Celebrating NSPCC Numbers Day
Miss Leishman and Miss Thomas organised a fabulous NSPCC numbers day based around the book 'How many Jelly Beans?'. The children estimated the number of jelly beans in the jar and completed lots of maths challenges in their classes. We also dressed up as people who use maths in their jobs. A great day celebrating maths and raising £205 for NSPCC! Thank you for your support.
Founders Day Service
To celebrate 172 years of Eastry School we held our founders day service at St Mary's Church, led by Sue Brealey. We celebrated our school bison sharing the acts of kindness we had shown across the week. It was great to have so many parents join us.
Kindness Week
We had a school kindness week. Our school vision is to 'love one another as I have loved you.' The children each had a kindness leaf and when an adult spotted them being kind they gained a stamp! Children were also spotted being kind at home and we shared these photos in worship! Finally, each class planned an act of kindness for the community. Year 6 gave out crochet hearts, Year 5 hid positivity stones, Year 4 gave out seeds and planted flowers, Year 3 made bird feeders, Year 2 and 1 made kindness cards and Year R left love hearts in our church.
Visit from Kent Fire and Rescue to Learn About Fire Safety
We were lucky to welcome Kent Fire and rescue to our school. They shared with us some important fire safety lessons.
Christmas Craft Workshop
We welcomed Kent Adult Education to join us making Christmas crafts in the school. It was a great way of children and parents working together
Hand Made Christmas Decorations
As part of our advent and Christmas celebrations the children made decorations in forest school to decorate our tree in school and as part of the Christmas tree festival at St Mary's Church.
Festival of Trees
St. Mary's Church are holding a Festival of Trees for the first time this year. Local clubs and communities were invited to decorate a tree in the church and Eastry School dressed their tree with decorations made by the children in Forest School. The tree looks amazing and what a lovely way to show our decorations to others in the community and to see what they have created too! The Festival of Trees is open in the church in the lead up to Christmas from 9am to dusk.
Christmas Dinner!
Christmas lunch: we had a delicious Christmas lunch prepared by Maria and Jo. The children enjoyed coming together as a school community sharing in the joyful celebrations. Thank you to the PTFA for the crackers too.
A visit from Father Christmas!
Father Christmas: The children were delighted to see Father Christmas as he popped by to see us and kindly gave us a little gift to take home. Thank you Father Christmas!
NSPCC Speak Out. Stay Safe
Today we held the NSPCC Speak Out to Stay Safe assemblies to learn about the signs of abuse and who can help us. We learnt that all children have the right to speak out and stay safe.
Anti Bullying Week
This week we have been raising awareness for anti-bullying. Learning about how to 'choose respect' which is also one of our school vision values. In class we looked at how we all have our part to play to make the school and our world a kind place to be. We also wore odd socks to show we're all different but everyone should be respected.