The inspectors will now write a detailed report on their findings, which we are looking forward to sharing with you once it is published.  We are anticipating this will be around the middle of May.

We are very much looking forward to our KS2 pupils raising the roof at our annual carol service, on Thursday evening.  We are at capacity for this evening, so please be prepared to squeeze together and maybe stand.           

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.  Mrs Woollven

We look forward to seeing you all at the PTA Christmas warmer, this Friday (straight after school).    Mrs Woollven

I hope you have all had a relaxing and enjoyable summer. The new school year is fast approaching so I wanted to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome back to families returning after the summer holidays, and to those new families joining us this year, welcome to Churchill CE Primary School. In this letter I have included some exciting news about our school’s 200th anniversary as well as a few key reminders.

Term 5 is a short term but nevertheless a busy one, with school trips, spring music concert (see information below), bikeability for Year 5, Year 6 SATs and our Year 1 class service and Tea @ 3.

Excitement is building for our Year 5 class as they prepare for their residential trip to Osmington Bay. We wish them the very best of luck and look forward to hearing about their adventures and achievements.

Wednesday 25^th September 2024

After a beautiful week last week, the weather has taken a distinct turn for the wetter.  Please can you ensure your child brings a named coat every day as we will take any chance we can to let our children have an active lunchtime.

It was lovely to see so many happy faces coming into school last week.  The first week back is always quite special and despite the best efforts of the rain and wet playtimes, the excitement for learning was evident in every class.

With kind hearts and determined minds, we inspire each other to be the best we can be.

The end of the week will see our fantastic football team heading off to Derby, for the national schools’ football finals.  This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for the children and we are indebted to the generous sponsors who have made this trip possible.  Please see below for information on how all of the team will be looking that part in their new tracksuits, kindly sponsored by Piers at the Football Fun Factory.  We will be sharing more about who kindly helped the team get to Derby in next week’s newsletter.  We wish the whole team, Mrs Churchill, Mr Davis and all the family and friends who will be travelling with them, a safe trip and a fantastic day!

We are so proud of Sally Furniss, our wonderful Chair of Governors, who was invited to the King’s Garden Party in recognition of her service to the community and to our school.  Sally has been part of supporting and leading our school for over 25 years and has shown incredible commitment to helping all of the pupils have the best possible education and primary experience the school can offer.  We are delighted that she has been recognised for all her voluntary support. This is not the first time one of our school community has been recognised for their kindness and generosity.  Last year, Mr and Mrs Beadle were also invited to the garden party. We are very proud of them all.

With kind hearts and determined minds, we inspire each other to be the best we can be.

With just 3 school days to go until the end of the year, we are focusing our attention on our final celebration services and wishing our super Year 6 pupils a fond farewell and good luck for the future. We were delighted to be able to share their SATs results with families in their end of year reports, earlier this week. We are once again extremely proud of what our young people have achieved, with the percentage of children achieving the expected standard or above in reading, writing and maths, combined, higher than both the national and Lighthouse Schools Partnership average. If you would like to learn more about our results, please click on this link to access our results page on the school website.

We have also enjoyed celebrating our pupils’ talents in our much loved ‘Churchill has got talent’ afternoon.  This annual event, requested and voted for by our children, is always a real highlight of our year. This brought to the end a very successful year for Churchill Primary. We have shone in so many different fields from sport, to music, writing and public speaking.  These achievements and opportunities are a true reflection of our school vision:

 to nurture a community in which we ignite curious minds, encourage generous hearts and embrace a changing world so our children can live life in all its fullness.

As a final message, I would like to thank all of our families, pupils, Governors, school team and members of the PTA for your continued support this year. I would like to express a very special thanks to the super team of colleagues who make Churchill CE Primary School a very special place to learn and work. They all work incredibly hard and are absolutely committed to help every child to be the very best they can be.  It would be impossible to offer the high quality of education and care that we provide our children, without their expertise and dedication.  I hope everyone is able to have a well-deserved break and I look forward to welcoming families, old and new, back on Wednesday 3^rd September.

With kind hearts and determined minds, we inspire each other to be the best we can be.

I am delighted to be able to start this term with more celebrations of the fantastic achievements of our pupils. On Wednesday 27^th March, we held our first Churchill Primary Music Concert.  It was a fabulous evening of music, showcasing the children’s talents in playing instruments as well as singing.  I was in awe of the confidence of all of the children to perform, from those who had been learning their instruments for just a matter of months, through to some pupils who are mastering multiple instruments.  The standard of each performance was extremely high.  Huge thanks to Ms Ford for organising the whole event and to Governors and friends of the school, who kindly provided delicious refreshments for the interval.

Congratulations also go to three of our pupils who entered the Rotary Young Writers competition.  Issy and Sophia, from Year 5, both received Highly Commended Awards and some excellent feedback on their pieces of writing.  You can read their work, by clicking on attachments to this newsletter.  Jack, in Year 4, was the winner of the whole competition, with his poem entitled ‘Rebuilding’.  An amazing achievement!

Running for our school.  We are extremely grateful to Mrs Baird, who is taking on the mighty London marathon to raise money for Churchill Primary School. She is hoping to raise £2500 towards purchasing a new sound system and overhead projector for our school hall; something that is very much needed.  Our school budget is very tight and money is always needed for other priorities.  The current system is outdated and anyone who has attended a recent family service, knows that the technology often lets us down! If you would like to support Mrs Baird in her challenge, Please click on the attached link to access her Just Giving Page.

With kind hearts and determined minds, we inspire each other to be the best we can be.