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News 2011 - July 2014

18/07/2104 - Time to say goodbye

The end of the day school bell has rang and now it is time to say goodbye. Seven years has flown by and we have seen you all grow up and mature and you are ready to go to secondary school. Goodbye and good luck Year 6 2014.

18/07/2104 - Afternoon Tea with Mrs Corrigan

This afternoon, five children were invited to have afternoon tea with Mrs Corrigan. This is because they have worked so hard over the whole year and have achieved their gold award. Very well done girls!

18/07/2104 - Year 6 Leaving Assembly

This morning we were treated to a very special assembly as Year 6 are leaving us to move onto secondary school. They performed 'old school daze' and were absolutely fantastic. Every word spoken could be heard clearly and the songs were sung beautifully. Year 6 all have a definite talent for drama! The Mayor of Rugby and Mark Pawsey MP were very impressed and congratulated them all. We will miss you all so much and wish you every success for your future. Congratulations Year 6.

17/07/2014 - End of the Year Celebration Assembly

This afternoon it was time to celebrate all the fantastic events that have happened at Eastlands over the last year. We welcomed the children, parents, staff, governors, the PSA and volunteers. Achievement of all of the children was celebrated.

Achievement:

In EYFS, 100% of the children have achieved a ‘good level of development’. In KS1, our high level of achievement continues an de are pleased with the positive impact of 'Accelerated Reader'. Our KS2 attainment is the highest it has ever been. The vast majority of children have made expected progress and the percentages of children making exceeding progress significantly exceeds national, particularly in writing. Congratulations!

Quality of teaching:

Effective marking and accelerated reader have been introduced this year and have made a significant difference to the children's learning.

Behaviour and safety:

The behaviour and safety of pupils at Eastlands remains outstanding, as it was at the time of the last OFSTED inspection. Very positive behaviour, both in lessons, around the school and when out on school visits, contributes to the positive learning ethos and is a strong characteristic of the school.

Leadership and management:

Very effective leadership and management contributes to good (and improving) teaching and a very positive overall experience for pupils. We have just been informed that leadership and management has been given an outstanding judgement by our external consultant

E-Safety and the impact of our cyberbullying film 'The Anti-Social Network' and our travelling theatre 'Not Such a Sweet Tweet' was shared. Year 6 have visited 12 schools in the Warwickshire area to teach their peers about the positive and negative aspects of the internet. Our E-safety teaching and learning resources have been viewed over 3600 on You tube already! Since November, 11 awards have been achieved! These include awards at local, national and global level. We have even been featured on BBC Midlands Today and BBC News 24! Year 6 you have been an amazing year group. You should be extremely proud of what you have achieved over the last 18 months. You have not only made an impact on our school and our local community but on other children in the UK and in Europe. Many congratulations and very well done to you all.

The last gold awards of the Year were presented. Well done to India, Lauren and Lauren for this fantastic achievement. They are looking forward to tea and cakes tomorrow to celebrate. Congratulations were given to the children who are Accelerated Reader Millionaires! Some have reached two million and Issy and Emily have reached 3 million words read, brilliant, well done to you all. India in Year 2 was presented with a very special award too. India has achieved 100% on every Accelerated Reader quiz she has taken this year, an amazing achievement, well done to you. There were a lot of children congratulated on their 100% attendance for the whole year, well done!

The development of the school environment were shared. The ICT suite has been refurbished and is now 'Cyber Central.' The exterior of the building has been painted and new carpets are now in the corridors. Ceilings and lights have been replaced which has brightened up the classrooms. Before and After School club has a new home and the new Nursery is getting ready to be opened in September.

Twitter has been a huge success since its launch in September. We are very close to 2000 tweets! We have 132 'followers' and we 'follow' 132 people/organisations which inform us of educational issues. Please ask to 'follow' us @eastlandsschool. We have a protected account so please make sure we can identify who you are from your username or come in and see us.

Our new school website was launched in February, just over 5 months ago. We have already received over 23590 website hits.The most popular page visited has been the news page and Year 1 Rhinos is the post popular class page. The website has been a very successful way to share the fantastic events at Eastlands with the whole school community.

Each class teacher had the opportunity to share and show what a fantastic year they have had with their class. The photograph montages and soundtracks touched many, including the staff. A great opportunity to see how our children have grown in so many different ways over the last year. Each teacher will be sorry to say goodbye but all wished the children good luck in their new year group.

Time to look to the future......Achievement - a new ‘look EYFS’ and accelerating progress of all children. Quality of Teaching-Induction of new staff and the implementation of Effective Maths. Leadership & Management - new National Curriculum, new Assessment Procedures, demonstrating the Impact of additional funding received, SEN reforms, Universal Infant Free School Meals, Tri-lateral Partnership and a new French Language Assistant. Behaviour & Safety - Anti-bullying Ambassadors Programme. A lot of exciting events to come.

We said goodbye and good luck to all of Year 6 and to Archie. We also said goodbye to Mrs Sikabofori and wish her lot's of luck as she starts her journey as a Head teacher! Also goodbye to Miss Woodhill, Miss Jeskins, Mrs Crinigan and Miss Colbourne.

Mrs Roberson, head of our governors, thanked Mrs Corrigan for all of her hard work over the last year. It is very much appreciated by the whole school community.

Thank you to everyone who attended, it was a great opportunity to share all that is great about our school.

16/07/2014 - Year 6 Leavers Ball

This evening, Year 6 came back to school to be together to celebrate the end of their time at primary school. They arrived all suited and booted and ready to have a good time. Beautiful dresses were worn too. Tonight we noticed just how grown up they have all become and ready to leave us to go onto secondary school. Food was popular (no change there then year 6!) Lot's of dancing and party games and the hokey cokey! Thank you to the PSA for arranging this fantastic event for the children. A great way to end their time here with us. Three cheers for Year 6 hip hip hooray!

11/07/2014

This afternoon we welcomed the whole school community into Eastlands for our Summer Fete. There was lot's to do including a raffle, tombola, refreshments and a bouncy castle! Well done to Year 6 for designing, making and manning their own stalls. Thank you to everyone who came to say hello and support school. Many thanks to the PSA for their continued hard work which has made the event such a success.

08/07/2014 – Rugby’s Got To Dance

Tonight 11 children from Reception to Year 6 took part in Rugby’s Got To dance 2014. The group of children, ‘The Eastlands Crew', have only been together for a few weeks. To start the show we were treated to a performance by TXS, a top Midlands dance group. Then it was time for all the school dance groups to perform. Some of our group were feeling a little nervous but when the music started, all of their worries disappeared. Their dancing was absolutely fantastic. We waited for the results and Eastlands came 2^nd! The children’s perfect behaviour was also commented on. A huge achievement and you should all feel very proud of yourselves, we are very proud of you!

Children's University Summer Update!

Children's University Passport holders look below for a link to the Summer 2014 'Children's University Summer Watch' document to find out about Learning Destinations and activities happening in the local area over the Summer holidays! Have Fun!

http://web.grove.bham.sch.uk/media/File/Central%20CU%20Learning%20Destination%20Watch%20-%20Summer%20%202014.pdf

26/06/2014 – Sports Morning

It was great to see that the sun was shining this morning ready for our sporting events. All classes took part in a running and a fun race. Even the younger children got involved in their own toddler race. The Dads race was very competitive and so many Mums wanted to join in that we had to have two heats! The staff race was all down to tactics and moving the middle leg together! Thank you to all of the school community for coming to support the children during the morning. Thank you to the PSA for the very much appreciated squash and biscuit!

25/06/14 Sponsored Event with GB Athlete Meghan Beesley!

As part of our fun-packed School Sports Week this week, we had a very special visit from GB athlete Meghan Beesley this afternoon. She came in to work with all the children and to help them complete a circuit of training activities which they have collected lots of sponsors for! Meghan also gave an energetic assembly to the whole school where she talked about her career and answered many of the children's questions. Thank you for all the sponsors pledged. Forms have been sent home with the children today so that sponsor money can be collected and returned by next Wednesday!

A news story about our involvement in National School Sports Week online now on The Rugby Advertiser webpage. http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/sport/other-sports/school-sport-eastlands-primary-1-6154377

Here are some photographs of Meghan in action with the children...

13/06/14 Fathers day lunch

Today we had a very special lunchtime. Dads and Grandads came into school to have lunch with the children. It was a lovely opportunity to share time together. A big thank you to all for making it such a success!

21/05/14

We had a real treat at school this afternoon. The Drama Club shared their performance of Macbeth with the whole school and parents. They spoke clearly and with real acting passion. They have been preparing for their debut performance during their lunchtimes with Miss Woodhill. Everyone agreed it was fantastic! Well done Drama Club.

09/05/14 'Pride of Rugby Award Winners - Educator of the Year'

Jason Moss (Rugby FM's Breakfast Show Presenter) presented the second annual Pride of Rugby Awards at Dunchurch Park Hotel. The Awards celebrated the remarkable achievements across the area and fifteen winners were selected by the judges (Steve Orchard, Chief Executive of Rugby FM, Alison Orr, Warwickshire Community & Voluntary Action, Paul Miles Rogers, Federation of Small Businesses, Councillor Tony Gillias, Mayor of Rugby).

Eastlands Primary School were announced as the winners of 'Educator of the Year' category for the work they do for the school, local and national community promoting e-safety. This includes the creation of two excellent teaching and learning resources to support E-safety in schools ('The Anti social Network' film and 'Not Such a Sweet Tweet!' Travelling theatre production). Mrs Corrigan and Mrs Vikmanis were proud to accept the award (sponsored by tq training) on behalf of the children.

02/05/14

Eastlands has had a very busy achievement assembly today. It started with a presentation to Year 6 from Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Ron Ball. The children received a commendation for helping to educate others about staying safe online. The Warwickshire PCC, provided part of the funding for the children to perform ‘Not Such a Sweet Tweet’ to continue their fantastic work. We also had a presentation from Pauline and Terri from The Rotary Club of Rugby Saturday Breakfast. They came into present a framed photograph of the recent RIBI Young Citizen Awards at the ICC in Birmingham. They have even given us a very special Rotary hand knitted teddy!

We had Star of the Week and Sparkly Writer awards for every year group and thirty children received their 100% attendance awards for the Spring Term. There were a lot of Bronze and Silver stamp awards too. More children have received their Accelerated Reader Millionaire awards and we now have some children who have read 2 million words.Year 2 are the class AR champions this week.

We are very proud of all of our children.

11/04/14 and 12/04/12 Rotary Young Citizens Awards

Over the weekend, Year 6 have been awarded a Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Young Citizens Award at the Birmingham ICC. They were nominated for the award by the Rotary Club of Rugby Saturday Breakfast for their continued commitment to sharing their knowledge about E-Safety with others in our community. The awards were created to celebrate the achievements and commitment of inspiring young people across Great Britain and Ireland.

There were sixty eight nominees for the title and Year 6 were one of five winners. BBC television was the ultimate decider in the awards process and as winners, the children have appeared on BBC Midlands Today and live on the BBC News Channel, click the links below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04210nb/Rotary_Young_Citizen_Awards_2010/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-26958207

A spokesman for Rotary Club of Rugby Saturday Breakfast said ‘the Club was delighted and honoured to have been able to nominate Year six.’

The children were treated like celebrities, even being given their own dressing room. These had been the dressing rooms of Ant and Dec and Simon Cowell! The children were presented with the award and interviewed by Konnie Huq and they were also interviewed by Ellie Crisell. They were congratulated for their achievement by the Club President at a special lunch. One of the other group winners, who were from a secondary school in Ireland, presented the children with a gift from their Rotary Club. It was remarked upon how well mannered and how impeccable their behaviour was throughout the weekend. You should feel very proud of this achievement Year 6, many congratulations.

10/04/14

Marie from Willmott Dixon Construction came into assembly this morning to announce the winners of the poster competition. The children were asked to design a poster to show how to keep safe on a building site. Congratulations to Oliver and Christopher for their winning posters. The boys have been awarded with a drawing set and a certificate. How great to see the posters designed by Oliver and Christopher on the boarding around the Willmott Dixon building site.

09/04/14

Mrs Corrigan Live on the Shane O'Connor Breakfast Show, Coventry and Warwickshire 94.8FM

Today, Mrs Corrigan was interviewed live on air about the upcoming Rotary Club Awards on Saturday. Listen below to hear all about it!

Listen to Mrs Corrigan LIVE on the radio

4/4/14- YEAR 5 YORK

Year 5 have been to the historical city of York. They have been Viking explorers and archeologists! They have had a wonderful time and been complemented on their excellent attitude to learning throughout the trip. Well done Year 5!

03/04/14

Today, the BBC came into school to film Year 6. As Year 6 are the winners of a Young Citizen Award by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, they will be featured on BBC Midlands Today News and the BBC News Channel. The award is for their continued commitment to E-Safety. Everyone was very excited!

28/3/14 - THE FLAME AWARDS 2014 - EASTLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL WINNERS

The Flame Awards 2014 sponsored by CAPITA is organised in partnership with the International Fire and Rescue Association (IFRA). The Flame Awards recognises the outstanding community contributions, heroism and bravery of the emergency services as well as celebrating an element of outstanding charitable and community work throughout the UK and worldwide. The Awards Ceremony was hosted by Danny Miller at the Hilton, Deansgate, Manchester.

Winners were announced in the following categories:

Eastlands Primary School were announced as winners of: Simply Childsafe – Hero in the Community.

This award was given to celebrate, and show appreciation for, the tireless work of the school that has directly benefited the community in which they live in. This includes E-safety projects such as – ‘The Anti-Social Network’ a film made in partnership with Jam-Av to highlight the sensitive issue of cyberbullying and ‘Not Such a Sweet Tweet!’ an E-safety fairytale based on the traditional story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ to highlight the positive and potentially negative aspects of the internet. This theatre performance is currently touring Warwickshire schools and having an impact on a wider community. The school also supports parents and staff at other schools following their achievement of the SWGFL 360 degree safe accreditation (amongst other national and international awards) and CEOP Ambassador training. The school were recently awarded third place by the European Commission for ‘Positive Content for Kids’.

‘Simply Childsafe’ is a quarterly publication for everyone engaged in child protection or child safety issues. Each issue is full of useful advice and articles on all aspects of child safety. The magazine is edited by Denise Fergus, mother of James Bulger and founder of The James Bulger Memorial Trust. Denise Fergus presented Jo Corrigan, Head teacher of Eastlands Primary School with the award.

28/3/14 - THE PSA BUNNY POP!

A lot of fun was had this evening! The groovy movers of EPS were out in force! Yet another successful event organised by the PSA! Thank you!

Gallery

28/3/14

Today the children shared their lunchtimes with their Mummies and Grandmas! It was a lovely event. A big thank you to all for making it such a success!

26/03/14

Wilmot Dixon Construction invited the children who named their development 'Webb Ellis Court' to lay some foundation bricks today. Ed, Finlay, Thomas and Owen also had the chance to remotely control a crane with a claim to fame! (It recently starred with Daniel Craig - aka 007- in Skyfall!)

21/03/14

Today, Terri and Pauline from The Rotary Club of Rugby Saturday Breakfast, came into assembly to inform Year 6 that they have been awarded ‘The Young Citizen Award' by the Rotary Club of Great Britain and Ireland for their commitment to E-Safety. A huge achievement as there were over 1800 clubs that could nominate a young person or group for the award. The award ceremony will take place in Birmingham during the RIBI’s annual conference. The BBC News Channel will be there to film the event so watch out for Year 6! Everyone is very proud of your achievement Year 6. Keep watching the news page for updates and photographs.

20/03/14

Year 6 has been shortlisted for a Pride of Rugby ‘Educator of the Year’ Award for their E-Safety work. The finalists were announced today on the Rugby FM Breakfast Show. The winner will be announced on 9^th May so keep watching our news page for updates. We are very excited and we have our fingers crossed for you all Year 6!

17/03/14

We have raised £158 for Book Aid International!

Thank you to all for making World Book Day such a success!

14/03/14

Congratulations Eastlands Primary School for achieving 'Planet Mark!'

The Planet Mark is an international mark of sustainability for businesses, property developments and products, helping organisations to improve their environmental, economic and social performance. When a business achieves the Planet Mark it has:

Taken positive action to improve environmental, social and economic performance
Integrated sustainability reporting in line with current legislation and protocols
Engaged with employees, stakeholders, local and global community projects

10/03/14

Cross Country Trials update....

Today’s third cross country event took place at Binley Woods Primary School. The boys did extremely well again finishing 17th and 19th. We await the official results for the finals. Very well done boys!

07/03/14

We have been celebrating World Book Day today! Each child (some of the adults too!) have dressed as their favourite book character to raise money to Book Aid International. A great big thank you to all the children for taking part in this celebration!

PS How many 'Wallies' can you see?

06/03/14

Tonight children were invited back to school for World Book Day Story Night to share favourite stories in their classroom. Pyjamas and teddies were compulsory! Reception enjoyed sharing books with their buddies and everyone enjoyed the hot chocolate and biscuits from our PSA. Looking forward to seeing everyone dressed up as a book character tomorrow.

A very busy day now time for bed.

04/03/14

Cross Country Trials update....

Today's cross country event took place at Monks Kirby. Lewis came 13th and Oliver came 17th out of 60 children. Very well done boys, another fantastic achievement!

24/02/14

This afternoon Lewis and Oliver represented our school in the Cross Country Trials at Knightlow Primary School. They put in another fantastic effort and came in 16th and 19th place out of the 60 boys competing! Well done boys we are all very proud of you!

21/02/14

Today we were invited to The Coventry Telegraph Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire Awards. ‘The Anti-Social Network’ had been shortlisted in the category for Community Project of the Year. Year Six were awarded a Highly Commended which is fantastic!

11/02/14

NEWSFLASH!

'The Anti-Social Network' has won a prize at the European Positive Content for Kids competition, announced on Safer Internet Day in Brussels, Belgium. This event brought together all winners from the European countries involved in the Positive Content Competition (lead by UK Safer Internet Centre in our country). You will remember that we won our category in the UK competition!

Mrs Corrigan went to Brussels (paid for by the competition organisers) to collect the award from the European Commission. She met with lots of people who also have an interest in keeping children safe online and winners from the other European countries. She even had lunch at Google, Belgium and shared our film with them!

Mrs Corrigan brought all year six children a google sports bag and certificate from the event.

22/11/13

No Pens Wednesday! Pupils and staff put down their pens and pencils for a day to take part in a national speaking and listening event. No Pens Wednesday encourages us to focus all learning through speaking and listening rather than writing. The children had great fun taking part in a range of activities such as debates and role play, while at the same time learning skills that will help them develop socially and academically. To find out more about the importance of speaking and listening visit http://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/.

27/09/13

This week, as it is social media week, we have been thinking about keeping safe on the internet. The children have attended an assembly to learn with Smartie the Penguin, Kara and the Smart Crew and Newrounds Caught in the web. They have also worked together in their classrooms to further their knowledge. Reception and KS1 have been learning with Lee and Kim and have helped Sid to become Super Protectors! KS2 have been visiting the cybercafé to learn about how we use the internet responsibly, how we communicate, the safe use of emails, picture messaging, texting and chatting with care. Today we have had a fantastic afternoon of ‘Speed –E-Learning’. Thank you to the parents who came to join us. We hope you enjoyed and learnt new things about being online (we particularly enjoyed the songs!)

'Tweet as you wish to be Tweeted' Learning all about Twitter.

Follow us @eastlandsschool

eastlands Primary School Twitter Policy

Learning how to stay safe together.

18/07/13

Farewell Year 6

Today at Eastlands Primary it was time to say goodbye to our Year 6 children. They gave a fantastic performance of the play Reach for the Sky. There was some fantastic singing and very confident acting. There were lots of tears from the children, the parents and the staff. Thank you to Mrs Spyroe for all the hard work that goes into preparing for a performance. We wish all of the children the very best of luck at secondary school and for their futures. And remember to keep ‘reaching for the sky’ and fulfil your dreams.

15/07/13

Celebration Assembly

As another exciting school year comes to an end, it is time to celebrate our achievements. We celebrated…..

OFSTED Inspection – February 2013 – Eastlands is a ‘GOOD’ school.
E-Safety Project – year 5 – The Anti-Social Network.
The children’s achievements - more children have achieved their GOLD award this year than ever before, the first GOVERNOR award has been achieved and 22 children achieve 100% attendance.
School Community News - Eastlands PSA have raised in excess of £5300 this year. Thank you to you all, particularly Mrs Cox who leads the group.
Our Governing Body - led by Maggie Roberson who gives up so much of her time for the school.
Our volunteers – thank youfor coming into school on a regular basis, this really helps the children and staff to achieve high standards.
New things this year to help parents feel welcome in school - our learning challenge open afternoons and Mother’s day and Father’s Day lunches.
Plans for the Future - Completion of the ‘Quad’ project, painting of the exterior of the school building, installation of external lighting along the main access paths to school and ICT development.
Thanks and Farewell to those Departing - Year 6 children, Mr Moon will be departing for Dubai for a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience and Miss Huggins and Mrs Wells will both remain employees within school in slightly different roles.

Thank you to those of you who attended our Celebration Assemblies, it was great to share our achievements with you. For those of you who couldn’t make it please see our July Newsletter for more information.

8/07/13

Mark Pawsey MP visits Eastlands Primary!

Today at school we had a very special visitor in our assembly. Mark Pawsey MP came to Eastlands to find out more about the E-safety learning that we do in our school. He also came to congratulate year 5 on their fantastic film, he was very impressed with it! He told us about his life as an MP, where he works and what he does. We all listened very carefully and there were some very knowledgeable children that knew something about the House of Commons. Mark was very happy to answer some very thoughtful questions from the children too.

04/07/13

High Sheriff Awards

Year 5 were invited to attend the High Sheriff Awards at North Leamington School. Our E-safety learning, including the award winning film ‘The anti-social network’ has been recognised by members of Crimebeat as a project of merit and achievement that benefits the community and we were invited to receive a Certificate of Recognition. The evening started with a chance to showcase our learning about E-safety in the ‘marketplace’. Our stall was visited by Crimebeat members, Mayors from all parts of Warwickshire and other dignitaries. Then the time had arrived for us to share our learning on stage! It started with an introduction by Mrs Corrigan to explain what our project was about. Then we showed the trailer for the film and the audience was hooked. Mr Howes wrote a short drama of the film which was performed by Year 5 with real professionalism. We shared a montage of photographs to show how the film was made and our involvement in it from the start to finish. A huge round of applause and whoop whoops from the crowd ended our performance. Again Year 5, you should feel very proud of your achievements.

24th -28th June

National School Sport Week!

Last week all of the children at Eastlands Primary School celebrated all things sport, one year on from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games!

As part of the celebrations, all the children from Reception to Year 6 had the opportunity to work with a coach named Reid Curry from Coventry City's 'Sky Blues in the Community'. They had the chance to develop their skills in sports such as Basketball, Archery, Kwik Kricket and Target Golf and a fantastic time was had by all!

Click the link below to read the article about Eastlands' National School Sport Week in this week's Rugby Advertiser. There is a great photograph of some of the children in action too!

http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/sport/latest-sport-video/school-sport-eastlands-primary-1-5240179

Online Sport Week Survey

Children in Key Stage 2 are invited to complete the following online survey to share their feedback on how much they enjoyed National School Sport Week. For every 10 children that complete the short survey, we get an entry into a prize draw with the chance to win £500 of sports equipment for our school! Click the link below to enter...

www.schoolsportsurvey.com

19/06/2013

Mrs Corrigan on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Annie Othen Show

One of our Grandparents telephoned the Radio Station in response to a feature article on 'Cyberbullying' and they went on to interview Mrs Corrigan LIVE on air! The interview was about our recent e-safety film and why we feel it is important to educated primary aged children.

“The Annie Othen Show”, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, weekdays from 10am-1pm, on 94.8, 103.7 and on DAB”

Mrs Corrigan is interviewed on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio

17/06/2013

E-Safety Town Hall Visit

On Monday 17th June, some of Year five attended a very special meeting at the Town Hall. Eastlands Primary School has been awarded a commendation, the first one ever to be awarded, by the Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Ron Ball. We were asked to attend the meeting to celebrate the fantastic award winning film 'The Anti-social Network'. The meeting was also attended by the Chief Constable of Warwickshire, Andy Parker. He congratulated Year five on the fantastic work they have produced over the last year towards educating others about staying safe online. The children were able to ask both the Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner questions about their jobs. They in turn asked the children "what should you do if you are aware of bullying behaviour either towards you or others?" A fantastic reply was "talk to a trusted adult either at home or school”. Well done Year five, a fantastic achievement.

UPDATE Check us out on the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Webpage!

http://warwickshirepoliceandcrimecommissioner.wordpress.com/

17/5/13

Skern

Year 6 have had a fantastic time in Skern, North Devon. Some of the activities the children took part in were surfing, rafting, tunnelling, high ropes and many more!

Here are the teams!

Mr Moon - Dragons

Mrs Stonell - Phoenix

Miss Huggins - Centaur

Miss Woodhill - Griffin

16/4/13

York

Year 5 had the most enjoyable trip to York. The Jorvik centre was really interesting and York Minster was fascinating for the children to look around.

08/04/2011

GLOBAL COMMUNITY DAY

On Friday 8th April, children from Eastlands Primary, Paddox Primary, Hillmorton Primary, Abbots Farm Infants and Juniors and English Martyrs all went to each others schools!

Different Year groups went to different schools to work with each other on our Global Community Day.

Please take a look at our Class Pages; you will see photos and read reports about everything the children did.

It was a fantastic day, enjoyed by everybody!

25/11/2012

Choir Idol

The children of Eastlands Primary School participated in this annual competition (on the day that the festive lights were switched on in Rugby) recently.

Please click on the following link for a video clip of the event (featuring our children)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bcKcJ5SkRA&feature=youtu.be

02/07/2012

2012 Summer Olympics torch relay

The traditional lighting ceremony took place on 10 May 2012 at the Temple of Hera, Olympia, home of the Ancient Olympic Games. The torch relay travelled around Greece, before arriving at the Panathinaiko Stadium, in Athens on 17 May for the handover ceremony.

The torch relay will last 70 days, with 66 evening celebrations, six island visits with about 8,000 people carrying the torch a total distance of about 8,000 miles (12,800 km), starting from Land's End in Cornwall.

The torch relay will bring the Olympics to within 1 hour of 95% of the UK population. It is intended to help the London 2012 Olympic Legacy by getting school children, local celebrities and local people involved.

The children and staff of Eastlands Primary School were there!! (Monday 2 July 2012)

The Olympic Torches are made of aluminum alloy skin, perforated by 8,000 circles representing the 8,000 torchbearers who will carry the flame. The triangular-shaped torches represent:

The three Olympic values - respect, excellence and friendship,
The Olympic motto - faster, higher, stronger,
the Olympic Games hosted by United Kingdom (1908, 1948 and 2012)
The vision of the 2012 Summer Olympics - sport, education and culture.

The colour of the torch is gold; this represents the qualities of the Olympic Flame – the brightness and the warmth of the light that it shines. The torch was designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. It stands 80 centimetres (31 in) high, tested to withstand all likely weather conditions. Production of the torches started at the end of 2011.

We will shortly be uploading photographs of the event and links to the official torch relay ‘live feed’ http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/video/

11/06/2012 - 13/06/2012

An Olympian Acting Workshop

Thank you to Ellie from Konflux Theatre.

She joined us at the beginning of this Half Term to give our Olympic Learning Challenge a great start.

Each of the classes did workshops with her and performed it to the rest of the school and to parents.

Here are some shots of Year 6 in ACTion!!

28/04/2011

OUR ROYAL WEDDING

Thursday 28th April, a bright and breezy day for our wonderful Royal Wedding.

Children from ALL year groups came together to give the whole school and guests a right Royal Wedding performance.

We had it all; a blushing bride, a handsome groom, pretty bridesmaids, a best man, parents of the bride and groom, press photographers, flowers, decorations and confetti.

Our Wedding Official performed the ceremony with much aplomb and we all enjoyed a lovely celebration.

The photographers are processing their photos and the 'Photo Editor' is currently putting together a 'Souvenir Web Page' which will appear here shortly.

Thank you so much to all of our parents; your children looked great in school today and those children who starred in the wedding looked a million dollars!

Here's to the happy couple.