we had our school assembly all together in person - it has been quite a while! This took place outside in the wonderful fresh air and within our bubbles. It was so wonderful to celebrate our students of the week all together again!
World Book Day
Well done to everyone who joined in the challenge of creating a scene from a book! It was great to see all the fantastic scenes that had been created.
Have a look through the scenes and see if you can guess what book they are from.
You can download your free £1 book token by clicking this link
https://www.worldbookday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/booktoken_PrimaryUK.pdf
Mr King's Pancake Day Challenge
If you are making pancakes during half term, the most important things to remember is these:
Be safe! You should not be using a cooker without the help of a grown up in your home!
Be safe online!
Don't forget that you should always be careful clicking on links next to videos. If you aren't sure ask your mum or dad.
We hope you all have fun making pancakes next week!
Christmas at Plaistow and Kirdford
Traditionally at Christmas time the staff team do something a bit silly and festive in our final assembly for the children. We missed being able to do it in assembly but we had a great time making this instead!
Our Key Stage Two Nativity
It may be a little different to our Carol Concerts in the past but we hope that this year’s concert helps get you in the festive spirit. A huge thank you to the Holy Trinity Church for letting us perform (under covid safe conditions) in the church - it meant a lot to the staff and children.
A very special visitor for Robin, Squirrel and Hedgehog Classes
This morning, a very special visitor took a little time out of his busy schedule to visit our younger children. Father Christmas came along and socially distance visited Robin Class, Squirrel Class and Hedgehog Class in the school playground. He brought small gifts for each of the children which the class teachers then handed out. Thank you Father Christmas for visiting us this morning.
Merry Christmas to all our Families and wider community
This morning Mr King and Mrs Powell welcomed our children into school for the last day of term as they usually do. However, their choice of clothing was a little different. We would like to wish all our families and the wider community a very Happy and safe Christmas and our best wishes for 2021.
Covid Secure Class Parties - Plaistow and Kirdford Style
The party season is upon us and at Plaistow and Kirdford Primary school, our traditional Christmas parties are still going ahead, just a little differently this year. Our classes are all having their own class party in the fabulous marquee. Another massive thank you to Meg Sheehan and Petworth Marquees. They have now added a magnificent starry night ceiling, dance floor and glitter ball to make our parties even more festive.
Squirrel Class enjoying Musical Statues!
It's beginning to feel like Christmas
Our Christmas tree is now up for all our children to enjoy.
Badgers After School Club - Christmas Crafting
The children attending Badgers After School Club this week enjoyed some festive crafting activities. Ho Ho Ho, not long now!
Thank you to Petworth Marquees
A massive thank you to Petworth Marquees who have very kindly lent us one of their lovely marquees which has enabled us to have an additional ‘indoor’ space. We are enormously grateful.
New Office Friends!
We have 3 new friends who have joined us in the school office. We are teaching them how to be really good at social distancing! Bertie, Bella and Bobby are settling in really well!
The Amazing Adventures of Superstan
The long-awaited audio version of the KS2 summer production, The Amazing Adventures of Superstan, is now available to listen to. The Year 6 children have worked really hard at trying to convey the characters with their voices so that the essence of the story is not lost in any way.
I have to say, back in April/May, I really despaired that we were never going to be able to give the children the opportunity to rehearse for their play. They have made me enormously proud in terms of their hard work and commitment to this huge team effort.One person, however, who has made all this possible is undoubtedly our very own Miss Clark. She has worked tirelessly since we have been back in school. researching the best sorts of microphones to use outdoors (given that we were only permitted to make the recordings outside and so had to battle with wind, church bells and all the usual sounds emitting from a primary school!), calmly helping me with the music when I have just stared at various pieces of equipment with a 'What do I do next?' look on my face, as well as putting all the various audio clips together to make an enormously impressive recording, despite all the obstacles placed in our way. We know it is not perfect, but I truly believe it is a fantastic achievement in the current circumstances, and hopefully the children feel they have had the opportunity to take part in a production of sorts. A big well done to Year 6 from me and a huge thank you from us all to Miss C!
Mrs P x