Success for Howes in the CSW Primary PE and Sport Premium Awards
Having applied for the CSW Primary PE and Sport Premium Awards, we are delighted to announce that we have been successful in the category of Physical Activity and Health Enhancing Initiatives.
The awards recognise schools that have innovated and endeavoured to provide outcomes for pupils using the Primary PE and Sport Premium grant.
The judges were extremely impressed with our application which showed the impact of the funding on our pupils engagement in physical activity. We are very excited to now represent Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sport in round two, the regional awards, where we will be up against winners from the other five West Midlands County Sports Partnerships (Active Black Country, Sport across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT), Sport Birmingham, Sports Partnership Herefordshire Worcestershire and Energize (Shropshire)). We hope to hear the outcome of this very soon.
Representatives from Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sport will be coming into school soon to present us with our trophy in assembly.
Find out more about Primary PE and Sports Premium awards here
Greece Visit
In April, pupils from Year 5 and 6 visited our partner school in Patras, Greece as part of our Erasmus+ FIND project. They worked with staff and pupils from our partner schools in Malta, Italy, Poland, Norway and Greece. The focus of the work was robotics and engineering. We were very proud of our pupils as they presented their robotics work at an international conference in Greece. The team also visited the Acropolis in Athens and Ancient Olympia. They had special permission to visit the International Olympic Academy and learn more about the Olympic philosophy. Staff and pupils had a fantastic week and have come back to Howes ready to lead some exciting robotics workshops for all classes.
Read more about the FIND Project here
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Easter at Howes 2017
Our decorate an Easter egg competition carried on this year. Eggs were decorated in any style and there were some fantastic entries. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes were given out for each class and everyone that entered the competition received a small chocolate by way of a thank you for taking part.
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Ancient Greece Museum
Year 5 and Year 6 worked really hard to make Ancient Greek artifacts to display in their Ancient Greece museum. The museum was open to the whole school community and was really well attended. Everyone commented on how much the children knew about Ancient Greece and about how well they communicated the information. It was a really successful day.
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Coventry City Football Player Visit
Year 5 were lucky enough to have a visit from three Coventry City football players as a reward for good attendance and good attitudes to learning. The players talked to the children about how they started playing football and the importance of training hard and working as a team. They signed bookmarks from the Primary Stars football reading scheme. Before they left, they gave the children a real treat by playing a bit of football with the children… Dany (Yr 5) said that it was the best day of his life!
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Dance Club Assembly
Jenni’s dance club did an amazing performance on 31st March. They showcased four dances that they had been learning this term. It was lovely to see their professionalism, energy and enthusiasm. The whole school agreed that their performance was brilliant.
We still have a couple of places left at dance club next term if anyone would like to join.
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Engineering Competition Winners!
Year 6 teams entered the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Greenpower Competition.
They had to create designs to answer the question “How do you think we will travel in 2050?” They all had brilliant ideas.
We were delighted to find out that one of our teams won the competition. The prize is a Greenpower electric car kit. The children will work with engineers from Warwick University to construct their car. They will then get the opportunity to race their car at events next summer.
HIU Tennis Camp
In July children from HIU were invited to the National Tennis Centre in Nottingham for a Deaf Tennis Camp.We all had to leave early one Sunday morning to get to Nottingham in time. It was very exciting going there all together in the minibus. We were really lucky as the coaches working with us were Deaf Tennis champions so they were able to give us lots of great tips. Our tennis really improved throughout the day and we are going to carry on working on our tennis skills at school.
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Oliver!
“Better than the West End!” was one of the comments we received following the Year 5 and 6 production of Oliver. In July Year 5 and 6 worked incredibly hard to put on a stunning performance of Oliver. We were treated to amazing performances, including some fantastic solos, enthusiastic singing and superb dance routines. This was one of the highlights of the school year for everyone.
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Sports Day and Family Picnic
All families were invited to join us for a morning of fun sports activities. Children worked in house teams to complete a number of challenges that were set up on the field and playground. Teams were awarded points for skill, effort and teamwork. Everyone worked really hard to try and win the Sports Day trophies. In addition to the challenges, all children took part in class races which were very exciting.
After a morning of hard work, everyone had a well-earned rest at our family picnic. It was lovely to see so many families enjoying having a picnic lunch together on the field.
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