WHSmith have kindly donated some books for the children to keep and these were given to Year 2 yesterday. To celebrate this with the children, the staff organised a pyjama party where the children could read, drink hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows and share their new stories. What a lovely way to end the day!
Last night was the 'I Know I Can Business Competition Awards' that our enterprise team called The Whizz Kids attended.
This competition is open to all schools in Barnsley and some schools are represented by more than one team. This year there were around 100 teams that took part and only 16 teams were chosen to be finalists - and we were one of them! On Thursday 9th June, our team took part in a Dragons Den themed assessment in order for the overall winners to be decided and last night the overall winners were awarded. Our children, parents and staff attended a wonderful event at the Brooklands Hotel with drinks on arrival and a two course meal. The awards were presented by Barnsley's mayoress, Councillor Linda Burgess. We all loved the whole evening and all the children were made to feel very special for everything they had achieved. The children were already winners to all of us for what they had achieved but to finish the night in the most perfect way - they won an award ...... The Social Responsibility Award! The winner of this award was chosen out of both the primary and secondary category. This celebrated all the teams that had considered the needs of those in society either in their sales or with the profits made. Our team had decided to send all their profit to Africa with Mrs Wall. I know I speak for us all when I say well done Whizz Kids team - we couldn't be prouder of you! The buzz around school has been lovely this week with Democracy Week, electing new school councilors but above all - our visitor. Moses, our friend from Africa worked with our children this week and showed off his amazing music skills in assembly for all the children to enjoy. All the school love it when Moses is here ....
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