Congratulations to all of our Team A and B athletes who took part in a Quadkids Level 2 event at Bath University track on 26.06.17. They all participated in a 75m sprint, a 600m middle distance run, a Vortex ball throw, a standing long jump and an 8 x 50m relay. There were many pbs but special mentions goes to Zoe Stansfield-Cox who was the highest scoring girl overall and there were 21 teams taking part!!! The B team is looking forward to taking part again next year while the A team are now gearing up to compete at Marlborough College on 5.07.17.
E-Safety Magazine - #DITTO Issue 8
Rather ironically, the E-Safety magazine email notifications were being redirected to our junk mail folder! So here we have June's issue and hope you will find the previous issues useful too (see other blog posts)
This month includes:
- Removing access to keep children safe?
- Apps: Snapchat
- What is a digital footprint?
- Critical Thinking
- Ditto - Youtube history
- Resources
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E-Safety Magazine - #DITTO Issue 7
In this issue:
- WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH
- PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT
- APPS: ROBLOX
- CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER
- PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
- DITTO - WORKING WITH SCHOOL
- RESOURCES
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E-Safety Magazine - #DITTO Issue 6
This month we’re looking at:
- Privacy
- YouTube facts
- SEN-D YouTube
- Social Learning
- No app for that
- Teens and social media
- Monkey app
- Resources
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E-Safety Magazine - #DITTO Issue 5
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!
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).
Great Neston Ride - Castle Combe
This year's Great Neston Ride will take place on Friday 16th June - Tickets are available from class representatives or at the school gates
Blue Team Come First in National Cricket Day Tournament!
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!
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
Friends of Neston School will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 6th June 19:30 at School
Mufti Day - 26th May
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!
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!
Changes to End of Day Procedures
Red Team triumphant in KS2 tag rugby competition!
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
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.
Easter Egg Hunt - 6th April - 3.30pm
Please come along and join us in our Easter Egg hunt on Thursday 6th April after school. We look forward to seeing you there. Entry is £3 with "Find the Golden Egg", stalls, games, face painting, cakes and more!
Neston tag rugby team win silver at Level 2 competition!
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.
Red Nose Day - Friday March 24th
Children are invited to come in their pyjamas with a donation of £1 for this fantastic cause
Neston Hockey team comes 3rd at Level 2 play offs in Devizes!
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!
MP Michelle Donelan visits Neston Primary
Today our Children's Leadership Team interviewed our local MP Michelle Donelan. Here are some of the questions they asked:-
What do you think about our school?
Do you think Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK?
Will Brexit have an impact on our school?
We are concerned about the speed people drive through Neston, what can we do?
What do you do as our local MP?
The interview was a fantastic opportunity for the children and the CLT were a real credit to our school.