Special Events
Special Events 2024 - 2025
Anti-bullying Ambassadors - 23rd January 2025
On Thursday, four of our Year 5 children went to Bournville school to work alongside other children from our trust schools to become our first anti-bullying ambassadors.
They should be very proud of themselves. They demonstrated our school values wholeheartedly by working together, embracing individuality and doing the right thing.
This is a new journey for us but there will be plenty more to share in the coming weeks.
The children had a brilliant time and absolutely loved the goodie bag and smart lanyard!
Christmas Tree Festival - December 2024
Our Year 5 and 6 children have been very busy!
Themes were chosen
Decorations have been designed and made
Trees have been decorated.
The classes paired up to create their unique Christmas tree designing and making decorations from scratch.
Their finished creations now stand in St Martin’s church as part of the Christmas tree festival πβ€οΈ
Here are the designs the children chose:
Candy Cane Lane - Classes 16 and 19
Grinchy Christmas - Classes 17 and 20
Reindeer Land - Classes 18 and 21
We think they have done a jolly marvellous job!
Year 3 Christmas Crafts - 4th December 2024
Thank you so much to all of our lovely Year 3 families who attended our first ever Christmas Craft event - we were so happy to see you all. It was a lovely evening and some amazing Christmas decorations (and very glittery children) were made.
We had an absolute ball and the evening was such a lovely Christmassy treat π π π
It was wonderful to see the children working together with their classmates, their siblings and some very special adults to make their decorations. We think the grownups may have made a few decoration too
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A huge thank you to the Year 3 Team for all of their hard work to prepare the activities, all of the Mendip adults who rolled their sleeves up and threw themselves into crafting and refreshments and our school cleaning team who descended with hoovers at 6pm to save us from the glitter! You are a cracking bunch.
We have learned 2 things:
1) This is such a fun event. We will DEFINITELY be repeating it next year
2) We should branch out to event management… we have catering, decorations, music, entertainment clean up and sparkling charisma sorted. What else is there π€·βοΈ
Remembrance 2024 - 11th November 2024
We marked Remembrance at school today. With phase assemblies and a whole school service.
This month we have been collecting photographs of family members who have been or are members of the armed services. We wear our poppies with pride and say thank you to all of the men and women of the armed services who help people at home and abroad.
Special Events 2023 - 2024
ELAN Curriculum Symposium - 21st May 2024
Six of our children went to Weston College for the very first ELAN Opening Worlds Symposium.
‘What is a symposium?’ you may ask. It is an opportunity to discuss and exchange knowledge, research findings, and insights on a particular topic or theme.
For our symposium, the children had a dinner party and were joined by some special guests from the trust and wider community. They discussed their humanities learning and shared their incredible knowledge - the adults were wowed!
Following the meal, there was a quiz. This was quite possibly the most stressful 15 minutes of our lives… it was edge of the seat stuff! Out of 46 questions, the lowest score was 43. We can say with confidence that these children really, really know their stuff π€©
The evening ended with each child being awarded a book from their favourite humanities unit.
It was an absolutely perfect evening. The children were wonderful: so polite, so enthusiastic and so knowledgeable. Our children are so, so lucky to have been given this opportunity and we hope this becomes an annual ELAN tradition.
A huge thank you to Weston College who made us so welcome. Our meals were made by the first year catering students and we were served by the second year students.
Big shout out to MG Alumni, Toby Moger, who was part of the catering team - it was wonderful to see him doing so well with his chosen studies π¨π³
Year 1 Pet Show - 20th March 2024
We had a wonderful afternoon today with our annual Year 1 Pet Show.
We had pups a plenty, fantastic felines and some very popular rodents!
The children have been learning about different animals as part of their science curriculum and also have been writing about their experiences of meeting different animals. The pet show is one of several events this year which have helped children to meet different animals and learn more about them.
A huge well done to all of the precious pets who came to our pet show. They were so well behaved and the children loved meeting them.
A big thank you to all of the families who took time out their day to bring their pets to school and to talk to the children about them.
Finally, a huge well done to the children who presented their pets to us and spoke with such knowledge and love about their furry, fuzzy family members.
We judged the pets across 5 categories:
- Fluffiest Pet
- Best Behaved Pet
- Most Entertaining Pet
- Most Knowledgeable Owner
- and the prestigious ‘Dot’s Choice’ Award
All of the children who took part received a special certificate and our 5 winners received an official pet show rosette.
We cannot wait for 2025!
World Book Day - 7th March 2024
Children’s Mental Health Week - 5th and 6th February 2024
Children’s mental health week has got off to a flying start π€©πππ€©
On Monday, we focused on ‘Connect Us’. The children came to school dressed to express and at playtime they got conversations started using a selection of fun ‘would you rather?’ cards.
The theme on Tuesday was ‘Give’ and the children were encouraged to take part in simple acts of kindness like giving a smile and giving a compliment.
PTA Christmas Fair - 1st December 2023
The biggest thank you to everyone who supported us at our Christmas Fair on Friday.
Thank you to everyone who gave their time to help prepare for the evening… sticking raffle tickets to bottles, making reindeer food and SO much more!
Thank you to all of those who helped set up and tidy away.
Thank you to everyone who ran a stall during the evening, including past pupils who came back to lend a hand.
Thank you to our visitors from the North Pole (they were just brilliant).
Thank you to everyone who helped to make it snow!
But most of all, thank you to everyone who came along and battled their way through the crowds to help us fundraise for our wonderful school.
We had a blast! π₯ππ₯
And we are sure you will agree, our PTA throw the BEST parties!
Most of these photos were taken BEFORE the fair… once the crowds piled in to name the elf, visit Santa, munch on a turkey role and enter a competition (or five) you could not swing an earwig!!
Children in Need - 16th November 2023
We marked Children in Need at Mendip Green, yesterday. A huge thank you for all of your donations towards this fantastic charity.
We will update you soon on how much we raised - We just need to finish counting it first!
The theme school council chose was mis-match clothing… the brighter the better. And, boy, did you deliver!
Here is a selection of some of our favourite fashion disasters π§Έπ΄π π‘π’π΅π£π§Έ
We are sure you will agree that they rocked the colours, Pudsey ears and patterns. They looked quite stylish, really. Definitely future trend setters…
Remembrance - 10th November 2023
We had a wonderful Remembrance service this morning. The rain stopped so we were able to meet as a whole school under blue skies.
A massive thank you to Mr B who organised and led such a thoughtful service.
The children, as always, were ambassadors for the school, showing respect throughout.
A Simple Act of Kindness
by David Harris
A simple act of kindness
can stop a million tears.
A little hug
can give so much joy.
A letter now and then to someone
can save so many wasted years.
We should hold every moment precious
and help as many as we can
with a simple act of kindness
every now and then.
The world would be a better place
if we all cared a little more.
Imagine how many smiling faces
would greet us at the door
if we extended that helping hand
with a simple act of kindness
that could spread across many lands.
Check out the link to see recordings of our service.
You will find our Remembrance 2023 Service under Special Events.