Word of the week: Precision!  Wow…the boys and girls have been incredibly precise in both Upper School and Lower School in model making and mapping. 

Lower School children have been cartographers, adding detail to a faint outline of the school using a bespoke orienteering key!  You would not believe how neat and accurate the children have been…it has blown the staff away!

Upper School children worked in teams to make a model of their design for a new attraction for Derbyshire. 

Teams worked exceptionally well, ensuring everyone had a role and was supported to achieve!  Post construction, children had to present their idea to their peers – we then voted on our favouroites!

Well done to the boys and girls receiving this week's maths headteacher awards in today's Achievement Assembly.

Well done also to the children receving their Sports Awards for representing the school in multiple competitions this year.

The odd weather continues…one minute we’ve been basking in glorious sunshine and the next, running for cover!  I think we even heard a rumble of thunder on the eastern horizon on Tuesday!

All children have started their session with an orienteering challenge this week – 22 controls to find, each featuring the name of an animal written in French. 

The tricky thing is, I didn’t put the numbers on the controls, so the children had to identify features from the map to know which control they were at!  Cheeky!

Following this, Lower School have started to make their own orienteering maps of the school grounds.  We divided the site into zones and added details a section at a time.  We had to be exceptionally observant and precise and be able to use the key with precision!

Upper School children have followed the orienteering challenge with a design project…design and make a new attraction for Derbyshire – we planned this week and next week we make, evaluate and vote on our favourite.

The boys and girls across the school raised a staggering £3282.59 in their recent Cycle and Scootathon around the school site.

The event was organised in conjunction with the Cosy Bike and Hike, raising funds to support the  DCHC (Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre in Skegness) and Derby Kid's Camp and in total the boys and girls completed 1691 laps of the school which equated to 281 miles.

We would like to congratulate the children on their incredible achievement and thank parents and members of the local community for their help and support too.

Please click here to see photogrphs of the event.