Our 400th Birthday Party Celebration
The anniversary event organised by our utterly fabulous PTA and friends of the PTA was a triumph. It may have been one of the hottest days of the year but the atmosphere was relaxed, happy and celebratory. Most people kept cool under the shade of the gazebos and the trees, with cold drinks from the bar and ice-cream. Mr Cameron, in his unique way, kept cool by having water-soaked sponges thrown in his face by some very enthusiastic children! Bravo Mr Cameron—always a great sport!
There were so many attendees, including pupils, parents and teachers, past and present. With stalls, story-telling, face-painting, competitions, a great band, the Sibford Songbirds, the KS2 choir, some great art work by the children and an expertly pitched display detailing some of the school’s rich, 400 year old history, the afternoon was a huge success. The prizes for the raffle competition seemed endless, and were SO generous; from a sightseeing flight, to West End theatre tickets, lovely hampers, a free yoga session, restaurant vouchers—it went on and on. The anniversary cake, beautifully decorated by parent, Mrs Cringle, was perfect, and large enough for everyone to have a piece! All just wonderful!
There were so many attendees, including pupils, parents and teachers, past and present. With stalls, story-telling, face-painting, competitions, a great band, the Sibford Songbirds, the KS2 choir, some great art work by the children and an expertly pitched display detailing some of the school’s rich, 400 year old history, the afternoon was a huge success. The prizes for the raffle competition seemed endless, and were SO generous; from a sightseeing flight, to West End theatre tickets, lovely hampers, a free yoga session, restaurant vouchers—it went on and on. The anniversary cake, beautifully decorated by parent, Mrs Cringle, was perfect, and large enough for everyone to have a piece! All just wonderful!
World Book Day, 6th March 2025
World Book Day was a real success this year. We started the day with a Special Assembly exploring why we celebrate World Book Day and talking about why books are important to us, with a particular focus on reading pleasure as well as gaining knowledge. There were some very creative costumes and it was great to see how many were home-made by children and parents. Here are some photographs from the day with costume ideas ranging from Bellatrix Le Strange (thank you, Mr Cameron!) to The Magic Faraway tree, Emmeline Pankhurst, Minions, Cats in Pyjamas and The Boy in the Dress. The children and grown-ups love coming in with their costumes on and we also had the opportunity to mix younger pupils with older to share books together. Freshstart did their Golden Ticket promotion with two lucky book winners at lunchtime. What a lovely day!
The Magic Faraway Tree
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The Cat's Pyjamas
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Freshstart's Pooh & Piglet
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The two lucky Golden Ticket winners.
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Image Theatre Pantomime March 2025
We were delighted to welcome Image Theatre back into school for the annual pantomime. Huge thanks to our wonderful P.T.A for making this possible. The performance was a magical interpretation of Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book', with the story brought to life through a mixture of puppetry, acting and song. Children were involved as cast members and everyone had a great time.
BONFIRE NIGHT 2024
Our annual P.T.A. organised Bonfire Night and Firework Display was a huge success. The turn-out was high and the atmosphere was one of happy excitement. An enormous thankyou to the PTA and 'friends' of the PTA who worked so hard to make this happen, and to everyone who turned up on the night to support. It was lovely to see so many of our current and past families among the spectators.
SPORTS DAY 2024
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This was such a lovely afternoon!
It was wonderful to welcome so many of you to join us for one of our favourite annual events. The children were competitive but very sporting and everyone had fun. Huge thanks to our Sports Leaders, to all the staff, an especially Miss Grantham ,for organising the event, A very big thank you too, to our PTA for the delicious refreshments! Well done to the children of YELLOW HOUSE, this year’s winners of the Heather Cup. This was received by Autumn and Isabella, the youngest and oldest members of Yellow House. |
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Parent Tim Hearn stepped in to save the day when all the staff ipads overheated simultaneously in the warm sun! The photographs he took are really excellent, as you can see below. Many thanks, Tim. We really appreciate your support with this.
World Book Day
We love to celebrate World Book Day at school. Whether the children dress up as a favourite book character or come as an 'author' - they all work hard as writers! - we all have fun.
The joy that books bring us is always worth celebrating!
The joy that books bring us is always worth celebrating!
'The Selfish Giant', presented by Image Musical Theatre
Thanks to the financial support of our wonderful P.T.A., we were able to book the Image Musical Theatre Company to come and visit the school for a morning of workshops and performance.
The performance was a very moving, and sometimes quite scary version of Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant', which was brought to life with a combination of acting and puppetry. The whole school attended. All the children, from the youngest nursery to the oldest Year 6 were engrossed throughout and a number of the children shone as performers within the production itself. What a wonderful morning!
The performance was a very moving, and sometimes quite scary version of Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant', which was brought to life with a combination of acting and puppetry. The whole school attended. All the children, from the youngest nursery to the oldest Year 6 were engrossed throughout and a number of the children shone as performers within the production itself. What a wonderful morning!
P.T.A - Fabulous Fireworks
Bonfire Night was such good fun here at Sibford Gower Primary School, with live music, refreshments, an enormous Bonfire and , of course, a magnificent firework display. After a few very wet and windy days, good fortune was on our side and the skies remained clear and cloudless for the event. Huge thanks to our formidable PTA for all the hard work, expertise and experience they put into organising this.
A visit from a spitfire!
Miss Blake's father is a Spitfire enthusiast. A few weeks after circling the school in the sky in a real spitfire, he brought a scale model of a Spitfire that he has made into school, to share with the children. This was particularly exciting for the children in Oak Class who have been learning about World War 2 this year. The model was made to a scale of 1:12 and is exactly half the size of a real Spitfire. We were all very impressed!
