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Project Me! Swindon Town
The children finished their 10-week mentoring programme with a visit to Swindon Town Stadium where they had a tour of the ground, took part in activities at Foundation Park dome and received their medals and certificates. They had a great time! Well done all!
Well done to all the children who took part in the colouring competition, we had 105 entries and judging the winners was a tricky job. However the winners were:
Nursery - Isla Robins - William KS1 - Safal
Sparrow - Kaelen Starling - Hannah KS2 - Molly
The mini police played "tag" with a drone!
Our year 5 mini police assembly took place yesterday. The children made their promise in front of the school and parents.
Yesterday we had a family picnic where families got to share lunch with their children on the field and say goodbye to Mrs Kellett. Everyone had a lovely time and the weather was perfect.
We had a theatre group visit on world book day. The children all enjoyed the performances of 'The Adventures of the Gingerbread Man' for KS1 and 'The Story of Aesop's fables' for KS2. The Eldene friends paid for this visit using the money raised at the Christmas Fair.
On Monday we welcomed KS2 children's grandparents into school. They spent some time in the classrooms, enjoyed a cuppa and a cookie and also watched the assembly. Lots of our visitors commented on how enjoyable their afternoon had been. We hope to hold more afternoons like this in the future.
On Monday 20th January, we were lucky enough to have some visitors to our school, talking about their careers. They talked to us about what their jobs involved, what qualifications and skills they needed to do their jobs and what they had wanted to do when they were in primary school. We found out how important maths and English are!!
Visit to Swindon Town after the completion of the Project Me! Mentoring Programme, December 2024. The children had a great time!
Local author Lydia Saward came into school this morning to read Christmas stories to the children today .
Thank you to everyone who contributed to and visited our Christmas Fair on Friday last week, We raised almost £700!!
On Friday we added something yellow to our uniforms to raise money for children in need. We have raised over a £130. Well done to - Elsie, Tyler, Billy, Isabella, Kanye, Megan, Taylor , Declan, Connor, Esther, Kelsie and Nicolle who won prizes for being the best dressed.
The book fair is in school this week. Well done to the winners of our extreme reading challenge - Radu, Teddy, Eleena and Eleanor who won vouchers to spend at the fair by reading in a suitcase, in the sea and reading upside down!!
Our new intake of mini police were invested at an assembly yesterday.
Thankyou to everyone who attended our Macmillan Coffee morning. We all enjoyed a cuppa and cake and raised over £170.00
Our mini police graduated yesterday at a ceremony attended by the parents. Well done to all who took part.
Our year six residential visit to Liddington was a great success. The children had a great time and were able to try lots of different activities.
Last Friday we wore our red noses and donated money to Comic Relief. We raised over £80.00 The children were all encourage to tell their favourite jokes. The winning jokes will be published in the next school newsletter.
On Thursday 7th March we celebrated World Book Day. All the children were given a book to take home. Some children and staff dressed as characters from their favourite books and we decorated toilet rolls to represent figures from stories. Can you guess who they are?
The Starlings had a great day at Foundation Park at the County Ground. We participated in lots of different sports activities. The children made all the grown ups very proud, especially when they won the primary school good team work award.
Some of our children have completed a series of mentoring sessions with Swindon Town Football Club. They were lucky enough to visit the County Ground for a tour of the stadium followed by a coaching session on the Foundation Park 3G pitch and a certification ceremony today.
It was lovely to see lots of children in their Christmas Jumpers yesterday. We raised over £120 for Save The Children.
Thank you to everyone who donated or visited our Christmas fair on Friday. We raised over £650.
On Friday we wore spots and coloured in Pudsey pictures to raise money for Children in Need. We raised over £150.00
Thank you to M V Kelly for the very generous donation. We have bought some lovely toys for the children,
Thank you to everyone who supported the MacMillan Cancer Support coffee morning. We raised over £220 !!!
'Team Rubicon' have been at school for two days last week - ask your child about their new skills - Scootering and Skateboarding! It was great fun!
Eldene A team won the trophy at Friday's Panathlon event! They all received individual medals and a class certificate and trophy. Well done Starlings!
On Tuesday 12th September we buried a time capsule in the school grounds. It contained lots of Eldene memories and also links to current events. I wonder what people will think when it is dug up in twenty five years?