Our Christmas Celebrations Assembly was held on Thursday 15th December.

Well done to the many children who received their behaviour certificate during the assembly.

The children from KS1 and EYFS performed ‘Ring out those bells’ from their Nativity, ‘Baubles’, and the children form KS2 performed ‘Rich, Rich, Rich’ from their Christmas performance, ‘Captain Christmas’. The whole school also sang their favourite songs from our Christingle service.

Thank you to the many family members and friends who came along to the assembly.

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On the final day of Autumn Term, children from Nursery, Reception and Key Stage One had an exciting trip out. They went to Locomotion at Shildon for a Christmas visit.

The children took part in three different activities throughout the morning: making a christmas cracker card and decoration, christmas storytelling and, of course, a visit to see Santa in his grotto.

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What a fantastic performance of ‘Baubles’!

The EYFS and KS1 children put on a brilliant performance of ‘Baubles’ for families and friends on Tuesday 6th December.

The story of the play is set in a school, not so very different to ours, where children are getting very excited about Christmas and thinking about what Santa might bring them for Christmas. However, the children are so busy making lists that they forget to decorate the Christmas tree that stands neglected in the corner of the school hall. Mr Potts, the school caretaker, is very sad about this and he decides to make baubles for the tree that tell the true story of Christmas. By the end of the performance, the children know the true meaning of Christmas.

The children thoroughly enjoyed every second of rehearsals and singing practices.

Thank you to parents, carers, families and friends who helped the children to learn their lines for the nativity. We really do appreciate your support.

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On Thursday 1st December, we held our Christmas Fayre.

There were brilliant activities taking place including: bauble decorating, magic reindeer food, Santa’s grotto, tombola, cake stall, bric-a-brac and much more.

A massive thank you to our Fundraising Committee who organised the Christmas Fayre.

We raised a fantastic total amount of £613.61. Well done to everyone involved!

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On Wednesday 7th December, the children, staff, governors and helpers enjoyed a lovely Christmas Dinner together in our school hall.

Thank you to the kitchen staff and the Year 6 helpers.

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Once again, we collected shoeboxes for ‘Operation Christmas Child’. This is a project which is run yearly by the Samaritan’s Purse to provide Christmas presents to children around the world.

The Samaritan’s Purse state that ‘A small shoebox can have a big impact. What goes into the box is fun, but what comes out of it is eternal.’ We would like to say a big thank you to the parents and staff who supported this extremely worthwhile project.

Well done to our Headteacher’s Assistants who organised the shoeboxes when they arrived in school.

 

On Friday 2nd December, our whole school went to St Philip’s and St James’ Church in Tow Law for our annual Christingle Service.

As always, the service was an excellent way to start our Christmas festivities.

Many thanks to the volunteers who came into school on the morning and made the Christingles for the children to hold during the service.

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We also collected Christingle candles in school to raise money for the Children’s Society. Thank you to everyone who supported this.

On Wednesday 23rd November, we had nurse workshops across the whole school. The children took part in different health care promotion sessions. Year 6 learnt about puberty and body changes while Year 5 learnt about a healthy heart. Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 learnt about healthy teeth and Reception children learnt about hand washing. 

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From Monday 14th – Friday 18th November, all children in school were learning about anti-bullying and friendship. They presented their work in our anti-bullying family assembly on Friday 18th November.

Class 5 sang a lovely friendship song and Class 4 presented their ‘helping hands’ for being a good friend. Class 3 told us about everyone being different and Class 2 highlighted the dangers of cyber-bullying. Class 1 started off the week listening to stories about children who had been bullied and then wrote letters to these children to help them understand how they can get help. Following this Class 1 made some lovely posters with key messages about anti-bullying which are now displayed around school.

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Our whole school went ‘spotty’ and joined in with the ‘spotacular’ fundraising for Children in Need on Friday 18th November. We all dressed up in our spots to raise lots! In total Tow Law Millennium Primary raised £115 for Children in Need. Thank you to everyone who took part and donated.

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