OUR SCHOOL VALUES

TRUST, RESPECT, RESILIENCE, INCLUSIVITY 

COMMUNITY KINDNESS

Remembrance Day 2024

Year 2 led the KS1 service for Remembrance Day. They read a poem and listened to music as they laid poppy wreaths at the foot of our soldier, whilst they thought about all of those men and women who died, protecting our country and our way of life. 

Year 6 told KS2 their thoughts and how they felt about the poem In Flanders Fields. It was written by the War Poet John McCrae in 1915. The words of the children were very moving. Then the 2 minutes of silence were observed.

We had a great turn out from the Uniformed Organisations! Well done all of you who are part of Rainbows, Beavers, Cubs, Brownies, Scouts and Guides and chose to wear your uniforms today.

Jubilee Celebration Week

The week commencing 13th June was our week of celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The children took part in a variety of royal activities and learned about the Queen through the decades of her reign. Year 5 and 6 also had the opportunity to take part in A Right Royal Do, at the Gala theatre, singing gospel songs. The week ended with our Finchale street party.

Finchale Memorial Garden

Our Finchale Memorial Garden was completed in 2018. This project came about when we secured funding to develop something that could be enjoyed by the local community and it was in development for more than 2 years, from when we first planted trees in the site. The photographs below show some of the stages we went through.

The Finchale Memorial Garden is to honour soldiers from World War I and all subsequent wars. Pupils were keen to have a sculpture and seating for visitors. Willow was chosen so everyone could be involved in the building process. Ruth from Sylvan Skills listened to our ideas and gave us design suggestions. She passed on her willow-work skills and expertise when we joined her to build shelters for the seating. Anna helped us to build our very own Finchale Soldier who you will see is sitting writing a letter home. The garden is open to visitors from 7am - 6pm during term time.

Please come and enjoy the garden.