Year 2 have had such a busy half term trying their hands at a wide range of activities which have supported them in learning new knowledge and skills.

They have learned about why light is important to Christians and have explored

the Jewish festival of Hanukkah and The Hinduism festival of light – Diwali. 

PE has been lots of fun playing team games, practising ball skills and a highly active version of follow my leader. 

One of the class’ favourite topics has been The Great Fire Of London which has sparked lots of curiosity, questions and excitement (especially when role playing putting the fire out using gun powder to blow up houses to prevent the fire from spreading)

There’s one more week of term to go and lots more exciting learning to do. 

Well done Y2.

Today 16 Children from Year 1 and 2 attended the KS1 Cross Country competition at Langley Prep School. The children represented our school fantastically, showing excellent sportsmanship and our school values throughout. Our Year 1 boys ran particularly well taking both 2nd and 3rd place spots, and one of Year 2 boys came 2nd. 

As a team they all ran exceedingly well and mostly placed in the top 20, making Stibbard All Saints the Runners Up for the entire event! 

Well done to our KS1 team and thank you to Mrs Hobbs and Miss Batchelor for accompanying our children.

This afternoon year 5 joined many other year 5 children across Norfolk in a webinar for Hate Crime Awareness week. Mrs B was amazed at the responses to questions asked of the children and their general understanding about this issue. They learnt that the age for Criminal Responsibility is 10 years old and that at this age they are starting to really understand the difference between right and wrong. Well done year 5 for your mature response.

Year 5 have had an afternoon out of the classroom where they have been making our area at the front of the school more welcoming. They have dug, destoned and weeded the beds outside our classroom all the way to the staff room. They have worked well together, got filthy(sorry!) and really enjoyed themselves. They have planted about 100 daffodils and are planning the next stage… watch this space. 

Birch class had a surprise visit from Miss Skinner and baby Bronwyn this afternoon. The class had lots of questions for Miss Skinner, ranging from, “How much does Bronwyn wriggle when you are trying to get her dressed?” through to, “What is it like being a Mum?” We have learned that Bronwyn doesn’t have a favourite teddy yet and that she is still too young to watch the TV! Thank you Miss Skinner, it was great to see you.

It is always so sad to see our Year 6 children leave. We had our Leavers’ service yesterday where the children shared their memories of their time at All Saints. They were presented with their hoodies which the Friends kindly bought for each child. They also received a little worry worm from our Open the Book team which they can put in their blazer pocket ready for that first day at High School. 

We are so proud of this year group, they have coped with two lockdowns in different key stages, the class became half the size and they experienced a rocky few years with different adults in the class . They overcame so much and still managed to achieve SATs results beyond our initial expectations. 

We wish them well as they start the next stage of their education, they will be greatly missed.

Today we opened the time capsule the children made on their transition day, exactly a year ago today. They read their letters to themselves which we had put in the tin and giggled at the photo we took. We had to recreate it a whole year on. Who has changed the most? Who has grown the most?