Oaks have been having the best time at PGL, 4 nights away!

They have been superstars, trying new and challenging activities. They really enjoyed the high ropes and worked as teams in many different situations.
We also love to shop and the sales assistant couldn’t believe 28 children took an hour to spend their money! They have all been amazing and have all pushed themselves in different ways!

Go Oaks. Miss Taiclet and I are so proud of you all.

Last Friday, Oaks class were invited to Bede’s for an amazing event.

We were lucky enough to have a guest speaker, Peter Milne, who addressed the children about ‘Earth Day’ and why it is important. Some of our pupils were invited to go up and suggest ways of helping the planet.

This was a dedicated day where Bede’s and other local primary schools joined to focus attention on our relationship with planet earth and how we can live together more sustainably. The day was a Bede’s pupil-led initiative and was being co-ordinated by the Bede’s Eco-Schools Group.

We were aiming to create the largest human-formed image of planet Earth with the attempt taking place on their school playing fields, near the golf course. Each pupil held up a yellow or blue piece of card to make a massive image of the world map. A drone then took a photo and hopefully we beat the Guinness World Record for the event!

Finally, the class were invited to stay for a sustainable lunch with cauliflower pasta and chocolate brownies.

What a wonderful experience, we were lucky to be part of it.

Well done to all the children for their lovely Easter bonnets, bunny ears, big smiles and for putting so much effort into our Easter Fun Run. With all your support, Mr Elphick has had a count up and the total raised is £750.51. Thank you also to the Friends of Park Mead for providing refreshments at the end of the run.

Mr Elphick held the prize raffle in assembly on Tuesday and the winners of a brand new pair of trainers are Florence and Albie—well done to you both!

Both our KS2 classes have recently enjoyed a ‘Morning of Sport’ at Bedes. They had a wonderful time and took part in a variety of different sports. We are very proud of how they all performed —they are a credit to Park Mead.

Oaks had a brilliant trip to the Houses of Parliament. We enjoyed an amazing guided tour around most of the public areas and were really lucky to meet the Conservative MP – Nusrat Ghani. She was wonderful with the pupils – asking questions and even posing for a photo!

We had a great day celebrating World Book Day. A big thank you to all staff for making this a fun filled day. Our afternoon story telling carousel gave our pupils the opportunity to listen to four different stories read by different teachers.

We also had a lot of fun producing a whole school finger painting mural.