It was a busy morning at Earls Hall today as the morning saw the children in Years Three and Four joined by a host of parents who were all keen to find out more about the way writing is taught across the year groups. The morning began with the parents being provided with a presentation by Mr Geach and Mrs Crouch in the hall before the parents joined the children in class in order to take part in a number of writing activities. It was smashing to see so many parents come along in order to take part, thank you all for giving us your time.

Meanwhile, down in the Foundation Stage, the children in Robins took part in an out of this world experience! Robins have been interested in astronauts and decided to turn the classroom into space. First they drew the different planets and stuck them onto large black paper, making sure they were in the correct positions in relation to the sun. Others drew the sun, stars and a moon. Then the children had a go at writing the planet names. It was great to see such team work on show as the children encouraged each other to make up the solar system.

As the children in Year One learnt a series of tricky words, the first meeting of the new team of Science Ambassadors took place in the library. Mrs Matteucci provided the children with their log books and gave them their first task as class champions for the subject; writing about why they love science!

The assemblies today were OPAL themed, with the children being reminded about how to play safely in the loose parts zone. In each assembly OPAL certificates were presented to children who have been recognised as promoting the OPAL rules. Well done children, we are proud of you.

Well done to the lovely Mrs Chapman whose work leading our computing curriculum has been recognised with an award. The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) Computing Quality Framework helps schools review their progress in developing an exemplary computing curriculum.   A school must meet the required national standard in all seven categories of the computing curriculum in order to be awarded this certificate. Mrs Chapman has been developing the curriculum over the past eighteen months in order to meet the high standards of the award and has now been presented with the quality mark. Well done Mrs Chapman, we are proud of you!