Monthly Archives: September 2022

Head’s Blog – 30th September 2022

Head’s Blog – 30th September 2022

Autumn has well and truly arrived as the air turns colder and the rain comes in, just as we go on our Y5/6 residential and have our KS2 Sports Day! Oh well, the children have had a fabulous time despite the weather! They worked together as a team, showed resilience and never ceased to surprise us. We have lots of photographs but here is a sample of what they got up to!

As you are probably aware, learning at Clearwell is as on hands-on as possible. We believe that children learn best whilst doing. In KS1 they have been smoothie tasting in Design Technology.  There were three to try and they had to guess the ingredients before the ‘big reveal’.  They also described the smell and appearance, before deciding on a favourite.  They then designed packaging for their favourite one. 

KS2 have been investigating Soils and Rocks in years 3 and 4 and Habitats and living things in years 5 and 6.

As Sports Day was cancelled due to the heat wave, which seems like a life time ago now, we took the opportunity this week to do a KS2 one this week. The weather held off and actually looks glorious in the photographs! Jake from Pro Stars took the lead and has sent me the scores…

1st Wyndham – 123 points 
2nd Joce – 105 points 
3rd Dunraven – 94 points 

We will organise for medals to be distributed in Celebration Worship next week.

Our Celebrations

Christi-Angel
Top Learner – Mathematician
Christi-Angel
Top Learner – Scientist

Head’s blog – 23rd September 2022

Head’s blog – 23rd September 2022

Even though we have had a short week, the children have still had an action packed week. All of the children at Clearwell get to go to the Forest of Dean Gymnastics Centre and have specialist coaching in olympic standard facilities. They absolutely love it and so do we! I ”bounce” on the sprung floor thinking that I could do some sort of impressive trick – in reality I can just about do a cartwheel. We can but dream!

Our EYFS provision enables all of our children to develop the skills that they need to be rounded individuals. They love playing with the continuous provision resources that are available to them, as well as learning their phonics and mastering numbers. They are simply fabulous!

Our Celebrations

Lola- Top learner and Eevee – Christi-Angel

Head’s Blog – 16th September 2022

As the children have all had their first full week in school, it has been an absolute pleasure to see how well they have settled in. The focus on learning is superb and the behaviour has been as we expect. We are so proud of them, especially our Reception children who have been in school full time since day one. They are well on their way with learning their phonics and numbers, such a pleasure to see.

We have spent time this week reflecting on the Queen’s life and what an incredible inspiration she was. One of Governors went to London and lay a posey of flowers with a message from all of us at Clearwell, thank you for doing that. We have also watched the live-stream of people passing Her Majesty lying in State and caught the Changing of the Guard too. We understand people’s outflowing of emotion because it makes us all reflect on our own loved ones who we have lost.

The weather has been kind and the children went out to the meadow on Welly Walk and also got to do PE in the Church grounds. Welly Walkers were so lucky because they got to see a pair of Red Kites whilst having a mindfulness session watching the clouds. I have never seen Red Kites locally so I am hoping to see them in the near future too.

Our Celebrations

Freya was also Top Learner

Christi-Angel
Christi-Angel
Christi-Angel
Top Learner
Top Learner

Head’s Blog – 9th September 2022

Head’s Blog – 9th September 2022

Welcome back to our new academic year. I hope that you have all had a wonderful summer making memories with your friends and families. It has been a rather strange week back at school, especially today spending time celebrating the life of Queen Elizabeth II. We have talked about the inspirational woman that she was and all of the different things that she achieved in her long life serving our country and the Commonwealth. As the Head of the Church of England, we have also discussed her role within the church and how her faith has supported her through challenging times that she has experienced. Finally, we watched her performance with Paddington from the Platinum Jubilee Celebration and talked about her mischievous side and how whilst she was not allowed to speak about her political beliefs she often found a way to make people know what she thought. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time.

We have shared a detailed letter with all family members regarding the day to day organisation of school. If anyone has questions then please do not hesitate to contact us. This week we celebrated all of the children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge, I didn’t manage to get a photograph but will get one and add it at a later date!

Science at Clearwell is delivered in a practical manner in-keeping with our vision. This week Years 5 and 6 were learning about the structure of a flower – they love hands-on learning!