It’s a bumper edition of the roundup this week! We held our Spring Concert on Tuesday- it was just magical to hear all of the children performing in the beautiful Swainswick church. Everyone did fantastically, and we were treated to a range of performances, including singing, instrumental performances and even a piece including technology! To see pictures, click here. Today, we’ve shared a wonderful walk across the Valley before coming together for our Easter Service in Wooll

Today, the sun was shining as we walked across the valley to Woolley. During our Easter service, we sang, listened to prayers and poems and heard from Reverend Cath, who shared an Easter reflection with us. It was lovely to spend time all together reflecting on the new life that Easter brings.

What an extraordinary celebration we shared this on Tuesday at the Spring Concert! From the very first note to the final round of applause, the concert was a shining testament to the creativity, dedication, and courage of our young performers. The children took to the stage with remarkable confidence, filling the room with music, laughter, and pure enthusiasm. Their performances were not only entertaining but deeply inspiring—each song telling a story of hard work, teamwork,

We have had the most fantastic time after school hunting for clues to win an Easter egg, and enjoying delicious bakes from the cake sale. Thank you to Friends for organising such a lovely event- what a great way to begin Easter celebrations!

This week, Apple class have been busy working on a DT project. We have worked hard to design and make our own model cars and were very lucky to have help from the year 6 children on Tuesday, getting us off to a great start! By Thursday, our cars were complete and we are now evaluating our projects against our design criteria. Next week we are going to work with Oak class to hold a car race! In Literacy, Year 1 and 2 have written a diary entry in role as Rosie Revere, where th

What fantastic weather we have had this week! The hills have been alive with the sound of music as each class has been busily preparing for the Spring Concert. The children can't wait to share their performances with you. Our value for the term is ‘Courage’. This week in assembly we focused on creative courage, imagining what could be and preparing to take risks. We linked this to the Spring Concert and the courage everyone is showing by performing in the church in front of

This week the children have worked hard and had lots of fun. Year 1 and 2 have been focusing on the new class book 'Rosie Revere, engineer', writing super character descriptions and thinking about the suffixes -ment and -ness. Reception have been doing some super maths, thinking about numbers to 10. The whole class have finished their History unit 'Travel and transport' by designing their own futuristic models of transport, and have been busy working with George to make sure

Another fantastic week at Swainswick! On Tuesday, we welcomed Faye Pinner (our Trust Assistant Director of Learning) to spend the morning with us. Faye worked with Mr Griggs, looking at the adaptations we make in classrooms to support all children to achieve their best. Mr Griggs shared the systems and processes we follow, and they spent time in classrooms to see the positive impact of planned adaptations in action! Faye also worked alongside Miss Hitchcock, considering the w