Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School

 

Snippets from the Classroom and Beyond

No W52 October 2006

 

I am going to start this edition of Snippets with a short anecdote. It was on Tuesday morning, the 19th September, if my memory serves me correctly, and I was walking my dog, Jess, around the village. We had been to the shop to pick up the newspaper and were walking down Church Lane when we met Bernard and his dog Fudge coming the other way. As is my wont, we stopped for a good old natter. While we were talking, a long column of school children came down from Cheriton Cross escorted by teachers and parents. I guessed that they had been up to the Methodist Church for a Harvest Festival service. What was extraordinary about this, you may ask? Every one of the children was laughing or chattering happily, the staff and parents looked happy and there was a general air of friendship and laughter and happiness. To see them all like that gave a real fillip to the rest of the day. I felt that it gave a really good reflection of what our village school is like with a happy and friendly atmosphere conducive to the learning process for the children. Bernard also expressed surprise at the number of children there. I wonder how many of our readers realise that there are over sixty children at the school. Incidentally, the proceeds from the Harvest Festival have gone to Age Concern in Crediton.

 

Having now mentioned a charity, that links me in nicely with the illustration on the left. The school will be holding a “Jeans for Genes Day” on 6th October. This is to raise money for a number of children’s charities who are carrying out research into childhood genetic deficiencies and diseases and supporting those who suffer from them. I am going to list them for you and I hope you will not be too overwhelmed:- Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, PiA, CGD, mps, WellChild, SPARKS, Genetic Interest Group, Fragile X Society, TssS and the XP Support Group. You can see from this impressive list that this is no flash-in-the-pan appeal and the school sets aside this one day per year to join in with others around the country in raising both money and awareness of the problems faced. If you want any more information, try the internet and www.jeansforgenes.com will help you out.

 

We have two new Governors at the school now. Mr. Everton and Mr. Maule were both voted in as Parent Governors at the end of last term. Congratulations, Gentlemen, I’m sure you’ll find it a rewarding time.

 

Now, on to some interesting news. The Walking Bus has moved it’s start point to the Good Knight Inn car park. This doesn’t mean a change of brewers (Joke). It means that the Old Thatch Inn car park is now not available because the start of rebuilding the Old Thatch is imminent and the car park will be used as a base for that work. Thank you, David, for allowing the school to use your car park, and thanks to the Good Knight for allowing the bus to start from there. It has taken from mid-May to now to get planning consent for the rebuild. It’s called bureaucracy.

 

A quick reminder for any of you who have never seen the school’s mosaic emblem of  “Cherry B” – Short for Cheriton Bishop. The mosaic represents a cherry tree being attended to by a couple of bees – hence Cherry Bee.

 

What have Board Games, Dance and Drama, Tag Rugby, Football, Netball, Taiko Drumming and Art got in common? They are all the subjects of the various clubs and activities being run after school for the children. This is in addition to learning to play the violin, guitar and drums which are available for tuition . There are, as you can see, many mind-broadening activities for the children that the school and parents can offer outside the world of academe. .

 

On the immediate sporting front, CB will be a football and netball competition at QE for the whole of the “Crediton Learning Community” (CLC) schools on 12th October. Good luck to our teams involved. Class 4 have now started their swimming lessons at Crediton Leisure Centre. The course takes ten weeks and they are taught by a qualified teacher.

 

I have a confession to make. I was given the names of three more children who won music awards in the summer and I have lost the piece of paper they were written on. Congratulations to you all, you know who you are. If I find your names later, I promise I will mention you in the next Snippets.

 

 

The calendar:-

5th September – Autumn Term Begins

6th October – Jeans for Genes Day

12th October – CLC Football/Netball Competition - QE

23rd October–27th October  - Half Term

15th December – Autumn Term Ends

 

PGR