Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• New Outdoor Area for EYFS and Key STage 1

  Thu 25 Feb 2021 Mrs P Shaw

  Our Playground Developments

   

  We are delighted to announce that our playground developments are complete! 

   

  We have installed a new timber outdoor canopy against our EYFS classroom to create an undercover physical activity zone. Our children can now play outdoors no matter what the weather conditions are like! 

   

  Moreover, we have also included a fantastic moveable obstacle course in this area in the form of a set of Get Set, Go! Blocks. The children can balance, step and climb from block to block and work together to move them around, creating their very own obstacle course. We are looking forward to fully utilising this brand-new space once all of our children return to school.

   

  For this project, we worked with Pentagon Play, who design and install outdoor learning environments for schools and nurseries.

  You can visit their website here – www.pentagonplay.co.uk

  
   

• Sumdog Competition

  Mon 22 Feb 2021 Mrs P Shaw

  Congratulations to Hawthorns!

  Winners of the ODBST Sumdog Competition

   

  Year 5 and 6 had been practising their times table for accuracy at top speed to take part in the Sumdog competition with other schools in the Traust. Against tough odds being the smallest school and class taking part we were delighted to win - all our hard work came to fruition.  We are looking forward to our next competition in a few weeks agains some of the schools in Buckingham. 

• Painting the Town Red!

  Fri 12 Feb 2021 Mrs P Shaw
  Maples and Hawthorns have been "Painting the town red" to raise awareness of the Medical Detection Dogs charity based in Great Horwood. The children wore red for the day and created leaflets to explain how the dogs are working to support people during Coronavirus.

  

• Mile for Moore

  Wed 10 Feb 2021 C Brigginshaw

  Hawthorns took on the challenge of walking a mile in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore. The children in school walked around the village and also visited the park halfway through our walk. Once we had returned to school we had actually managed to walk 1.7 miles in total.

  The children who are learning at home put their own twist on remembering Captain Sir Tom Moore alongside walking a mile and created medals from clay, posters, songs, poems and much more! 

  

• Children's Mental Health Week - 1st February 2021

  Thu 04 Feb 2021 Mrs P Shaw

  This week at Great Horwood School we are having a week with a very different feel to it. It is Children's Mental Health week and we have planned a whole host of calming and relaxing activities for the children (and their parents and grandparents) to join in with.

   

  We know how challenging it is for everyone at the minute - and home schooling is not easy for any of us. It is important to take a few minutes each day to look after ourselves.

   

  For ideas, help and support please visit our Children's Mental Health section on the Curriculum pages.