Wild West WOW Day

on Wednesday, 11 January 2017. Posted in Head Teacher

Our new topic, The Wild, Wild West has really captured the children's imagination this week - Mrs Priestly, our wonderful Forest School trained teacher, gave everyone a taste of the Wild West by organising a 'WOW' day...and it really was a 'wow!!' day...

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Ludus Gladiatorum Miserden

on Tuesday, 10 January 2017. Posted in Head Teacher

Our children, enjoying Gladiator school...

Our trainee gladiators made their own sashes and swords.

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Whole school trip to the Roman Baths

on Thursday, 24 November 2016. Posted in Head Teacher

Miserden Primary School went on a day out to visit The Roman Baths (as part of their current topic) - and judging by the photographs it looks like they all had a fab day!

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Roman Feast and Games

on Tuesday, 15 November 2016. Posted in Head Teacher

So the first Friday back at school was a 'WOW' day...all the pupils got to dress up as Romans as part of their new topic, which is entitled, “Up, Pompeii Up “ and will focus on learning about the Romans, their lives, key events and historical figures as well as the impact they had on Britain.

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Chocolate Factory Visit

on Thursday, 05 May 2016. Posted in Head Teacher

Of course, we had to visit Cadbury World when learning about chocolate too!

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Healthy Eating

on Thursday, 05 May 2016. Posted in Class 2

During our “Le Chocolat” topic the children spent time learning about healthy eating. This involved finding out how much sugar is in their favourite chocolate bars, but also focused on the eatwell plate, which teaches us about nutrition and ensuring that we eat a healthy, balanced diet of food.

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Fairtrade

on Thursday, 05 May 2016. Posted in Class 2

Children learnt about the history of chocolate, its origins (where it came from), who discovered it and what raw cocoa nibs taste like. This led us to examine fair-trade and the children learnt about its importance in ensuring that farmers received a fairer return for their hard work.

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Golden Ticket

on Thursday, 05 May 2016. Posted in Head Teacher

Towards the end of our topic on chocolate, we received a special visit… the original golden ticket from the Charlie and the chocolate factory film was brought in to our school!

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Mayan Mugs

on Thursday, 05 May 2016. Posted in Class 2, Class 1

We learnt about the history of the chocolate drink and how it was first drank by the Mayans (it was a cold, but spicy drink).

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Le Chocolat

on Thursday, 04 February 2016. Posted in Admin

The children at Miserden have had a fun-filled week enjoying our topic 'Le Chocolat'.

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Little Fawns (EYFS) and Muntjacs (Year 1)

on Tuesday, 24 November 2015. Posted in Class 1

Here is just a flavour of the exciting learning experiences our Reception and Year 1 children have enjoyed as part of our topic ‘Up, Up and Away’ with their teacher Mr King and teaching assistants Miss Sollars and Mrs Skelton.

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Autumn 2015 – Term 1: Up, Up and Away!

on Friday, 30 October 2015. Posted in Head Teacher

The new school year is well underway and it has been great to welcome the new children and their families who have joined us this year.

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Our Easter Pilgrimage 2015

on Thursday, 14 May 2015. Posted in Head Teacher

Following the success of last year’s Pilgrimage we decided to have a second Easter Pilgrimage visiting 2 more churches that our school serves. It was particularly poignant because, as a school community, we were grieving from the loss of Mr Chris Barron, who was the husband of our Year three and Year four teacher and the father of Jemma (a Year 1 pupil) and Olivia, Poppy and Will, past pupils of our school. Last year Chris had joined us as a ‘fellow Pilgrim’ on our journey through 4 churches, assisting with transportation, guiding the small footsteps of our younger children and lending a helping hand. As always he was often there on our ‘big adventures,’ giving quiet assistance in a variety of ways.

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Class Teacher Vacancy

on Wednesday, 06 May 2015. Posted in Head Teacher

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Ofsted Report

on Thursday, 11 December 2014. Posted in Head Teacher

Miserden School rated Good with Outstanding features!

The staff, governors and I are delighted with the report and the many very positive comments that are made across all areas of school life. We are happy that it reflects the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in working together to ensure the best possible outcomes for our pupils and that the school is run as an effective organisation.

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