Year 6 had an inspiring visit from author Chris Connaughton as part of their mystery writing unit. The children listened to a retelling of The Upper Berth before continuing the story themselves, using the suspense-writing techniques they have been developing in class. In the afternoon, we enjoyed hearing some of the children’s imaginative endings before discovering how the story actually concluded. The day finished with the opening of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem, perfectly leading into the next stage of our writing unit. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and took lots of inspiration for writing exciting mystery stories.

Merry Christmas to all our wonderful pupils and your families! May your holidays sparkle with fun, laughter, and festive cheer. We can’t wait to see you in the New Year for more learning and adventures! We would like to thank our pupils and their families for their support, kindness, and hard work. Wishing you a beautiful Christmas season and a New Year filled with success, good health, and happiness!

We look forward to seeing the children on 6th January as 5th January is an Inset Day.

 We were lucky enough to be offered the opportunity for Craig Ogden, a classical guitarist, to come into school and perform to the children on Friday 5th December. He performed several tracks, using a variety of musical techniques which were enjoyed by all.  In addition, he spent time explaining the instrument and how he plays it.  The children were a fantastic audience and asked him lots of interesting and relevant questions.

On Tuesday 25^th November, eight children from Ringwood Junior School in years 5 and 6 travelled to Applemore Leisure Centre to take part in the annual 'Can Do' Festival of sport with Mrs Thornton, Mrs Wells and Mrs Gordon. In total, there were 9 schools that took part. All of the children experienced a number of different, inclusive sports in a fun environment.  This involved participating in curling, blind hurdles, noughts and crosses, spike ball, shuttles, bean bag target, boccia and archery. 

The focus was to promote communication, team work and turn taking as they completed the activities provided. All of the children enjoyed the event and showed high levels of resilience and sportsmanship throughout. Each child earned a certificate that will be presented to them during celebration assembly. A huge well done to all involved!

Mrs Thornton

SENCO

We were fortunate to be able to compete and take 2 teams to the New Forest Schools Indoor Athletics Qualifier event last week held at Ringwood School. The teams are mixed Year 5 and Year 6 with all children competing in an individual run, jump and throw events along with a relay event using the kickboards to turn. It was lovely to be able to give more children a chance to participate a long with others who had previous experience.
There were 7 teams at the event and it was lovely to be involved in this from a competitive perspective but also it was great to see the children try so hard both individually and to gain points for their team. Our Red Team were really pleased to come away with their Bronze medals!
Thank you to all the parent supporters who were essential in making it a very memorable event for both our teams.

Year 6 girls football teams played brilliantly this Wednesday in a full afternoon of matchplay against 18 other New Forest school teams.
Both teams played at least 8 matches, which were exhausting to watch, but the girls showed great stamina and fitness levels throughout and fortunately we had no serious injuries.
The first few matches were goalless but we were attacking and defending well but not quite able to score the goals we deserved. As the event progressed, our set pieces fell into place and it was fantastic to see their skill, pitch positioning and teamwork develop. The shots were on target from both teams with some lovely team celebrations
I know the girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves and they can’t wait for more football events to be able to play and support each other. It was great to see so many teams participating in Girls Football, it shows how much the popularity of football continues to grow with girls and supports the FA Girls programme fantastically well.
Thanks again to our supporting parents, who were cheering almost as loudly me from the side lines.