Mrs Broadbridge, Mrs Davies and Mrs Cooper went to Italy aspart of our Comenius Project. They were accompanied by children who stayed with local families.

EcoSquad Reporters write: Eco-Squad is an after school club from 3pm – 4pm. We each take it in turn to meet at 2pm – 3pm with Mr Hill who helps us.

We have planted many vegetables in our vegetable patch and we water them daily. Eco also tries to look after the wild life in school. We have made mini-beast hotels and put up bird boxes to attract wild life.

We recycle all unwanted paper in school and it is our job to empty the recycle bins. We love to help nature and are excited about the next steps!

Year Six Hannah and Lewis report: Recently the whole school took part in a Wake & Shake exercise session after break. It was very unusual but very fun at the same time! The Wake & Shake club stood at the front with Mrs Amos and showed us what do. We did a variety of moments to get all our hearts racing ready for our lessons. We dancing to “Pump it up” it was a very upbeat piece of music which got us all going.

Mr Foggo, a teacher from Bishop’s, has been working with Year 5 and 6 for some months.  The children have learnt to collect data using data harvesters also supplied by Bishops.

Year Six wrote: "The science lesson with Mr Foggo was great! First he got some metal camping stoves and put one on each table Mrs Jeysingham set it up for us. Then he got some gas tanks for us, Mr Foggo connected it up for us. After that we got some food labels so we could look at FATS, CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEIN and SUGARS per 100kg. Then we got a wotsit and a piece of bread to find out which had the most energy. I burnt the bread! It took for ever to burn but the wotsit burnt easily. It was great fun!"

Here are a few photos.

I am really pleased with the response that we have had to “Walk to School Week”. Over the past three weeks many children have arrived at school on foot. This has had many positive impacts: the congestion outside school has been reduced, the opportunity for communication and community engagement is increased as families joined together to walk, children are alert and ready for the school day.

Whilst the weather is good and these good habits have been established, please consider continuing with this into the next half term. I so appreciate that for some of you a walk to school is not an option for safety reason and fully support your decision. The safety of the children should always be placed first.

We have had another very successful curriculum week. A big thank you goes to Miss Price and Mrs Amos who organised activities through the week.

A large number of parents joined us for walks, information evening (Secret Sugar Show and Fats for Life), wake and shake, picnic and cooking activities.

As part of the week we enjoyed Morris Dancing lessons. The photo shows Years 5 and 6 enjoying the fun!

Hannah in Year 6 commented: "Morris dancing was really fun! First of all we sat down in a circle while Tony (the Morris dancing teacher) introduced himself and showed us the basic rhythm of Morris dancing. Once Tony had gone through all the safety rules and learnt all about the history of Morris dancing, we all got paired up into partners. We all lined up in pairs down the field and we all leaned two dances of Morris dancing. It was quite tricky at first but eventually we all got the hang of Morris dancing and we enjoyed it thoroughly!"

We are still working hard to increase our attendance figures which dipped as a result of illness and the severe weather earlier this year.

If there is occasion for you to take your child out of school for a planned absence it is essential that we know as far in advance as possible. The request should, in the first instance, be put in writing to the Head Teacher or Governing Body.

You will then get a response to your request within three days. In the case of request for holiday leave you will be required to fill in an additional holiday form. As a school we do not advocate taking you child out of school for the purpose of a family holiday.

As part of the DES (Disability Equality Scheme & Accessibility) plan for schools, Mrs Gregory would like to know please how accessible Newsletters and letters sent home are to parents and whether you would like them in a different format such as larger print.

I am really pleased that these events continue to come forward. Recently we have benefitted, through this scheme, from a Monnow Class Fire Station visit, Frome Class visit to Subway, Lugg Class bird box making, KS2 Morris Dancing and next term Pentaloe Class will be taking part in a Court drama organised through the Magistrates Court. Thank you to all those parents who help to make these things possible.

A very big well done to our Year 6 boys and girls who earlier this week became the WINNERS of the Herefordshire Tag Rugby Festival. Thank you very much to the group of Dads who worked hard with the children in after school rugby sessions and supporting Mrs Amos and the children on the day.

Thank you to Mr Bryant, Mr Hick, Mr Stinton-Heeley, Mrs Macklin and Mrs Hince for helping at lunchtimes since the beginning of term.