On Friday 4th April, Coundon Primary School had the pleasure of a visit from some musicians from Bablake Senior School. We were treated to several performances of live music from pupils from year 9 to year 13. We listened to a vocal duet as well as performances played on the keyboard, saxophone, trombone, cello and trumpet.
The children discussed the names of the instruments that were used and which of the instrumental families each instrument belonged to. The children listened in awe and really enjoyed each performance.
A huge thank you to Bablake for coming to us to perform and also a huge thank you to Mrs Dalton for organising this treat on a Friday afternoon.
On Friday 4th April, 4 year 6 children came down to year 3 to deliver a special session on ‘Sportsmanship. They played some warm up activities with the children to help them to relax and then they shared some scenarios with the children. The children were also given time to act out the scenarios before discussions took place around the situation.
The children had to think about how each of the characters in the situation would be feeling, including the bystander. They had to give reasons why they may be feeling this way and also think of suggestions of how the children in the scenario could have handled the situation differently.
Our year 6 visitors were great, they shared the session with maturity and listened to everything that the year 3s had to say, guided them when they needed support.
On Monday 3rd February, a group of children had the pleasure to take part in a Panathlon. This is a lovely event aimed at children who are not always the most confident at sports and it provides them with the opportunity to have a go in a relaxed, less competitive environment. The children had a fantastic time and were a real credit to Coundon Primary School.
On both Wednesday 29th January and Tuesday 4th February, a selection of Year 6 children took part in some indoor rowing events. Both events saw teams of 4 children complete in individual rows and a team relay. There was a mixed team, a girls team and a boys team. All of the children represented the school excellently and showed real resilience when the rowing became challenging. The boys showed particular determination and managed to secure 3rd place out of all of the Coventry schools that took place.
In the run up to the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games, 62 Coventry primary, secondary and special educational needs schools will be participating in a torch relay, the Flame of Friendship, leaving Coventry Cathedral on Thursday 22nd February and finishing on the University of Warwick campus on Monday 8th July. https://warwick.ac.uk/wie/flame_of_friendship/
The torch is bespoke to this event, designed especially for this event, designed as part of a competition in which more than 2000 Coventry pupils took part. The winning design was submitted by a pupil from Finham Park School and has subsequently been redeveloped at WMG, on the University of Warwick campus.
On Wednesday 12th June, it was Coundon Primary’s turn to receive the Flame of Friendship. Sherbourne Fields travelled to our school to deliver it to us. They were greeted by the whole of Coundon during a warm and welcoming lap of the school grounds, where we clapped, cheered and waved scarves, flags or banners for them. The children really enjoyed themselves.
Then on Thursday 13th June, we had the honour of delivering the Flame of Friendship onto Allesley Primary School. The children that took place in the delivery of the torch showed great pride in being chosen and were great representatives for our school. A special thanks needs to go to Miss Mower and Miss Ferris, for agreeing to walk with them all the way!
On Sunday 9th June, 33 Coventry schools (including Coundon) took part in the Children’s Mile! It was once again a lovely community event encouraging children to get active in a fun and positive way.
Before – ready and raring to run!
After – ready and raring to go home!
Thirteen of our children took part in this event (from years 3 to 6) alongside Mrs Woodroffe and Mrs Gray. The amazing and slightly competitive Miss Ferris also gave up her morning to join us and show her support! The children were great, they were full of enthusiasm and all ran the mile with Finley, Luca and Amelia making it back in the top 40 out of over 1000 runners!
Here’s a few snaps from the event. Let’s hope these children can encourage more children to be involved next year!
