Latest News & Newsletter
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There were lots of smiling faces as the children spent Thursday morning getting to know their new teachers with some fun activities. It was a very successful morning. |
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Year 5 went to an exciting Careers Convention on Tuesday. In the children’s words "It was inspiring and very thrilling to see all the amazing jobs we could do. It was awesome!" They learnt so much about different industries and the companies shared how well prepared the children were with their questioning and knowledge. |
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On Tuesday, Birch Class took part in the South Cambs School Sports Partnership’s Year 4 Mini Olympics held at the Cambridge University Sports ground. Schools were asked to represent a sporting nation. Meridian was given Ireland. More than 1600 children from 46 primary schools across the area took part. The children were asked to challenge themselves to achieve their best whilst thinking about the Olympic values of determination, respect, self-belief and team work. The Meridian children displayed lots of sporting talent and Olympic spirit throughout the day. Well done Year 4. |
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Please come along to our front entrance where we will be displaying our 50th year tea towels. All the children have taken part in this design, drawing a small picture of themselves and the members of staff to be captured for posterity! The tea towels are good quality and very large. We have 300 for sale, available now from the office. Please come along and purchase one or two (they make great presents for grandparents), £5 each or two for £9. |
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Yesterday we were treated to a wonderful evening of music by our KS2 choir who performed with the adult choir ‘Village Voices’. Both choirs sang two songs from their own repertoire and this was followed by an ambitious performance of Captain Noah and the Floating Zoo. The children rose to the challenge magnificently! Thank you for your generous donations towards our music curriculum and resources. Thank you to Miss Sands and Mrs Walthew (Village Voices Director) for organising such a community event. |
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A special thanks to Mrs Shepperson and Miss Sands who led and organised the activities this year along with the ideas from the ‘sports organising committee’ (SOC) made up of KS2 children. There were some new events which added to the excitement of the day. Thank you to the PTA, who laid on the refreshments and to Julia, our sports partnership liaison who brought along some Y10 students from Comberton Village College to support our events. And what glorious sunshine! |
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Yesterday, a team of year 5 and year 6 children, (Libby, Josh H., Jess, Joseph S., Millie and Jonah) went along to Barton C of E Primary School to take part in an afternoon of Maths – solving puzzles and quizzes. They joined together with some of the other local schools for this mission. They all thoroughly enjoyed their time. |
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We were treated to a wonderful musical variety at this year’s summer concert last night. It was a lovely evening and all the children played and sang beautifully displaying such talent! Thank you to Mrs Rapley, Miss Sands and Mrs Talbot (music teacher and parent governor) for organising this concert and preparing the children so well for performance. |
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The children have now finished their week of testing. They have had fun afternoons full of activities. Thank you to the PTA and all the parent helpers for making this possible. They enjoyed a fantastic outing to Extreme 360. |
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Our most recent team event happened yesterday. Esme, Freya, Joseph and Sam from year 5 went along to the local schools Maths Challenge competition. Ten schools took part, and with only two points from the top spot, our Y5 team came joint second. The children were commended for their performance in the ‘estimation’ round. Well done! We now await to hear if their scores will take them to the final round. |