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

• Gymnastics success for KS2

  Thu 06 Mar 2025

  In February pupils from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 attended an interschool gymnastic competition at Stoke Mandeville Stadium.

   

  All pupils had worked really hard practising their routines and they were a real credit to the school with their team spirit and beautiful manners.

   

  They all had to perform their routine one by one in front of a panel of judges and they made us very proud. The standard was incredibly high across the whole day. A huge well done to our Year 5 & Year 6 team who came an amazing 3rd place out of 12 schools. Well done to everyone!

  

• Mental health awareness across The Three Schools

  Wed 05 Mar 2025

  In February the children across the Three Schools took part in Children's Mental Health Week. The theme this year was ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’, with the aim to equip and empower children and young people across the UK to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them.

   

  EYFS pupils at Drayton Parslow focused on 'what makes us happy'. They met Gerald the Giraffe who had a dilemma he wanted the children to advise him on, they enjoyed stories and discussed what makes US happy and that it’s ok for that to be different to other people - uniqueness makes the world an interesting place!

   

  Meanwhile the children in Y1 at Mursley enjoyed a variety of activities during Children’s Mental Health week including ‘Motions for Emotions’, painting Emotions pictures and created some wonderful ‘Emotions hands’.

   

  Lots of interesting conversations and vibrant activities took place across the schools to celebrate this important initiative.

   

   

  
   

  

• Years 5 and 6 take part in knife crime workshop

  Fri 31 Jan 2025

  On Tuesday 28th January Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a Knife Crime Intervention workshop.

   

  The Safety Centre Charity (Hazard Alley) have been awarded funding from The Heart of Bucks Community Foundation to provide fully funded workshops, teaching about Knife Crime Intervention to Year 5 or 6 classes across Buckinghamshire. We have been lucky enough to access these sessions as our school falls in the area set out in the funding.

   

  These workshops lasted 1 hour 15 minutes each and were delivered in an age-appropriate way by Jodie from the Hazard Alley Safety Centre.

  The children learnt about:

  • How choices have consequences that can affect us, our future, friends, family, and the wider community

  • The risks of carrying knives

  • The consequences of being involved in Knife Crime

  • The laws around knife crime

  • Where to get help and support

  The Year 5 pupils also went through a ‘story’ of how a young person becomes involved in carrying a knife and explored each choice the character makes, and how this affects his life and the people around him.

   

  The Year 6 session started with a quiz, which highlighted the key messages needed to move forward in the session, which included information on;

  • Decision making through practical activities

  • Discussion around scenarios involving knives to clarify any misconceptions

  • Exploring how and why peer pressure can affect decision making and outcomes

  • Strategies for staying safe

  • An introduction to ‘Joint enterprise’, exploring this theme through a film narrated by a young person who received a jail sentence for being a bystander in an incident involving a knife

  • Where to report or get help and support with knife crime

   

  A really important and informative workshop.

  

• Year 1 enjoy a visit to ZSL Natural History Museum at Tring

  Fri 24 Jan 2025

  Recently Year 1 pupils enjoyed a fantastic visit to Tring Natural History Museum, they had fun exploring the exhibits, were really enthused and engaged excitedly in discussion as we walked around.

   

  They also took part in an interactive classifying workshop session, where they thought carefully about grouping different animals from the collections into animal groups.

   

  A great day out was had by all!

   

  

• Year 6 visit the Natural History Museum in London – A Pupil Perspective

  Fri 24 Jan 2025

  On Thursday 16th January, Year 6 pupils went to the Natural History Museum in London. After a coach ride into London, we arrived at the
  museum at 10.45am. We went straight downstairs to the school rooms, dropped off our coats and bags and had an early lunch at 11.00am. Once we had finished our lunches, we started our journey around the museum.

   

  There were so many different zones we wanted to visit as
  they all linked to our Science topic of Adaptation and Evolution, our English work looking at the life of Charles Darwin, as well as our
  Geography topic of Earthquakes and Volcanoes.

  
  We started by visiting the Mary Anning room and looked at the amazing display of fossils that have been discovered or collected by Mary Anning in the 1800s, we could not believe the size of some of the fossils they were ENORMOUS!

  
  Next, we made our way to the main hall, we saw the statue of Charles Darwin, a giant Sequoia tree stump that was over 1335 years old when it was chopped down and some amazing displays of sea birds, land-based birds and a very interesting exhibit on explorers and their
  discoveries.

   

  After that, we went to the bird section, we saw a fantastic display of hummingbirds and spent a long time looking at the anatomy of different types of birds and how they had evolved, including amazing Eagles, Dodos and Vultures, which were much bigger than we expected!

  
  We then visited the Earthquake and Volcano zone, unfortunately, the escalator that travelled through the Earth’s core was broken, but we
  had an amazing time when we got to the earthquake simulator and experienced what it is like during the different stages of an earthquake that took place in Japan in the 1990s. We also learnt so much about the different types of rocks, different types of reasons for earthquakes
  and saw a brilliant display on crystals that are found in the Earth – some of the crystals were so big that the Scientists looked like ants.

  
  Finally, we were able to visit the dinosaur section, it was wonderful to find out so much about the different dinosaurs as well as meeting a full-size T-Rex that surprised us all when we turned the corner and were faced with his deadly smile!

  
  At 2.15pm, we headed back to the school rooms and collected our belongings before heading to the coach to make our way home. We had a
  great day and really enjoyed visiting the museum to bring our learning to life. Thank you to Mrs Flefel, Miss Standring and Mr May for taking us out of school for such an exciting trip!

  

• UKS2 Rock Climbing & Bouldering

  Thu 12 Dec 2024

  Six of our Year 6 children recently had the opportunity to take part in a series of climbing activities, at Sir Henry Floyd School.

   

  We were very lucky to have the chance to explore the bouldering wall that is installed in one of the sports halls at SHFS, the only one at any of the schools in the area.

   

  Throughout the morning the children took part in a series of ‘free climbing’ activities, also known as ‘solo-climbing’. This means without any ropes. They had to listen to commands and react as quickly as they could; take up a position and then touch as many different holds as possible, without moving their feet; complete a timed team traversing relay and play a game of ‘capture the bib’. For most of the children this was a new experience, but one that they all embraced and thoroughly enjoyed. The morning was full of smiles and successes!

  

• EYFS welcome visitors from Milton Keynes Synagogue

  Thu 12 Dec 2024

  Mursley and Drayton Parslow EYFS classes spent a very interesting morning recently, welcoming visitors from the Milton Keynes Synagogue.

   

  The children learned about the important parts of the Synagogue and some information about the Jewish faith. There was a chance to handle some artefacts and do some crafts. The children asked some fantastic questions and were beautifully polite and well behaved. We were very proud of them.

  

• Sports competitions and experiences for children of The Three Schools

  Thu 12 Dec 2024

  Recently eight of our Year 6 children went to Waddesdon Secondary School to take part in a Benchball event. Our energetic group took part in some skill development warm-ups before playing the other schools. They also had the opportunity to play a game with some of the sports leaders from Waddesdon, which was an excellent experience. As usual the children were polite, respectful and competitive in all that they did.

   

  Our Year 2 pupils from Mursley and Drayton Parslow also had the opportunity to attend a multi-sports festival at St. Michael’s Secondary School in Aylesbury. They took part in a range of different activities, led by a group of students working towards their PE GCSE.

   

  All of the children were a credit to themselves and The Three Schools, as they participated fully, demonstrating good levels of skill, teamwork and sporting behaviour.

   

  

• 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