Abigail the Peacemaker
Abigail the Peacemaker On Wednesday, it was the turn of Cherry class to lead our worship.Our value this month is ‘peace’ so the children acted out the story of Abigail the Peacemaker. Abigail was a kind, wise woman married to Nabal, a rude man. When Nabal angered David, Abigail quickly brought food and gifts to David, […]
HMFA Netball Tournament
HMFA Netball Tournament Yesterday, seven members of Oak class took part in an HMFA netball tournament at Lord Scudamore Academy.After triumphantly winning their group stage, they met Lord Scudamore in the final. Sadly, it was not their day, but they did achieve a well-deserved second place out of eight schools. As always, the children displayed excellent […]
Remembrance
Remembrance On Monday, the whole community of Pencombe gathered together to remember the fallen at the memorial.Reverend Sidwell let the service and poems were recited by the children, prayers were read and a two minute silence took place to remember our fallen heroes.Four children were chosen to lay crosses for Frank Livingstone, Walter Thompson, John […]
Firework Painting to Music
Firework Painting to Music Cherry and Pippin class have been painting fireworks to music this week! https://pencombe.hmfa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Fireworks-Music-and-Painting.mp4
Chance to Shine Cricket Coaching
Chance to Shine Cricket Coaching This week was the start of the whole school 6 week cricket coaching sessions thanks to Chance to Shine. Each class had a different focus, exploring the importance of using different skills used in cricket. Georgia was fantastic and the children loved it…roll on next week!
Gingerbread Men
Gingerbread Men On Thursday, Pippin class made gingerbread men. Reception helped to weigh and mix the ingredients and everyone cut out their own biscuits. The children took them to the community coffee morning to share with the villagers. They also sang their harvest song, which the children enjoyed so much last term. It is lovely to feel welcomed […]
Ancient Egyptian Shadufs
Ancient Egyptian Shadufs In DT, Oak class have been making ‘shadufs’ that link to their Ancient Egyptian topic.Egyptian farmers dug channels to guide water from the River Nile towards their fields. This was called basin irrigation. They also invented tools like the shaduf – a bucket at the end of a pole, used to move water […]
Harvest Hoedown!
Harvest Hoedown! To finish off the half term, our fantastic PTA organised a ‘Harvest Hoedown’ for the children to enjoy! There was dancing, musical statues, apple bobbing, face painting and yummy hotdogs!Thank you everyone who made it happen – the children loved it! Happy Half Term everyone!
Harvest
Harvest Harvest was celebrated this week at Pencombe. It is a particularly special time for us because many of our rural community share in this cultural tradition and the church was full with family and friends! The children each played a part in singing, reciting poems, sharing prayers, dressing up and acting out The Parable of […]
Half Term Reading Challenge
Half Term Reading Challenge Our reading ambassadors have created a ‘Reading Challenge Bingo Card’ for the children to complete over half term to promote a love of reading! All children have to do it complete each task, date it and post photos on Google Classroom or to Seesaw! When the whole grid is completed, our reading […]
