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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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KS2 Harvest Festival at St Swithun’s
Mon 09 Oct 2023Thank you so much to parents, carers and family members for joining us
at the KS2 Harvest Festival services at St Swithun’s church.The children did an amazing job to celebrate Harvest time with some beautiful singing, reading and prayers.
Thank you for all your generosity in providing an amazing amount of donations to support the Milton Keynes Foodbank to help those in our community who are in need.
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EYFS enjoy a trip to the gym
Mon 09 Oct 2023EYFS have been learning all about different ways to keep our bodies healthy and we spent a very energetic morning at Harlequin Gym last Friday!
We enjoyed practising lots of physical skills - running, balancing, climbing and even forward and backward rolls!
Everyone listened carefully to instructions and behaved beautifully. It was our first school visit and we were very proud to take them out.
Well done Reception children.
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Election fever hits Swanbourne
Tue 26 Sep 2023Once again, Year 6 pupils have had the opportunity to put themselves forward as a candidate for House Captain, Vice House Captain, Sports Captain and Vice Sports Captain. The aim is that the children taking these roles will be ambassadors for our school. They will work alongside the Junior Leadership Team (JLT) and staff to represent the school, on a day to day basis and at events we attend.
The children in Year 6 were all given the opportunity to stand for these roles and we had several willing candidates who put themselves forward, each presented a speech to the KS2 children as to why they would be the best person for the job. They all spoke with confidence and enthusiasm and presented a strong argument as to why they should be selected. Each of the KS2 children then had a vote for House Captain and Sports Captain and the staff all voted as well.
The votes were very close, congratulations to our new House and Sports Captains and Vice Captains. -
Our children 'Shine' across The Three Schools
Tue 26 Sep 2023What a fantastic way to start the school year with Shine Day! The children across Kingfishers and all Three Schools enjoyed focusing on our school values of love, honesty, respect and forgiveness.
Each class explored what one of these values means to them through a story and reflected on how they can show this value at school and in the wider community. Super art work was created as well as some excellent pieces of writing and drama.
The children looked brilliant in their bright, shiny clothes and had some great ideas about how they are going to ‘SHINE’ in the year ahead. -
No room for Racism Workshops – KS2 workshops with MK Dons
Tue 26 Sep 2023On Friday 15th September 2023, Charlie from the MK Dons SET came into Swanbourne CE School and delivered a ‘No room for racism’ workshop to all KS2 pupils in their classrooms.
Charlie shared with us how badly racism can affect someone and shared some examples of how children have suffered racist comments, attitudes and language from their classmates, older children and adults.
We were able to discuss how it would feel to be bullied or upset by someone and their racist behaviour, just because of the way we look, speak or our family background.
We were able to come up with some very emotive words to show how we would feel if we were treated in this way, we thought of the following;
• Depressed
• Annoyed
• Alienated
• Exasperated
• Livid
• Angry
• Lonely
• Isolated
We had some very interesting discussions surrounding what it would feel like to be excluded just because of your race. We also shared ideas on what we felt we could do to support and help someone who experienced this and why we should do this.
Charlie’s presentation was very powerful, it made us think and remember that if we don’t share or worries and experiences with a trusted adult, things can get even worse.
We would like to thank Charlie and MK Dons SET for the workshop, it was incredibly interesting and really made us think and reflect on our own behaviours and the behaviours of others. We all want to ‘be the change;’ and end racism!
We are looking forward to taking part in the Show Racism the Red Card art and writing competitions this year!
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Super SATs Success for Year 6!
Tue 18 Jul 2023Swanbourne SATs results for Year 2023 have surpassed both local and national results and we are delighted with our pupils’ incredible results! This is testament to the hard work and resilience of our pupils, staff and parents – we are very proud of you all!
The percentage of pupils achieving the Expected Standard (A Scaled score of at least 100)
• 89% in English Reading – Higher than National (73%)
• 89% in English Writing – Higher than National (71%)
• 82% in Maths – Higher than National (73%)
• 96% in Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation – Higher than National (72%)
• 79% Combined in Reading, Writing and Maths – Higher than National (59%)
The percentage of pupils achieving Greater Depth (A Scaled score of at least 110)
• 54% in English Reading (No National Comparators)
• 25% in English Writing (No National Comparators)
• 50% in Maths (No National Comparators)
• 36% in Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation (No National Comparators)
• 25% Combined in Reading, Writing and Maths (No National Comparators)
EVERY pupil has made exceptional progress from their own starting points and we are delighted with their achievements. We are enormously proud of their hard work, dedication and the resilience they have demonstrated in their learning throughout the year!
SATs results are only a snapshot of a child’s ability; as always we celebrate all achievements and examples of when we see our pupils Shine in and out of the classroom.
Well done Year 6, what an AMAZING year, we cannot wait to see what you can achieve in your last few days at Swanbourne. -
Busy Bees visit EYFS
Tue 18 Jul 2023On Tuesday 11th July, Drayton Parslow and Mursley EYFS classes were visited by the ladies from the North Bucks Beekeepers association.
After learning all about how bees help pollenate our plants, and how they communicate by doing a Waggle Dance the children had the opportunity to visit different stalls to find out more.
There was honey tasting, a chance to examine bees closely under magnifying glasses and to see the bees in their hive. Thank you to our visitors for bringing our learning about minibeasts and lifecycles to life.
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Speech Cup Final 2023
Tue 11 Jul 2023On Friday 7th July 18 pupils from EYFS, KS1 and KS2 took in the Three Schools’ Speech Cup Final.
Parents and carers were invited to share in this amazing event at Swanbourne CE School. It was an amazing final and such a delight to listen to confident, clear and entertaining speeches on a variety of topics including; Endangered animals, Football, The Three Schools, Mother Nature, Writing a Speech, Pets, Disney and much, much more.
All finalists were absolutely fantastic and staff, parents and carers were so impressed by the delivery from all children.
Sally-Ann Oultram, local author and public speaking expert was our guest judge and was absolutely amazed and delighted by all entries.
Congratulation to all 18 finalists – you were amazing and we are proud of every single one of you!Results for the Speech Cup 2023
1st Place – Joshua C (Year 2)
2nd Place – Bethan D (Year 5)
3rd Place – Louis R (Year 6) -
'Pick Your Own’ Fun for EYFS
Tue 11 Jul 2023Mursley and Drayton Parslow EYFS classes spent a wonderful morning picking strawberries at Grove Pick Your Own Farm.
After carefully selecting the juiciest strawberries they took them back to the classroom where they weighed them, created some fantastic baskets to put them in, then sold them to their grown-ups at the end of the day.
There might have been a few sampled along the way too! -
Author Natasha Hastings Visits KS2 at Swanbourne
Tue 11 Jul 2023On Friday 7th July, KS2 were very excited to welcome author Natasha Hastings to Swanbourne to talk about her wonderful book, The Miraculous Sweetmakers.
During the 45-minute session Natasha shared her experiences as a published author and described the journey of an initial idea to a published book.
Natasha also worked with the children to create a shared story based on the themes she shared from her book.
It was very exciting for many pupils who had pre-ordered Natasha’s latest book and were able to receive a signed copy from the author herself.