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Summer Fayre a huge success!
15 May 2012The weather was kind to us on Saturday as we celebrated the start of the summer with our annual fayre. There were all sorts of stalls, games, competitions, raffles and lucky dips with prizes galore and a very popular bbq. The event was a huge success with well over a hundred visitors,...
A busy Easter
17 April 2012The holidays provide us all with the opportunity to recharge our batteries, but it is also a time when we get the jobs done that we just can't do during term time. The children will most certainly have spotted a few differences when they came in this morning. Amand...
Polam School Blues
22 March 2012Polam School children were in competitive spirit on Tuesday 20th March when they were joined by members of the Bedford Blues Rugby team for a 30 minute exercise routine for Sport Relief. The Children, who ranged in age from 3 to 8 years old, came to school dressed in the kit of their favourite s...
Breaking News
07 March 2012We are delighted to announce that the School is returning back to its roots and re-adopting the name ‘Polam School’ with immediate effect. Over the next few days, the website will be changed to incorporate the new logo. The logo can already be seen in our brand new prospe...
PANCAKE DAY!
22 February 2012Some of the children of Year 1 can be seen here enjoying making and flipping pancakes. Many of the children across the School took part in pancake races yesterday and got to taste a delicious pancake for their snack.
A fun work out for Saplings
31 January 2012The children in our Saplings class (aged 2-3) enjoyed a wonderful morning of PE in the Gym, bouncing, rolling, climbing through tunnels, up steps, down slides and using their balance skills to walk across benches and ramps. All this whilst listening to their favourite songs (from Bob the Bu...
Chinese New Year
25 January 2012All this week, the children have been celebrating the Chinese New Year across the year groups. In the photograph here, Laurence in our Foundation 2 (Reception) class experiments with chopsticks, and below is one of the many wonderful Chinese masks his class have been making.
New smart boards
19 January 2012Over the last two days, 5 interactive white boards have been installed into classrooms and the IT suite. These amazing pieces of equipment have multiple uses, acting as a projector screen, an electronic copy board and as a computer projector screen on which the computer image can b...
20 years at the School
09 January 2012Mrs Julie Brown celebrates 20 years at the School this week. Mrs Brown is a much-loved teaching assistant but she is also very popular amongst the children who attend holiday club (see picture below)! The Children and staff took the opportunity to thank her for her hard work and dedi...
Holiday Club Christmas Party
20 December 2011More than 60 children attended the Holiday Club Christmas party today - an action-packed day with swimming, gym, craft activities, a children's entertainer, Christmas Lunch, party games, singing and of course, a visit from Santa. To see pictures, visit our photo gallery and click on th...
A VERY FESTIVE END TO THE TERM
13 December 2011Children and staff celebrated the end of term with a Christmas Lunch on Tuesday afternoon. With festive music, singing, crackers, hats and a delicious lunch cooked by Anna and Maggie, it was a superb occasion enjoyed by all. On Wednesday, the whole school and nursery gathered together...
Pantomine at Bedford Girls' School
12 December 2011The children were invited to watch the Bedford Girls' School Christmas pantomime on Friday morning. Both the children and the staff thoroughly enjoyed the show particularly as it starred many of our former Year 2 pupils who left us in July. The children stretch their legs and g...
Potted Sports with Rushmoor School
12 December 2011Polam Oaks hosted a potted sports event with nearby Rushmoor School. Year 2 children from both schools took part at the event which was aimed at giving them exposure to a wide range of activities. More than 40 children took part and it was a fun afternoon for all.
Santa's visit
06 December 2011The children of Foundation 1 had a very special visit by Santa this morning. He arrived on his sleigh shortly before lunchtime and delivered a present to each child before departing off back to the North Pole to continue with the preparations for Christmas. The children were all very excit...
Christmas singing at St Paul's
05 December 2011Year 2 children gave a wonderful performance at St Paul's Church in Bedford town centre on Friday afternoon. The concert was part of the Church's annual Christmas Tree celebration during which the public are invited in to see the many trees sponsored and decorated by local schools and ...
Christmas Festivities
28 November 2011The School was transformed on Saturday into a winter wonderland for the spectacular Christmas Bazaar organised by the Parents' Association. This event marked the start of the festive period and with the end of term looming ever closer, we can all look forward to the various Christmas produc...
Santa Clause is coming to town
24 November 2011All week long members of the Parents' Association have been tucked away on the top floor busily assembling and wrapping hampers, sorting tombola and raffle prizes, organising the games and activities and blowing up balloons - all in preparation for the eagerly anticipated Chri...
Swimming Week
16 November 2011Throughout the week parents are being invited to come in to the School to watch their children take part in swimming lessons. For parents, Grandparents and siblings this is a wonderful opportunity to see what actually happens in a lesson and to see how far their c...
New Buggy
14 November 2011The Acorn children had their first ride in the brand new 6 seater school buggy this week as they went on a little trip round the School playground and into the front garden where they gathered Autumn leaves to use for painting. The children were not at all phased by the buggy but they were sligh...
A Doggy Treat
08 November 2011The School had a very special visitor just before Half Term, when Millie the Sheepdog came to demonstrate her skills on a mini dog agility circuit. 8 year old Millie is the pride and joy of our very own Christine Gibson who regularly attends competitive dog shows across the country with her two ...
A bright new start
08 November 2011The latest phase of the refurbishment programme is now complete with the creation of a brand new, ground floor library over the Half Term holiday. The Library has been moved from the third floor and is now at the very heart of the School making it much more accessible and very welcoming. Its brig...
Harvest Festival
08 November 2011Children gathered together on Friday 4th November for a very special Harvest Festival assembly. Around 30 parents and Grandparents attended the celebratory event as the children performed a number of songs, hyms and poems as well as music by our recorder players and percussionists. Foundati...
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