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.

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

Come and join us for the School Summer fair on Friday 5th July, from 3.30-5.30pm, in the playground.

On Monday 24^th June, Year 1 had a visit from History Off The Page, learning about the Seaside. Our day began with us learning how to bow and curtsey in a Victorian manner. We then imagined we were in a seaside town, and were helping the shop owners to prepare for the day ahead. We had the opportunity to make shell boxes, cone puppets, ducks (to play hook the duck), to design our own train tickets, role play in the café and decorate our own mugs - amongst other activities! 

After lunch, we all thoroughly enjoyed a Punch and Judy show, in particular the audience participation element! We also had fun being stall holders on the pier, and spending time visiting all the stalls and spending our money. 

It was a wonderful day, the children were fully engaged and absorbed by all the activities and our leader from HOTP was very impressed with the children's focus and concentration levels. 

A huge thank you must go to our parent helpers - we really appreciate you giving up your time to come and support us with our day.  

On Thursday 20th June, the Year Two children were joined by their adults for our  2 Can Learn. During this session, the Turtles and Chameleons followed their designs and created a minibeast hand puppet for a young child to play with. The children (and parents) dug deep into their Learning Toolkits to help them create their product. They used sewing and joining techniques to create their puppets and thought carefully about the colours and embellishments to ensure their puppet matched their design. The puppets looked amazing! Well done Turtles and Chameleons!