On Thursday 13th December Ben Rich and Rachael Reeves (parents of Aaron in Year 5) came into school to explore the Jewish festival of Chanukah with Key Stage One.
The children learnt the story of Chanukah, the symbolism of lighting candles and even got to eat donuts!
Thank you Ben and Rachael for coming to see us!
Thank you to everyone who supported our three charities in this year’s ‘Reversed Charity Advent Calendar’ organised by the Champion’s of Change team. Thank you for bringing in over 100 toys and gifts for the Salvation Army Christmas Gift Appeal.…
The choir did a splendid job of entertaining shoppers in York City Centre this afternoon, despite the weather! Thanks also to all the adult helpers who braved the rather wintry conditions with us. The money raised will help to fund…
The Year Y5/6 children visited York Mosque where we were greeted by the friendly Imam, Abid Salik. Abid talked to us about why Muslims go to the mosque, the features of the mosque, the importance of prayer, and the significance of the 5 pillars of Islam. He also answered our many, many questions!
We also got to have a peek inside the new mosque. It’s enormous! We wondered what the old mosque will be used for when the new one is finished. Abid said they hadn’t decided yet but it might be used as community room.
Last week, as part of the Musical Connections project, Y3/4 children went to Barstow House in York. It was lovely to see familiar faces from last year and to make some more new friends. We all enjoyed singing and playing musical games which brought smiles to the tenants that live there.
Musical Connections is a registered charity that who facilitate intergenerational music workshops in care and residential homes in York. We have been working with the project for a number of years now, and our participation has been enormously rewarding for Fishergate pupils. If you would like to find out more about this fantastic organisation, please visit their website.
Merry Christmas Everybody!
Thank you to everyone in years 3,4,5 and 6 who baked a cake for this year’s bake off. And thank you to Aisha (year 6), Susannah (year 4), Mr Kelly and Miss Solanki for taking the time to judge all the cakes! I know that it was a hard task deciding on the winner from each class. Here are some of the creations:
The finalists were: Anya (Mrs Engleman’s class), Jacob (Mr Snowden’s class), Anya (Miss Ekers/Teale’s class), Tamaris (Mrs Walton’s class), Daisy (Mrs Wilson’s class) and Poppy (Miss Rees/Mr Burnell’s class).
A cake stall was held after the year 3/4 and 5/6 bake offs raising an amazing £180 for school.
Each class winner created an amazing Christmassy themed cake for the final of the inaugral Fishergate Bake Off. We think that the winning “illusion cake” in the form of a Christmas Pud is a real showstopper! Well done to a very worthy winner.
Newsletter 5 (30th November) as a .pdf
The Champions of Change group are organising a reversed charity advent calendar. The idea behind this is that instead of getting things for ourselves, we get things ti help charity and we will be supporting The Salvation Army, Carecent and…
Here is the latest Bright Sparks newsletter. Check out the date for the coffee/tea and cake afternoon and let me know if you can make it. Bright Sparks 12 Thank you to those who have contributed and please continue to…
