On Thursday 2nd October it was National Poetry Day.
Children across all year groups enjoyed all sorts of poetry writing and reading activities in their classrooms, including poetry challenges.
As part of the day, Miss Baker, our English lead, arranged for us to join in with Simon Mole’s Gigantic Poetry Workshops!
This was a huge success and children really enjoyed getting involved in this virtual event.
We would like to invite Tannery Drift Parents and Carers with babies and preschool children to join us on Tuesday mornings for Tannery Tots. This is an informal, drop-in playgroup run by our Family Support Worker Ms Kerr, which offers an opportunity to get to know other families and enables the children and babies to socialise and get to know potential future classmates!
The sessions are £2 (cash) a time, run from 9-10.15am and include a snack for the little ones.
Year 4 have been writing their very own graphic novels in English this term. The children planned, illustrated and wrote the novels, then made them into books complete with a front cover and blurb. They used the book of Arthur and the Golden Rope as their inspiration. Well-done Year 4!
Last week, children in Reception met their Year 4 ‘buddies’ for the first time.
The buddies scheme involves all children in Reception being paired with a Year 4 buddy – someone to talk to, play with, and to be a familiar face around the school for the younger children as they settle into Tannery Drift.
There was much excitement in both year groups on their first meeting, and the children are looking forward to spending more time together this term.
Choosing a Nursery or Reception place for your child?
On Tuesday 23rd September, parents and carers are invited to join us for Year Group meetings.
Each Year group will hold 2 meetings; one at 6–6.30pm and one at 6.30-7pm, and you are welcome to attend either time (please turn up, there is no need to book). Meetings will be held in the relevant Year Group areas and entrance will be via external classroom doors. Unfortunately, on this occasion, children cannot be accommodated during the meetings.
We are looking forward to seeing lots of you at the meetings. We encourage in-person attendance if possible as we know how crucial home-school partnerships are to educational success.
Presentations will be shared on the class pages of the website the following week.
It has been wonderful seeing the children settle into their new year groups this week, and particularly lovely to see our Nursery and Reception children embracing their new settings and getting to know each other and their teachers.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who is part of our school community. It is a privilege to lead our wonderful school. I would like to express my sincere thanks to each and every one of you for the part you play in making a difference to our children and the wider school community.
I hope you and your families have an enjoyable summer. I will see some of you at Tannery Drift’s first Summer Camp in a few weeks and look forward to welcoming all of the children back on Thursday 4th September.
On Tuesday, Years 1 to 4 enjoyed Sports Day. It was a wonderful morning with the children enjoying competing for their school teams in events including sprinting, relay and skipping.
Thank you to parents and carers for coming along to cheer them on! Black Bears were the winning team overall, and we’ll be announcing individual winners and presenting medals next week.
Not to be outdone by the older children, on Wednesday, Ladybirds and Reception had their very own Sports Day, competing in events such as the egg-and-spoon race, sack races and a relay. This was followed by a picnic in the sun in the Early Years Garden.
A big thank you has to go to our wonderful “Mascots” who gamely wore the house costumes in extremely warm weather!
Last Sunday we were delighted to see so many of the Tannery Drift School community taking part in, and supporting,
Royston in Blue. This fantastic annual event sees people run, walk, wheel or toddle the 5km course on Royston Heath, all whilst raising money for a wonderful cause – The Teenage Cancer Trust East Anglia.
It was a wonderful day with everyone really giving it their all, despite the intense heat! For some of our youngest Tannery Drift pupils this was the first event of this kind they have taken part in, and the first medals they have been awarded.
Well done to everyone who took part, and we encourage looking out for next year’s event and signing-up if you are able to.
This week, Year 3 went on a field trip into town as part of their geography learning about Royston and Cambridge. The children represented the school brilliantly, demonstrating great maturity and respect while engaging with members of the public to complete their surveys.
They are looking forward to collating their data and presenting it in a graph to draw conclusions.
