Year 2 ended their topic on the Great Fire of London with a spectacular burning of their Tudor houses. These took hours to make out of cardboard and painted beautifully to immitate Tudor homes. The whole school turned out to witness the speed in which the fire took hold. This demonstration was done by Crewe Fire brigade and we all watched from a safe distance.
The Chief Fire Officer explained before he started the importance of safety and to look at how quickly fire can spread. He lit the first house and within minutes the whole collection had burnt to the ground!
Year 2 Parents were also invited to come along. They were treated to a nice cup of tea and biscuits.
Thank you to Crewe Fire Brigade for giving up their time.
On Friday we had our Diamond Jubilee street party. Everyone came to school dressed in red, white and blue colours to mark the occasion. The playground was decorated with balloons and bunting and we had a horseshoe of tables and chairs. It was lovely to be joined by Little Stars and our Senior Citizens of the village. With union flag plates and cups we had alot to eat. Sandwiches, crisps, sausages, sausage rolls and an enormous amount of beautifully decorated cakes, baked and donated by generous parents, grandparents and friends.
Mr Mitchell announced our Royal Procession, each class dressed up two children as a member of the Royal family. Then the Queen and Prince Phillip arrived by car to take their place on the Royal Balcony. Everyone waved their flags and sang the National Anthem.
The sun shone and everyone celebrated the Diamond Jubilee in style!
As part of our Comenius Project we had 71 international visitors in school. They were teachers and children from Poland, France, Portugal, Scotland, Sicily, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Italy. They spent two days split between various classrooms. In each classroom we cooked traditional english dishes followed by a visit to Nantwich to do a bit of shopping.
It was then back to school for an english night of games and traditional food.
On the second day we had a mini olympics event with years 3,4 and 5 where everyone had the chance to win a Shavington Primary School olympic medal.
Edward Timpson then dropped by to have lunch with us.
It was lovely getting to know our visitors and we formed great friendships with them.
