Our Rain Garden was featured on the BBC South Today News
The children, staff, parents and local volunteers helped by ARK (Action for the River Kennet) through the Sparkling Streams Project created our fabulous Rain Drop Rain Garden. Our garden was designed by the award winning garden designer Wendy Allen. Wendy met with the pupils to listen to their ideas and incorporate them into her fantastic design. The children loved working together -building, digging, planting and weaving and now love playing and learning outdoors in this amazing space. They have found out about how a Rain Garden can help to 'slow the flow' of water entering the sewers, create a sustainable environment for wildlife as well as be a super place to enjoy outdoor learning and playing.
Here are some activities that we have done at Shalbourne C.E. Primary:
Zoolab came to visit with some interesting creatures!
Squirrels Class went to Oxenwood and learnt new skills
Acorn Class took part in a Multi Skills Festival along with five other local small schools. They had a great day showing the skills they had been learning in PE...
To raise money for 'Children in Need' we made a donation to dress in sportswear, then we made a 'Pudsey Pennies' coin trail around the playground.
Acorn Class working with Shalbourne Growers to harvest the pumpkins- all shapes and sizes. Chatting to the turkeys too!
Dodgeball Festival - Runners up
Survival Skills linked to our literacy work based on 'The Explorer'
Hustings and election of new House Captains and Vice Captains
Easter and Forgiveness
Visit to the Moon at Marlborough College Chapel as part of our science work.
Taking part in a 'Pollinator workshop' - mapping the school grounds and looking for pollinators as part of a countrywide project co-ordinated by ''Learning through Landscapes'..
Tasting snails and frogs legs during our French lesson
Year 6 leading Worship during Advent.
Celebrating World Book Day by dressing up as a book character.
The Shalbourne School Nativity Play- 'Straw and Order is available here to watch.
Staff keeping in touch -during Covid-19 Lockdown
Returning our hand-reared trout to the River Kennet
Visiting Avebury Stones as part of our local geography lessons
Taking part in small schools History Drama Day at Oxenwood
Residential Visit to Oxenwood Centre
Our School Council enjoying the new playground designs they had chosen.
Enjoying the Marlborough Schools Cluster Tag Rugby Festival
Acorn Class visit to Bournemouth
Learning to paint like LS Lowery
Some of our educational visits- Stonehenge, London, Braeside in Devizes
The Life Exhibition in Pewsey- learning about the Easter story.
Taking part in the Marlborough Schools Cluster Hockey festival at Marlborough college.
Hosting the Small Schools Dodgeball Festival
Teamwork in the Easter Egg Hunt.
Our whole school trip to the Houses of Parliament and Science Museum.
Learning about Democracy through hustings and voting for our House Captains and Vice Captains.
House Days at Oxenwood- problem solving and teamwork in action.
Key Stage 2- Clarinet performance.
Marlborough Dance Festival -Shalbourne Dance Troupe.
Sharing our homework in a presentation to parents.
Singing Christmas Carols for the guests at the Jubilee Centre in Marlborough.
Christmas Nativity Performance in St Michael's Church , Shalbourne
