Well done to all the children for another fantastic term. It has been a very busy term with lots of exciting internal and external activities and events taking place, and I would like to thank you all for your ongoing support with this - it really does make such a positive difference!
I hope you all manage to spend some quality family time together over the Easter holiday and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 15th April.
The school took 14 girls from years 5 and 6 to participate in another tag rugby festival at Newark Rugby Club. We had two teams with each team playing five games, winning three, drawing one and losing one. The girls played some fantastic rugby and really grew into the event as it went on - well done girls!
In school, every child has planted a sunflower to mark World Downs Syndrome Day 2024, with five sunflowers being selected from each class for our school councilors to plant in the school grounds. Each class took park in an assembly and discussions to raise awareness and we will be holding a fundraising event for this in the summer.
This week I was lucky enough to accompany some of our years 3 and 4 children to a tag rugby festival at Newark Rugby Club. We took 13 children to form two teams and each team took part in six matches.
All the children performed incredibly well, showing some brilliant handling skills and agility, as well as representing the school as we would expect with their fantastic behaviour.
Check out some of the action shots below!
On Thursday 7th March, all the children in school took part in World Book Day by coming to school dressed to represent a word. We do this as an opportunity to expose children to a broad range of new and interesting vocabulary and, of course, to have a fantastic time!
Many of the outfits and ideas were very creative and original, and I would like to thank everyone for their support in taking part in this day.
During the day, the children took part in a live, online assembly with author Ian Eagleton, writer of Glitter Boy, as well as other book-related activities.
Some of our Year 5 children had the opportunity to take part in a basketball competition this week at Retford Oaks Academy. The children had a fantastic time and we are so proud of how they represented our school!
Despite a spirited performance from all of our children, we came up against some incredibly difficult competition and finished 5th out of the 7 schools. Well done Team Ordsall!
Welcome back to the second spring term!
Over the half term, our garden behind the Phase 1 buildings has undergone a complete renovation. Uniper, which is a utility company that operates a number of sites in the local area, most notably Cottom power station, kindly offered to support our school by renovating the Phase 1 garden for us as part of their community commitment.
During February half term they sent in their groundwork team who did an amazing job of rebuilding the broken raised beds, renovating the dilapidated shed and jet washing all the paths, slabs and tarmac areas. They cleared and cut back the beds, borders and trees and purchased some nice new benches and garden tools for the children to be able to work in the garden.
Finally, as a generous parting gesture, they delivered to us a brand-new greenhouse in time to start some spring planting.
I am sure you will agree that it looks fantastic!
Well, yesterday's snow was definitely not on the agenda of planned activities for this week. Thank you for everyone's cooperation whilst we sent children home slightly earlier - it is greatly appreciated!
We have come to the end of the first spring term, and although it was a short one, we have managed to pack lots of fun and learning into it. Please refer to this term's newsletter for details about what each year group has been up to.
Have a great break everyone!
As part of Year 5s learning this half term they have been learning that Earth is known as the ‘goldilocks’ planet due to our surroundings being just right for many life forms to thrive. Throughout this, they have been focusing on things in our solar system and were fortunate enough to spend some time this week looking at this in incredible detail in the Space Wonderdome!
This week has seen lots of exciting learning taking place through the school.
In Reception, the children have been busy making their own lemonade during their Children's Kitchen session with Mrs Hepworth. Each week the children explore different fruit and vegetables, including tasting them to see what they enjoy.
Following their visit from a Roman solider last week, the children in Year 4 have been making their own elaborate mosaics which look amazing
Also, in Year 2 they have been improvising their own tunes to go along with a song using glockenspiels.
All in all it has been a very busy and exciting week at Ordsall!
The children in year 2 had an amazing time this week during their Survivors Day. They learnt lots of new skills, including how to filter water, build shelters, light fires (safely), as well as having a go at making survival brackets using maps in orienteering. The children were amazing, in spite of the very cold weather, and we are very proud of them!
Welcome back everyone! I hope you have managed to enjoy some quality family time over the festive break. It has been wonderful seeing the children back in school this week, as happy and eager as ever.
It has been an exciting week because we have taken delivery of our new sports kits. We have enough for each year group for when they represent the school in sporting events, tournaments or matches. I think you will agree that they look fantastic!
I just want to wish you all a merry Christmas and I hope 2024 is a year filled with good health, joy and happiness for you and your families.
I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you and your children during the autumn term and I really appreciate the warm welcome and kindness you have shown to me. I appreciate there have been some slight changes to certain processes since September, but please know that these, and any future ones, are made with the school’s, children’s and your best interests at heart.
Today is Christmas Jumper Day (number 3!) and the children have enjoyed taking part in lots of Christmas activities and will be tucking into their Christmas dinner too. They have also had a very special visitor to their classes - Santa has been to deliver some books to each class. As you can imagine, we had some very excited children (and staff) - thank you, Santa!
Here’s to a wonderful 2024 for everyone involved with Ordsall Primary School.