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Buckden Roundabout
August 2018
As I write, we are looking forward to ending the sum-
mer term and our school year in style with a Teddy
Bears’ Picnic and Sports Day.
As part of our People Who Help Us topic, the children
have had visit from local firefighter Matt Linell and
Peterborough paramedic, Matt Withers, who brought
along his ambulance. They had a great time trying on
firefighter uniform, wearing high-vis paramedic jack-
ets, exploring the ambulance and seeing their oxygen
saturation and heart rate displayed on a monitor!
They’re now looking forward to a visit from Richard
Braddick, our local PCSO. These visits are not only fun
but also valuable learning experiences for the children,
reminding them what to do in an emergency. We
would like to thank all our visitors for giving the chil-
dren a memorable and exciting end to the school year.
As the year ends, we are saying goodbye to valued
committee members who will be sadly missed. The
staff would like to thank Danika Stevenson, Angela
Newton and Mandy Williams for their contribution to
Preschool and wish them well for the future.
We would also like to thank all those who donated
items for our tombola stall at the village fete or sup-
ported us on the day. Despite the heat and competi-
tion from the football (apparently there was an im-
portant game on??), we raised over £90.
Finally, a reminder that we are always keen to recruit
new committee members. You don’t have to be a rela-
tive of a Preschool child or have hours and hours to
spare to join. We are grateful for any time you can
spare!
For information about Preschool, please contact our
Manager, Samantha Sinclair, on 07941 671999 or vis-
it
www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk
.
You can also contact our Chairperson, Danika Steven-
son, at
buckdenpreschoolchairperson@gmail.com
and see
our Facebook updates at
https://
www.facebook.com/www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk/.
Miss Alison
BUCKDEN CHURCH OF
ENGLAND SCHOOL
(Primary Academy Trust)
July 2018
We have now reached the end of another school year –
how quickly they pass. These last few weeks have been
very busy with exciting activities.
The whole school, along with many of our parents, took
part in the ‘Race for Life’. We managed to avoid the very
hot weather by doing the walk early in the day. Many of
the participants were able to walk 12 laps of the school
field to complete the 3 kilometre walk, ready to receive
their medal at the end. Well done to everyone who took
part. We were also lucky for Sports Day – due to the hot
weather we changed the timetable for Sports Day and all
the races took place in the morning, a very hectic sched-
ule. We had the traditional mums and dads races as well
as the staff race. Well done to everyone who took part.
We finished with a picnic on the school field. Thank you
to all our visitors who came along, we hope you enjoyed
yourselves.
During transition week the children met, and spent 4 days
with their teachers for next year, and we also welcomed
our new Reception children who experienced life in
school including having a school dinner. Their week end-
ed with a teddy bears picnic on the school field. The rest
of the school had a good week preparing for next year.
During transition week our Year 6 children visited their
new secondary schools to familiarise themselves with
their new routines.
During the last week of term we had many activities tak-
ing place in school. We had our Honours assembly, with
children receiving their end of year Honours awards. The
Year 6 children had their Year 6 Leavers Prom. Everyone
dressed – the girls looked lovely in their dresses, and the
boys all looked very ‘dapper’! The leavers celebration
assembly was a very fitting finale and an emotional time
everyone who is leaving Buckden School. There were
tears from both the children and the parents. We would
like to wish the Year 6 children, and all our leavers, good
luck in their new schools.
The Buckden School community would like to thank par-
ents and members of the community who have support-
ed the school during the past year. We wish you all a
good summer and look forward to seeing you in Septem-
ber at the start of the next school year.
School & Pre-school