Community and Enterprise

Year 5 Tuck Shop

All key stage 2 pupils have the opportunity to access tuck shop every Friday, for the cost of 50p. Each week, we ensure that a class or a focus group contribute something that they have made to the items that we sell. Year 5 started things off this year with some banana and oat cookies. As it is Fair Trade fortnight, we ensured that the produce that we used was sustainably and fairly sourced. We then advertised our product to the rest of key stage two.

CountryStyle Donation

On Thursday we had a kind donation from CountryStyle of Bread & fruit tarts for our families and our Community Pantry. Thank you so much- they were wonderful!!

Summer Hampers ☀️ 🍗 📖

Our wonderful Community Pantry and Stanford Trust created Summer hampers for some of our families for the Summer holidays. The idea of bringing the family outdoors with BBQ food and outdoor games! Thank you to The trust in supporting our pantry!!

Morrisons

On Monday we got the chance to visit Morrisons. Here we experienced the different counters down the market place. We looked at how different food products were made by using locally sourced ingredients. Once we had done this we got to try products in the cafe. Thank you Morrisons for this experience we really enjoyed it!

“I got to touch a salmon head”
“I tried cheese for the first time”
“I was so excited to have a go on the till”
“I might get a job at Morrisons when I’m older”

🎶 Music Celebration 🎶

It is important to us at Stanford School to provide enriching musical experiences that develop the children’s interest and enjoyment when making music and learning about it. This week in school, members of the Music Therapy Club and Mr. Munro’s guitar pupils gave a wonderful performance in the school hall for parents and pupils to enjoy. These talented musicians showcased their amazing singing and instrumental playing. A fabulous performance!

Walking To Pa2is Event

Year 1 and Year 5 enjoyed an amazing event together this week. Celebrating the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we all GOT ACTIVE and had a great deal of fun!

The carefully planned route took us through a park, a football field and past many buildings in Laceby; but the highlight for most was the walk through the very long grass in a field! Year 1 children thought it was like a Bear Hunt – SWISHY SWASHY! Year 5 pupils enjoyed looking after the Year 1s, keeping them safe and having lots of conversations en-route.

When we returned to class Year 1s drew their favourite moment from the walk and I’m sure you’ll agree their pictures are FABULOUS.

Rio Daodu

It was wonderful to see Rio Daodu at our Key Stage 2 Sports day! Rio, who attended Stanford School, is an amazing, talented swimmer who recently reached the Olympic trials! Rio qualified for the 100m men's backstroke and 100m men's butterfly in the 2024 British Championships, which were held in London, and which also doubled up as the Olympic trials. Amazingly, he reached the Junior finals on the same day, eventually coming in seventh in both races.

A true inspiration to our pupils, showing dedication and commitment, chasing his dreams! We look forward to Rio visiting our pupils and sharing his swimming joirney and amazing achievements- we are so proud of you Rio! 😀🌟

Sports Days

Our amazing refreshments, fresh produce, cakes and ice lollies went down a treat at both our Sports Day… raising over £100! Thank you to all that bought these- we always appreciate your support! 🌟

Co-op

This afternoon we got the chance to visit the newly opened Co-op store in the village. We got to meet Cooper the Bear! We look forward to working with the branch in the future with our nurture groups and making more community links with them. Thank you for letting us visit! 

“I loved meeting Cooper!”
“I can’t wait to visit the shop with my family!”
“The people were really nice to us”

KS2 Singing Festival

Year 3 have had a fantastic day at the KS2 singing festival.
We got to showcase our performance skills which we have been working really hard on. Such as, making sure we use projection within our singing, but not shouting.

“I loved seeing my little sister in the audience”
“I am so proud of myself!”
“I loved being able to perform to a really big audience.”

Year 1 Reading Picnic

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon for our Reading Picnic event yesterday. Children in Year 1 invited their grown-ups from home to enjoy decorated cakes and juice and to show off their reading talents. We were pleased to host parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters. All enjoyed listening to the children read and enjoying the books. Comments included: “It was great to hear my child read, he has made so much progress with his reading this year,” “thank you for letting us visit again this year, I am so impressed how much their reading has come on since Foundation,” “It has been great to see what they have been doing, thank you.” We also enjoyed seeing Mrs Wink (our governor for English and Library co-ordinator in Laceby) she commented on how good it was to see so many visitors in school and all enjoying reading.

Children said:
“We loved icing the cakes this morning to get ready,”
“My Grandad came and it was great to see him too,”
“I shared my Dad with my friend and he read to us both,”
“I love reading outside!”

Learning Share

This morning, we had our learning share. We had different activities set up all linking to different parts of our curriculum. We had to label a skeleton, find artefacts and label European countries with their flags just to name a few. Pumpkin class and staff would like to thank everyone who came to our event today! 

"Lovely morning, especially the wonderful singing"
"Brilliant, really enjoyed seeing what the children do in school"
"The children seem to really enjoy this year, well done Miss Purshouse" 
"It is so lovely to come into school and have the opportunity to see the children's learning" 

D-Day 80 Remembrance

On 6th June 2824 we marked 80 years since D- Day with a special assembly in school.
The Royal British Legion in Laceby kindly invited a group of us to attend the important 11 o’clock service at the cenotaph in Laceby.

L- We have learnt that D- Day was the largest seaborn invasion in history and it was the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.

L- We represented the school and we wrote thoughtful messages on a card.

W- I was chosen to lay our poppy wreath. I bowed my head to show respect.

W- Rev. Chris read out prayers and we reflected on all the soldiers who lost their lives on the beaches at Normandy 80 years ago.

M- A trumpet player played the last post.

M- Miss Elwis showed us her great grandfather’s name on the cenotaph. He had died in the war. Mrs. Brady had told us lots of information about D-Day and her own grandfather had even been there in France.

L- It was a moving service and we all said that we would like to attend the 100th anniversary in twenty years time.

Year 6 Founders’ Day Service 2824

Year 6 celebrated Founders’ day with a wonderful service at St Margaret’s Church! Pupils shared the Stanford legacy, memories of of their time at Stanford and their hopes and dreams for the future! As part of their English work, Barley class wrote a wonderful poem on our 5Cs: creativity, community, care, curriculum and challenge! We also had some wonderful piano pieces performed by Stanford pupils, showcasing their wonderful, musical talents!

Lead by our Head pupils and Rev Chris, they performed these pieces, along with the wonderful Live your story song to Governors, community members and the Stanford Trust!

Earth Day/Great British Spring Clean

To celebrate Earth Day year 3 participated in the Great British Spring Clean as part of an initiative ran by North East Lincolnshire Council. They very kindly let us borrow bag hoops and litter pickers. We walked around the perimeter of the field and playgrounds to collect as much litter as we could find. Taking part in the event linked to our PSHE topic of living in the wider community, our responsibilities and how we can look after our environment. A big thank you to Luke and Sadie for coming and supporting us with this event!

Our Planters

Our planters that were kindly donated by one of our governors are in full bloom. They look lovely as you enter via our reception area. 

Easter Hampers 🐣 📖

Our wonderful Community Pantry and Stanford Trust created Easter hampers for some of our families for the half term holidays. The idea of bringing the family together over food, crafts and a good book! Thank you to The trust in supporting our pantry!!

Loving Laceby Library

The Year 2 children thoroughly enjoyed their visit to the library today.

W- Mrs. Wink showed us some different kinds of books.
E- Mrs. Wink had a very old book that was seventy years old. It was a special book she liked to read when she was a little girl.
P- It was lots of fun to look at all the different books.
C- I was looking for scary story books!

The children also spent some time researching information about gardening, growing, plants and trees by reading lots of non-fiction books. They did this in preparation for their new Science topic next term.

Mrs. Brady would like to thank Mrs. Wink and Mrs. Harrison for making everyone feel so welcome.

Stanford Celebrates International Women's Day!

We celebrate the incredible women who light up our classrooms and nurture young minds every day! From teachers to support staff, we are immensely proud of the passion, dedication, and strength they bring to our school community!

Happy International Women's Day to these remarkable individuals and to all the Mums, Grandmas, Sisters, Aunties and all the women who shape the future of our children!!

Buttercup visit to Stanford Library

Buttercup class enjoyed their trip to Stanford Library.   We loved looking at the books and all chose one to take back to class.   Mrs Wink spoke to us about what happens in a library.  She also shared the sorts of stories she enjoyed when she was little.  We compared her old books with the shiny, colourful books we chose today. We can’t wait to share our new stories back in class.

Pumpkin Class Reading Breakfast

Today Pumpkin class invited parents into their class to do some reading. We also had breakfast whilst we did our reading. This meant that we all got one more read in our reading dairies this week, just 2 more to go!

"I liked eating food whilst reading most"
"I got to read outside with my mum and my friend"
"It was great!"
"A lovely class of happy children"
"Great turn out and well-behaved class"
"Thank you for having us, we had a lovely time"

Pumpkin Class Plant Trees

Today Paul from NELC came to school to help us plant 4 new apple trees.

The project was launched by NELC to help increase the canopy cover across our borough, which is currently one of the lowest in the country.
Paul talked us through each step of planting a tree which links to our science topic of planting. We hope one day we can use the produce off these trees in our cooking club to help us towards being more sustainable. 

Chocolate Workshop

Year 4 had a special visitor this week who taught us lots about chocolate. We learned about its development throughout history and links to the Ancient Maya civilisation (that we have been learning about). We also learned about the conditions for growing cocoa pods within tropical rainforests and where the ingredients for chocolate are harvested. After this, we were taught some of the skills of what it takes to be a chocolate taster, with blind aroma tests, followed by tasting a variety of chocolates and identifying what ingredients they might include.

Community Beach Clean!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who attended our beach clean this morning. This was such a positive event with lots of amazing feedback about our work. Members of the public were very complimentary about the hard work we put into collecting any litter we found. A big thank you to Ken for letting us borrow the litter picking equipment. We can't wait to update you on our ECO award and our next steps. 

"A brilliant job you are doing!"
"Amazing morning 10/10"
"As a grandparent it got me up"
"Brilliantly organised"
"Thank you for all the work you are doing"

Celebrating Children's Mental Health Week

At Stanford we are celebrating Children's Mental Health week. Today we invited residents from Cloverdale Care Home and governors to celebrate with us. We had an art activity where we expressed our individuality. This will be put towards a whole school display celebrating every child's voice being heard. Sunflower class also came and sang their musical piece which they are learning in Music. Year 4 supported our guests with their art work. 

"A wonderful event!"
"It is always a pleasure coming to Stanford, we are always made to feel so welcome"
"A lovely, lovely afternoon, the cake was delicious!" 

Children Challenging Industry visit to Croda

Year 6 pupils had the most inspiring day visiting Croda on Tuesday. The Children challenging industry project Barley class have been taking part in, resulted in the pupils visiting the site where their product, Lenolin, is created. Pupils took part in different activities, from investigating which product is best for hand cream to how Croda's product works in beauty and household products. Pupils generated amazing questions and learnt all about the Science industry... we may have some future scientists!

People that Help us – the Police

We were so lucky to have a special visitor come to talk to us this afternoon – Inspector Harvey.

She showed us her special uniform and the equipment she carries.   She brought lots of uniform for us to try on. Some of it was so heavy.  We learnt about how Police help us.  We asked lots of sensible questions such as Why do Police officers have hats? Do you enjoy your job? What do you use a Baton for? …Even Had she captured Evil Pea? (He visited our class last week and did terrible crimes to our vegetables!

Inspector Harvey was kind enough to bring in us a helmet, a pencil and a sticker.  Lots of us want to work in the Police force when we are grown up

ECO Group - Pre-loved Sale

Our ECO group have recently discussed how we can recycle more in school. With us already having focused on recycling waste they decided to focus on pre-loved jumpers and cardigans. Today they put their plan into action at the Year 2 learning share. We hope to do this again at more upcoming events in school to promote recycling and sustainability.

Remember to bring 50p if you would like to purchase a pre-loved jumper or cardigan!
Well done ECO warriors!

Birdwatch

Buttercup class have been learning about British Birds this week. We went to the nature area to do some bird spotting as part of RSPB Big School Birdwatch. We completed the survey back in class. We saw wood pigeons, crows, a magpie and seagulls. We could hear other birds in the closeby bushes but they were hiding out of site. We did meet a couple of squirrels in the nature area which was very exciting.

Road Safety Talk

Today in Pumpkin class we were very lucky to have a Mrs Griffith come in to talk to us about road safety as part of our PSHE lesson. We discussed how we could make the village safer, how we can be safe when crossing roads, and riding a bike. 

"I didn't know we don't have zebra crossings in the village."
"I'm going to tell my sister to start wearing her helmet when she is riding her bike!"
"I think the village needs more help with road safety"

Christmas Hampers

Our Community Pantry and Stanford Trust created Christmas hampers for some of our families for the festive holidays. Thank you to The trust in supporting our pantry!!

Christmas Dinner

On Friday we enjoyed a special Christmas Dinner at lunch time. Provided by Chartwells and prepared by our lunch cooks, we had roast turkey and all the trimmings.

Pupil 1: I liked listening to music whilst we ate our dinner.
Pupil 2: Mini sausage is the best!
Pupil 3: I love the Christmassy cake for pudding.

Sausage Making

Pumpkin Class got the chance to work with Gavin making sausages. Gavin told us all about what goes into shop bought sausages, and how we can make healthier ones ourselves. The sausages that Gavin made he knew all the ingredients that went into making them, however sometimes you don't always know what is in shop bought sausages. We then got to try the sausages ourselves and they got a thumbs up!

"That's the best sausage I've ever tasted!"
"I love sausages with beans and mash!"
"I really liked the sausage Gavin made"

Year 1 Pizza Making

This week, Chartwells – our lunch providers – visited us to teach us about healthy eating. We learnt that we should have 5 pieces of fruit or veg every day. We thought about every fruit of vegetable that matches the colours in a rainbow and talked about which we liked best. Then came the best part! We learnt how to make our own pizzas and choose from a rainbow of toppings to make them look great and be healthy to eat. This was so much fun and we want to say a huge thank you to Chartwells for this amazing learning experience. Take a look at all our pizzas.

Sharing Our Space

Daisy Class

Today Daisy class welcomed their parents/carers into their new classroom for a tour. It was great that so many people came and enjoyed looking at the children’s new learning space. Refreshments were served by the pupils and their class song made everyone laugh! To remember the event, children made bookmarks showing their author of the term and themselves enjoying the new reading areas. Children shared their favourite classroom spaces:

Pupil 1: “I love using money in the Christmas Shop best.”
Pupil 2: “The craft area is good because I love to make things.”
Pupil 3: “I like reading books in the new book corner because I love books!”
Pupil 4: “The tent is a quiet place to share a story with a buddie.”
Pupil 5: “Let me show you the new toilets ‘cause they’re purple!”

Poppy Class

On Friday the children were really excited to have parents, carers and loved ones come into our class to see our new classroom. It was a perfect opportunity to spread a little Christmas cheer, share a mince pie, juice & biscuits and have a little chat with each other. The children helped to make a special welcome song which they performed with gusto! Thank you for coming everyone!

Sunflower Class

The Sunflowers enjoyed welcoming their family members into their lovely Sunflower Classroom.

R- We sang The Sunflower Song together.
E- It was good when the parents joined in and we all sang ‘The Red Red Robin’ song.
C- I showed my mum and dad all the interesting things on the walls.
O- I let my grandad sit in my seat.
E- We all ate biscuits and mince pies.
S- I showed my mum the bookmark that I had made.

Parent- Thank you for inviting me. I enjoyed looking around my child’s classroom.
Parent- It’s a lovely big classroom. I enjoyed my child telling me about their learning.
Parent- My little one loved looking at all of Mrs. Brady’s frogs!

Festive Fun in Year 2!

The children loved all the excitement of the Christmas Fayre.
There was dressing up in fancy dress, setting up their Christmas Enterprise stall, decorating the classroom and singing Christmas songs to their parents and friends.

P- I liked going around all the stalls and buying things.
J- It was exciting to see Santa in school.
J- My mum enjoyed hearing me sing outside.
P- I really enjoyed making my Christmas wreath and seeing it for sale on our stall.
F- It was funny to dress up in fancy dress.
C- Mrs. Bennett made us some lovely knitted snowmen with chocolates inside.
M- Year 2 would like to thank Mrs. Drury for helping us make the wreaths, Mrs. Bennett for making all the knitted snowmen with chocolates inside and also to Mrs. Lawson for helping with our stall.

🎄 Pupils have been busying preparing for the Christmas Fayre today!! 🎄

🌟 Foundation Stage Grand Opening Event 🌟

On Friday 17th November we celebrated the grand opening of our new Foundation Stage unit. Assets, Governors and friends of the school joined the celebrations. As well as Parents, carers and family members being invited where our wonderful Buttercups welcomed them all to their wonderful new unit!

This space is just one area around the school that has been developed to provide new pupil places within the school. This project was managed and funded by the LA in partnership with Equans- Thank you!

Local Councillor David Hasthorpe and MP Martin Vickers officially opened the unit followed by our parent and carers coming to visit the unit. Our wonderful Buttercup class performed to songs with their handmade Diva lamps- magical!

Thank to you all that have been involved in this project and to our Stanford family for their continued support- we hope you enjoyed the cake!!

Thank You

A big thank you to one of our governors who organised for the local beck plant pots to be donated to us. Gardening club have made sure these are watered using the watering system they have. You can find these brightening up our reception area.

Our Metal Flowers

Today we put our metal flowers up in our reception area. I think you'll agree that the children have done amazing with these. Each of the flowers have incorporated an artist's design that we look at in each of these year groups. Be sure to look out for them as you come into school via the reception!

Another big thank you to Sam from Vanel for supporting us with this project.

Y4 VANEL Art

This week, year 4 contributed their work to the metal flowers project. We learned about the work of the artist Barbara Hepworth and looked at her use of shapes, lines and colours. We used this to inspire the abstract art that we painted onto the flowers. We came up with our designs first and then used different tools to paint with, including brushes, cutlery and even gift cards. It was a really enjoyable afternoon and we are proud of our work.

Remembrance Day

This afternoon Mr Smith from the British Legion came to talk to us all about Remembrance Day. We had a chance to ask questions about Remembrance Day and Mr Smith explained what happens, he also read us a poem called 'The inquisitive mind of a child.' A big thank you to Mr Smith for coming to visit us, and sharing his knowledge with us.

MP Martin Vickers

On Monday our local MP, Martin Vickers visited Year 5 and 6 pupils to talk to them about his role as MP and Parliament. Pupils learnt when Parliament was formed and what happens within the House of Commons. There was then an opportunity for Q and A from the pupils- great questions asked! Pupils then followed this exciting assembly, with work all about Parliament. Thank you Martin Vickers for the inspirational talk!

Introducing Stanford’s Community Pantry - A Place of Support and Sharing! 🛒❤️

We are thrilled to introduce and open our Community Pantry.

🛍️ What is the Stanford Community Pantry, you might wonder? It's a pantry filled with care, generosity, and essential items right here in our school. Whether you want to contribute or need a helping hand, this is the space to connect.

🤗 How it Works:

1. Give: Have some extra baby supplies, snacks, or essentials? Share them in our pantry for fellow parents. Let's create a nurturing environment together!
2. Take What You Need: If you find yourself running low on supplies or facing a challenging day, visit the pantry to pick up some essentials. We're here to support each other without judgment.

🕐 Location & Access:

Our Stanford Community Pantry is conveniently located in the Reception main office. It's accessible 9:00am - 4:300pm, making it easy for you to use when it suits your schedule.

🤩 Join us in building a fantastic support system! Share your surplus or receive assistance when you require it. Let's strengthen our parent community, one act of kindness at a time. 💪

Thank you for being part of our extraordinary parent community. Together, we can make life a little easier and more joyful for all our families. 💞👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 #ParentingTogether #SupportingParents #SharingIsCaring

Pumpkins bake for tuck shop for well-being Wednesday!

Pumpkin class have made some delicious oat-meal and raisin cookies for tuck shop this week for our well-being Wednesday. Children weighed out the ingredients and then added all the ingredients together to bake. Although Miss Purshouse nearly forgot the cinnamon, oops! We can't wait to sample these in our tuck shop on Friday selling for 50p.