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Storrington Primary Pupils had a visit from owls

Reception children had some fabulous visitors join them at school for a morning of feathers and flight! Owls About Town came into school and the children were lucky enough to experience watching the owls in flight and watch at close range the owls swooping in for snacks of bits of mice!! The children were very fortunate to get up close to these majestic creatures and stroke their feathers. The children learnt facts about owls including where you might find an owl, how an owl swoops for its prey and what an owl likes to snack on. It was a truly fabulous morning and all the children really enjoyed the experience! 01903 742047 www.storringtonprimary.co.uk

Thakeham Primary

Pupils ate chocolate cake on the first day of school

By Beth, Thakeham reporter. At our school we have various different jobs throughout the school such as: Thakeham reporter, like myself, Green Force, School Council, Bookworms, Play Leaders and Digital Leaders. The first one is called Green Force, made up of six children who want to save the planet. The Green Force team have been working with different people to help them get ideas about things that they can do to get the message across to all of our pupils at Thakeham Primary School. The next job is our School Council, I am sure that lots of schools might have the same job but our school councillors are made up of 6 responsible and

“Switch Off” logo design Children from all year groups at Storrington Primary school have been discussing the environment and pollution and are having a go at designing a logo to encourage drivers to switch off their engines. The winning logo will be used on banners, leaflets and signs in and around the village to highlight the problem and raise awareness amongst drivers that idling with your car engine running is harmful for the environment and also for people. Sussex Local have organised the competition and it is being sponsored by the Capitol in Horsham. The Capitol are kindly donating a prize for the winning entry of a three month family pass to their “Family Film Fun” cinema screenings. www.thecapitolhorsham.com The designs will be judged over the Christmas break and the winner will be announced early in the new school term. The brief to the children is to keep the design simple and to make sure it will be clearly identifiable when viewed from a distance. Head teacher Mrs Smith has told us that she has already received a good number of entries. Good luck to everyone who is entering a design!

enthusiastic children that were elected by their class mates. In our school we like to let people do things that could influence their future and so that is part of the next job which is a bookworm and they have the opportunity to be the librarians in our school library. Another job is being a Play Leader. They help on the playground supporting children coming to the shed to get some play equipment and also help set up games for the younger children in the playground. The last job is being one of our Digital Leaders. Their job involves helping make sure that everyone understands how to use the laptops. They also go to the Reception class and help them on the computers in their class. They will be working on our new school e-safety motto and leading our Scratch Coding Club in January. Beth, Thakeham reporter, Thakeham Primary School. www.thakehamps.co.uk Trip to PGL Marchnats Hill Trip to Arundel castle

46 Competition / Schools

Win a family ticket to see Zog Live Send your answer and contact details to: Zog Live Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough, RH20 9AH or enter online at www.sussexlocal.net/features/ competitions Winner drawn after 29th January 2020. Please indicate if you wish to remain on our mailing list. To enter the competition answer the question below: Q: What type of creature is Zog? a) Dragon b) Elephant c) Dog one, two and three. Luckily, the plucky Princess Pearl patches him up ready to face his biggest challenge yet, a duel with Gadabout the Great! ‘Lovingly interpreted with colour, flair and talent, Zog will have thousands of children laughing and falling in love with theatre’ Musical Theatre Review We have a family ticket available for 2.00pm on Saturday 8th February 2020. For more information call the Box Office 01403 750220 or visit www.thecapitolhorsham.com. The smash-hit stage adaptation from Freckle Productions (the team behind Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales and Tabby McTat) is back in 2020 and promises to be bigger, brighter and more roar-some than ever before! With brand new songs from Joe Stilgoe (The Jungle Book, The Midnight Gang) and directed by Emma Kilbey, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s muchloved Zog is a magical production for all ages, with live musicians. Large in size, and keen in nature, Zog is so eager to win a golden star at Madam Dragon’s school, where dragons learn all the things that dragons need to know. Zog tries so very hard, perhaps too hard, and he bumps, burns and roars his way through years Zog Live on Stage at The Capitol, Horsham! Roar-some, family fun!

Year 10 Engineers presented their Electric Car ideas to a team of judges. Innovation and creativity were demonstrated with great presentation skills and subject knowledge. Congratulations to all who took part especially 'Oceanic Ltd' for winning the investment! Highlights included an AI electric delivery mini car, an Electric 4x4 as well as upcycling a 1974 Ford Fiesta into a modern day electric vehicle. Special thank you to the judges! Steyning Grammar School

in the top 10% nationally and go on to a further competition in March 2020. • The highest results of any school who entered in West Sussex in three of the 5 categories. • Aaron P scored a perfect 200 and has been invited to a special day at Oxford University for the top 50 students in the country.

National Computing Challenge

BEBRAS National Computing Challenge Another brilliant, and even better year for SGS • A record 72 students across the school were placed Aaron P scored a perfect 200

Year 8 students from our Rock Road and Church Street Campuses organised and ran fantastic Careers Fairs in the last few weeks. Students were able to walk around stands and research the types of careers they would like to do when they are older. Luke Talbot Assistant Headteacher, www.sgs.uk.net