Friday 25th January 2013
Headteacher of Sambourne School, Warminster, Cathy Chalk writes ~
Sambourne has had a real sense of community this last term. Many of our parents and grandparents have been in school helping with reading. This has had a huge impact on the confidence and fluency of the children who have been heard to read. Orca class have also had help from grandparents with a woodworking project in which they have designed and made their own toys.
As you know we love music at Sambourne. We now have a school choir, who sing like angels! Sarah Hobbs leads this and they have performed for the school and at Woodmead, entertaining the residents with a performance of carols. Hev Scorah, our peripatetic music teacher, has been working really hard with our children who have singing, keyboard and trumpet lessons. I love passing by when she is teaching, as it it so wonderful to see the children so engaged with learning. It is also great to see their confidence grow.
Christmas is a magical time and at Sambourne we try really hard to ensure that all children have lots of happy memories that they will never forget. This year our Christmas activities started with a whole school craft day, in which the children all made a decoration for our very large tree. As part of a tree dressing service, we dressed and blessed the tree. It really is a special event. We also had a very unexpected surprise visit from two reindeer, Snowflake and Cupid. All the children at our school had an opportunity to feed them and pet them.
Our Christmas performance this year was a musical story of the Nativity, called Hosanna Rock. Every child in our school had a role to play in it. We held the performance for parents at Christ Church, on a very cold and dark winter’s evening. The children, and staff, did an amazing job. It was a superb event!