Portway Infant School
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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
Happy World Down Syndrome Day!
Today our school was brightened up by lots of colourful socks to help raise money for Andover Twenty1! We learned about Down Syndrome in assembly and celebrated difference together.
The idea of ‘Lots of Socks’ is that chromosomes look like socks under the microscope, and people with Down Syndrome have an extra chromosome.
Thank you to everyone who joined in and made a donation!
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On Friday 20th April we joined with other schools in Andover to raise awareness of the amazing work the Hampshire and Isle of Wight carry out. The children wore clothes with yellow and green on them and donated a £1 to benefit the charity. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance website was very informative and we were able to find out lots of interesting facts about the helicopters and the life-saving work the team do every day and night.
We welcomed Emma and Buddy from the NSPCC to school to talk to the children about the NSPCC Speak Out, Stay Safe Programme. Emma delivered a child-friendly, interactive assembly about how the children can keep themselves safe from harm and how to get help if they have any worries.
We chose to support the NSPCC's work through a sponsored dance at school. Emma was overwhelmed by the generosity of our friends and families and in total we have raised £2974.90. On behalf of the NSPCC, we would like to say a very big THANK YOU.