School

What a fantastic whole school transition day we have had!

Each class based their day around the book - What we’ll build - with a focus on creativity.

Classes used the book to think about what type of school environment they would like to create focussing on the school values. They then were…

What a fantastic morning of sunshine for our May walk around the village.
The children showed off their fantastic singing skills and their beautiful may stick creations.

Thank you to all who came to support us, we had a lovely morning.

A very special thank you to all at the coffee shop for…

We had such a fantastic morning at Elford Hall Gardens. We took a summery walk through the village to explore the VE Day display. It was fantastic to handle artefacts related to the local history of Elford and learn about the impact the war had in our local area. Thank you to all…

After a reflective assembly learning about today’s celebrations and the reasons for them, we held a one minute’s silence. We then got ready for our celebrations. Thank you to  Claire for putting on a lovely picnic lunch outside to celebrate  the 80th Anniversary of VE Day street party style. The…

What a treat having the ice cream van show up at break time. It was very much enjoyed by all! A massive thank you to our lovely PTA for such a fantastic treat.

Something strange happened at The Howard School today, all the Easter eggs for the children disappeared!

The children spent the morning trying to rule out the 8 suspects Mr Wynn, Miss Jennings, Mrs Carter, Mrs Fallows, Mrs Powles, Mr Challinor, Mrs Moss or Mrs Aminu.

After lots of…

What a wonderful morning we have had for our Mother’s Day High Tea. The children had worked so hard to prepare the scones and the Year 6 children were fabulous hosts. We hope you all enjoyed spending the morning with us, we certainly did.

We had a fantastic morning working together to bake scones ready for our Mother’s Day High Tea. We can’t wait for you to try them

Thank you so much to our wonderful PTA and parent volunteers for all of their hard work over the last two weeks. Class 1 have a fantastic willow teepee in their outdoor area and the whole school have a beautiful willow arch on the field. We are so excited to explore these new outdoor…

Class 1 and 2 have had the best day celebrating World Book Day.

We started the day sharing our favourite stories, the children talked about why they had chosen them and who they would recommend the book to. 

After that it was time for some baking. The children worked in mixed teams to follow…

What a fantastic festive week!

a beautiful Christmas dinner, visit from Father Christmas and a festive walk to Electric Avenue.

From all of us here, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We had a lovely Carol service at St Peter’s church tonight. The children put on a fantastic drama discussing the true meaning of Christmas and closed in a beautiful Christmas prayer. 
Well done to all involved - you were fab!