Watton at Stone Primary School

This is just a quick reminder about the iRock concert next Wednesday the 17th of July, at Watton at Stone primary school.

Doors will open from 2.25pm and the concert will start at 2.30pm

Given the space allowed, we would kindly ask that you only bring two adults per student at most. If you want to bring more people with you, please kindly check with the school first.

Also please follow the schools photo policy, nothing to appear on social media, internet etc.

There will be an opportunity to take photos of your child with their instrument after the performance..

The children have all been working really hard, and are all excited to share their music with you, as am I.
We look forward to seeing you then.
All the best
Zac Campbell

We have set up the uniform tables under the covered area by the dining room due to the rain this afternoon. Come onto the playground as normal and a member of staff will show you where to go.

We are looking forward to our 2 days of Olympic themed events. On Monday 22nd, we have lots of track and field Olympic events planned and on Tuesday 23rd, children will either be taking part in scooting or skateboarding workshops. Bring on the Watton olympics!

This week at Preschool we have been looking at ‘holidays’. We have been making flags to put into our sandcastles we have been building, we have been looking at pictures of ice creams and having a go at matching our own ice cream scoops to our cones, we have been exploring cloud dough making our own ice creams and sprinkles, we have been painting with ice cream cones and had our very own ice cream cone station!! We also turned our home corner into our very own airport with our suitcase scanner and passports to write! Outside we had a beach volleyball net, and made our very own aeroplane! Another great week of learning!

This week for Fun Friday we got very messy with a paint splatting activity. There was endless giggles and lots of smiley faces, a very lovely afternoon indeed. The children were all very proud of their colourful masterpieces!

This afternoon Year 3 had a fantastic interactive session from Hertfordshire Zoo. The children learnt about different animal adaptations such as the armadillo, toucan, capybara, sloth, giraffe, jaguar and many more! 🦥🦒🐆

Over the last two weeks nature club have been having fun making bird feeders. Today we finished them and hung them in different areas of the school.

We have lots of pre loved uniform and will be setting up tables on the playground next Monday and Tuesday after school for you to browse through. There is no charge for the uniform.

Today is move up morning for all classes. We hope that all of the children enjoy going to their new classes and being with their new teachers and teaching assistants. Good luck also to our Year 6 class who are all off to their new secondary schools today. We look forward to hearing all news when we see you tomorrow.

Wildlife Art Club today started with the story ‘Monkey Puzzle’. Following on from this the children were given a butterfly and they created pictures out of different art materials for their butterflies to be put on.

Year 2 had a great day at Lee Valley Farm. They were able to feed some of the animals whilst learning about their habitats and diets.

On Tuesday morning Year 5 completed the final of their Young Leaders Project. We were so very proud of how they interacted with the public down at the Memorial Hall Tea Room. We helped out with the stay and play for young children and served in the cafe.

Today was our last magazine club. Over the past couple of months, the girls have worked really hard to complete teacher interviews, research on Watton village and the school, interviews with past pupils, creating games, colouring pictures and more!
Today we had a magazine launch party! The girls received a hard copy of their magazine, had some treats, and made a fun poster remembering our time at magazine club! A fantastic finished product, well done girls!

This afternoon Year 3 visited Watkins Hall farm for a geography focus afternoon to learn about maps. Before mapping an area of the farm, the children learnt how to use and interpret maps and the difference between human and physical features on maps. A huge thank you to Sam and Alison for hosting us.

On Wednesday this week from 9am, we invite parents and families to the Reception class assembly. Please enter the school via the gates in the staff car park. Refreshments will be available in your arrival.

This Thursday is ‘meet the new teacher’ morning. All children will move to their new classrooms to spend the morning with their new teacher and teacher assistant. A morning of ‘let’s get to know each other better’ activities are planned. This is the first of our 3 planned transition events between now and the end of term. Registration in class as normal at 8.50am.

What an amazing day for 8 of our KS2 children who had the opportunity to go to a sporting event at Oaklands college today and come home with 2 silver medals!! They played rapid fire cricket this morning and tri golf this afternoon. They even met Nitro (from Gladiators). Well done to our team. We are extremely proud of you all.

This week for Fun Friday we made fruit kebabs! The children did a great job chopping the fruits, before carefully putting them onto the skewer. I hope they taste as yummy as they look!

This week at Preschool we have been looking at ‘staying safe in the sun’. We have had lots of fun activities, such as putting sun cream onto our babies, playing a bingo game of items we need in the sun, using scissors to cut the rays of the sun, matching the number of rays to the correct numbered sun, using spoons to scoop ice creams, exploring our ‘orangeade’ water tray, looking at what we need to wear to stay safe in the sun and lots more! Another great week of learning for Preschool!

Year 6 had their class assembly this morning, telling parents all about PGL or what they id in school that week. They all made great powerpoints to share. Ewen lead them in with one of the songs learnt at PGL.
This afternoon , the year 6 children had a visit from the police to take to them about positive choices and staying safe. This was very informative and the children had lots of sensible questions that were answered.

Next Tuesday Year 5 will be volunteering at The TAC Tearoom on Watton High Street from 10:00 - 12:30pm. They will be assisting the stay and play group and also serving cold drinks and cakes in the cafe. Why not along to give them your support?

Reception have had 2 lovely trips recently to Watkins Hall Farm and Mill Green.

Year 6 parents and families are warmly invited to the year 6 class assembly this Thursday at 9am. The theme of the assembly is the children’s recent PGL residential trip and for those children who stayed at school, an opportunity first then to tell everyone what they did too. The assembly is expected to last approx 20 minutes. Please enter via the wooden gates in the staff car park.

Tomorrow is the KS2 inter house netball and football matches in the afternoon. We invite all children in KS2 to come to school in their normal PE kit or PE kit with house coloured top so that they can take part or support their team.

Early years - This week for fun Friday we have been getting creative. We have been making picture frames, and have decorated them beautifully, for something very special, that will be a lovely keepsake for the children to bring home on Friday the 19th of July! The finished frames all look fabulous. The children have worked really hard with their creativity!

Watton’s Got Talent Final. After a week of auditions, this morning we had an amazing time watching all of the finalists. We had singers, musicians, joke tellers, chess playing, dancers, violin playing and a comedy sketch. Some of the staff singing Dancing Queen was a highlight too and got everyone singing and dancing! Can’t wait now for next years event.

At Preschool this week we have been learning about ‘Friendship.’ We have talked about our friends, played circle games, made friendship cards for our friends telling them why they are our friend. We have been making friendship bracelets which have been a big hit with the children! We have been playing together outsides, playing with the animals and making animal scenes, friendship potions in the water tray, playing in the sand and using out numbered toadstools to jump along! We have also been playing a matching game in small groups, rolling the dice and matching the objects, taking it in turns and helping our friends too. Another lovely week of learning!

Tomorrow is Year 3’s class assembly. We invite parents and families to join us in the school hall at 9 am. The children will be telling you all about their class trip last week to Celtic Harmony.

Auditions are taking place during this week and the final will be held on Friday morning. We can’t wait to see this year’s talented acts.

With only a few days left until the final count, we would really appreciate it if our families, friends and community could continue to support us with collecting the blue tokens. In some stores we are in the lead!!! This photo was taken at the Broadwater store recently. We would love to win as we would receive £1,500 to spend on our early years outdoor areas. We have already started to make these improvements in the outdoor areas but the funding would really help us. Thank you for your help and support.