North Newton Community Primary School

What is Axel Scheffler's favourite thing to draw? ... Squirrels of course! ✏️🐿

He says they are one of his favourite animals to illustrate because they are so expressive and lively. He has even drawn a whole book about them. 📕

'How to keep a pet squirrel' was a serious text found inside a children's encyclopedia, picked up at a jumble sale. Intrigued by the unlikely notion of a child attempting to keep so wild an animal, Axel then created a series of delightful, beautifully finished illustrations to accompany the text.

👀 If you want to see 'How to keep a pet squirrel' and more of Axel's humorous drawings, don't forget to visit the museum for our new exhibition, Axel Scheffler: A Life in Illustration. You'll also find many more of your favourite characters such as the Gruffalo, Zog and Pip and Posy. The exhibition is running until 28 October.

The exhibition is FREE entry (with donations welcome).

Whilst visiting, don't forget to join in with our Axel themed activities (£2 per child), we have something new happening each week of the holidays as well as our book bingo trail (£1 each) which will be running throughout the summer. ⛱

🔗More details here: https://swheritage.org.uk/news/axel-scheffler-a-life-in-illustration/

🖼 How to Keep a Pet Squirrel © Axel Scheffler 2010 - Faber and Faber

The exhibition has been created in partnership with Events of Wonder with support from the publishers Macmillan Children’s Books and Scholastic Children’s Books.

Events of Wonder

🍰🍪🍰 Bake Sale Date Change! 🍰🍪🍰

Due to the extra bank holiday announcement your bake sale items will now be available to collect at the end of school on Thursday the 21st of October!

Are you Eggcited about our Eggcellent Science Easter Challenge? These competition is for the Easter holidays so no need to get cracking yet

Thank you to all those who have requested to join the new group. If you'd still like to join, please can you answer all three questions as we are unable to accept you if they are not answered.

Dear parents,
It's nearly time!!!!!😳
We are really looking forward to welcoming all the children back into school on Monday 7th September!

Before the summer holidays we put out a post to let you know you know that this page was to be replaced with a more secure group page that only parents of North Newton Primary School children would have access to.

The link to this new page will be shared to parents via letter when school reopens and then this page will be closed. We hope to get as many parents joining the new page as possible so we can use it as another effective way of communicating school messages/news/events.

😊See you soon on the new group and at school!

Steve Weatherill is the author and illustrator of the delightful Baby Goz series of books, and joins us for an online storytelling event full of activities! Steve will talk about making books and writing stories using storyboards to get ideas, and how to invent and develop characters.
This will be a 30 minute online event including storytelling, demonstrating some drawing and a Q&A.

Steve's sessions are great fun and enjoyed by children of all ages, this event is suitable for children aged 5+.

Tickets are free! Please book via Eventbrite here https://bit.ly/2DuvX1d

Clarks is offering to replace children's shoes for free if kids grow out of them Mums and dads can sleep a little easier knowing that if their little ones grow out of their new Clarks shoes in the next six months, they can get them replaced absolutely free

Struggling parents can now apply for £150 school uniform grant if they work in a supermarket The new grant has been put in place to aid parents who work in supermarkets and can't afford to shell out for expensive school uniforms.

North Newton School would like to thank all past and present members of our school page for your input and comments over the years, however as from the end of this current school year this page will be disabled and a new school page with added security will be launched at the beginning of the new school term.

📢 JS kids disco presents 📢

a Free online disco 🕺🎶 for North Newton school.

Why not boogie with us in your own front room on tomorrow 30th April at 19:00 🕖.

For music 🎧, fun 🤗 and shout 📢 outs to all those who join in.