The children’s author, Luke Temple visited the school on Tuesday 25^th January and shared his different books with KS1 and KS2.  The children were delighted to have a real author in school and were spellbound as Luke and some brave volunteers acted out extracts from his books. Later in the week, Luke came back to sign books for the children. So many of the children bought books and they are now reading and talking about the stories.

On Friday 10th December, we were very proud when Year 3 took part in a local community nativity play at the Bishop King Christian Centre. The event was attended by ourselves and another local school and was organised by the local churches.

Our children had the main roles of Mary and Joseph, the Three Kings and the Inn keeper. They played their roles confidently, in front of a large gathering from the local community, in the church garden. We were even joined by real live farm animals, courtesy of Nunny’s farm.

Our children wrote prayers and read them aloud and Year 3 sang lots of carols beautifully.

On Remembrance Day, the Great Coates Primary School choir visited Chatteris House, the local sheltered housing complex. They had been practicing for weeks and were excited and nervous to be performing to an audience outside of the school. We were warmly welcomed by the residents and staff at the home, with a gazebo and drinks during the interval. The audience were treated to a range of songs from the first half of the twentieth century with traditional Remembrance Day songs of ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’ and other well-known favourites like ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and ‘Swinging on a Star’. We were thrilled at the end of the performance when we were given book marks and chocolates for our efforts. The feedback from the staff at the home is that the residents loved the singing and we are really looking forward to visiting again at Christmas to sing carols.