It’s been a jam packed week with lots of festive fun all round! On Monday, we celebrated together at Swainswick Church with our whole school Christmas service. It was wonderful to hear from readers in Oak, enjoy beautiful musical performances from children across the school and hear from Reverend Cath. It was great to hear reflections about this from families on the gate, who shared, “It was magical, such a lovely festive feeling at school,” and “Joyous! Lovely to see and hea

Buddies in Oak and Apple class shared a Christmas party on Thursday. Everyone had lots of fun playing pass the parcel and enjoying some party food. Father Christmas even made an appearance!

On Monday, we held our Christmas service in Swainswick Church. We heard from readers in Oak class, who shared the Christmas story from the perspective of different characters. They had written the work they shared in recent English lessons. All of the children contributed a musical performance- we heard 'Carol of the Bells' from Oak class, and 'Jingle Bells' from Hazel and Year 2. Apple class sang, "Bethlehems gone Baarmy!" and Hazel class shared a special Christmas poem they

Apple Class had a super time this week designing and sewing their own Christmas decorations! The final products look amazing!

Apple class have put on the most wonderful performance for everyone this week. There has been singing, dancing, party sheep- it's been a blast! We are so proud of how well the children have done learning all of their words and sharing these in front of an audience in the church- it really was a magical experience for everyone. Well done Apple class!

Apple class have fully embraced the start of the Christmas season and had lots of fun decorating our Christmas tree.  We have also been very busy practising for our Nativity this week. The children  are doing a wonderful job- it is wonderful to see how confident they are with their parts and cresting action s fir the songs. It's going to be amazing!

On Friday, Swainswick joined a very special event, a once-in-a-lifetime live broadcast from Antarctica with Robert Swan OBE, and Jenny Cooke, co-founder of the 2041 School charity. Streaming 600 miles from the South Pole (in -20 degree temperatures), Rob shared stories from the ice, discussed the importance of protecting our planet’s frozen continent, and talked about why the 2041 School charity is important. The video can be watched here . We were one of 5,000 schools from a