Well done to all of our keen footballers who took part in a cluster tournament at Corsham School on 15.11.18! We had a Neston squad of 10 players and four more children who volunteered to play for Lypiatt School because they were short on numbers. Co captains William and James P did a super job of organising their team. Many thanks to Annett Eggleton who accompanied the players to the event!
Neston pupils compete in Prior Park Biathlon at Bath University for the first time
Five of the strongest swimmers and runners in Maple Class were delighted to compete against many other schools in the Bath area on 5.10.18. The new Pentathlon World Champ Jamie Cooke and World Team Silver medal winner Joe Choong were amongst the helpers at the University of Bath, where the event took place. Each of our U10 and U11 athletes had to run 800m on the track and swim 50m in the pool. They weren’t daunted by the strong competition and everyone gave a good performance. Darcey and Billy’s performances qualified them for the British Championships!
16 resilient Neston School runners compete at the 2nd Mid Wilts Primary Schools’ Cross Country Event
Many thanks to Mrs Eggleton and Kate for supervising our Y3/4 boys and girls and our Y5/6 boys and girls teams at Biddestone Sport Ground on the afternoon of 2.10.18. The junior teams ran 1.2km and the senior teams ran 1.6. Everyone tried their hardest and was a credit to Neston School. The stand out runners were: Holly who placed 8th in the Y3/4 girls race; Seb, who placed 7th in the year 3/4 boys race; Cerys who placed 7th in the Y5/6 girls race and, fastest of all, Olivia who placed 4th in the Y3/4 girls race!
Neston Netball team kicks off the School Games year!
Well done to the netball team who played a total of 5 matches against other schools in our cluster on 20.09.18 and 27.09.18. All of the games were very exciting - they won 3, drew one and lost one. Top goal scorer was James though … also scored crucial goals. All of the team tried out different positions and all of them gained in skill and knowledge from the experience. Cerys and Emily were super first time captains.
Children In Need
Children In Need 2018
We are pleased to be supporting BBC Children in Need this year. We will be holding a Mufti Day for £1 on Friday 16th November – the same day as the appeal show. You can wear spots, stripes or anything you like. BBC Children in Need currently support 2700 projects all across the UK, helping children facing a range of disadvantages, for example poverty and deprivation; disabled young people or children who have been the victims of abuse or neglect. More information about the charity and how donations are used in our local area can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
Remembrance Service
This week, we commemorated the end of World War 1 with a special assembly and lighting a candle of peace which we passed across our local schools. Lypiatt School came to us and lit our candle of peace and we passed this on to Corsham secondary school.
Corsham Churches Foodbank Thank You
Remembrance Sunday
Corsham Town Council are holding a commemoration of the centenary of the end of the First World War this Sunday 11th November.
Bristol Standard Award
Huge congratulations to Mrs Alway and her team for gaining the Bristol Standard for another year. The assessors were particularly impressed with our use of "See-saw" and how it was supporting the interaction between home and school creating positive partnerships between families and school. They also liked how we had developed our outside space and enjoyed seeing it being used by the children.
Well done Mrs Alway and the team - we are hugely proud of your achievements.
MDSA Vacancies x 2
We are looking for an MDSA to join our friendly and valued team to help supervise the children during lunch time and playtime. You will be required to encourage positive play and activities both on the playground and indoors on wet days and supervise lunchtimes. Our MDSA should be someone who has high expectations of themselves and our children.
Hours of work are Monday - Friday 12.15 to 1.15pm
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Dyslexia Awareness Week
In support of Dyslexia Awareness Week Wiltshire Council are holding a free event where the Specialist SEND Service and local dyslexia associations will give a talk on the use of assistive technology in supporting literacy.
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Senior MDSA Vacancy
We are looking for a Senior MDSA to join our friendly and valued team to help supervise the children during lunch time and playtime. You will be required to encourage positive play and activities both on the playground and indoors on wet days and supervise and advise the MDSA team. Our Senior MDSA should be someone who has high expectations of themselves and our children. This is a part-time, permanent position working Monday to Friday - 12.00pm to 1.15pm.
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Neston Rugby Team Triumph at Tournament!
A huge congratulations to the Neston Rugby Team (Tom, Sam, Ned, Emily, Maddy, Oscar, George, Lauren and Ellie) who have won the Level 2 cluster tournament! Sadly, because the event was postponed from March, we've missed the opportunity to compete in the Level 3 competition. Also, well done to Seth, Ed, Lenny and Daniel who came along to gain competition experience for next year's event by playing for Lypiatt School, who didn't have enough pupils to field a full team.
Thank you to all parent supporters and to Mark Dellar for this great photo!
HLTA Part Time, Maternity Cover Vacancy
We are looking for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to assist in the inclusion of children with a wide range of special education needs and difficulties.
This is a part time, maternity cover post, working mornings only.
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TA - Casual Bank Staff Vacancy
We wish to appoint an inspiring teaching assistant to join our dedicated and committed team.
This post is on-going on a temporary basis and will continue across the whole academic year.
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MDSA Vacancy
We are looking for an MDSA to join our friendly and valued team to help supervise the children during lunchtimes. This is a part-time, permanent position working Monday to Friday - 12.15pm to 1.15pm.
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New team names inaugurated at 2018 School Games Day!
Well done to all of the Neston School community - children, staff and parents - for another wonderful School Games Day. Despite the damp weather, the Key Stage 1 children started the event off in style with lots of joy and excitement. The rain held off for Key Stage 2 and again, the level of effort and participation was high. Almost everyone remembered to use our new team names: Ursa (green), Delphinus (blue), Aquila (yellow) and Phoenix (red). A very big thank you to Mr John Andrews, our PE governor for spending the whole day to score for us. Also thank you to Mr Mortimer for coming to support and keeping Mr Andrews company for awhile! Thank you also to all the parents who came along to support and those who helped with giving out places and to Bailey's mum for lending Ebony and Evie her megaphone. Thank you to FONS for providing us all with much needed refreshments! Finally, a HUGE thank you to all of the Y6 members of the School Games Crew who were fully involved in the organising and running the whole day!!!
Neston Y5/6 mixed cricket team wins Level 2 tournament!
Well done to our wonderful cricket team: Ben, Loz, Elz, James F, Ned, Daniel, Tom, Maddy, Emily and Eddie for qualifying for the Level 3 event at Trowbridge on June 28.06.18! They all played brilliantly and showed great team spirit under their two skilled captains - Ben, who is an inspiration with his constructive support throughout and Lauren, whose organisational abilities are top notch! Many thanks to the parents who came to support and stayed even when the heavens opened up!
Neston Lacrosse team come 2nd after nail biting final against Colerne School
Well done to Milo, Tilly, Ned, Lenny, William, James, Maddy, Tom and Lauren who played 5 exciting matches against other schools in our cluster on Thursday. We won our first 3 matches, drew our 4th and were 2 goals up against Colerne for the first half of our final match. In the end we were beaten by 1 goal but we fought hard and enjoyed the battle! Special mention to 'Loz', who scored a hat trick of hat tricks over 3 matches!!! Milo was our 2nd top goal scorer. Everyone played their best whether they were attacking or defending!
Neston Y4 cricket team win fair play cup at tournament!
A very well done to our Year 4 cricket team who showed considerable team spirit and 'sportpersonship' when they played a series of matches against other schools in our cluster last week! A big thank you to Mrs Eggleton for accompanying the team and being their most loyal supporter!