Carols by Candlelight

A fantastic end to the Autumn Term and a brilliant way to get into the festive spirit! Music is well and truly alive at Lady Elizabeth Hastings thanks to the sterling work of Miss B and Mrs F. A lot of foot tappin', swaying' and clappin' went on during our KS2 musical medley, particularly during 'Rockin' Robin'!  Well done to our Choir and instrumentalists and thank you parents and relatives for adding to the amazing atmosphere!

Senior Citizen's Christmas Lunch

We welcomed residents of our Parish yesterday and served them a Christmas Lunch! The KS2 Choir sang a medley of festive songs and our youngest children performed a scene from their Nativity. 

The final Clue in the six blogs of Christmas Challenge is :-

Christmas Fair Success!

We have lots of people to thank for the success of our Christmas Fair on Friday evening..... over £800 raised! Thank you for organising, donating, helping, spending, enjoying and tidying up afterwards. Great team work and a wonderful, festive fundraiser!

 

5th clue .......'M'

Early Years and KS1 Nativity-Monday and Wednesday!

 

We are looking forward to seeing parents at our Nativity Performance!

 

 

If you are collecting clues for the 6 Blogs of Christmas anagram......the fourth letter is
                                                'a'

Crib Service

Today we held our Crib Service in school and celebrated advent with Christingle Candles, an Advent Candle Wreath and Christmas Carols. Thank you to all parents who are supporting the Children's Society this year by filling up the collection boxes. We look forward to repeating this service in Ledsham Church on Friday 18th December at 2.30 p.m.and all parents and friends of Lady Elizabeth Hastings C of E Primary School are invited to attend.

3rd Blog of Christmas Clue = 

Robin visit!

 

Today a robin popped in for dinner.

 

 

It flew into our Nativity scene to look at Baby Jesus. Perhaps a robin was in the stable the night Jesus was born?

 

It stood in the middle of the stage. The Reception children said it wanted to sing and join in with our Choir.

 

It hopped onto the piano keys, but just wasn't heavy enough to play any notes!

 

It perched on the wooden beams above our heads, watching the children eat their dinner.

 

It could see the trees outside. The robin cocked it's head to one side and looked puzzled. 'How have I ended up in here?' it seemed to say.

 

'I know... if I fly down and perch on that orange basket, I can pretend to read what is on the menu for tomorrow but really work out how to

 escape!'

 

'Ha!.....the old bread crumb trick! Works every time!'

 

'Back safe and sound in my home. What lovely boys and girls!'

 

Blog Clue just has to be the letter r



Anagram Puzzle - Crib Scene

 The Reception children have started to make the buildings to create our 'Little Town of Bethlehem' for the Nativity Scene in the hall.

6 Blogs of Christmas - Anagram Puzzle

Collect the clues (letters) from each Blog; rearrange them to find a word that is in the title of a Christmas Carol. Use the slip outside Mrs B's office to record your clues and hand in on Friday 18th!

Reception Christmas Experience

Thank you to everyone who came along to support our Reception Christmas Experience. Hats, lanterns, wreathes, nativity scenes and the little town of Bethlehem all created in one afternoon. Lots of glitter, glue and mess ......the children enjoyed themselves so much and I think the Dad's did too!

The 6 Blogs of Christmas!

Staff at school regularly update their Blogs and have come up with a great idea to ensure children and parents access them. In December we will be running a '6 Blogs of Christmas' activity where 2 Blogs a week, over the next three weeks, will contain clues! For my Blog, I will insert a letter somewhere in the picture or text and children will be invited to collect all six letters and turn the anagram into a word that is in the title of a popular Christmas Carol. A recording slip will be in a plastic pouch outside my office for children to use to help them work out the word. Children can focus on just their own Class Blog or search through the other 5 Blogs too!
Happy Blogging!

Choir at RNLI Fundraising Event

Thank you to all children, parents and relatives who supported the RNLI fundraising event at Garforth Welfare Hall on Saturday morning. The Choir were fantastic and put everyone in a festive spirit! Thank you to Mrs S for giving up her time to ensure everything went well with the many rehearsals at lunchtime. 

Anti Bullying Week

 In class and in whole school assemblies this week we have been sending out a strong message that bullying in any form will not be tolerated in our school and wider community. Children have been encouraged to be strong and speak to an adult if anyone is ‘putting them down’ or hurting them or their feelings and to be a ‘buddy’ not a bully. All children have been warned about the dangers of bullying on social network sites. If parents require further information, please visit;-                                                                                                                     

www.bullying.co.uk/cyberbullying

https://www.childline.org.uk

Special thanks goes to Mrs F who helped the children in Lotherton Class make up an anti-bullying song to the tune of American Pie which they performed in Assembly this afternoon. Look out for this being uploaded onto the blog this weekend!

Skipping Workshop in Gascoigne Class

We welcomed Chris back into school to hold another Skipping Workshop. The children learned a variety of skipping techniques such as ;- Pretzel, Double Bounce and Cross Over. They practised Speed Bouncing which was very tiring and running in, jumping and running out again. Teamwork and co-operation were in evidence throughout the session and the children had an amazing time and can't wait to perfect their skills further in the playground.

Time Traveller Topic in Lotherton Class

The children were really pleased to welcome Mr W into class this week to talk about life as a coal miner. The children have been learning about how our community has changed over the years. They have looked at our area and identified human and physical characteristics and key topological features.

Thank you Mr W!

Children in Need- 13th November 2015

£180 raised for Children in Need. Thank you!

Remembrance Day

Thank you, Mr Lowton, for taking Collective Worship with us this morning and helping us to remember those who have fought and died in wars and the sacrifice they made. Fewer and fewer people today have any direct experience of living through a war, but we know that there are still many families for whom this can be a very emotional occasion. We sat in silence at 11.00 a.m. in thought and prayer.

Grandad's War

                                                                     'Lest we forget'

Don't forget to visit AC Reynolds 'Grandad's War' exhibition at Vicar's Court over the weekend.

Everyone needs a little help from their friends!

A brilliant assembly was delivered by Ann, Tania and Mike this week! It was good to welcome the team from Dayspring Church into our school and reflect on what friends mean to us.

Harvest Experience at Ledsham Church

Six different 'stations', six different Harvest learning experiences. What a brilliant afternoon we had in Ledsham Church! Thank you to parents, friends, relatives and parishioners and to Ms H and L for the bun sale for Ben's Cause.