Headteacher: Laura Bishell-Wells

Email: swinefleet.primary@eastriding.gov.uk
Website: www.swinefleetprimaryschool.co.uk
Location: Swinefleet Primary School, Low Street, Swinefleet, Goole, UK
Phone: 01405 704386
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SwinefleetPrimary
Twitter: @Swinefleet_Pr

It has certainly been a busy year with lots of hard work and of course a lot of fun being had.

Below is a summary of last couple of weeks with work and photos to share. There is also information about the classes next year, ideas for activities over summer and deals to help out over the holidays.

Have a great summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 6th September.

Remember to follow us on Instagram and join our Facebook group.

Pearl’s children have been working very hard in their current theme ‘Animals’. Over the last two weeks we have been learning about owls and fish. We have read ‘Owl Babies’, ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the dark’ and ‘Tiddler’. We have been learning about what owls eat, when they hunt and that they are nocturnal. This week we have been learning about different sea creatures. We have been painting and making 3D owls and fish in our creative areas. We have also been playing lots of phonic and number matching games. The Pearls children have been working hard all half term. We will miss our reception children as they move into Year 1 in September and we wish them the best of luck.

Pupil comments:

I liked learning about different animals. We found out that there is a ‘bird eating spider’, it has fur on its legs and body. Ava

I love Christmas! Every morning we found the elf had done something naughty in our classroom and we opened our chocolate advent calendar too! Santa came to visit us and we sang songs in our nativity. Amelia C

We all loved visiting Chester Zoo. We saw giraffes eating, elephants looking after their babies and we kept warm in the butterfly house!

My favourite story is ‘What the Ladybird Heard’. I love listening to stories. Paisley

I like animals and playing with the zoo. My favourite story is ‘Monkey Puzzle’. PJ

I liked learning about the rainforest. We learnt that an anaconda has live babies and they have to look after themselves as soon as they are born. Miah

Well what a year it has been for Rubies class. We have learnt so much and have seen some amazing places. Take a look at some examples of how our writing has improved. You are all incredible!

Mr Pritchard has loved watching each and every one of you grow in different ways and will miss you all so very much. Mr Pritchard especially loved making space rockets with you and labelling them together.

Mrs Moffat has loved working in Rubies and is looking forward to moving up with the Year Twos in September. She has loved watching you grow in confidence and will remember Rubies forever, especially the Rasputin Just Dance.

Mrs Marshall will miss the Year Twos and the current Rubies family but is excited for the reception class to be joining the Year Ones. Mrs Marshall especially enjoyed our trip to the Magna Science Centre.

Best of luck for September, I will see you very soon!

Love from Mr P

What a busy final couple of weeks Diamonds have had! We have completed our non-chronological reports on Queen Elizabeth II in English and accomplished lots of statistics work within Maths. In Science, we have been working on Forces and Magnets, completing lots of experiments in the process – our final task was to create our own compass using bar magnets and water (see the pictures below).

The children have focused really hard on our production of Shrek, which was a huge success! All the staff are so proud of each and every child across KS2, they did an amazing job! Thank you to both the children and to parents for helping us put on such a fantastic show.

Only this morning, we had a magnificent time during our reading reward. It was brilliant to see everyone enjoying the inflatables and to see the ‘Gold’ readers have a water fight.

Moving forwards, both Mrs Bryan and I would like to wish the Year 4 children all the luck in the world for their journey into Year 5. To all the Year 3s, we cannot wait to see you again in September. It has been an absolute pleasure to teach you this year, you have all worked so hard.

We hope you have a fabulous, restful summer! Thank you for your support.

Best wishes,

Miss Chiswell & Mrs Bryan

What a week Sapphires have had! Our final week has been packed full of rehearsals for production, which resulted in three fantastic performances on Tuesday! All of our hard work paid off and we made our families and teachers incredibly proud.

We also invited our friends and families in to school for our end of year celebration. We had a great time reminiscing over all of our happy memories at Swinefleet Primary whilst writing our leavers speeches- there wasn’t a dry eye in the house by the time we finished!

As much as we all look forward to summer it is also a difficult day as it means saying goodbye to our Year 6. It has been an absolute pleasure being a part of their journey and I can honestly say that I will miss each and every one of them. On behalf of all the staff we wish you all the best of luck at secondary school and remember always be yourselves!

This year we also say goodbye to a young lady in Year 3. We will miss her constant energy and chattiness and I really hope she will come back to visit us.

Mr Pritchard leaves us this year for an exciting adventure in Dubai. It will be challenging for us all to say goodbye as he truly is a member of the family and a big part of our school. We all wish him the best of luck and are excited to see him again at Christmas.

If you have friends or family who are wanting a place at the school either now or in the future then please encourage them to contact us via email or over the phone. This is especially important if they will want places as a 2-Year Old or in our Nursery or Reception as places for next year and the following year are now limited.

Thank you

Thank you to The Ship Inn especially Jenna for organising the fun day to raise funds for school.

A big thank you to 'The Club' for letting us use the premises and sorting refreshments for our production and various events during the year.

Thanks to Prospect House for letting us return this year with the choir - we look forward to lots of events together next year.

A huge thanks to Governors who do the job completely voluntarily giving up their time to attend meetings, training and to make visits to school.

As we end the year, a big thank you for all of your continued support it really means a lot to us all.

The children got to meet their new classes on Thursday and had lots of fun.

Classes for next year

Pearls (2 year olds, Nursery and Reception) - Mrs Clarkson, Ms Scott (previously Jones), Mrs Fishburn, Mrs Brett and Mrs Dexter.

Rubies (Years 1 & 2) - Miss Haver, Mrs Still, Mrs Marshall and Mrs Nottingham.

Diamonds (Years 3 & 4) - Mrs Chiswell, Mrs Bryan, Mrs Moffat and Mrs Dexter.

Sapphires (Years 5 & 6) - Mrs Wilde, Mrs Harrison and Mrs Dean.

The Office

Mrs Risebury - School Business Manager and Safeguarding

Miss Lamming - Admin Assistant and ELSA support

Miss Bishell-Wells - Headteacher and Safeguarding Lead

Mrs Thurlow - SENDCo and Senior Leader

Lunchtime Staff

Mrs Robinson, Mrs Nottingham, Mrs Moffat & Mrs Fishburn.

Breakfast Staff

Mrs Nottingham & Mrs Dean.

Premises Staff

Mr Charlesworth & Mrs Hunt

We look forward to welcoming you all back in September!

Thank you so much for all of your support. We raised £578.75!

Well done to Mrs J Harrison, Mrs R Harrison, Mrs Bryan, Mr Pritchard, Mrs Fisburn, Mrs Dean, Mrs Moffat, Miss Lamming, Mrs Risebury and Miss Bishell-Wells - it wasn't easy!

Below are some local events and deals for eating out over summer. If you hear of any please add them to the school Facebook group as this may well help out other parents too.

Those on Free School Meals you will receive your vouchers over the Summer too.

Remember the Swinefleet Gala on the 29th July - the children have voted Charlie and Freya B as Gala King and Queen.

Over summer, it is likely that lots of the children will be spending more time on the internet or on their phones.

Here are some useful sites regarding keeping your child safe online which you may find useful: