Democracy in action 

One of the Fundamental British Values we teach, promote and uphold is democracy. We had several examples if this in action during term one as every class voted for their School Council Representative and every Year Six child and all staff members voted for the Captains and Vice Captains of our four house teams: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water. Our House Captains have already had lots of opportunities to display their leadership skills and to be ambassadors for our school and will have many more in the year ahead. 

Trips and experiences 

Every year group goes on at least one trip per year linked to the curriculum. So far, Lavender class have visited Everdon field centre for an autumnal forest school session. Year Five go swimming every Monday afternoon to the Waendel Leisure Centre. Further coach trips are planned throughout the year to lots of exciting venues including the Oxford Natural History Museum, Stanwick Lakes, Woburn Safari Park as well as our Year Three residential to Caythorpe and our Year Six residential to Dorset. 

We also ensure our children get out in the community and use the wonderful historic and geographical resources in and around our village as learning opportunities. Our new Reception children loved their village walk for their “People who help us” topic and our Year Two children are looking forward to visiting the war memorial as part of Remembrance Day. 

Harvest 

We enjoyed two wonderful Harvest services at All Saints church, supported by Reverend Jenny and Sarah (the Children’s and Youth Officer). Our Year One and Year Three children performed beautifully with songs, poetry and words of thanks for the Harvest time and all those involved in the production and service of our food. Special thanks to our parents and carers for donating food items and money to support the work of The McCarthy Dixon Foundation who are a great partner of our school. 

Sporting success! 

Congratulations to our Y5/6 football team who participated in a football competition this month and won their group and made it through to the final, where they narrowly lost 1-0! Well done to the team: Brandon-Lee, Joshua, Georgia, Lola, Florence, Odette, Jude K-S, Ally, Arthur and Harry. The team will participate in the District finals in January. 

In the news! 

Some Year Six children have recently feature on BBC Northampton news discussing our Smartphone ban. This campaign is gaining momentum with West Northamptonshire Council considering a county-wide smartphone ban as well as lots of international precedents. We are proud to say Earls Barton is leading the way on this as we have already successfully implemented a ban to protect our children. 

Marie Lally & Ben Morris 

Co-headteachers