Another busy day at Bawdsey.  This morning the children conquered the trapeze and excelled at problem solving. Then this afternoon it was time for orienteering and the long awaited zip wire, which all the children had a go at and enjoyed.

For our last night, the children enjoyed themselves at a disco in the Manor House. Now it’s time to pack ready for tomorrow.

All the children struggled to wake up for breakfast this morning, tiredness has kicked in early this year.  The morning began with Giant Swing which was a definite highlight for most of the children. Then we went a coastal walk and had a paddle in the sea. After lunch, the groups had canoeing and sensory circuits and then after dinner they took part in the PGL tournament of Wacky Rounders.

Sadly, we’ve lost all of the photos from this morning due to a slight hitch but here are some from the rest of the day.

First full day has been a busy one. The children have done raft building and abseiling, followed by Jacob’s Ladder and the Challenge Course.  All of this fuelled by 3 large meals and a trip to the PGL shop.  

After a few traffic delays, we arrived in Suffolk at 4pm.  We had a tour of the site, ate our dinner and then got settled into our accommodation before having a campfire. The children settled to bed surprisingly quickly ready for the next day.

The whole school had great fun this afternoon at our annual whole school trip to the pantomime at Woodville Halls.  This year it was Aladdin and the children spent the afternoon enjoying the full experience including the ice cream in the interval.

Huge thanks to our TSA for organising the event for us.

A great time was had by the school when the children had the opportunity to watch the England v Iran World Cup match together in the hall. And what a match to enjoy together!

On Tuesday we had a visit from the National Fruit Show. They worked with all the classes and the children had a great informative time. They learnt about the life cycle of an apple tree. The children were national fruit judges and tested a variety of apples and apple products such a crisps and juice which they had made themselves.

Two of the gardening club, Lewis and Harley, help to dig a hole for a new pear tree. We are all looking forward to seeing it grow and tasting its delicious fruit. See if your child can tell them what a mouse ear is on a tree. 

The final report from our Ofsted Inspection in September has arrived and we are delighted to share it.  Please follow the link below to read the full report.

Ofsted Inspection September 2022

This week our Key Stage Two pupils visited an archaeological dig happening right here in the village.  They were able to walk around the remains of the excavated Roman villa and handle various artefacts that had been found during the dig.

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Silver Mark Award for the 2021/22 academic year.
 
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
 
Our physical activity and school sport achievements this year include:
whole school participation in the Daily Mile, our Netball team being runners up in the Maidstone Schools' tournament, providing clubs for cricket, tennis, football, athletics, netball and multi-sports and high quality PE being taught by qualified specialist coaches for all children.
 
 

We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport.  We are committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school and to try and ensure that all our students have a positive experience and want to try out new activities beyond school too in our community.  We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to those young people that need it most either as a participant or volunteer.
 
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
 
We look forward to applying once again in 2023!