Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Rachel Demuth Workshop

  Mon 02 Sep 2013

  Members of the SNAG team enjoyed a really inspirational workshop with vegetarian chef Rachel Demuth in partnership with the Meat Free Monday organisation. Rachel owns a vegetarian restaurant and cookery school in Bath. She worked with the children making spaghetti vegetable salad with salsa verde, Vietnamese paper rolls and mango and kiwi salsa. Delicious!  Rachel then held a session with our catering team to give them some ideas for our Meat Free Monday menus.

  For more great photos please visit the online gallery.

  

• EYFS trip to Whipsnade Zoo

  Sun 30 Jun 2013

  Both Pre-School and Reception had a brilliant time at Whipsnade Zoo a couple of weeks ago. The children were as good as gold and the weather was lovely too. We saw lots of different animals: the Bear Brunch, chimpanzees, hippos, tigers, reptiles, flamingos and a big hit was the sea lion show. At lunch time we had a lovely picnic followed by a much anticipated play on the big playground. Afterwards we had a look at some more animals and all returned, happy but tired, to school. 

  The children were very well behaved all day and everyone had a great time.

  Thank you to everyone who came!

  

• Netball Results

  Wed 29 May 2013

  First win for the Year 4 team!

   

  Year 4 played Prestwood in a pre season friendly and won 6-2!  The team members were Flora, Grace, Megan, Jess, Evie, Isobel and Deborah.

   

  Please ss the attached report for Year 5.

  

• Talent Show 2013 Results

  Mon 20 May 2013

  Overall winner in KS2 was Joshua with his exceptional audio-visual spy thriller / car chase and electric guitar playing.
  Overall winners in KS1 / Y3 were Lilli and Rebecca with their Kung Fu dance routine.

   

  All contestants provided amazing entertainment. Come to the Village Show this Saturday at 1.30 to see their acts!
  View the online gallery for more photos.

  

• Maths Presentation Evening with Mr Trice

  Tue 30 Apr 2013

  As requested by some parents at the recent multiplication and division workshop, a comprehensive list of mathematical vocabulary is now available. These words can be used to support children's learning at home and to help them understand mathematical words which mean the same thing.

• MR POTATO HEAD

  Fri 29 Mar 2013
  The entries were absolutely extraordinary – so imaginative, funny, clever.
  All entries have been photographed and you can see them in the Picture Gallery on this website.
  You will not believe your eyes!
  The winners were announced in Brilliant Book Assembly on Friday 14^th June.
  Thank you to all the children who entered for providing real quality entertainment!

  

• Listening to Parents’ Views

  Sat 23 Mar 2013

  The NFER Parents’ Survey was completed by 87 parents.

  The analysis has been circulated to staff, governors and parents.

  The governors and Senior Management Team have studied all responses and identified any trends or areas for improvement.

  The results are being used to review and revise our School Development Plan.

• Reception Superhero Day

  Fri 15 Mar 2013
  Reception had a brilliant Superhero Day just before half term. They all came in fantastic costumes and had so much fun throughout the day. The children did lots of activities, where they created their own superhero belts or bracelets, made their own superhero cupcake, did some beautiful art work and designed their own superhero. The highlight of the day must have been where a 'mysterious man' came into the classroom and tried to steal something very precious. With the help of the chidlren's superpowers we managed to go after him, hunt him down very quickly and returned what was ours. Well done all of you fantastic Reception superheroes.  View more super pictures in our online gallery.

  

• Bowled Over at Lords!

  Thu 14 Mar 2013

  Lords -the home of cricket and, recently, the host of Chance to Shine, a cricketing charity which aims to keep cricket alive in schools as well as bring children together through cricket... which is exactly what it did.

  Great Missenden was one of 8 schools that were chosen to bring 10 randomly selected Year 6 children to Lords, along with 2 very obliging teachers: Mr. Carter and Mr. Sperring. They had the opportunity to do the following:

  Play an informal tournament, go on a tour around the grounds (even inside the media centre), meet the whole England women’s team and, finally, meet the batting legend Graham Swann and 6.7ft tall pace bowler Steven Finn!

  Unfortunately, Great Missenden did not come out of the tournament victorious, having only won 1 out of 3 matches. (The winning team were given the opportunity to bowl against Steven Finn!) However, they did not let it bring them down, and kept going throughout the day - and they did feel as though they had won when they held the championship trophy!

   

  If you thought the day couldn’t go up anymore notches, you’d be incorrect!   The children were given permission to go into the Pavilion and sit in the home changing rooms and, finally, to see the trophy that England and Australia have been battling over for many years... The Ashes.

  An unforgettable day and an unforgettable experience for all of the attendees!

  Report by:Kilian

  Year 6 student

  Great Missenden Combined School

  

• Reception's Got Talent

  Tue 12 Mar 2013
  In the first week back of this half term Reception had their very own Talent Show and the children did brilliantly. They were all very brave and had a great time preforming in front of the other children and parents. A big thank you to to everybody who came!