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Amberley School

Mysterious events If you were lucky enough to be in the vicinity of Amberley Primary School on Thursday 5th March you might have spotted Harry Potter, Aladdin, lots of witches and wizards, Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, a knight and a bat walking up the road to the school. These characters were attending Amberley school in honour of World Book Day, an annual celebration of reading that is on a mission to give all children a book. Pupils dressed up in their favourite characters

Children celebrating World Book Day

St Philip’s Primary

The children have attended a number of sporting events this term. One was a gymnastics competition for Years 1 and 2. For many, this competition is the first one that they will have represented the school in. They practised hard and performed particularly well, gaining first place overall out of nine other teams. They were delighted. Reception class had a visit from a charity called ‘Soup from heaven’ which is led by a team from Yapton Free Church. The charity, based in South Africa, supports families who need help financially and with food and shelter. The children then made soup at home and the money they saved from eating a more lavish meal was donated to the charity. During Lent, our children have all written a Lenten promise. They have thought hard about how they can help others. Lent is a wonderful opportunity for children to understand how small acts of kindness can help others within our community. www.stphilipsarundel.org.uk

The children made a wonderful effort to dress up as their favourite mysterious character and participated in many ‘mysterious’ activities during the day, writing spells, recipes and poems as well as making magic boxes, wizards hats and magic potions. Earlier in the week, the school had been visited by a pop-up book company and each child was able to exchange their £1 World Book Day token for a book and many children purchased books to read. The whole day was a great success; the children had a wonderful time reading and sharing books together and enjoying some very mysterious activities. In this digital age, reading a book is often a forgotten pastime but ensuring that a child has a love of reading is vital for their enjoyment and success in later life. Today there is a wealth of easily accessible reading material both fact and fiction and if you enjoy reading you are never short of information or entertaining escapism. The ability to escape for a while from day to day issues and immerse yourself in a world which only you can experience is priceless. www.amberley.w-sussex.sch.uk Pupils writing spells

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Arundel C of E School Ash Wednesday service We have strong links with our church, St Nicholas’, and are very fortunate to have frequent visits from Father David and Father Dominik. We recently celebrated Ash Wednesday, and as part of this Father David and Father Dominik lead a wonderful Ash Wednesday service, which allowed the children to think more deeply about some of the significant themes relating to this period of time in the Christian calendar. A Victorian adventure Last month the boys and girls in our Year 2 class visited Preston Manor, Brighton, as part of their topic work on the Victorians. The children fully immersed themselves in the trip by dressing as Victorian servants, and went on to find out all about the jobs a servant would have done, as well as what life would have been like for them. The children even had the opportunity to take part in a Victorian cookery lesson! After their time at Preston Manor, the children went on to the Apple Store, Brighton, where they consolidated their learning by working on iPads to create Victorian Ash Wednesday

outfits and to compile information on what a typical day for a Victorian servant would have been like.

Year 2 Victorian cookery lesson

BA pilot captain Clarke visits We are very fortunate to have so much support from families and volunteers who often come into school to share their experience and expertise. Recently Captain Clarke, a British Airways Captain and father of one of our children, came to talk to our Key Stage 2 classes about his job. Captain Clarke produced a really interesting presentation for the children, which not only gave them an insight into the role of a captain, but also encouraged them to consider how our values relate to many jobs. Captain Clarke talked about the exciting aspects of being a pilot, as well as the importance of everyone working together to achieve our goals in life. We are very grateful that Captain Clarke shared his wonderful experiences with us, thank you. www.arundelchurchofenglandschool.org.uk