Earl Sterndale CE Primary School

To commemorate the centenary of the Titanic disaster, the children spent a few days learning and researching all about it. Here are two models built by the children – one was done at home as she was so keen!

On Friday, the whole school worked in teams to tackle various challenges. The most popular was ‘build the tallest tower’. It was lovely to see the younger and older children working together so cooperatively.

Everyone enjoyed seeing the costumes some of the children wore for World Book Day. We had The Gruffalo, Spiderman, Peter Pan and Rapunzel to name just a few. We invited parents and young siblings for cakes tea and reading time. Please go to the class pages for more photos.

Mrs Hofman, our Chair of Governors, came to tell us about the Jewish Sabbath meal. All the children and adults tasted her delicious homemade Challah (Jewish bread) and saw some of the special items used during the meal. The children asked lots of questions about the Jewish faith – thank you Mrs Hofman for giving us this opportunity.

The whole school enjoyed working together to make various craft and foody items to celebrate the new Chinese year…the year of the Dragon!

On Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th of January, our school was inspected by Ofsted. The report can be found by clicking this link: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/112821

The children sang a variety of Christmas songs during our seasonal fundraiser event in church. We raised over £100 selling cakes and other yummies. Thank you for your support.

Mrs Wendy Slater, who has been our cook for nealry 2 years, has recently been acknowledged for her dedication to improving school dinners. Derbyshire County Services have awarded her two gold level certificates and a cut glass trophy for a vastly increased uptake of children partaking in school dinners. She is the only cook in the High Peak area to win these awards. Mrs. Slater makes sure the ingredients are of high quality and all meals are nutrionally balanced.

A super yet exhausting time was had by all at Whitehall this year. Thanks to all the adults who helped. Here are some photos of the week.

The children had an exciting yet muddy week developing our garden. Miss Wikes was the expert wicker sculptor and Mr Noble and Mr Bowers helped the children make bird houses. Thanks to everyone else who helped out – it has made a huge difference to the quality of environment for our children.