Reception enjoyed their first school trip this week, paying a visit to Oakdale Library.  The children enjoyed sharing stories, singing songs and looking at the books.  They each borrowed a book to enjoy with friends back in school.  Well done to all the children for their super behaviour and resilience during the walk back to school!  Thank you to our volunteers who helped on the visit too.  

We are the proud recipients of the Anti-Bullying Alliance Award - Silver status!

In February last year, we embarked on an anti-bullying programme, funded by the Department of Education and delivered by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.

Enrolling on this programme enabled us to audit and regularly review our current anti-bullying practice and create an anti-bullying action plan that was specifically tailored to our needs. We have conducted a pupil wellbeing questionnaire twice over the last year which has informed strategies and formed the basis of our action plan. We have a dedicated team of Keep Safe Councillors and the Keep Safe Den on the playground, alongside regularly attending training sessions and forums.

The Safeguarding team and the Keep Safe Council have worked incredibly hard to implement anti-bullying practice changes throughout school and will continue to support every pupil and their wellbeing.

Should you have any questions or require further information please contact Clare Kent (Anti-bullying Champion) via the school office. Alternatively, please visit:

https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/aba-our-work/about-aba

Year 4 have been very lucky over the last two weeks as they have been creating Ancient Greek amphoras (containers). They have been taught by the fantastic Clay Shack staff how to correctly work with red terracotta clay and all the children replicated the techniques employed by the Ancient Greeks thousands of years ago. Year 4 will now wait a few weeks for their creations to be dried and kilned and then they will be taken home.

AFC Bournemouth created and delivered an impressive Girls' Tournament, with 16 schools across the county participating, with the school that topped their group of four going through to the Semi-Finals. Sadly, a 3-0 loss against a very strong St Katherine's side scuppered our chances in the first game. However, the Lionesses showed their "bouncebackability" by winning the next game 3-0, an assured performance, with some excellent football being played and also some well taken goals. Abhiya's was the highlight, she managed to squeeze a shot in from a seemingly impossible angle to seal victory. The final game was a tense 2-2 draw, with the Lionesses scoring in the last seconds with a brilliant assist from Abigail and a calm finish from Daisy.

 

Look out for more friendlies (and perhaps even another tournament) soon! 

On Thursday 17^th, Longfleet were invited to Hamworthy Park Junior School to play in matches against their ABC and D teams. This once again allowed all of the children who have showed commitment to the Year 3/4 Football Club (held on a Wednesday after school) to represent Longfleet “Cubs”. The A and B teams showed excellent skill and attacking instincts in their matches, with a volleyed goal and a cheeky “chip” over the goalkeeper being highlights. The C and D teams showed commitment and a desire to keep going, with Denny and Gethin in particular showing good teamwork and motivation to others.

 

A special mention to William and George in the A team, who between them scored 13 goals in their 3 games!

Avast ye mateys!  Reception had a swashbuckling day of pirate fun and enjoyed participating in pirate themed activities including art and craft and role play.  A great deal of fun was had by all.  The children's costumes were fantastic; thank you to parents and carers for their time and help with these.

On Thursday, our Year 6 boy netballers played some friendly matches against St Joseph's. There were 2 teams who played 2 matches each. We were so impressed by their brilliant attitude and sportsmanship!