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Posted on: July 16th 2021
A message from Carly Ellis
A message from Carly Ellis
I cannot believe how quickly this half term has blown by. It feels like I have never been away! I hope that the next academic year has less challenges than we faced this year. I would like to extend a thank you to Mrs Lancey and the whole Priorswood school community for the support you all gave during such a testing year. I would like to thank Mrs Lancey for driving my vision for the school forward in my absence and for continuing to build on the progress in the previous year, despite all the obstacles along the way.
The visits we have had from the CEO, Deputy CEO and Paul Jones (an external reviewer) and many others who have visited throughout this term have all commented very positively about the school. They have been impressed with how well the children settle to their learning and the experiences and activities that the children are being given. Some of the experiences have made it into the local newspaper! They also commented positively on the quality of the learning seen in class and in the children’s books. A recent visitor (who had come to visit the kitchen) praised the school saying that she felt really welcomed and wanted to come back! She said that the school is really calm and recognised how lucky we are to have all the outside space.
Although we have still had many restrictions in place we have managed to get a few trips in. Stag class did a Dawn to Dusk day at Magdalen Farm, there has been a trip to French Weir and Otter Class did a trip to the County Museum to find out more about the Anglo Saxons. The Year 6's took part in a Sports Festival run by SASP at Wellsprings Leisure Centre and are looking forward to their trip to Crealy next week too!
We have been lucky to be involved in a project called Priorswood Pollinators. Children mapped the school grounds looking for areas that encouraged pollinating species. They also identified areas that were poor and have now planted these areas with a range of plants including herbs, lavender and apple trees. Part of the project involved our Year 6's working with a filmmaker to film the project.
We have a few changes in staff next year which were mentioned in more detail in the class structure letter that went home. We are looking forward to welcoming Miss Ashleigh Thompson and Miss Katy Collard to the team. I’m really looking forward to next year and I hope that you all have a wonderful summer holiday! See you in September! Good Luck Year 6!
