Tea Party - January 2011   We enjoyed in inviting parents and children to a special welcome tea party after sports club on Thursday, 27 January.  It gave people a chance to get to know each other.  Everyone enjoyed chatting while sipping on tea and munching on some lovely cake!
Pantomime Refreshments - January 2011   Friends of Charlton Mackrell School raised £259.50 providing refreshments at the village pantomime by CHADS.  Thank you to everyone that donated a bottle, baked a cake or gave up their time to help.  The money raised will be used to provide enrichment opportunities for pupils.
CLP Orchestra - January 2011   This week sees the launch of the Huish Community Learning Partnership Orchestra – Mr Bosworth has organised this very exciting opportunity for musicians across the CLP (Community Learning Partnership) to be part of a proper orchestra and play together on a regular basis.  We hope it will prove to be a great success.  It is open to all pupils who play an instrument, have lessons and who can read music.
A FLYING VISIT FROM A VERY SPECIAL PERSON!   The last week of school before Christmas is always a special one!  Just look who dropped in to wish us all a very merry Christmas!  Click the image to reveal more photos.
CHRISTINGLE CELEBRATION   We were delighted to see so many people at our Christingle Celebration on Sunday 5th December. Thanks to Mr Light for taking photo's.
PARENT GOVERNOR  We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Gavin Pretor-Pinney as the new Parent Governor.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Karen Thrippleton for all her hard work as parent governor over the past few years.  We know she will continue to support the school in many ways.
AFTER SCHOOL CARE CLUB   As you know, the Governing Body is also very keen to get an After School Care Club up and running.  We will keep you up-to-date with progress. In the meantime, if you wish to chat about our proposals, do speak to Mrs Kempton one morning on the playground.
SCIENCE…J1 and J2 visit to @BRISTOL – Monday, 22 November   This trip to the science museum @BRISTOL will cost £5.  The Friends have very kindly agreed to pay £200 for coach hire.  Thank you!  Please see separate letter.
Early Birds Club Opens - 1st November 2010   Monday 1st November sees the exciting opening of the school's new Early Birds Club.  Children will be able to drop in from 8am each morning and enjoy a variety of supervised activites led by Miss Oxley.  Pre-booking is essential, forms are available from the school office or download here.  More details here.
CAKE SALE - October   Fridays cake sale raised a whopping £43 for Playground Games - well done and thank you to everyone for your support.  We llok forward to hearing what oys and games the Lunchtime Supervisiors spend the money on!
Celebration Festival - Ocober 2010   The school was ‘on display’ at St Mary’s Church over the weekend of 16 and 17 October. We hope you were able to pop in with your families and friends to enjoy seeing the fantastic work our pupils have been busy producing this term.   We also enjoyed a special service with Rev Bruce Faulkner on the Sunday, with brilliant musical interludes from members of our orchestra and even the children that have only just started learning an instrument - they are all very talented and enthusiastic! If you were unable to attend, but would like to hear more about the school, we are holding an Open Morning on Thursday 25th November from 9am until 12pm.  Pop in to have a tour of the school and hear about all the things we have on offer.  We welcome families with children of any primary school age.
Harvest - Ocober 2010   The children enjoyed sharing their poems and prayers with you at the school’s Harvest service on Tuesday.  Thank you to Mrs Gollop and Mrs Thomas who entertained us so well with a sharing message and to Mrs Phipps who stepped in to play the music at the last moment – we send our love to Evelyn.  A collection of £14 will be sent to the Send a Cow charity. The Harvest Lunch was delicious – the children baked the wonderful bread.  A big thank you to the mums who came along to help prepare the lunch and clear away too.  We could not have managed without you!
CAKE SALE - September 2010   Fridays cake sale raised a whopping £38 for Red Class - well done and thank you to everyone for supporting Red Class.  We llok forward to hearing what they spend their money on!
SUMMER FETE!    What a success!  The sun shone on us and made the Fete and enjoyable event, warmly welcomed back onto our annual calendar.  The Country Dancing was a highlight for many parents and grandparents and our children did us proud!  The Total Wipeout was a roaring success with children and parents proving equally competitive as they jumped, ducked, bounced and slid their way along the assault course.  I am pleased to report that we raised in the region of £550.  This money will go towards the cost of the weekly swimming lessons and the upcoming festive activities.
CHADS - Summer 2010 We are very grateful to our village drama group, CHADS, for choosing Friends as the sole beneficiary of the £600 proceeds from their summer production ‘Inspector Drake and the Perfekt Crime’.  Friends have worked hard over the years serving the CHADS audiences with a great selection of home-made refreshments during the intervals, which usually makes in the region of £100.   CHADS extra generosity this year will make a huge difference to our fundraising and benefit all of our children.   There are many other worthy causes which deserve the support of CHADS, so I am sure you will join me in thanking them for selecting us this time.
ALICE, THE MUSICAL was all we had hoped it would be…and more! - July 2010 The children performed brilliantly, the audience applauded enthusiastically and laughed in all the right places and thankfully, the weather didn’t stop us one little bit (even though it really tried)! Thank you for…the amazing costumes, superb make-up and hair, help with scenery and props, the super refreshments
PODS – July 2010   All the children were delighted to be involved in making our fantastic pod last week, which is proving very popular during breaktimes.  The children have agreed rules for the use of the pod.
Bees swarm to our school - July 2010   There was great excitement on Friday afternoon when a swarm of bees descended on our school.   They settled on the tree near to the gate to the car park so the area was cordoned off and the children marshalled around the road.   Mr Joe King from Pilton and a member of the Somerset Beekeepers Association very kindly came and removed the bees.  Photos here. .
Music for Youth - 5th July 2010   Our orchestra earnt a well deserved place at the national round of this prestigious celebration of young people’s music.  They headed up the M1 to Birmingham on Monday, 5th July and played fantastically well (even wih nerves!).    We will keep you up-dated with the results as soon as they arrive.
Charles Hazlewood gives a masterclass to our orchestra - June 2010   Our orchestra were thrilled to receive a visit from conductor, Charles Hazlewood. He spent time with the orchestra rehearsing and giving tips for improving their performance prior to their forthcoming trip to the Music for Youth National competition in Birmingham in July.  Conductor of the orchestra, and Junior 1 Class teacher, Mr Jeremy Bosworth, said that the visit was “inspirational and something that the children will remember for the rest of their lives”. Mr Hazlewood, who kindly signed autographs and answered questions at the end of the visit, said that he was impressed to see an orchestra such as this in a primary school setting.  Photos here.
Garden Teas - June 2010   Huge thanks to Friends for organising such a fantastic event.  Many, many thanks to the Littmans for providing us with such a beautiful location.  An amazing £300 was raised.  Photos here.
Marvellous Fun! - May 2010 George's Marvellous Medicine: Junior 1 Class enjoyed a morning at   the theatre on Wednesday.  A superb production of George's Marvellous Medicine kept children on the edge of their seats.  Junior 1 returned to school in the afternoon full of tales of their favourite bits.  All children quickly set to work writing Thank You letters to Friends of Charlton Mackrell School, who kindly subsidised the ticket costs.  Will's favourite part was "all of it!",  Annabel's was "when the granny grew" and Ben enjoyed "the chicken chasing George!".  Everyone, including the teachers, enjoyed the vanilla ice-cream during the interval!
Budding gardeners visit new allotment - May 2010 Red Class: Red Class enjoyed their first trip to their allotment at Lytes Cary last week.  Children took it in turns to go on a bug hunt and to help National Trust volunteers to plant vegetables.  Red Class later asked 'Friends' if they would purchase some new gardening tools for them.  'Friends' were delighted to help and have supplied Red Class with a selection of spades, rakes, trowels, forks and gloves.
Jumble Sale and Nearly New Sale - May 2010 £593 was raised at the Jumble and Nearly New Sale:  Thank you to all the helpers at Saturdays Jumble and Nearly New Sale.  It was a good turn out despite the heat.
Music for Youth Update - May 2010 Our orchestra have earned a well deserved place at the next round of this prestigious celebration of young people’s music and will be heading up the M1 to Birmingham on Monday, 5th July.  We will keep you up-dated with further details as and when they arrive.
Inter Area Cross Country - April 2010 At the end of term, some of our pupils represented the Huish CLP at the Inter Area cross country run consisting of five teams altogether with about 250 runners involved.  Bodhi ran a magnificent race, coming in 5th, which helped his team of Year 3 and 4 boys finish in an amazing first place overall.  The Year 5 and 6 girls finished in 2nd place with Georgina on board and the Year 3 and 4 girls’ team came in a very credible 3rd place, with Phoebe putting in another great performance.
Site Tidy - 27th March 2010 Grateful thanks to the small number of families who helped out at the weekend to bring some order to the small playground and children’s gardens.  Also, it was fantastic to get rid of some of the junk which has accumulated this year.  The stacks of chairs should disappear soon as the community hall committee has kindly offered to house them for us.
Music Spectacular Feedback - March 2010 Spectacular Music: Great feedback from both performances by the school orchestra – the website will shortly have photographs and some of the judges’ comments at the South West heat of Music for Youth in Taunton.    The Assistant Director of Somerset Music has since written… ‘I just wanted to say a big ‘congratulations’ for your school’s impressive performance…I thoroughly enjoyed the day and your involvement in it.  Please pass on my best wishes to your enthusiastic and committed young performers and dedicated staff!’
Easter Service - March 2010 Easter Service: It was lovely to welcome parents and families to the church on Tuesday.  Mrs Gollop conducted a fantastic service and the children have been complimented for their beautiful singing and reading.  Thank you to Evelyn for accompanying the hymns.
Easter Bonnet Parade! - March 2010 Easter Bonnet Parade: What talented and creative families we have at Charlton Mackrell!  The bevy of beautiful hats was amazing!  Congratulations to everyone who took part and thank you to parents who came along to see the parade.  Photographs will appear on the website soon and also in the Western Gazette.
Easter Egg Hunt - March 2010 Easter Egg Hunt: The children enjoyed their annual Easter egg hunt on Thursday afternoon - thank you to the Friends for providing the eggs.
Easter Bingo! - 26th March 2010 Thank you to Friends for organising another successful Easter Bingo (and an especially big thank you to Carl Holborn for being a superb bingo caller!).  Well done to the 11 prize winners, don't eat all the Easter Eggs in one go!  A fantastic £195.50 was raised!
Tag Rugby Results - 26th March 2010 The results of Friday's tag rugby at Somerton rugby club - fantastic team effort against much bigger schools from Yeovil with Charlton Mackrell finally finishing in a sterling third place.  We are once again very proud of all our players, most of whom had been up late with the orchestra the night before and also had  a swimming lesson in the morning - our Charlton Mackrell children obviously possess boundless energy!.
Music Spectacular - 25th March 2010 The orchestra opened Thursday evening's Music Spectacular in Yeovil with a cracking performance.  They played their two favourite pieces - 'When I'm Sixty Four' and 'Fields of Gold', with two beautiful solos from Ellen and Paige.  Congratulations to you all.  It was fantastic and we are very proud of you all!
Easter Bunny- 25th March 2010 The Easter Bunny visited Pre School and Red Class on Thursday morning, much to the surprise of all the children.
Netball Tournament - 24th March 2010 The netball team travelled to Bruton Girls School this week and narrowly missed out on a semi-final place.  Excellent team work and perseverance helped them gain third place overall.  Well done girls!
Music for Youth - 20th March 2010 They received a fantastic reception at the South West round of Music For Youth on Saturday - the judges poured praise on our brilliant orchestra who played three pieces.  It is believed that results will not be announced for some time to come.
Mufti Day - 19th March 2010 Mufti Day for all pupils.  Donations of Easter Eggs or £1 were brought in to support next weeks Easter Bingo, organised by our Friends group.
Football Tournament - 17th March 2010 Wednesday - Wednesday 17th Sports - Football tournament - Wednesday was just not our day for football this week, but the coach says that everyone tried their best and didn't give up!  Netball tournament - Charlton Mackrell girls came second to Curry Mallett.
CLP Young Scientist Quiz - 16th March 2010 Tuesday, CLP Young Scientists Quiz - Fantastic effort from our team of Ellen, Matt and Georgina who finished a fab fifth place at the Huish CLP science quiz on Tuesday. Sadly, Stephen was poorly.
CLP Talent Show - 15th March 2010 A great audience enjoyed fantastic performances from everyone at the Talent show.  The judges had a very difficult task but finally chose a very popular winner - Joel, from Kingsbury Episcopi, who really wowed the whole audience with his side splitting performance of 'I Want My Mummy'.  Very well done to all of our Charlton Mackrell performers; Skye, Natasha, Phoebe, Zoe, Freya, Ellen, Jessica and Georgina - who received warm applause for their singing, playing and acting.
Science Week - March 2010 Visitors this week who will cover various aspects of the subject include; Mrs Millar from Huish Science Department, the School Nurse and a Science Expert on Thursday.  Thank you to Mrs Phipps for organising our special visitors!
Music Spectacular Update - March 2010 FANTASTIC NEWS!  THE ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO OPEN THE MUSIC SPECTACULAR THIS YEAR!  Rehearsals are in full swing for this event and the Music for Youth area heat in March.  Our children will be performing on Thursday 25th  March at Westlands Sports and Social Club.  Be sure to book your tickets early!
Music Spectacular Update - March 2010 FANTASTIC NEWS!  THE ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO OPEN THE MUSIC SPECTACULAR THIS YEAR!  Rehearsals are in full swing for this event and the Music for Youth area heat in March.  Our children will be performing on Thursday 25th  March at Westlands Sports and Social Club.  Be sure to book your tickets early!
Annual Governors meeing with Parents - 8th March 2010 The annual Governors meeting with Parents took place on Monday 8th March in the School Hall.  A summary of the recent Questionnaire will be sent out to parents soon.
Friends of Charlton Mackrell School Meeting - 8th March 2010 The Friends of Charlton Mackrell School will met on Monday 8th March at 3:15 in the School Hall.  Topics for discussed included; Bingo Night, Craft Day, Jumble Sale and whether to bring back the annual School Fete. Further information of the Friends of Charlton Mackrell School can be found on our Friends page..	Minutes
World Book Day - 4th March 2010 Children enjoyed sharing their favourite books with each other on World Book Day 2010.
Tag to Twickenham - 3rd March 2010 All year 6 pupils and a few year 5's took part in the Tag to Twickenham, tag rugby tournament on Wednesday (involving 11 teams in all). Charlton Mackrell played well winning all the matches in the first round taking them through to the winners pool where they played a further three games. Despite injury's, blisters and exhaustion all played fantastic tag rugby resulting in joint second place overall. Well done all.  Photos to follow shortly.
Architect Unveils Plans - 1st March 2010 A well attended meeting took place outlining our Architects plans for the school.  Plans include a new workspace for children and a new Entrance/Reception Area.	West Elevation Plan Ground Floor Plan
Red Tractor visits Red Class - 1st March 2010 Mr Wellstead is brought a tractor and digger into the carpark for Red Class to look at and draw.  PreSchool were also invited into the carpark to have a look.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - 25th February 2010 Parents/carers were invited to watch Red Class retell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, an insight into what the children have been learning in Literacy.  Red Class repeated this to the whole school in the Celebration Praise on Friday.
Parent and Pupil Survey - 25th February 2010 Parent and Pupil Surveys - We hope everyone received a copy of the Parent and Pupil Survey, on the last day of term.  Additional copies are available from the School Office.  Please return completed questionnaires by Thursday 25th February.
Whole School Visit to Wells Cathedral - 10th February 2010 An amazing experience for us all.  Thank you Mrs Reade for organising such a super visit.  Members of the public and the Cathedral team praised the children’s behaviour, enthusiasm and knowledge. Photos will be available soon.
Macbeth Theatre Trip - 8th February 2010   J2 visit to watch Macbeth - Junior 2 pupils were on the edge of their Yeovil Octagon seats on Monday afternoon as they watched Shakespeare for Kids’ thrilling version of ‘Macbeth’.  Thanks to the Friends for subsidising this visit.
A new arrival - 6th February 2010 Mrs Kempton became a GRANNIE!!!  Astrid was born on Saturday 6th February, weighing in at a healthy 7lbs 9ozs.  We wonder if Mrs Kempton will finally get her knitting needles out now?!
CLP Drama Course - 3rd February and 27th January 2010 Drama - 27 Jan & 3 Feb Mrs Kempton is running two drama courses aimed at talented pupils from across our Community Learning Partnership. Three of our Year 2s will be joining in too.
Parents Forum - 2nd February 2010 Last week, the children enjoyed visiting the website and have suggested lots of good ideas to make it even more interesting. At last week’s forum, parents were consulted. If you weren’t able to be at the meeting and have suggestions, do let us know and if we can include them, we will! We are trying to up-date the site on a weekly basis. Whenever possible, urgent items are put on as a banner at the top of the home page.
J2 Presentations - 2nd February 2010 Very well done to all members of Year 4, 5 and 6 for their well-rehearsed gym routines and super stories and photos from their Beacon camp. Thank you to Mrs Phipps and Mrs Thorner for encouraging the children to take such a pride in their work.
Fairy Tale Treat - 1st February 2010 The whole school enjoyed two new versions of Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel, devised by GCSE students at SHerborne High School for Girls..  Very convincing performances by the girls held us on the edge of our seats!
RSPB Bird Count - 29th January 2010 RSPB Bird Count - Mr Stewart Gold from the RSPB came to help Red Class and the Wildlife Explorers Club take part in the big school's bird watch on Friday 29th January.
Mufti Day - 27th January 2010 Mufti Day on Wednesday 27th, raised over £80 in aid of the Haiti Appeal!  Thank you for your support.
Cross Country - 26th January 2010 Cross Country - 26th January. We hosted our first Cross Country Race at Lytes Cary after school on Tuesday 26th January, for the CLP.  We were delighted to see the majority of our Key Stage 2 children taking part.  Our thanks goes to Mr Larkins for organising this event.  Results: Charlton Mackrell came runners up in the small schools section ~ well done team!
Baptism of Liam Lion - 25th January 2010 As part of Red Class' theme this term, 'Signs and Symbols', we walked across to St Mary's Church on Monday afternoon.  The Rev Bruce Faulkner led us through the signs and symbols associated with a baptism and 'baptised' Liam the Lion.  Jonathan told his mum later that 'the Bishop's friend had Baptised Liam'.
RAF Motivational Day - 21st January 2010 The RAF visited school and certainly put Junior 1 and Junior 2 through their paces. The children took part in lots of different activities to develop collaborative team work.
CHADS Pantomime - 14th/15th/16th January 2010 A traditional Pantomime for all the family!  Our school Drama Club members enjoyed appearing on stage, singing and dancing to the music...and then of course soaking up the wonderful applause!
Bishop of Bath and Wells visit - 12th January 2010 The Bishop of Bath and Wells cuts the tape as he officially opens our outdoor learning area. The school was presented with a very special plaque bearing the Diocese coat of arms. During his visit, the Bishop saw the school in action in gymnastic and ICT lessons and sat in Red Class’ hot seat to answer some of the children’s questions.
Snow Days! January 2010 Children were granted an extra few days off due to the good old British Weather!  The school no other option than to close, despite every effort to remain open.  Children enjoyed sending in photographs of how they spend their time!
A Special Visitor - December 2009 A very special visitor flew in by Helicopter!  Father Christmas took a break from his busy schedule, to pay our children a special visit.  Our thanks goes to the Royal Naval air crew.
Christmas with the Aliens - Infant Production 2009 Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 delighted their audience with two superb preformances of 'Christmas with the Aliens'.
Science Week - 2009 J2 Class, investigating forces!
J2 Fundraising - 2009 J2 Class, busy fundaising for their residentail trip to the Beacon.  Selling their own produce and Mrs Phipps' homemade jam!
School Sports Day - 2009 Sports Day took place on a sunny afternoon in June.  What an enjoyable day, everyone went home with a spring in their step and a smile on their face!

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