Blackford CE Primary School

Well done to all our Stars of the Week! It’s been a hot week in classrooms but the children have been as brilliant as ever! 🥰

We’ve got stalls, bouncy castle, mini-sports, refreshments, bbq, music, bar…..come and join us this Saturday for a great afternoon and evening! Bring a blanket or a camping chair and enjoy this glorious weather whilst listening to The Flookes from 7pm. Generously sponsored by Westlinton Parish Council - for you, our community!

Today, Class One visited St John the Baptist Church, where we received a warm welcome from Reverend Annie Gray, who performed a baptism for us.
The children who completed the readings were amazing, and those who took on the roles of parents and godparents did a fantastic job. Together, we welcomed Leo into the church family and learned more about this special Christian celebration.
We are very proud of how confidently and respectfully the children participated throughout the service.

Reminder about the community meeting in Blackford School tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 6.00pm. Please share this and come and hear an update on the proposed substation and pylon route. It will impact our community.

Weather is set to be glorious next Saturday! Summer fair starts at 3pm with bouncy castle, stalls and mini-sports. Licensed bar and bbq from 5pm (primary children eat free!) - just bring a picnic blanket! Then sit back and enjoy music from the fabulous Flookes - on from 7pm!
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Free entry thanks to the generous sponsorship of Westlinton Parish Council!

🏃‍♀️ We’ve had a great end to our Sports Week today and yesterday! 🏃‍♀️

Yesterday, Class 2 and 3 enjoyed some Cross-Curricular Orienteering linked to our geography learning. The children loved working together to read the map and find all the answers! Class 1 had a great PE lesson led by Mrs Hewitt working on lots of skills they’d learnt his week. To finish the day, Class 2 watched the highlights of England’s win against Croatia, we enjoyed cheering when we scored! ⚽️

Today we finished with a great session with John from Action-Ants. We all had great fun and especially loved crawling through the cargo net! Class 2 have also been learning about water safety as it is Drowning Prevention Week. They have all brought home to activity sheets to complete. 💦

What a fantastic end to the week. The children have been fabulous and given every day their all. They’ve loved trying new activities and have already asked what we’ll be doing next year for Sports Week! ⭐️

🥇 Sports Day 🥇
Another great day for our Sports Week. This afternoon, every child took part in our Sports Day. It was so much fun and we had lots of smiling, excited children - it was lovely to see! From running, throwing, jumping and even the dressing up race everyone gave it their best, well done to everyone! A huge thank you to all the family and friends who came down to support the children.

⭐️ What a great few days to start our Sports Week! ⭐️
Yesterday, each class took part in a session of wheelchair basketball which the children really enjoyed. A huge thank you to Nat and Jack from NP Inclusive Sport for coming along to teach the children.

Today, we were joined by Gemma from Little Hero Sports who ran sessions all day for all of the children. There were lots of different sports and equipment being used and lots of skills learnt and developed. A fantastic day which was a lot of fun! Thank you Gemma!

Today, the children led worship, focusing on the Christian value of Hope. They retold the story of Noah’s ark and they did a wonderful job planning and delivering the service. So proud of their effort and enthusiasm!