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  • An Exciting Visit with an Author

    Published 13/11/24

    We were thrilled to invite local author, Keith Hatton, to our school on Monday 11th November. He shared his love of books and his journey of becoming a writer during our assembly, inspiring many of us to write our own books. We are never too young or too old to start! He then ran interesting writing workshops for Key Stage Two during the day. 

    The highlight of the day was the book signing event after school, when many of us got to meet the author, buy a signed book and receive a packet of Stan's seeds, a character in Keith's latest book Nature Boy. What a great day! Thank you, Keith, for sharing your ideas and books with us.

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  • An Expert Historian Visits Year 3 and 4

    Published 11/11/24

    Years 3 and 4 were lucky enough to have an expert visitor, Mrs Horne, share rare Egyptian artefacts that had been found in Egyptian tombs. They had been brought to England by members of her family in the early 1900s after working alongside Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.

    We carefully examined the artefacts, which were very valuable, and some of us tried on jewellery and beads that we think would have once belonged to an Egyptian pharaoh. We looked at photographs of the sphinx from a long time ago and compared them to more recent photos that showed how the sphinx had been repaired.

    One of our favourite artefacts was the shabti, a model of a servant, that would have been put in a tomb to help the pharaoh in the afterlife. The shabti was decorated with hieroglyphics.

    We would like to thank Mrs Horne for giving up her time and sharing her priceless objects.

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  • PTA Bake Off

    Published 06/11/24

    We had a wonderful array of entries for our competition and our judges had such a tricky time making their decisions.

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  • Swavesey Primary enhances biodiversity on its grounds....

    Published 25/10/24

    ....thanks to the generous support of 'The Sustainability Hub' (Swavesey) and 'Oakington Garden Centre'. 

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  • British Values

    Published 24/10/24

    Each week our assemblies have a different theme and last week this was our British Values.  We focused on democracy and the concepts of inclusion and discrimination.

    We explored these through stories, poetry and discussions. The children were engaged and articulate in asking and answering questions, showing they have an age appropriate understanding of these concepts.

    In the assembly on democracy we shared an acrostic poem, using the letters of the word to help us understand the concept more and linking this to our own children's councils and committees.

     

    Thank you to the school council for supporting with our photos.

        

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  • The SCSSP 'Run 4 Fun' was lots of fun!

    Published 23/10/24

    Lots of fun, running in the October sunshine...

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  • 'Out of school' success for Year 3 Isla, competing in the 'NATIONALS' Set Dance Finals

    Published 20/10/24

    BIG smiles for finishing in the Top 12 out of 100 dancers nationally !

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  • Year 5 / 6 Dodgeball Festival Fun for 20 children

    Published 16/10/24

     Year 5s and 6s warm up at their first Dodgeball Festival.

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  • A TERRIFIC AFTERNOON AT THE SCSSP Year 3 / 4 TEAM CHALLENGE EVENT

    Published 13/10/24

    Lots of fun, laughter and team work from the three teams.

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  • THREE TEAMS PLAY IN ROUND ONE of the 'BEE' NETBALL LEAGUE

    Published 13/10/24

    An exciting early evening of 'Bee' Netball for three teams of Year 5 and 6 Pupils...

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  • Harvest Assembly

    Published 29/09/24

    We held our annual Harvest assembly on Friday (27th) with our donations going to Jimmy's in Cambridge to support the homeless.

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  • Classical Poetry at Swavesey Primary School

    Published 24/09/24

    During September, the whole school has been having fun exploring poetry. Our Reception classes recited and performed a poem called Choppety Chop, whilst children from Years 1 to 6 developed their knowledge of Classical Poetry. Years 1 and 2 learnt the poem, The Owl and the Pussy Cat, and Years 3 and 4, The Jumblies, both written by the poet Edward Lear. Years 5 and 6 investigated the complex but fun vocabulary in Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. 

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