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Our Focus for the week ending 2nd May was ICT. The children use ICT in various ways across the curriculum, the following children have shown a flair for this area:- Class 1 - Lewis Wellings; working independently on the class computer. Class 2 - Finn Bolton; excellent work in ICT as well as helping others. Class 3 - Patryk Sutkowski; using the computer keyboard with confidence. Class 4 - Millie Parry; excellent use of ICT researching rivers for geography and art. Class 5 - Emma Davies; demonstrating good ICT skills.

Stars of the Week: Class 1 - Kieran Leach Class 2 - Kieran Saville Class 3 - Gianni Todd Class 4 - Thomas Nayler Class 5 - James McDonald

The 'Class of the Week' trophy was awarded this week to Classes 4 & 5. Well done everyone!

Our 2007 Art Week was once again a resounding success, thanks to the help of our many helpers; parents, grandparents, family and friends. We had a theme this year of 'recycing', reusing many discarded items in our artwork, as well as in making our scarecrows. Children from Year 4 enjoyed a day at Our Lady's High School, Fulwood, working with staff in their art department and our Year 3 & 4 children performed their popular clog dancing routine at the end of Art Week celebration assembly.

Below are some examples of the children's creations

Our Golden Tapestry At last our tapestry is finished and what fun we've had creating it over the last 6 months. Our whole school community has been involved; pupils, staff, governors, parents and grandparents, as well as friends from our parish. However it has been the children who have had the starring role - selecting materials, suggesting ideas and sewing it all together - and what a fabulous achievement it is! Our given brief was 'Stories and Legends' and the month of November. As a result, our tapestry depicts the following; The centre piece is the ancient market cross (restored in 1897) at the heart of Garstang. Around are faces of farmers and farm hands who came to sell their livestock at the November fair that took place in the main High Street many years ago, the charter being granted in 1680. The High Street was impassable for one day each November and shopkeepers would board up their windows! The last fair was held c. 1934/35. Then, beneath the market cross are poppies, symbols of remembrance placed at the war memorial in the town on Remembrance Sunday. Also on the cross above our school logo, is the fair-trade logo. Garstang is the world's first fair-trade town and its residents continue to work hard to use and promote fair-trade goods. To the left of the cross is a magnificent bonfire, as seen throughout towns and cities in England on November 5th, to commemorate Guy Fawkes' failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London (The Gunpowder Plot) in 1605. The sparks reach up into a starry November sky glistening above the hills of Bowland, which form the backdrop of our town. Then, on a small hill, just outside Garstang stand the ruins of Greenhalgh castle. This castle, built in 1490 by Thomas Stanley, First Earl of Derby, was virtually destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1646, but the ruins of one of the towers still remains today. Beneath the castle are sheep grazing in the fields, perhaps to be brought to market by the farmers and then kneeling by the River Wyre, which flows through the town towards the Irish Sea, is St. John Plessington, our local Saint and one of the forty martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dimples Hall in Garstang, not far from Greenhalgh Castle, in c 1637. He trained to be a priest and was later executed near Chester in 1679, his crime; being a priest. We hope you enjoy reading about the history, stories and legends behind our tapestry. We've all had great fun making it and have found out a lot about our lovely town too! The metre square tapestry is now complete and ready to be sent out to Australia for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where it will be joined with thousands of other tapestry squares to produce 'The Golden Tapestry'. This commonwealth wide arts project has been undertaken by children across the globe, to mark the Queen's 50th jubilee celebrations. It's great to think that Garstang will be represented at the Commonwealth Games - we hope the Queen likes it!

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