http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk Together we learn! Together we achieve! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:44:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mrs Lewis and Mrs Longland will be holding an Unwanted Christmas Presents Sale, on Friday 29th January after school. If you have any unwanted presents please bring them in and we will sell them to raise cash towards the Amsterdam visit. Future fund raising events planned for this term: Cake sale-Tuesday 9 ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/28/fund-raising-for-amsterdam-visit/ There have been a few changes to our governing body recently and as they step down from the role, I would like to say a special thank you to Mrs Ann Perkins and Mrs Alison Powell, for all the time and support they have given Hope during their terms of ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/28/governor-update/ The Hope community welcomed a new teacher to its school this term, Mrs Elie Miles. She will be Class 1's new teacher but will also be teaching in Class 2 for some lessons. Mrs Miles has come to us from another village school in Barrow. Her special interests include science, ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/28/hope-has-a-new-teacher-this-term/ What a start to the new term! Hope has been snow bound for days and days.  The school has had to close on 3 consecutive Wednesdays because of the bad weather. Nevertheless it's been beautiful  travelling up through the valley to school each day, just like a little Austria. The ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/28/happy-new-year-from-snowy-hope/ We had a super time at the pantomime. Many of us had not been to the new theatre and we all thought it was lovely. The seats were comfy and we had a good view -even from the upper circle.The children loved Wendy, Peter Pan and the lost boys. The ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2009/12/30/peter-pan-at-the-theatre-severn/ This year's Christmas concert was a little different. Imagine a small Austrian village getting ready for its annual Christmas pageant. Snowy weather sets in and the church organ won't work. The mice have been nibbling at it! Not to mention Father Joseph's manuscript for his Christmas sermon. What will they ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2009/12/30/silent-night-a-christmas-musical/ Today Y4, Y5 and Y6 pupils from Hope visited Bishop's Castle Primary school to take part in a Shakespear workshop, organised by the Young Shakespeare Company. All the children took part in some form or another and it was a brilliant day. The actors brought Shakespeare's Macbeth to life for ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2009/12/30/macbeth-and-the-young-shakespeare-company/ Four new pupils visited Class 1 today. They will be starting school after Christmas and came for a visit. We hope they had a good time and look forward to seeing them again next week and on 3 December, when they will join us for lunch with their parents. http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2009/12/30/welcome-to-class-1/ What a fab day everyone from Class 2 had at Worthen. We all went orienteering and it was so much fun, some of us have decided to set up a route at Hope. Christian, Luke, Abigail and Leah are working hard to organise a similar event for everyone at Hope. ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2009/12/30/thank-you-worthen-2/ The week began with a visit from our local community police officers PC Williams and PC Jones. They talked to us in assembly about feeling safe and what to do if we get bullied. They also talked to us about how to deal with cyberbullies. Then on Wednesday we invited ... http://hopeblog.ethink.org.uk/2009/12/30/anti-bullying-week-at-hope-16-20-november/