E-Safety Magazine - #DITTO Issue 5

Added on by Andy Howe.

This month is a bumper issue, looking at a diverse range of topics such as:

  • Addiction
  • Social media
  • Parental engagement
  • and much more, including an exclusive interview from a female gamer who gives us some insights into her online experiences in the gaming world.

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Neston School Games Day Wins against the Weather!

Added on by Maple.

Well done to all of the Neston Team - children, staff and parents, for all participating in making our 2017 School Games Day a brilliant success, despite the occasional downpours. Everyone enjoyed themselves and tried their best. This year it was the Blue Team who gained the most points - congratulations! Our top Y3/4 middle distance runners were: Billy (1st back in the long run), Tim (2nd), James P (3rd) and James F (4th). Our fastest Y5/6 runners were: Finn (1st), Ben (2nd), Zoe S-C (3rd) and Izzy R (4th).

 

Blue Team Come First in National Cricket Day Tournament!

Added on by Maple.

All of the children in KS2 enjoyed our annual intra-school cricket competition on the beautiful, sunny morning of Thursday 18.05.17. Again, members of our School Games Crew were brilliant at sorting and organising our teams and supporting the younger children. All of the matches were incredibly exciting and close - with only a few runs between each. It was hard for the adults to choose who demonstrated the best team spirit but in the end it was decided that the Yellow Team were the most deserving of the fair play commendation! Well done everyone!

Neston Lacrosse team come second at festival!

Added on by Maple.

Well done to our Y5/6 lacrosse team for playing in 5 exciting matches against other schools in our cluster. We won 2, drew 2, lost one and ended up tied with our hosts, Colerne, for second place. Martha was our top goal scorer with 5 goals and Milo scored 4! Everyone demonstrated super sportspersonship, with Lenny being particularly outstanding in this respect!

FONs AGM

Added on by School Administrator.

Friends of Neston School will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 6th June 19:30 at School

Mufti Day - 26th May

Added on by School Administrator.

For a donation of £1, the children are invited to wear mufti on Friday 26th May to raise money for both Neston School and Neston Pre-School.

Six novices try out orienteering!

Added on by Maple.

6 Y5 and 6 Neston girls had an exciting introduction to the sport of orienteering last week at Corsham School. They took part in an activity session led by Ken Stimson of North Wiltshire Orienteers and it's hoped that they can put what they learned about map reading at speed into practise at a future competition. Well done Imogen, Isabelle, Zoe, Evie, Izzy and Isabel!

Red Team triumphant in KS2 tag rugby competition!

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Congratulations to all of the children who took part in our 2nd annual intra-KS2 tag rugby competition! A huge thank you our School Games Crew, who had organised the event, making sure that everyone was involved and having fun. Our more experienced crew also helped the lower KS2 staff by refereeing and being linesmen. Though the Red Team were the ultimate victors this year, everyone improved their skills by playing competitively. Well done also to the lower KS2 Green Team for standing out amongst many examples of excellent sportspersonship and taking the fair play honours.

Michelle Donelan MP Visit

Added on by School Administrator.

Our School Leadership team recently had the opportunity to talk with Michelle Donelan MP.  Today, the children received letters from Michelle thanking them and praising their enthusiasm.  An example of one of the letters is attached.

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Neston tag rugby team win silver at Level 2 competition!

Added on by Maple.

Hearty congratulations to the Y5/6 tag rugby team who competed against the other schools in our cluster in a tournament that took place after school on the 16th and 23rd of March. We had a mix of newcomers to the sport and some club players who all came together as a team. Special mention to Sam Jones for making an extra effort to give less experienced players as many opportunities as possible to improve their game. Well done too to co-captains Ned and Tom who organised the team and included themselves in the subs rota. You all did Neston proud with your sportspersonship and efforts to play your best.

Neston Hockey team comes 3rd at Level 2 play offs in Devizes!

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Here's what their coach, Mrs Stansfield had to say: We played 4 games with Lauren scoring both of our goals and came second in our group. We then played off for third place against St Marys and drew 0-0, which put us in joint 3rd overall. The children really pulled together as a team and showed huge amounts of resilience and determination - especially in the match against Christian Malford when they came back from 1-0 down.  They also encouraged and supported each other throughout the tournament.  Real Neston Promise stuff! Ben and Kate each played 2 games in goal and Martha played one in goal. I was very proud of the whole team! 

A huge well done to the team and their committed coach!