On Tuesday 19th November, we had a fabulous assembly from some of the students at OBA. Their Music teacher, Mr Ferreira, brought along some of his choir - the OBA Voices, and they performed several songs for us. We enjoyed listening to group performances and soloists, and our pupils were engrossed in the performances. At the end of the assembly, we all joined together to sing 'This Is Me' from The Greatest Showman. The assembly has been the talk of the school today, we really hope it has inspired some of our pupils - and there was even talk of a teacher choir being set up! Thank you to Mr Ferreira, the other adults, and the students from OBA. We are looking forward to future collaborations with OBA.

By Mrs Ironside, Year 3 class teacher.

Year 3 visited Flag Fen Archaeology Park on Wednesday 13th November. The children were there to investigate and explore life from the Stone Age through to the Iron Age, enhancing their learning around their history topic of 'Stone Age to Iron Age'. 

The children had a fantastic day and experienced lots of activities which enabled us to showcase our knowledge of life in prehistoric times. We explored replica and genuine artefacts dating to 5000BC, created clay pots as part of an experimental archaeology activity to see if children might have been involved in the making of pots or was it a skilled task only accessible to adults. We toured the whole site and finally took part in a story activity in an Iron Age roundhouse. 

The children had a wonderful time, and really enjoyed the opportunity to get hands on with the artifacts and see their classroom-based learning come to life. Their analytical historical enquiry skills were really put to the test!

The staff were extremely impressed with both the behaviour and the knowledge of the children. 

Year 5 had a wonderful trip to The New Theatre this week, where they were lucky enough to meet author, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and enjoy a show from him. He taught us all about his inspiration for writing , his recent publication (which we all got a copy of) and even did a few magic tricks before we left. Did you know he scripted the famous sketch of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear? Happy reading Year 5!

By Hannah Bass, Secretary of FOWS.

Here at Orton Wistow Primary School, we recognise that success comes in all different shapes and sizes! We celebrate the children's achievements in school in the Achievements section of the newsletter and website.

Many of the children, however, are also achieving things outside of school.  We would like to recognise these successes too.

It might be that your child has passed a music or dance exam, gained a karate belt, starred in a show, volunteered, taken part in a sporting event, or done something that they didn't think was possible!

If you would like to share your child's achievements with us so that we can celebrate their success, please complete the Celebrating Success form which can also be found below.  Contributions will be considered for inclusion in upcoming editions of the newsletter.

We look forward to hearing about your children's extracurricular achievements!

This Week's Successes!

This child in Year 4 has been boxing for over 4 years and is a really skilled fighter. Her technique is excellent, and she has recently been awarded a medal from the boxing gym for her sparring achievements. Congratulations!

By Hannah Bass, FOWS Secretary