Coleshill Infant School

Coleshill Infant School

The Village school is situated in the small, friendly village of Coleshill, close to Amersham.

Founded in 1847, the school is a Voluntary Controlled Church School in the Parish of St. Mary’s, Amersham. The spacious building is set in its own grounds, consisting of a large playground and gardens. A recent extension to the school has added additional education space. The school is well equipped with latest information technology and has several well used PC’s.

There are currently 56 pupils attending the school.

The aim of the school is to foster, in a caring environment, the all round development of each child, encouraging at the same time self- confidence, self-discipline, responsibility and courtesy. Children follow a graded reading scheme and care is taken to hear each child read daily.

The mathematics curriculum is balanced and varied, and every opportunity is taken to practise the skills the children have learnt. The curriculum includes science, history, geography, music, art, design and technology, information technology, physical education and religious education. Children with special needs are given individual support.

The Head Teacher - Mrs. Jenny Earp brings a wealth of experience from her previous teaching posts. Despite the demands of juggling family life with a very busy head teacher's existence, Jenny looks forward to leading the School into the 21st Century. Click here to email the Head Teacher

School News - Spring 2012

This term the whole school has been involved in a science project, working towards the Primary Science Quality Mark Award. In January we had a very exciting day when 'The Mad Scientist' came to lead a science workshop. All the children undertook several experiments, including making 'elephant's toothpaste' and 'slime'! Needless to say there was a lot of hilarity, but the experience taught everyone that science is fun, as well as being a very interesting subject to study. The 'Lego Town Planners' also visited us earlier in the term to lead a very interesting workshop for all the children, who enjoyed working together to build a beautiful, Olympic village using Lego.

In February we took part in UNICEF's annual 'Day for Change', which this year was in aid of children in Uganda. Pupils were allowed to wear non-uniform, had a different teacher for the day and took part in a variety of activities linked to Africa. The children each brought a donation to school and we were able to send £100 to UNICEF following the event.

During Lent we are having a 'Week of Reflection'. The children have written some thoughtful poems about the important things in life and we are currently making a special, interactive display in the hall for Lent. We have organised a special 'Barnabas Religious Education Day' as well as a 'Spirituality Day' in March in order to nurture and develop our pupils' spiritual awareness.

The children are also enjoying learning about our very interesting local area in geography and have been busy painting pictures of local landmarks. Perhaps you may recognise some of them in the photograph.

Towards the end of term we have planned a trip to the Barbican Hall in London for all our children to attend a concert featuring Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf'.

Our end of term Easter service takes place on Friday, March 30th at 11am at All Saints' Church. Do please join us if you can.
Jenny Earp
Headteacher

Science Day

May Fayre - 2012

The Coleshill School Parents and Friends (P&F) group will be organising our annual May Fayre on Saturday 19 May from 11.30pm till 2.00pm. Charge: Adults £1, Senior Citizen 50p, Children free.

There will be all the usual attractions such as plant stall, home produce, raffle, tombolas, toy stall, bouncy castle and face painting as well as refreshments including cakes, teas & coffees and hot dogs, beers and Pimms.

A great day out for ALL the family so please come along and support us on the day. (Any donations to the tombola, toy or plant stalls can be dropped off at the school the week before).
Liz Winstanley

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