Guildford Grove Primary School: End of term!

I hope that everyone enjoyed their Christmas break! It was lovely to see all the children back on Monday looking so smart and eager to learn. It was a real pleasure to walk around the school and see them all so focused on their work. I imagine some of them felt very tired by the end of the day.

The end of term seems such a blur now but I wanted to celebrate a few of the amazing events that occurred in the final few weeks.

Christmas Jumper Day

What a great day! The children looked great in their Christmas jumpers and you can see more pictures on our website. I did, however, want to show a few on here. Firstly, the most popular jumper proved to be a jazzy reindeer one. As you can see it popped up everywhere! It was great fun and we raised £200 for the Save the Children charity as a result.

The most original jumper award must go to Zanko. His jumper was created by turning an ordinary jumper inside out and painting the image on. Amazing!

Our Christmas productions

Well done to all our children for taking part in the best Christmas performances we have ever had. It started with KS2's carol concert at the cathedral. The children sang beautifully and the narrators spoke so clearly and confidently. We finished the term with our KS1 and Foundation Stage nativity performances. Again, I was so impressed with the excellent singing, narrating as well as the great acting and dancing too. Pictures of these performances can also be seen on the website.

Christmas Fayre

I was so impressed with the hard work and dedication of the members of Friends of Guildford Grove to ensure that our annual Christmas Fayre ran smoothly. It was fantastic to see so many families attending and supporting this event. The money raised makes such a difference to our school and ensures that we can continue to help reduce the cost of school trips. We made approximately £1600 from this event. A great result!

Parents using their massage vouchers to receive a massage from their child. Miss Holdaway talked them through the 'Massage in Schools' programme.

Look how busy our cake stall was!

Mr Bibby busy on the barbecue.

Our lovely arts and crafts room.

Our wonderful hampers ready for the raffle.

Father Christmas and his reindeer were a huge hit!

Year 5/6 Cake Sale

Our pupils in years 5 and 6 spent the last week organising their own cake sale. Just like 'The Apprentice' the children were tasked to work as a group to organise their cake stall to try and make the most profit. The winning group with the largest profit would be hired by Dame Sugar! Congratulations to team 'Snow Bakes' who were hired after making a profit of £31.20. The whole cake sale raised £362.92.