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We've continued our focus on Outdoor Learning. Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed our Forest Schools activities. All Y5 and Y6 pupils completed Bikeability and we planted winter vegetables and spring bulbs.

• Easter Egg Hunt

  Fri 31 Mar 2023 le

  After our end of term assembly, where we celebrated achievements and sang a favourite song, we ended another successful term with one of Chelmo's traditions - our Easter Egg hunt. Despite the mud and the rain, children - in pairs with older pupils helping younger ones - dashed with determination in search of eggs. 

  

• Easter service at St Andrew's Church

  Thu 30 Mar 2023 LE

  Today was our Easter Service led by Rev. Liesbeth at St Andrew's Church. KS1 made a special wreath which was placed at the altar. Edme class enacted the Stations of the Cross and we all enjoyed singing our favourite Easter Hymns.  On these occasions, our older children walk to and from church with younger pupils. At our wraparound club, children made Easter Decorations for a window display. 

  

• Cross Country event at RHS

  Wed 29 Mar 2023 LE

  Today we entered 24 runners for the Westbourne Area schools cross country race.  It was a fantastic opportunity for children to compete in an inter schools event. We were delighted to be supported by so many parents who came to cheer the children on. All competitors should be pleased with their efforts, both as individuals and representing their year team. 

  

• World Book Day 2023

  Thu 02 Mar 2023 LE

  Fun, inspiring and creative!  We have all be adjectives today, as we celebrate the wonderful world of books.  There were children who were agricultural, stealthy, fragile, camouflaged, creative, contagious, compostable, nostalgic and much more!

  Parents and carers joined us first thing to share books, we held a competition for the best words and costumes (Mr McGinn won the teachers' competition), Rev Liesbeth's assembly was about a most important book - the bible and we held a book swap so that everyone has a different book to take home to read. 

  

• Another Outdoor Learning Day at Chelmo

  Wed 01 Mar 2023 LE

  We had another successful Outdoor Learning Day today.  

  Key Stage 1 enjoyed a river walk and carefully completed a scavenger hunt whilst learning about the nature around us at this time of year.  

  KS2 enjoyed a wide range of activities which included planting onion sets, measuring the height and girth of trees, sound experiments and much more!