By Hannah Bass, FOWS Secretary

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!

Stirling won the junior cup for the most point in his age category at the Orton Village Show. To do this he had to bake and decorate cakes, make jewellery, a card, a monster from fruit and veg, as well as growing bean sprouts. Well done.

Oscar and Owen competed in the Peterborough Championship Series. Oscar is fighting in an advanced category for the 1st time this year and came 4th, and for Theo this was his 1st national competition, and he was very proud to get a silver medal, coming 2nd in his category. Well done!

The following children have been chosen as the End of Year Honours Award 2024.

Celebratory with a touch of sadness, Wednesday 10th July, 10 children from each school in the OWN Trust returned to Ferry Meadows for the last time.  To celebrate all the learning over the year, we returned for some surprise events with Schools in Residence project in association with Nene Park Trust.

The Book Fair will be in school in time for the summer fayre next Friday! Due to transition week, children will not be browsing during the school day so do make the most of popping by either at the summer fayre or after school on Monday 8^th (in the Nest). Every book you buy at the Book Fair gives us money to spend on books for school, and you can pay online via QR code or with cash.

OWN Trust Schools are working together to raise money for UNICEF on 8th July 2024.

On Monday 8th July 2024, the OWN Trust Schools (Woodston Primary School, Nene Valley Primary School and Orton Wistow Primary School) will be working together to raise money for UNICEF, an agency of the United Nations that provides humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

Children in the OWN Trust Schools have been invited to help raise money for UNICEF by:

• Wearing non-uniform (including wearing something blue, which is the UNICEF colour, if they wish)
• Participating in a physical challenge with their class, which will involve walking around the school field carrying a cup of water to highlight what children in other parts of the world experience to get drinking water.

Parents can donate via the OWN Trust Just Giving Page.

Every year, the OWN Trust Schools hold a Charity Day to support a charity that is close to the heart of one of the schools.

In 2022, Nene Valley Primary School chose the charity, the Cavanoma Alliance UK. In 2023, Woodston Primary School chose Macmillan Cancer Support. This year, Orton Wistow Primary School has chosen UNICEF.

UNICEF is the United Nations Children’s Fund, working in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere.

One of the world’s largest providers of vaccines, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, safe water and sanitation, quality education and skill building, HIV prevention and treatment for mothers and babies, and the protection of children and adolescents from violence and exploitation.

Before, during and after humanitarian emergencies, UNICEF is on the ground, bringing life-saving help and hope to children and families.

Every donation will help to build a better world for every child.

You can find out more about UNICEF's work at unicef.org.uk