Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Anti-Bullying Week

  Thu 28 Nov 2024

  From Monday 11th to Friday 15th November 2024, The Three Schools took part in Anti-Bullying Week. This year we continued to work with the Anti-Bulling Alliance and shared with our pupils how we can encourage them to CHOOSE RESPECT.

   

  As part of Anti-Bullying Week, we asked all children (EYFS, KS1 and KS2) to design a poster to promote how we CHOOSE RESPECT for one another and ourselves. Posters needed to big, bright and bold to ensure they stand out and remind everyone of the ABA’s message. Posters could also include information about the DEBUG processes and what to do if you are being ‘bugged’.

   

  Winning designs will be displayed in classrooms and across the schools to remind children, staff and visitors of how we can CHOOSE RESPECT and the DEBUG initiative. Congratulations to our winners and an enormous ‘Thank you” to all who took part in the competition, there were some amazing entries. It was incredibly difficult for the judges to choose only 1 winning design for each site and therefore we decided to go for 2 designs per school.

  

• Year 3 step back in time

  Thu 28 Nov 2024

  Year 3 were delighted to have the opportunity to visit the Chiltern Outdoor Learning Museum as part of our History topic on The Stone Age through to the Iron Age.

   

  We were so proud of the way the children embraced the experience, demonstrating their knowledge, asking fantastic questions and showing great imagination as they immersed themselves in stone age life and iron age life.

   

  Here is what the children said about the day.

   

  “In the Neolithic Age, we learnt to be a hunter-gather. We picked roots and hunted a wild boar and deer. I also got to make fire” - Toby

   

  “In the Iron Age we learnt how to make pots, flour, flat breads and butter. It was really interesting. I enjoyed making the pots and making fire!” - Rowan

   

  “First we sat down in the Iron Age House. It was dark because in the Iron Age people didn’t have any light only fire, it took us a while to get used to the light. We learned there was only one bed and that would be for the chief and everyone else would sleep on the floor” - Lois

   

  Mrs Mailer – Year 3 Teacher

  

• Our Courageous Advocates visit the MK Foodbank

  Thu 28 Nov 2024

  On Wednesday 6th November the Courageous Advocates Team (CAT Team) visited the MK Foodbank to help us to learn more about the fantastic work that they do within the local community.

   

  It was a truly eye-opening experience for us all to discover the scale of support that this amazing charity offers to people in need. It got us thinking about how we can extend our support to this charity as a school beyond our Harvest donations. As always, the children were a credit to the school and they were highly commended on their intelligent questioning and their behaviour throughout. Brilliant work Courageous Advocates!

  

• It's all Greek for the Year 5s

  Thu 07 Nov 2024

  Recently our Year 5s enjoyed a Greek history workshop. 

   

  They had great fun and enjoyed lots of different activities including; drama of Greek myths, history quiz, Archimedes puzzle, board game, weapons training and mini Olympics. A brilliantly entertaining and interesting day!

  

• Drayton Parslow to host a Stay and Play for new starters

  Thu 07 Nov 2024

  On Monday 25th November we are inviting parents and children (who are due to start school in September 2025) to come and enjoy a Stay and Play at our wonderful village school, to see what our Foundation Stage children do, and join in the fun.

   

  A great opportunity for anyone unfamiliar with our school to come and see what we're all about.

   

  There is no obligation to apply to our school, but this is a wonderful opportunity to share the first steps of starting school with your son or daughter.

   

  Please email  office@draytonparslow.bucks.sch.uk  or call  01296 720306 to book your place. We just need your name, your child's name and their current pre-school or nursery setting.

   

  

• Fierce competition in House Orienteering

  Thu 07 Nov 2024

  On Thursday 24th October, the children at Swanbourne took part in the inaugural House Orienteering competition. This involved the children working as a team, using a map to find specific locations and collect information from each one. This was in the form of a series of letters, which then had to be unscrambled to make a word.

   

  The children in Years 5 and Year 6 went first and took part with great enthusiasm. Everyone took their part and the competition was fierce. The children in Years 3 and Year 4 followed with an equal level of excitement. Despite having the Sports Captains assisting, some of them found it challenging to reach the right location, but the perseverance on display was brilliant to see.

   

  For each event the winning house scored 10 points, with subsequent finishers scoring 8, 6 and 4. After both events two of the teams had 18 points, which meant that it was necessary to look at the accuracy of the teams' work. The team that made the fewest number of errors and are therefore crowned House Orienteering Champions for 2024 are Elizabeth House. Well done to Elizabeth House, but also well done to everyone for taking part with such energy and enthusiasm.

  

• Junior Leadership Team update

  Thu 07 Nov 2024

  Over the past few weeks the children in Year 6 had the opportunity to apply for a position in the Junior Leadership Team (JLT). This involved a rigorous process, where the children had to complete a formal application form and undertook an interview.

   

  Following this, seven children have been appointed as members of the JLT for this academic year - congratulations to them!

   

  Well done to all the other candidates who went through the process and should be proud of themselves. We hope that the experience has been beneficial for all of the children who took part.