The school hall was full of Year children and family members for their 2CanLearn session on Thursday 23rd January. They all joined in with an Access Art lesson focusing on drawing portraits. Family members and the children took it in turns to pose for the portraits and then discussed what it was like to be on either side of the canvas!

On Monday, 27th January, a group of Year 5 and 6 children participated in the Panathlon Challenge at Jack Hunt School. This inclusive event is designed to give children with additional educational needs the opportunity to engage in a variety of sporting activities.

The children had an incredible time, demonstrating great enthusiasm and teamwork while proudly representing our school. We were thrilled to finish in fourth place, and every child left the event with a well-deserved medal and certificate to celebrate their fantastic efforts.

Last week, a group of children from Year 4 went to Laxton Primary School, Oundle to take part in a maths challenge competition.  The children worked really hard at different challenges, such as Roman numeral puzzles and using different numbers to find the calculations with an answer of 24 (a bit like on countdown).   They used lots of the toolkit as they worked through the challenges including resilience and perseverance and represented Orton Wistow superbly, following the pride code. Miss Marchant was very proud of them, and they were very pleased with their cookie/ cake snack even though we didn't win.

Thank you to everyone that came to the Year 2 Christmas production. We appreciate all of your support!

We were extremely proud of all the children, how they displayed the PRIDE code throughout the production and how well they did learning their lines and all of the songs.

All of us enjoyed learning about different Christmas traditions from around the world.

Well done Year 2!

By Jemma Wilkins, FOWS Chair

Nursery Rhyme Nativity was proudly performed by the Foundation Stage children to the school and their parents. Learning the songs started in October, initially using a backing track and then moving onto the children being able to remember the words and to come in at the right time.  There were weekly rehearsals to allow the children to develop their confidence and remember when it was their time to come onto stage and to say their words.  It was amazing to see how well they did, despite being the youngest children in the school.  When they performed to the school, it was the first time they had been into the hall for an assembly.  They were amazing and it was lovely to see so many happy faces in the audience when the parents came to watch.  Happy Christmas!