Portway Infant School
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
A huge thank you to those of you who have nominated a special song as part of our World Music Day celebrations.
Here is the list of songs that have been nominated and we will be playing as many as we can throughout the week at drop off.
We have loved watching the amazing pumpkin patch develop outside school this week! It has really brightened up our school and we want to say a big ‘well done’ to everyone who has participated, and to our wonderful PTA for their lovely idea and providing the prizes for the winners!
It was really difficult to choose the winners as there were so many fantastic ones! A big well done to everyone that entered! After a lot of discussion, the winners are...
1st prize - Henry
Also receiving prizes are...
Eleanor, Millie, Maysie, Mya, Aiden, Nico, Penny, Ralph and Alice
A big thank you to everyone that entered a pumpkin - you have made our week very colourful with all of your hard work! Have a fantastic half-term and a very well-deserved rest, we are so proud of you all and can't wait to see you in November!
Today we had our special Harvest day in school. The children have been busy learning all about the Harvest Festival and we collected food for the Andover Food Bank. What a lot of food you have all managed to donate! It will now be collected by the Food Bank who would like to pass on their thanks to the whole Portway community. Thank you from us as well all for your generosity - your donations will go a long way towards supporting families in financial difficulty across Andover.
The children at Portway worked really hard on their beautiful Christmas trees as part of the council's Christmas Tree Festival. A local artist is putting together pictures and videos of each school's creations and this will be released soon. We thought you might like to see our children's fantastic work!
Year R worked very carefully threading beads onto pipecleaners to make hanging decorations shaped like wreaths, stars and candy canes.
Year 1 made beautiful snowmen using different materials for their hats and scarves.
Year 2 used miniature wooden spoons and doilies to create angels that look as if they are flying across a starlit sky.
The children had so much fun making their trees and we are delighted to be taking part in a local project to get people in the festive spirit! As soon as the final video is released we will send out the link so you can see all of the contributions.
What a fantastic pumpkin patch has been created outside our school this week! We have everything from film characters to unicorns, mask-wearing pumpkins to rainbow explosions! It has really brightened up our school and we want to say a big ‘well done’ to everyone who has participated, and to our wonderful PTA for their lovely idea and providing the prizes for the winners!
Choosing the winners was a really difficult job and it took a very long time - here are our winners with their categories…
A big thank you to everyone that entered a pumpkin - you have brightened up our week with your creativity! Have a wonderful half-term and a very well-deserved rest, we are so proud of all the children for their positivity and hard work so far this term!
Yesterday we had our special Harvest day in school. We collected food for the Andover Food Bank who were delighted with how much you had all donated - they struggled to fit it all into their large car! The children also enjoyed a special Harvest lunch as well as lessons to find out more about the festival and why we celebrate it. Thank you all for your generosity - your donations will go a long way towards supporting families in financial difficulty across Andover.
Finally, a little later than expected, we can share that baby Bolt has arrived. She is a beautiful 5lb 13oz bundle born on Monday 21st September. Mother and baby are both very well. No name yet! Congratulations Mr & Mrs Bolt! xx
Tuesday morning saw the whole school taking part in our annual Sports Day. We were very lucky that the rain held off right until the end!
Each year group had lots of fun taking part in a variety of races and earning points for their house team before coming together to compete in a series of flat running races. The water race was a firm favourite amongst all the children and we all demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship cheering on our friends and team mates.
The overall winners of the morning, who get to lay claim to the Outstanding Performance cup for the year ahead is Blue Team. Congratulations!
Red Team were the proud winners of the Perseverance and Determination trophy. Yellow Team won the trophy for Excellent Sportsmanship.
Well done everyone and thank you to everybody for all the hard work.
Tuesday morning saw the whole school taking part in our annual Sports Day. We were very lucky that the rain held off right until the end!
Each year group had lots of fun taking part in a variety of races and earning points for their house team before coming together to compete in a series of flat running races. The water race was a firm favourite amongst all the children and we all demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship cheering on our friends and team mates.
The overall winners of the morning, who get to lay claim to the Outstanding Performance cup for the year ahead is Blue Team. Congratulations!
Red Team were the proud winners of the Perseverance and Determination trophy. Yellow Team won the trophy for Excellent Sportsmanship.
Well done everyone and thank you to everybody for all the hard work.
Tuesday morning saw the whole school taking part in our annual Sports Day. We were very lucky that the rain held off right until the end!
Each year group had lots of fun taking part in a variety of races and earning points for their house team before coming together to compete in a series of flat running races. The water race was a firm favourite amongst all the children and we all demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship cheering on our friends and team mates.
The overall winners of the morning, who get to lay claim to the Outstanding Performance cup for the year ahead is Blue Team. Congratulations!
Red Team were the proud winners of the Perseverance and Determination trophy. Yellow Team won the trophy for Excellent Sportsmanship.
Well done everyone and thank you to everybody for all the hard work.
