On Wednesday we held our Reception Phonics workshop. So many parents joined us in the hall to hear about how we teach early reading at Overchurch Infant School. Parents listened to a presentation from Miss Cromby before spending time with their…
On Wednesday we held our first parent workshop of the year. Over 100 parents joined us in the hall to hear about this year’s online learning offer looking at our 3 e-learning platforms including TT Rockstars, LetterJoin and CollinsHub. The hall…
Today we welcomed our school community to our ‘Brick by Brick’ event designed to open a conversation regarding positive mental health and well-being. This followed on from the success of our Neurodiversity celebration event last year and gave families access…
On Friday we held our latest ‘Silver Around The Playground’ event! Each class laid down their coins on the playground so we could see which class had the longest line. Congratulations to Class 2 and Class 5 who had the…
On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day with an ‘Elmer: the patchwork elephant’ theme. The children wore brightly coloured clothes and even came in to school early with their families to enjoy some Elmer related colouring! We even enjoyed a…
Last week Miss Cromby hosted a very well-attended handwriting workshops for our Reception parents. During this session, she discussed the importance of developing children’s gross and fine motor skills in order to help prepare them to be a successful writer.…
Today we celebrated NSPCC Number Day! The children loved dressing up for number day and taking part in a range of fun activities based on a number story. Even our fabulous kitchen staff couldn’t resist getting involved! We will you…
Last week Mrs Hill and Mrs Williams led two very well-attended handwriting workshops for KS1 parents. During this, they shared the details of our school’s new handwriting programme: ‘LetterJoin’. They discussed the importance of developing children’s gross and fine motor…