Minchinhampton School Latest News
Vision Quote 1
We liked this quote from a teacher/ writer. We thought it summed up so much of what we would aspire to and so much of what our parents alluded to in their feedback last summer. ‘We want our pupils to grow into ‘Philosopher Kids’, who are curious to know and to...
NEWSFLASH BOX WOODS
NEWS FLASH Year 3/4 Trip to Box Woods On Tuesday 10th September, the whole of Year 3/4 went to Box Woods. When we got there, the teachers introduced our new English topic, ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, to us all. They thought this would be a motivating experience....
Outdoor Learning volunteer sign up
Dear Parents and Carers The electronic sign up sheet for Year 1 and Reception outdoor learning is now live. Please sign up to help if you can. Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:...
Curriculum Notes to Parents Autumn Term
Year 1 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019 Year 2 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019 Year 3-4 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019 Year 5-6 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019
Community work on Wild Area
September 28, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Dear Parents/ Carers Re: Wheelbarrow and Spade Morning You are cordially invited to Minchinhampton Academy on the morning of the 28th September to shift dirt. Please bring your own spade and wheelbarrow (if you have one) and...
Parents’ information – meet new class teacher
September 10, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Parent Information Evening: 10th September FYI Timing: 3.30 KS1 (yr 1 and 2) 3.45 KS2 (not for Reception parents at this stage of term) The meeting should last no longer than 15 to 20 minutes. Purpose: To give you a chance to...
Newsletter 1
Dear Parents/ carers I hope the summer was kind to you. We hope your children weren’t too disappointed at coming back to school. For myself there is rarely, if ever, that sinking ‘Sunday evening’ feeling as a term or a week in school approaches- for this I feel...
Minchinhampton Country Fayre
Dear Parents /Carers As you will hopefully already know, the Minchinhampton Country Fayre is on the 14th September. Traditionally the children are invited to take part in a procession to mark the beginning of the Fayre. The theme for this year’s procession is...
Vision
Dear Parents/ carers Re: School Vision In the latter half of last year, many parents gave us some really helpful insight into their hopes and aspirations for their children. As I promised we have used this feedback (along with feedback from other stakeholders...
School Vision Feedback From Our Parents – Aspirations and Hopes for the Future
Thank you for all your feedback. I have tried to pull together the common words/ phrases/ themes in the feedback we received. In response to the question: ‘What do you want for your child by the time they leave this school in Year 6?’ What knowledge? -Maths/ English...
Autumn Term Lunch Menu
Musical Soiree
On the evening of Wednesday 19th June 2019, our school Musical Soiree took place. Most of the children who play a musical instrument, in or out of school, took to the stage to perform a solo or group performance. The school choir sang three songs: ‘Sing’ by Gary...
The Book Launch
The book launch was really exciting. It was a huge success and nearly every one bought a copy of our new book, ‘A Portal Through Place’, a sequel to the ‘Portal Through Time,’ which we published two years ago. John Dougherty was there signing books. Amy said, “At the...
Sports Day
On Tuesday 18th June 2019, our annual sports day took place. As always, in the morning we had the whole of KS1 competing in their groups led by Year 5’s, followed by the individual events for KS2. Unfortunately, the afternoon activities for KS2 were cancelled...
Maths Week
In the week after half term, Maths Week took place for the whole school. Everybody was getting involved in maths with activities like cooking, enterprise challenges and making junk models. On Wednesday evening, author and mathematician Kjartan Poskitt came into school...
Summer Lunch Menu
The chicks have hatched!
There has been a noticeable buzz around school today. Ten eggs were delivered to school on Monday and this morning they started to hatch. By the end of the day, eight of the eggs had hatched into little chicks.
Adventure Club
Here is the lastest flyer from The Adventure Club, a holiday play scheme that runs during school holidays at Minchinhampton Primary Academy.