Minchinhampton School Latest News
Before and After School Care with Local Childminders
Do you need before and after school care for your child? Both Helen and Dawn are child minders who work independently of one another and within short walking distance of the school. At the beginning of the day they are available to work from 7.30am in the morning...
Bingo
A brilliant evening at the Cotswold Club playing bingo for the school book project raised a whopping £229!! Thank you everyone!!!
Song Writing Workshop
Some of our children from across KS2 took part in a song-writing workshop last week. They wrote and performed their own song extracts- listen here
Reception Hearing and Vision Screening
A request for book donations
If anyone is able to donate or find the books in charity shops from the attached wish list, we would be very grateful. We've got money to spend on books from the PTA (thank you!) but thought it might be good to start with donations then use the money to buy some of...
New Books
Huge thank you to Minch Academy pupils and parents for visiting Roving Bookshop today. Lots of brilliant books bought. With all of the books bought today, Minch Academy has been able to buy £300 worth of new books for all of the classes.
Book project update
Our book, "A Portal Through Time" was handed over to John Dougherty, on a velvet cushion, amid a trumpet fanfare during special assembly last week. John will now write the closing chapter, tying up all all the loose ends and bring the quest to its victorious...
Christmas Lunch 2016
‘Behaviour’ at Minchinhampton Academy
Our evolving approach to managing relationships in school (a new way of thinking about behaviour) Much of our direction of travel these days is heavily influenced by Carol Dweck work on growth mindsets. In the context of our relationships policy which is still...
Firework Night
Harvest Assembly
Thank you to all donations of food for our Harvest Service today which will be donated to Stroud Food Bank. During the service, sickness Mr Moss asked the questions "Is it good to have a choice of food and does it matter if we have to throw some food away?" This...
PTA meeting minutes
Tuesday 27th September 2016 Welcome and members present: Naomi Williams, Alison Hodges, Victoria Stevens, Nick Moss, Tara Patterson, Suzie Drewett, Helen Jacobs, Paul Rowley, Charlotte Lodge, Lorraine Smith, Jon McGinty, Yvonne Heffernan, Emmie Rackham Apologies:...
Herbaceous Plants request
Calling all gardeners! Our School Grounds Manager, is in search of herbaceous plants to brighten up the school. He requests that if any of you are going to divide any of your herbaceous plants over the next couple of weeks, can you think of the school and not put them...
Stroud Food Bank needs your help
Photography Club Photographs
Forgiveness video – homework
Forgiveness v1 from Aqua Class on Vimeo.
A poem by Lilyan Burns
A Tree Behold! A help I am! Held here in a secure globe, With help from me an adult you are to be I breathe you and you breathe me. I hear happiness and sadness I know everyone, the hikers and the happy picnickers, I stretch over to shelter them, No one says thank you...
A Report About Isambard Kingdom Brunel – oral retell
Isambard Kingdom Brunel from Aqua Class on Vimeo.