Please explore our website, look at the vision and aims for the school, take a look at our Activities Gallery to see photographs of life in our school and feel free to contact us if there are any areas on which you want further information. |
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Information about appeals for Admissions in September 2013 can be found as an attachment on the Admissions page of the website |
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The Easter Bonnet Parade was very popular. Parents and Grandparents packed the hall to see the children on the catwalk and then we paraded through the village so that everybody could enjoy the amazing headgear. |
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We spent the day on a variety of activities which helped us reflect on the Easter story. We got together at the end of the afternoon to share what we had done and then used our experiences during our Easter service at the end of term. |
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We had a Red Nose Day and cake sale to raise money for Comic Relief. We raised over £300. |
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As part of our topic on transport the children designed and made their own vehicles. |
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Year 2 created non fiction books about animals. They read their books to Year 1 children who enjoyed them. |
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Patricia Irvine read her poems while Kate Scurfield drew illustrations for the children |
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All the children and staff came as book characters |
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The theme was journies. We made a whole school drama with each class creating a stage of the journey for Dani, a puppet. Each child wrote about a journey adventure of their own. |
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Parents arranged to work with groups throughout the whole school to make pancakes. They were yummy! |
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We had a visit from three cars to compare past and present as part of our work on transport. They were a Model T Ford, a Morris 1000 and a Ford Focus. |
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This is the whole school dancing Gangnam style at wet playtime. |
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Our Performance this year was The Sleepy Stargazer, which looks at the traditional nativity from a different viewpoint. All the children had a wonderful time learning their lines and the songs. We did two performances, both of which were fully attended, and had a retiring collection which raised £317 for Wildlife Aid and The Children's Trust |
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The school choir sang at the Christmas Fair which was a very successful event run by the PTA in conjunction with Preschool. Great fun was had by all and staggering total of £3,600 was raised for which we thank all those who supported the event. |
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We are delighted with our new Touch Screens which replaced our aging interactive whiteboards. The PTA did a great job in fundraising so we could have cutting edge technology to support our teaching and learning. |
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A flavour of the activities your child may be involved in during the school day. |
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The School Council organised a Cake Sale to raise money for Wildlife Aid who came to talk to the children about Hedgehogs. Year 2 children were in charge of pricing and selling the cakes and the whole school visited to spend their money. |
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Florence Nightingale visited Newdigate Infant School complete with lamp and the children questioned her about her experiences in Scutari Hospital during the Crimean War. |
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A cross curricular project involved the children creating their own healthy cereal, designing the packaging and, for Year 2, working out a advertising strategy. |
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Reception learnt about the Jewish Festival of Sukkot and created a Sukkah in their Early Years' Area |
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Chelsea Football now run training sessions as part of the curriculum as well as after school club during the summer. |
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We all enjoyed the Olympic and Paralympic Games, especially as one of our parents was competing. The Olympic Torch came through Dorking the paralympic torch came to school (see photo). Many of our families went to one or more events including the cycle race as it was so local. The school flag was one of several lining the route! |
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We celebrated the Jubilee through our history topic, which involved a whole school visit to Hampton Court where we had a workshop on life in the Court of King William. We created our own Jubilee museum with the children bringing in and labelling artefacts relating to the Royal Family past and present. We also had a red, white and blue day and a Jubilee picnic. |
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We had an Olympic themed Sports Day with a circuit of activities and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for the winning teams and an Olympic commemorative medal for everybody. |
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Our traditional May Queen ceremony took place in conjunction with the Rectory Fete. The May Queen, Escort and attendants are selected by their peers using a secret ballot based on sustained personal qualities such as kindness, helpfulness etc. throughout the year. |
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