In year one we are learning about plants. We have talked about what plants need to grow and have devised an experiment to help us find this out. Today we planted our own seeds and look forward to watching our beanstalks grow over the coming weeks! We even made our own castles in the sky and hope that our beanstalks will reach them! 
TEWKESBURY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
14.12.2018
Value: Peace
News
This week we said our final farewells to our much loved colleague Alison Parry. Alison was the schools secretary for over 24 years. She ran the office with her particular Scottish style and was often the first face that generation of parents and children saw in the morning. She also hid her own light under a bushel as she was a teacher and an accomplished musician playing the piano. She was a wife, mother and a grandmother. However to us she was Alison the front face of the office who made us laugh with her wry sense of humour. She will be missed beyond the boundaries of her family. Our thoughts are with her family and our respects are with Alison. God Bless.
Sporting victory
The Autumn term has seen a number of sporting achievements by the children of Tewkesbury C of E. Our children have competed in a series of football events and a netball tournament. Within football, both the Year 5 & 6 boy’s and girl’s football teams secured first place in the local Tewkesbury ESFA tournament. This victory allowed them to take part in the county finals against teams from Cheltenham, Gloucester, Dursley and many more. Both teams played splendidly and the Year 5 & 6 girls finished 3rd in the county, which was a tremendous achievement and one which they should be proud of. Our eyes now fall to the spring term where we are to take part in the year 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 football league finals and many other tournaments and competitions.
All the way from Cairo Yasmina of Cairo
A video of the event is available to view on the following link https://youtu.be/_2QYI2SG6TI
Many thanks to Mr Fisher, Mr Hughes and Ms Morelli for arranging the charity event for the school. The amount raised was £320.40.
A reminder of the Open Morning
A reminder that we have another Open Morning on Thursday 10th January 2019 at 10.00am for new pupils starting in September 2019.
A reminder of up coming dates for January – for more dates please see the school website calendar
Wednesday 19th December Carol service at Holy Trinity at 2.00pm
Thursday 20th December Nativity Assembly 9.30am Reception, Years 1&2 only
Friday 21st December KS2 Praise Assembly 9.00am Years 3, 4, 5 & 6
Monday 7th January INSET day staff only
Tuesday 8th January Spring Term starts 8.50am
Friday 18th January Y6 Miss J class assembly 9.00am
Friday 25th January Y 6 Mr Shaw class assembly 9.00am
Monday 28th January Y6 bikeability
Mrs C Scott
Headteacher
Today the children in year one received First Aid training.
We talked abut the difference between needing first aid and hospital treatment and sorted a range of pictures for each type.
We then talked about what we would do in an emergency and what number we should phone. The children were aware they needed to call ‘999’.
Our trainer Neil then told us the information we need to give to the operator in an emergency such as our name, address and phone number.
The children were shown how to put someone in the recovery position and then spent some time practising this with a partner.
We had fun learning this important life skill!
TEWKESBURY C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
05.10.2018
Value: Hope
News
Recently we were visited by the chairperson of Tewkesbury Rotary Club, Anne Bartholomew, who presented Mrs Arnold with a cheque for £820. The donation was for more reading books in Foundation and KS1. Mrs Arnold is passionate about encouraging the younger children to develop good reading habits early on so that they maintain a life-long passion for reading. Pictured Anne Bartholomew and Mrs Arnold. We are very grateful to The Rotary Club.
Summer Fete
Thank you for your support at the summer fete I can now confirm that we made over £2,500 profit. This has gone to the purchase and installation of the new fitness suite on the school field. All the children have the opportunity to use the suite daily. Year 6 have been trying it out!
Parents consultation evenings
The appointment boards will be displayed from Wednesday 10th October in the main Reception area. Please come in or phone to make your appointment(s)
Open Morning
Our prefect where commended for the way they took prospective parents around the school at Yesterday’s open morning.
For parents with children starting in September 2019 we have another Open Morning on Thursday 22nd November at 10.00am
Harvest Celebrations
We had a lovely Harvest service at Holy Trinity this afternoon. Our huge thank you to Lucy Betts who led the service with the children. Thank you for your donations that have now all been pass to the Tewkesbury Food Bank.
Up coming dates for October – for more dates please see the school website calendar
Tuesday 9th October Y6 Maths Challenge
Wednesday & Thursday 10th & 11th October Year 2 Kingswood residential
Thursday 11th October Year trip to Birdland
Friday 12th October Governor Ballot count 12.00 midday
Thursday 18th Year 6 cake sale
Monday 22nd October to 26th October HALF TERM
Mrs C Scott
Headteacher
Last week, years 1-6 visited Tewkesbury Baptist Church to take part in Operation Bible. It was a fantastic event with year groups being set the challenge to investigate rumours surfacing about a man named Jesus who was performing incredible miracles. Complete with special ‘Operation Bible’ notebooks and pens, children went back in time and interviewed eye witnesses in order to complete a report on Jesus and his miracles! A fantastic time was had and much was learnt as some fantastic actors brought these stories alive for the children.
A new and updated Tewkesbury C of E School prospectus will be uploaded soon to reflect changes made to our curriculum and uniform.
Well, what a great day we had for World Book Day!
It all started with Burglar Bill sharing a story with us – it was his favourite one! 
Then we got to see all of the amazing outfits that the children (and teachers) got dressed up in.
We had characters from Roald Dahl.
We had characters from David Walliams.
We had characters from Fairy Tales.
We had characters from Harry Potter.
We had characters from Dr Seuss.
We had many Where’s Wallys’ but we couldn’t find them anywhere!!!
We had Superheroes.
and we had many other amazing outfits.
Next, the children went back to class to carry out many exciting activities all to do with books, books and more books! Before rushing off at 2 o’clock to beat the snow.
The children were fantastic all day. Thank you to everyone for helping us out and sorting out the children’s costumes!
This week, the Year 4 elves have been extremely cheeky! They have been getting up to all sorts of mayhem and mischief! In Miss J’s class, Earl has put up many exciting Christmas decorations and eaten lots of sweets! In Miss Davis’ class, Evie has also put up Christmas decorations. Best of all, Evie the Elf had made Miss Davis melted snowman cakes for her birthday! We think our elves are naughty but we love them! Each day, we have been doing Elf Watch and writing a little bit about what they do!
In English, we have been writing our own Christmas themed news reports and in Maths we have been learning more about multiplication and division facts.
Written by: Morgan E and Charlie M
Below is the most recent SIAMS inspection report for our school:
