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Steyning Grammar School
Year 12 students enjoyed a trip to Kraków, Poland in February. The Sociology, History and RE students visited Schindler’s Museum, Auschwitz and the Salt Mine. Students were able to reflect upon the experiences of those effected by the holocaust throughout their visit. Huge congratulations to Jack L and Maddy B who have recently competed at the Intershoot Shooting competition in the The Hague, Netherlands. Jack achieved a silver medal in the Junior Mens 10m Air Pistol representing team England against athletes from many other countries Jack with his Silver medal at the around the world. Junior Mens 10m pistol event Maddy achieved a gold medal for the Junior womens 10m Air pistol also representing team England. Jack followed this up by taking the silver medal in the Junior Mens 10m Pistol event at the British Open Airgun Competition. Talented SGS student Aaron Poulter was invited to
Storrington Primary Reception - Beegu story
Engaging the children through high quality texts is something that we do with real passion and commitment in Reception at Storrington Primary. We aim to develop a love of books and reading from an early age to give our children the best chance of academic success in the future. A focus text this term has been the fabulous Beegu story by Alexis Deacon.
Beegu is a creature who arrives lost from outer space. He is unable to communicate in the language of people on planet earth and is not welcomed by everyone,
the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford on Saturday 8 February as a finalist in a UK wide competition – The UK Bebras Computational Aaron Poulter at prizeThinking Challenge. giving ceremony Reaching the final of the seniors (14–16) age group is an impressive achievement, as 22,722 students entered the first round for this age group. Aaron was among the top 56 highest achieving students invited to the final round in his age group, and was presented with his finalist’s certificate at a prize-giving ceremony at Hertford College. The UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is designed to get students excited about computing and computational thinking. It is a problem-solving contest with questions inspired by topics in computer science. In the first round, held in their own schools, students have to try to solve as many problems as possible in the allotted time. There are six age categories. The highest scoring students from the four oldest age groups (Elite, Seniors, Intermediate, and Juniors) were then invited to the Department of Computer Science at Oxford for the finals over two weekends in January and February. Luke Talbot Assistant Headteacher, www.sgs.uk.net but is very welcomed by children who show kindness, compassion and tolerance. The story evoked a really lovely response from our children who talked about being a good friend, being unique and taking time to understand each other and revisited our understanding of being ready, respectful and safe. Beegu even left his red hoop in our playground with a speech bubble in his own language. This prompted some really wonderful creative writing ideas from the children, including speech bubbles in Beegu’s ‘language’ maps and letters! We welcome visits to our outstanding early years provision; to meet our children and early years team please contact our school office to arrange an appointment. For more information please call 01903 742047 or visit www.storringtonprimary.co.uk
