Learning & Growing Queen Boudica Primary School We hope that everyone’s had a good Easter and that you’re enjoying the lighter evenings: we know we are! We’ve had another busy and fun-filled term at QBPS, with so many different activities taking place alongside our curriculum learning. Well done everyone! Our Forest School provision has continued throughout this term, with children in Years 2, 3, 1 and Reception enjoying time at Highwoods Country Park. We’re so fortunate to have this wonderful facility on our doorstep: everyone loves their trips to the woods. Children have been able to build dens, create artwork, learn to make a campfire safely and have particularly enjoyed toasting marshmallows. Thank you to Mrs. Parry and the team of adults who make this highly beneficial and enjoyable activity possible each week. We’ve been fairly blessed with fine weather as well, which is even better! Continuing to develop our love of being outdoors and the therapeutic effects of gardening, I was fortunate to be able to attend a meeting at Colchester Hospital recently, in connection with the development of a new garden area at the front of the main hospital entrance. This exciting project is being led by the RHS and the garden is being designed by Adam Frost, the well renowned garden designer and television presenter. We are really looking forward to being part of this design project in the future, as the hospital plays such a key part in the lives of our school community. Children in Year 1 have greatly enjoyed meeting Lee Connelly, also known as The Skinny Jean Gardener, as part of the Colchester Garden Festival. Lee is known from CBBC, Blue Peter and Radio 1, and is taking the lead on this project for the second year in a row. Well done Year 1 for so many great design ideas! The gardens will be created in the summer, so that everyone can enjoy them. Our sporting fixtures have continued apace, with many football and netball matches taking place. Children have also greatly enjoyed participating in other sporting tournaments, travelling to the Northern Gateway, Thurstable School and the tenpin bowling facility on Cowdray Avenue. We’re really proud of everyone for being such amazing ambassadors for our school, and having so much fun. We’re all very much looking forward to the summer term, with cricket and our annual Sports Week being a key feature. 35
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