This morning, the member of parliament for South Derbyshire, Heather Wheeler MP, visited our school.  She was firstly taken for a tour around the school by our school councillors, who then discussed the grant that we have been awarded by East Midlands Airport for the development of the wildlife area.  The visit concluded with a question and answer session from the Year 6 children where the MP was asked a variety of questions regarding her role in parliament and how she became our local MP.

This week, the children in Year 1 and 2 visited the Derby Open Centre to take part in their faith trail. They visited three different places of worship, a mosque, a Hindu temple and a Gurdwara. They were able to learn lots of new things to support their RE learning, as well as developing their values of tolerance and mutual respect. It was a great day out, and they were also very excited to ride in a double decker bus.

STEM Assembly

We were very lucky to have two special visitors lead our assembly today! Eleanor and Russell came to talk to the children about Rolls Royce and their submarine site on Raynesway. They talked about the submarine engines and energy which is used to power them (just a teaspoon of Uranium!). We also learnt about what life is like on the submarines for the submariners and how they know the days of the week by knowing that fish is always served in the canteen on a Friday… just like here at school. The children also enjoyed a quiz to make sure they’d been listening!
 

A huge thank you to Eleanor and Russell for coming to see us and for the fantastic assembly. 

Emma from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue came into school today to talk to the children in Year 2 and Year 6.

The Year 2 children learnt all about the work that the fire service do and items in the house that could be dangerous. They enjoyed watching a cartoon about Dexter the Fire Dog and learnt about how to make a fire plan.

The Year 6 children learnt about hoax calls and the three types of plans that can be made to keep safe in the event of a fire.

The children went home with homework to check that they have a smoke alarm on each floor. The fire service can come out to fit new alarms if they are needed.