Reception have made created a Bug Hotel.

Thanks to the contribution of construction materials from parents, including pallets, logs, pots and empty toilet rolls, Reception were able to create a 5 star hotel for bugs.

Insects are key workers and help increase ecosystem productivity - they aerate the soil, pollinate blossoms and control insect and plant pests. So this new hotel will house bug workers that will benefit the surrounding area as well as the Stanley site.

Sports Days were held throughout the week commencing 17 June and there was some impressive athletic performances put in by the children.

The children, together with their parents, were also great supporters of the athletes.

The finale of the week was the relay involving all year groups which saw Beijing win, this result also reflected the overall competition with Beijing being crowned champions in a very close competition.

The top three houses were:

1^st – Beijing 5,581 points

2^nd – London 5,481 points

3^rd – Atlanta 5,401 points

The chant of “Teachers' Race” rang out as the points were being added up and well done to those who accepted the challenge and we hope they have all now recovered!

Well done to all the children and a special thank you to students from Turing House and Waldegrave and the “Bring a Man to School” team who helped as officials and judges.

On Friday 14 June Stanley Primary School held its 35^th Annual Charities Day.

All the children were involved in fund-raising for their chosen charities by inventing games and activities.

The charities chosen were:

Year 6 - Save the Children
Year 5 - Great Ormond Street
Year 4 - Water Aid
Year 3 - Shooting Star Hospice for Children
Nursery - Year 2 Bug Life (Insect conservation)

The theme this year was Heroes and Heroines and the children were asked to dress up as a person that they admired and who is an inspiration to them … some dressed as their Mum, Dad or their Teacher.

The infant children brought small change to cover a bee they had drawn. The impressive sum raised was over £1,850. The total raised for a variety of charities over 35 years is over £100,000.

Thank you to everyone who supported the day which was great fun and a special thank you to Mrs Griffiths who has been involved organising Charities Day for all 35 years!

Congratulations to James C (6M), Ursula M (5W), Sophie C (6M), Florence N (6M), Aisha Y (6V), Fabian S (4C), Isla C (4MB ), Holly C (4PB ), Megan C (4PB ), and Gemma R (5W) pictured below holding their certificates following success in their Trinity College music exams. 

Recorder teacher Marie Bennett said "The children worked really hard and should be very proud of their achievements."

Our first week back after half-term, we had a visiting teacher, Conny Scholze from Germany, from near Stuttgart. The hosting scheme allows teachers to visit schools to compare subject teaching and share their expertise, as well as learn from our teachers.

Conny visited classes across the school teaching P.E. - running, and about school life in Germany. She also observed maths lessons to find out how we teach Maths. Year 4 and 5 had running lessons, Year 1 learnt animals and counting in German and Year 4 and 5 learnt about school in Germany and asked questions to find out similarities and differences between Germany and England. We also learnt that children start school at 7.30, they don’t wear uniforms and transition to secondary school after Year 4!