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Hc3s New Menu tasting session

Fri 28 Feb 2020

On Friday 28th February some of our Junior school children were invited by Hc3s, our school lunch provider, to a tasting session of the new seasons menu. The results will be published soon!

Monday 20^th January 2020 - or ‘Blue Monday’ as named by the media in relation to it being considered ‘the most depressing day of the year’ - was just not the case for me. As a new Governor for Balksbury Federation, Monday 20^th January 2020 was a day of bright and vibrant colour filled with positivity. The day started off with a meeting with Miss Thompson, Executive Headteacher, to find out more about the schools from the inside out. It’s easy to see our child’s school from a parent’s perspective, a rushed drop off with quick goodbye and ‘have a good day’ and a rushed pick up with the usual response of ‘nothing’ when asking our children what they’ve been up to that day, well at least that’s my usual experience! I was bowled over though with my visit and was buzzing for the rest of the day. It was an absolute pleasure and delight to sit down with Miss Thompson and hear about her vision and aspiration for the federation to develop and support our children ready to take on the world ahead of them and to ensure that her teaching team have an environment in which they thrive and are well. It was even better to see the staff and children in action however. I was met with engaged and enthusiastic children across the whole Federation; junior school children who were engrossed in their learning with teachers bringing to life their teaching in interesting and dynamic ways and; Infant school children who were happy, joyous and content at exploring the many and fun learning opportunities around them with their new found friends. I came away feeling how lucky our children are at Balksbury Federation to be safe and supported in an environment that has their very best interests at heart.

Liz Murray – Mum and School Governor

Autumn Term Governor Award

Thu 19 Dec 2019

The Governors presented their first award to a member of staff who has gone above and beyond their role. Staff were excited to see Mrs Fleet receive the award for her contributions that have gone above and beyond in the Junior School Office.

Ofsted - A Guide for Parents

Mon 21 Oct 2019

For further information please see Parents , Letters section of the website

How Year 3 Describe Our Federation

Fri 04 Oct 2019

Describing our federation

Year 3 have been describing out federation. Here are words they used to describe our community:

Peaceful, honesty, mutual respect, caring, elections, perseverance, calm, code of conduct, play, kind, collaboration, fun, helpful, community, listening, funny, achievement, education, rules, loving, rustling trees, colourful.

They also said our federation was not: dishonest, disrespectful, horrible, unkind, fighting, misbehaving

Science Fair - Parents Feedback

Wed 17 Jul 2019 S Fleet

Our Science Fairs were hugely popular with many of you coming to see the amazing projects the children had completed. Thank you for your time and also your feedback which is invaluable to shape our future events.

Many of you were amazed by the number of exhibits and how proud the children were of them, also discovering that the children presented displays on the same topic but in hugely different ways with many of them including interactive activities as part of their exhibits.

Visitors noted how much the children care for the environment and how much fabulous work was on display. The children said they had really enjoyed preparing for the event and parents commented what a great opportunity for Daddy's to also be involved.

Refreshments at the Fair were a popular suggestion - many thanks, a great idea!

A really great event, thank you for your support.