The Year 5-6 football team competed in The Chantry Cluster tournament this week. The team put in some some very strong performances and scored some impressive goals.  In a very closely fought competition the team were unlucky not to progress to

Year 5 and 6 pupils embarked on a fieldwork study this week to investigate the impact of noise pollution and litter in Abberley. Armed with data collection tally charts, Likert scales and voice recorders, the children gathered information from two separate village locations, one more populated than the other.

The study aimed to help children understand how environmental issues affect their community. Pupils recorded high noise levels near busy roads and found some evidence of litter in green spaces. Their findings will support children in answering the key question in their current geography unit: 'How is population change affecting our environment?'

Yesterday, the reading leaders enjoyed arranging books and bunting to launch our new outdoor reading sheds. At playtimes and lunchtimes, all children are able to have the opportunity to sit quietly and enjoy reading a book or choose to run around with their friends. I'm sure these new exciting places will help inspire some of our reluctant readers to start on their journey of reading for pleasure.
 

Thank you to the Friends for all the fundraising events you organised so we could purchase these reading sheds.  

A brilliant performance by our year 3 and 4 hockey players.

Reception had a lovely time during outdoor learning this week, going on an autumn scavenger hunt around the school grounds. We found some beautiful leaves, lots of different types of seeds and even some fungi. We brought some of our finds back to the