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• Day 3 of The Spark Children Arts Festival- The Frog & the Princess

  Wed 21 May 2014

  Today our years 1 and 2 children watched a poignant and fun puppetry re-telling of the traditional Brother's Grimm Frog Price tale.

   

  The children found out what happens when a Princess deems a Frog unworthy of being her friend, just because of what he is?

   

  At the end of the show the children got the opportunity to meet the puppets which they all thoroughly enjoyed.

  

• Day 2 of The Spark Children Arts Festival- I, Peaseblossom

  Tue 20 May 2014

  Day 2 of the Sparks Children's Arts Festival.

  Today our years 3,4,5 and 6 children have watched I, Peaseblossom. The productions a unique interpretation of Shakespeare's classic text, A Midsummer's Night Dream.

   

  All the children thoroughly enjoyed the play. They were able to listen to the story through the eyes of one of the characters destined to watch the main action from the side-lines. 

  

• The Spark Festival presents Yummmmm!

  Mon 19 May 2014

  The Spark Festival has arrived at Barley Croft!

  Today our reception children along with our years 1 and 2 children have watched a dance theatre show that celebrates all that is messy at meal times!

   

  Yummmm! is a celebration of food seen through children's eyes using dance, live music, quirky design and some amusing eating utensils. A highly imaginative production where tables can dance, plates spin and the children have the chance to join in with the dinner time rituals!

   

  After the show there were activities were the children were able to join in and play with their own utensils.

  

• Newsletters

  Wed 14 May 2014

  The May Newsflash is now available on our website. To view the latest newsflash Click here

   

• The Women’s Tour

  Fri 09 May 2014

  On the 8^th May 2014 fourteen of our children and staff/ parents went to Hinckley to see the world’s top female cyclists racing through Hinckley on route to Bedford as part of stage 2 of their competition.

  The children got to meet Lucy Garner who is part of the Great British cycling team. She is 19 years old and from Cosby. The children also got to watch the riders warm up and prepare for their race. There were lots of TV and radio crew there covering the race, the children were lucky enough to be interviewed by BBC Radio 2.

  The trip has been a really good opportunity to show the children that cycling is a well-recognised sport for men and women and has many followers and supporters. All the children that went on the trip have passed there biking ability level 2.

  
   
  
  
  
  

  

• Hooty owls visit Barley Croft Primary

  Thu 08 May 2014

  On the 1^st May 2014 we were lucky enough to have Hoots Owls come to visit our Year 1 and 2 children. The children were able to reinforce the learning they had done in the classroom by listening to a talk all about owls, their habitat, what they eat and how they catch their food. The children also had the opportunity to hold the owls which allowed them to see for themselves how soft the owls were to touch.

  

• School allotment has makeover

  Thu 03 Apr 2014

  The school allotment has undergone some amazing changes in the last few weeks. We gratefully welcomed nine Walkers and PepsiCo employees to help with the transformation.

   

  They worked really hard during the three days that they were here with us at Barley Croft. During this time they did lots of cleaning and tidying, put the shed up, cleared the pond and put educational signs up. They improved the pathways and put a new roof on the greenhouse for us.

   

  We are all really pleased with the work that has been done on the allotment and are looking forward to seeing the children and their families enjoy spending time in and around the allotment.

  
   
  
  
  
  

  

• Family Film Night- 27th March 2014

  Wed 19 Mar 2014
  The Parent and Teachers Association (PTA) would like to invite you to a family film night. Please see the poster below for further details.

  

• Ofsted Report February 2014

  Thu 27 Feb 2014
  A successful Ofsted inspection in February 2014. Find our excellent report on the Key Information page.

• Community Breakfast Club

  Tue 11 Feb 2014