Saint George's Day

We learnt about and celebrated St George's Day on Monday and considered the legend and the facts. Thank you to National Heritage for their fascinating insight into the real St George! https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/st-georges-day/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-st-george/  

It was useful to reflect on what we thought we knew and then what we really knew once we had done some research. 

The children saw links between this idea with gossip on the playground: don't believe everything you hear, and also rushing in our learning: check your working out - don't assume you know it.

This got us talking about the question of knowledge - how do we know anything?  How does this link to being excellent? Below are the 9 interesting facts about St George:

See slides 7-18

Excellent Ellie Robinson

We were absolutely delighted to host Paralympic gold medallist, and now author, Ellie Robinson to Little Green today. She inspired the children with the story of how she built up to winning her gold medal in Rio, and emphasised the idea that she had to have some knockbacks along the way. In fact, her favourite medal was a silver medal: this taught her it was okay to fail and drove her on to even better things!

Ellie shared the first chapter of her book and helped the children to come up with some of their own ideas for a sports-based mystery. Children also got to have a hands-on experience with a real gold medal!

Over 90 copies of the book were sold this time. Thank you to all the families who purchased a copy of the book - it is through these book sales that we are able to consistently offer such great author visits. 

Year 6 SATs and PGL Information

Mr Hyde welcomed Year 6 parents to an information morning on SATs. As a school we work hard to prepare children for the realities of a testing regimen whilst ensuring they understand that they can only 'try their best!' Our focus is always on engaging high quality learning experiences and opportunities that will help children to thrive in their futures. In a sense, we do not teach 'to the test', we teach beyond the test!

FOLG second-hand sports kit marketplace 

We are really excited to announce that FOLG is setting up it’s own online marketplace for parents to donate and buy second-hand sportswear and equipment on a new community based app called "Grassboots".  With most donations priced between £1.00 to £5.00 it provides a fantastic opportunity to buy preloved kit for amazing value, especially during these difficult times.  So, to join up, please go to your App store and download the “Grassboots.Club" app. When registering, link to Little Green School (FOLG) and you’re then good to go. Once an item is bought, contact the donater via the in-app messenger to arrange a collection time at the school gates...easy! This community focussed initiative gives the school and parents a great opportunity to recycle more, reduce waste and the majority of every sale goes towards fundraising targets for FOLG... so please join up and start donating and buying!

 For more information please go to: www.grassboots.club or Facebook / Instagram @grassboots.club