GS Church Fête

Gardens open in Rodbourne Saturday 19th June 2 – 5pm

We look forward to sharing some beautiful gardens in Rodbourne opening as part of the Charity Send a Cow’s 2021 Gardens for Good campaign. Entry donations and monies from the Plant Stall will go directly to Send a Cow. Enjoy delicious homemade cakes and tea in a lovely setting at Trinity Farm in aid of the Churches of Rodbourne and Corston. Please park at Trinity Farm and you will be guided from there. Looking forward to a sunny afternoon of relaxing amongst the roses! Further details: susannah@dibben.co.uk sendacow.org

MALMESBURY & DISTRICT LINK

Registered Charity No 1043099 LINK is a local charity which enables patients without access to transport to attend medical appointments. We are continuing to operate during the current Covid-19 pandemic. If you need help to get to a medical appointment or to collect a prescription, please contact us on 01666 840861 between 09:00 and 13:00 Monday to Friday or send an email to: coordinators@malmesburylink.co.uk

Seagry Pre-school

This term we are focusing on the topic 'On the farm'. The children have been very creative making collage barns, bubblewrap sheep, shape pigs using pots and boxes and Marjorie cows after reading 'The cow that laid an egg’. The children really enjoyed listening to the cd of the book with all its funny voices and noises. We have also been reading 'The pig in the Pond' and are now working on a display with Neligan and his pig in the pond.

The children have been busy planting. Inside they planted beetroot, peas, spinach or salad leaves in little planter cups and they have a mini allotment outside where they have planted French beans, carrots, lettuce and rhubarb. Everyone is looking after them making sure they get watered and are very excited to watch them grow and try them all.

One of the most enjoyed activities has been having a role play farm shop. The children loved setting the shop up which was a very serious business! They loved being shopkeepers and customers. The shop stocks all essentials such as butter, pizzas, cereal biscuits, oats, tea milk and more. It is an eco shop using paper bags and cardboard shelving. Depending on which child was behind the till it could be a bit expensive, I paid £40 for tea, a pizza and milk! Thank goodness it was pretend money and luckily I got a receipt. Every customer was greeted with a smile and sometimes got their bags packed for them. Fun has been had picking the goods and carrying them in the baskets and trolleys and all the children were careful to make sure the baskets and trolleys were returned to the shop.

Next will be chickens. We will be playing count the eggs game and pre-school will be full of feathers. Bring it on!

Building dens and role playing, Dinosaurs, farms and fun, Lots of imagination running wild the learning has begun. Working how to work things out, or fit them into a place, When you are a preschool child, you learn at your own pace. This morning we have tipped and poured, Using tweezers for picking things up Mark making in the shaving foam Chilling quietly by myself and some chatting on the phoneMeasuring with numbers, and looking things at length. Fine motor skills we’re building, we are building up our strength. “In the moment learning” is how we play each time, learning lots different things, even how things rhyme. Sharing with each other, making conversations as well. We really love to sing some songs, we never really stop This is how our morning goes and it’s only 11 o’clock Deep level learning, that is the way to go, So If I’m really into something, at one thing I will stay, Because that is my choice of things and how I want to play. So when you say I’m playing, that’s exactly what I do, But please try to remember, I’m learning through playing too.

Written by Michelle, Walter Powell Pre-school

Our Pre-school is now open 08.55 – 14.55 Monday to Friday. We accept children from the age of 2 years. If you are interested, please contact the Pre-school on 07931 263909 or alternatively contact the school office on 01249 720797 or admin.swp@dbat.org.uk for more information and an application form. Beware ‘Men at work’!

School News

The summer term at Somerfords’ Walter Powell is always busy and this year is no exception. The children in Explorers Class have been looking back at special memories in literacy, sharing them with the class and writing about them too. In history they have been discovering what it was like when their grandparents were at school and what games they would have played. This week they are learning more about the Victorian times and what a Victorian school day would have been like in comparison to today’s school life.

In Science the children have been finding out about insects and creepy crawlies! They even went on a mini beast safari around the school grounds. On a Friday afternoon the children look forward to their outdoor learning lesson, so far this term they have been making nests for the birds, problem solving and even den making.

Key Stage 2 have enjoyed investigating plants. As well as a seed growing competition, they have been collecting and identifying plants in the school grounds and learning about the parts and functions of flowering plants.

Alongside this, they have been learning about life in the Roman times which has included enlisted for the Roman army and writing diaries as Romans.

The children in Year 6 will be taking part in the Wiltshire Council Bikeability training later this term. They will learn how to look after their bicycles, the importance of wearing a helmet and how to stay safe when cycling on the roads.

We hope that you all continue to keep safe and stay well.