Weekly Round Up
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Welcome back to term 6! It's been a wet week, but it's not stopped us from having a fantastic time.
*** SAVE THE DATE - Friday 19th June- Sports day for all classes at St Mark's astro turf (morning until 11am- more information to follow about transport). Children will register as usual at Swainswick Church School *** Parents and carers will be welcome to join us at St Marks and cheer the children on.
Our Christian value for the term is compassion. In celebration assembly this week, we talked about how it is national volunteer week and explored how we could volunteer to help people. We learned about a group of volunteers called 'The Knitting Nanna's' who volunteered their time to knit jumpers for penguins who were affected by an oil spill near Phillip Island (south of Melbourne in Australia). It was home to 240 penguins at the time. Jumpers can be temporarily placed on an affected penguin until its feathers can be cleaned by rescue workers. Phillip island is now home to 40,000 penguins and preparation is ongoing to help look after them in the event of an oil spill. Thanking the Knitting Nannas, Rebecca Passlow from the Penguin Foundation- which is based there - said "generous knitters and groups from all around the world" have been making jumpers to help. These volunteers have even started knitting blankets for orphan rhinos. What a fantastic thing to do!
What's been happening in classes:
Apple:
Apple Class have enjoyed their new science topic by conducting lots of experiments. Click here to see pictures.
Hazel:
Hazel class have been impressing Mr Griggs and Mrs Stangroom with their learning about decimals. Click here to find out more.
Oak:
Find out about a mixture of Oak class activities here. Think trips, Pirates of the Currybean and pottery.
Calendar dates:
Thursday 11th June - Class, individual and sibling photos.
Friday 12th June - Forest School for all classes
*** SAVE THE DATE - Friday 19th June- Sports day for all classes at St Mark's astro turf (morning until 11am- more information to follow about transport). ***
Friday 26th June - Forest School for all classes
Saturday 27th June - Summer fair at Swainswick School from 11am
Tuesday 30th June- Oak class performance- ‘Pirates of the Currybean’, 6-7.30pm @ Swainswick outdoor theatre (more information to follow)
Monday 6th July- Oak class performance back up date (in case of bad weather on Tuesday 30th June)
Wednesday 8th – Friday 10th July 2026 – PGL Liddington for years 5 and 6.
Wednesday 15th (am) and Thursday 16th (pm) July- Hazel class performance- 'The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse' @Swainswick – more information to follow
Monday 20th July -Leaver’s Service at Swainswick Church (TBC, with more information to follow)
Tuesday 21st July - Please come in after school for our 'Open Classrooms' to see children's work and celebrate their learning
Wishing you all a super weekend,
With best wishes,
The Swainswick Team
