It's nearly Christmas!
Christmas preparations are underway throughout school this week.
Icon Art
This week we were very lucky to have Father Daniel come into school to speak to Classes 3 and 4 about 'Iconography'. The children spoke with Father Daniel about our own religious art and were very interested to learn about icons and how they changed over the years, particularly within different religions. The children were very intrigued to learn that paint used in iconography can be made using eggs!
Christmas preparations are underway throughout school this week.
Class 1 made their Advent Wreath this week. The children collected foliage with which to decorate their wreath from the school grounds. With lots of patience and glue, they carefully assembled the wreath, which was finished off with the four candles symbolising 'Hope', 'Peace', 'Joy' and 'Love'.
Key Stage 2 visited the church to find out more about the Golden Mean and how this incredible mathematical design is present in the structure of the church.
On Friday we were joined by parents, carers and members of our local community at our service of Remembrance in St Peter's and All Saints Church.
On Wednesday our Year 6 children joined members of the village community for the Leprosy Mission Lunch.
Ben in Year 6 felt inspired by our National Poetry Day, which focused on 'Refuge', to host a bake sale to raise money for the British Red Cross Ukrainian Refugee Appeal.
On Thursday, Class 3 visited RAMM in Exeter for a hands-on learning experience on the Ancient Egyptians.
Our KS1 children have been busy at Gardening Club this week collecting seeds from their sunflowers ready to plant next year. They also picked the last of their tomatoes to bring them indoors to ripen.
Year 1 enjoyed an afternoon of autumnal sunshine in the woods this week as part of their Forest School session.
It was lovely to see so many parents, carers and members of our community in church on Wednesday to celebrate our Harvest Festival.
We were delighted to welcome Helen Phillips to school today. Helen came to give 'Sound Meditation' workshops to the children.
It was so lovely to see so many happy, smiley faces when we returned to school on Tuesday!