Snippets from the Classroom and Beyond
No
W68 July 2008
No, I haven’t “come over
all religious” – I just think that we have a very beautiful church in our
village and, in the absence of school activity photographs this month I have
put in a few pictures of our church that I have taken over the years. It is
very well worth a visit just to marvel at the effort that must have gone in to
getting the solid granite pillars that support the roof to the village. The
first shot is the more usual aspect taken from the south east corner of the
graveyard
On
then, to the school, I have got lots of sports news for you but we’ll start off
with more academic themes. As part of the move into secondary education for our
children, a series of activities are arranged by QECC to help them into that
transition. The scheme is called Transition Liaison. So we saw Year 6 attending
the Library Roadshow at QECC on 18th June.
It was enjoyed by all the youngsters who attended. As part of a wider
opportunities initiative across the Crediton Learning
Community this term, Ben Hudson has been giving all the children experience of
music through ICT. I’m not exactly sure quite what this means and I will have
to check up further on this subject
On, perhaps a more mundane front, the school car park has
recently received a new surface. I don’t know whether they ran out of material
before they got as far as the entrance gate, but the main area does look far
better now. Most of the old surface had been displaced by the vehicles using
the park. It does actually enhance the overall appearance of the school.
Looking
now at the next photo, we see the approach up the cobbled path from the lower
gate towards the porch. At the height of summer with the trees in full leaf, it
really does present a picture.
Well,
I promised sports news and this is what you are going to get. After all the
rave reviews about their achievements in last month’s Snippets (and the Express
and Echo), our tag rugby “A” team achieved a further success at the Tag Rugby
Festival at Crediton on 13th June. They
came 3rd out of 24, yes 24, teams and were only narrowly beaten by Haywards in the semi final. Haywards
was the team that they beat in the final at the last tournament. Willowbank from Crediton were the
eventual winners. Well done to the children and all who have trained them,
coached them and transported them.
Our
soccer team was in action recently with a friendly match against our old rivals
Tedburn St. Mary. Despite all best efforts Tedburn came out on top. Another well done is due to all
the effort the children put in and, don’t worry, I’m sure that we will get the
better of Tedburn soon.
A
quick comment here about the photo on the left here. Early on a bright summer’s
morning, before the sun goes behind one of the churchyard yew trees, sunlight
floods through the stained glass east window throwing a splash of colour onto
the wall. It is really lovely. This will be in colour in the web edition of
Snippets.
More
sport now, with a focus on that traditional summer sport of cricket. Once again
Sandford Cricket Club are
providing cricket coaching for Class 4 every Thursday afternoon. The coach,
Doug, is a Zimbabwean cricket player. The Kwik
Cricket season is upon us now and there will be tournaments at Spreyton on 2nd July,
and at Sandford on 11th July. I’m sure our
team will give a good account of itself!
On 20th June, we had Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 pupils
representing CB at the Area Athletics at QECC. I haven’t yet seen the results
but I am reliably informed that we achieved some successes. I will try to
remember to include them in next month’s issue. The children thoroughly enjoyed
the day despite the presentation ceremony being rained off, and Miss Colton,
our PE teacher was well pleased with everybody’s efforts.
The
final church photo: this one is taken from the northeast on a fine summer’s
evening. It is not a very common viewpoint.
All
that now remains is the calendar:
25th June – Devon
Schools’ Mix – Dance Club attending
28th June –
2nd July – Kwik Cricket Tournament at Spreyton
5th July –
School Summer Fęte – PTFA
11th July – Sandford Cricket Tournament
18th July –
School’s Sports Afternoon
22nd July –
Valedictory Service – St. Mary’s Church - 1330
22nd July –
Summer Term ends