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INSET Days

Wed 23 May 2018

2018-19 INSET days

Mon 3rd Sept

Mon 29th Oct

Mon 7th Jan

Mon 25th Feb

Mon 23rd April

This week we have a week long music festival taking place! Each day there will be concerts from musicians from St Bart's, The Clere and the Kennet Secondary schools, as well as other musicians, our annual Spring concert on Monday will showcase all our musicians, brass band, recorder club and choir, and throughout the week children will be learning to play the recorders, steel pans and African drums- we have African drumming workshops all day on Friday! We have a final concert on Friday afternoon at 2pm and every child will be performing something! What an exciting week! Thank you to Miss Corner for putting it all together.

School Closure

Thu 01 Mar 2018

The school will be closed today, Thursday 1st March, due to the initial snow and worsening conditions. A good opportunity to cosy up with a good book for World Book Day- after a play in the snow of course! Teachers will be updating class website pages with some ideas of things to do in the snow! We will let you know later about tomorrow.

Falcon Class meet Prince Charles

Fri 15 Dec 2017

Falcon class were invited to spend the day at Ramsbury Estates on Friday as part of a butterfly conservation project which they are involved in. This was the first visit of three throughout the year and included a special visit from HRH Prince Charles. The children learnt about the different crops the estate grows and how they are used. They then learnt about the Duke of Burgundy butterfly and its need for cowslips for it's survival. The children then made some plug pots and planted some cowslip seeds. Prince Charles talked to Mrs Field, Mrs Letchford and the children about what they were doing. The children also made some rock cakes with wheat flour and rapeseed oil produced by the estate and were taken on a tour of the beef cattle. It was a great day and the children learnt a lot about where their food comes from. They are looking forward to returning to the estate to plant their cowslip seedlings!

Ofsted Inspection

Wed 06 Sep 2017

Our Ofsted Inspection Report is now available to view on our website. We are very pleased with the findings as they reflect the school's own self-evaluation. They also recognises all the hard work that has gone into further improving the school over the last 18 months by the staff and Governors. Thank you to all our parents and children who spoke so positively about the school. We look forward to building on this over the coming year and seeing our children achieve even greater things.

Welcome Back!

Wed 06 Sep 2017

Welcome back to the start of the new school year! It has been lovely to hear about the children's adventures during the summer and it is great to see them so keen to be back in school and begin learning! A coffee morning will be held for new parents on Friday morning after drop-off. Please come along! We look forward to a fantastic year working together.

Outside Area Grand Opening!

Sun 25 Jun 2017

We officially opened our outside area on Friday- and it looked fantastic! Thank you to everyone who was able to come along, listen to the bands, hear the speeches, eat some cake, watch the ribbon being cut by Dave Evans, Reading FC coach, and most importantly, watch the children in Acorn learning with so much enthusiasm in the space.

Outside area development update

Wed 19 Apr 2017

The builders have been really busy over the Easter break and have made a really good start to this development. So far the foundations have been put in place for the canopy, lots of drainage work has been completed and the play house has been moved to its new position. we look forward to sharing the work with children and parents on Monday!

Fire Service Visit

Sat 01 Apr 2017

Two members of the Fire Service came to visit Y1/2 children on Friday. The children were shown the different safety equipment the fire fighters use and taught how important it is to test their home smoke alarms regularly. They also got an opportunity to sit inside a fire engine. It was a fantastic learning experience.

West Berkshire and North Hampshire Cross country event

Sat 01 Apr 2017

23 children took part in this cross country event last Tuesday at Newbury Showground. The children all ran very well and we are really proud of their efforts. We had one top 50 finisher, Annie Canning, and ten top 100 finishers in their category. The event was huge and a great experience for all our runners who had this opportunity to compete against so many other athletes. Take a look at our twitter account for team pictures and follow this link http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/video/video-gallery/21038/west-berkshire-north-hants-primary-schools-cross-country-championships-2017.html to see video clips of the race starts!