At Tow Law Millennium Primary School we have received some very exciting news!

“We are delighted to inform you that Tow Law Millennium Primary School has successfully met the criteria for the Foundation level of the British Council International School Award. Congratulations!”

The British Council got in touch with us to say that we have been awarded the Foundation Level of the International School Award. They commented on our international work, saying that:

“This is a strong Foundation level application for the International School Award from Tow Law Millennium Primary School and one which shows a commitment to introducing internationalism into the curriculum as a matter of everything that you do.”

Our European Christmas Tree Decoration Project from December 2015 was the basis of the application and the British Council commented on it saying that:

“Your classroom based activity, the European Christmas Tree Decoration Project, was a great starting point for allowing children to make comparisons on culture and tradition and you have carefully considered the impact that this work has had on members of your school community. It is pleasing to see that this work involved the full age range of children in your school and that it covered a wide range of curriculum areas.”

We will now be developing an international link and working alongside that school on projects. Look out for more information about this!

Below are some photographs from our European Christmas Tree Decoration Exchange.

On Monday 14th November, M and M productions put on a fantastic show of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ for our school. The children thoroughly enjoyed the performance and were engaged from start to finish, it was a thoroughly great experience.

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The whole of Tow Law school are taking part in the Inspire project during this year. We have used some of our Sports Premium money to enable us to take this opportunity. To kick start the process, Chris Cook, an Olympic Swimmer, joined us for the day. The children were engaged and engrossed as Chris started off the day by sharing some of his experiences with the children. Then he showed them his gold medal, this was a thrill for all the children. Following this, he worked with every class in the school. He  looked at the theme of moving the children out of their comfort zone into a learning zone and how doing this can support their development. This is only the beginning of our journey with Chris and he will be joining us later in the year to complete more work, so look out for further updates. The children can’t wait to continue their experience.

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On Wednesday 2^nd November, ten children from Year 3 and 4 went to a tag rugby competition at Parkside School. The games were 7 a side and we played 9 games in total. Tow Law Millennium children finished in joint 3^rd with our top try scorers being Samantha Bulmer and Lara Appleby.

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The first day back after the October half term holiday was a very exciting one because it was Halloween! The children came to school dressed up in fantastic, spooky costumes ready for their Halloween party in the afternoon.

The School Council organised the party, planned games and created party prizes. The games included: spooky corners, musical statues, pass the parcel and best Halloween dancing.

EYFS and KS1 Halloween Party

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KS2 Halloween Party

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On Friday 4th November, children across the school learnt about different Festivals of Light. In EYFS, they learnt about Bonfire Night. They made fireworks paintings and sang a lovely song to the whole school in assembly. Class 2 and 4 learnt about the Hindu festival of Diwali. They created rangoli patterns and lanterns. Class 2 learnt about the story of Rama and Sita and retold this in assembly. Class 3 learnt about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Class 1 compared the different festivals of light from the different religions.

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Year 6 pupils took part in a Young Leaders course where they learnt the basics of what it means to be a young leader. They learnt the four key aspects of being a young leader; Participation, Area, Communication and Equipment. The pupils even planned and delivered their own activity.

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On Friday 21st October, the last day of Autumn 1st Half Term, we had our celebrations assembly. The children received behaviour certificates for outstanding behaviour across the half term and they sang a selection of Harvest songs to the parents. Well done to our pupils for an excellent first half term of 2016 – 2017!

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On Friday 14th October ten children from Years 5 and 6 went to a tag rugby competition at Parkside School. The games were 7 a side and we played 8 games in total. Tow Law Millennium children tried their hardest and had a great day with Kieran Barclay scoring three tries in one game.

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