Climbing Wall Revamp
Our climbing wall mural has been looking rather tired for a while, so we asked Pete Barber, Graffitti Artist to visit again to work with the children to design and paint a new mural. This activity was funded through our Awards For All Lottery grant. We’re sure you’ll agree it looks great.
You may have seen some of Peter Barber’s work in Chesterfield which includes the “Girl with the Roses” mural on the the bridge supports near the cafe in Queen’s Park. It is based on the story of a little girl who sneakily picked one of her father’s roses and was made to pose for a statue as punishment. The statue can be seen in the glass conservatory which is also in Queen’s Park.
Birdcam live this weekend
Thank you Mr Marriot for carrying out our annual bird box clear out. Our colour birdcam will be streaming live video this weekend.
A Blue tit is currently roosting in the box and may also visit during the day.
‘Children in Need’ 18th November
We are raising funds for ‘Children in Need’on November18th by inviting children to come along to school wearing something spotty or stripy and donating £1.00/£2.00 to the collection. Children will be taking part in some fun games and activities during the day but please remember to bring coats and sensible footwear as there will still be swimming for KS2 and outdoor breaks.
Cross Country and fun to run
On Thursday 6th October 28 children (over 60% of the school!) went to Tupton Hall for the Cross country and fun to run competitions. Once the races started there were hundreds of people there running and supporting the children.
The Stretton Handley children performed brilliantly in the course which was nearly 2000m for the years 4, 5 and 6 and 1000m for the year 2 and 3’s.
Special mentions go out to LH who came 2nd overall in the y4 girls competition and GT and FT who came 5th and 3rd respectively in the year 3 boys and year 3 girls competition.
The children had a fantastic time at such a well run event!
Quad Kid athletics 15th July 2016
Quad Kid Athletics 15th July 2016 – Tupton Hall
KS2 children are again invited to take part with cluster schools in the Quad Kids Activity day at Tupton Hall on Friday 15th July. Children should wear their school PE kit as this is a school event and also please remember suncream and water bottle. Please see separate letter for further details and permission slips. Thank you.
School Games Mark GOLD 2015-16
Well, it’s official. We are delighted that Stretton Handley have again been awarded School Games Mark Gold Award! Well done everyone and a special thank you to Mr Cooke for leading our school PE and sport and coordinating and organising our Games Mark application.
Well Dressing – David and Goliath
This year the theme for the well dressing is ‘Children in bible stories’. The story of David his victory of Goliath is one of the most popular in the Old Testament.
The children made drawings of the David and Goliath story and these have been incorporated into the design for the well dressing. We have used natural materials to make the well dressing. The frame was brought to school for us so that, during the week, everyone had a chance to contribute and see it develop.
The central panel features David using his sling and stone against the mighty Goliath. The side panels show some of the scenes and items from the story – the camps/ tents of the opposing armies: the sheep and harp associated with David and the river where David found the stones for his sling.
The story of David and Goliath
David was a shepherd boy who lived in Israel. He took care of sheep. God chose David to take care of the Jewish people. David played the harp. When the king of Israel was tired of fighting in the war, he asked David to play for him. David’s music made him feel better.
One day a terrible giant named Goliath started bragging to his soldier friends that none of the Jews would dare to fight him. And he was right. The Jewish soldiers were all afraid of big Goliath. What would happen to the Jewish people?
Then little David said: “I’ll fight Goliath. God will help me.” He went and found some stones for his slingshot.
The giant just laughed at him. David put a stone in his sling and flung it. The stone hit big Goliath on the head. Then David killed him with his sword. All of Goliath’s friends ran away. The little shepherd boy had saved the Jewish people!
Bronze Ambassador Event
On Tuesday the 21st of June 2016 Stretton Handley primary school held a quad-kids event run by the four bronze ambassadors (HR, MK, RL, TB). The four activities the children took part in were howler javelin, long run, short run and long jump.
The winners in class 1 were GT and BP. The winners in class 2 were LR and GH. And the winners in class 3 were TM and ER.
Photos and results tables from the event are on display in the school hall.
Everyone enjoyed the event and performed really well.
Written by HR
‘Top Ten’ Schools in Derbyshire
Stretton Handley CE Primary is one of the Top Ten primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results.
‘The Times’ newspaper published the league tables for schools in England on Friday 11th December and we are delighted that Stretton Handley Primary School is again one of the ‘Top Ten’ schools in Derbyshire for end of KS2 attainment and progress. Well done everyone and congratulations!
