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23
NOV
2018
Success for our Choir at Speech House
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Our Choir are gearing up for more appearances following their success with (I’m Only) Human and Let’s Twist Again at Speech House. Judges announced that Yorkley and Blakeney schools were joint first in the competition on Saturday. You can join them at Lydney Town Hall on S
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NOV
2018
A Mammoth Tusk in school!
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A real mammoth tusk, thought to be around 100,000 years old, has intrigued children in Class 3. Their topic, The Stone Age, has taken on greater meaning to the children who said:’I thought it was part of a tree trunk at first, because it looks like it is made of wood. I was surp
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NOV
2018
Science Competition Success!
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Science Competition This week, Class 5 took part in an exciting Science competition: the children worked in teams of 4 to design a new organism/creature that would be adapted to live in an environment/habitat of their choice. Each team produced a 3D model of their creature and created
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NOV
2018
Tesco Tokens
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We’re over halfway towards our playground playpod, thanks to the amazing amount of £2000 which was raised by the collection of tokens in the TESCO token. There’s now more than £5000, leaving £3700 still to raise. Thank you to Tesco and to everyone who supported us with the
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NOV
2018
Armistice Day
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Some of the residents of Rodley House Residential Home for the Elderly were pleased to talk to a group of children from Class 5 who have been working with Mrs Phillips on a project linked with World War 2. The children were amazed to hear that during the war, a parachute was used to m
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NOV
2018
Bristol Standard Quality Award
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Following on from last year’s success, Yorkley School has been achieved the Bristol Standard Quality Award once again! The award demonstrates our commitment to quality improvement in the Early Years classrooms. Congratulations to Mrs Adams and the Early Years Team.
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NOV
2018
Shoebox Appeal
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Every year, we help the Samaritan’s Purse appeal for shoeboxes of Christmas goodies for children who are less fortunate than ourselves. Only a few days left until the shoeboxes are collected, so please make an effort to support this cause!
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OCT
2018
Eiffel Tower Drone Video
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You can view the video footage of Classes 3, 4 and 5 building the Eiffel Tower here: Eiffel Tower Drone Video
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OCT
2018
French Day Interviews
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Select these links to listen to some of the interviews which the children did on French Day: Interview 1 – Coco Chanel Interview 2 – Marie Curie
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