For World Book Day we welcomed parents and carers into school at the start of the day to share a story with their childrn. Our wonderful PTFA provided refreshments and it was lovely having a more normal school event once again.
The children (and staff) looked amazing in their costumes and we had a great day reading and writing stories.
Today, the whole school took part in the virtual Songfest performance which has been organised by the Cornwall Music Service.
Mrs Dunn has been working with the children to learning a collection of new songs. 10 children from the school will also be taking part in a live concert at Plymouth Pavilions in a few weeks time.
Today we held our Ash Wednesday service at St Cuby's church.
Ash Wednesday follows Shrove Tuesday. People used to go to
church on Shrove Tuesday to be ‘shriven’. This is an old word that means that
everyone had to confess all the things that they knew they had done wrong. The
priest then blessed them, they went home, and made pancakes to use up the eggs
in the house, ready for… Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent - six weeks
of preparing for Easter. Lent is a fast - a time of eating less well, and
praying more. It's also a time of thinking about all the things that human
beings get wrong.
It is called Ash Wednesday as people are 'ashed'.
The palm crosses from the previous Palm Sunday are burnt and the ash is made
into a paste. The paste is then used to draw the symbol of a cross on the
person’s forehead.
The children also helped our church warden, Penny Geech, to change the liturgical cloth on the alter from green to purple to mark the start of Lent.
Our service was finished by Kiera who read a prayer based upon Ash Wednesday.
Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and carers who were able to attend the service. We really appreciate you being part of our worship.
We played lots of games with them and had lots of fun.
The children presented gifts that they had made along with many presents from the staff and PTFA.
We will miss them both very much. Have a look at the videos (they are rather funny).
A big well done to lots of Class 3, who after making a range of different Anglo-Saxon recipes within their Design and Technology lessons, were inspired to have a go at home. Thank you for for all of the photos you emailed in. Bon Appetit!
On Tuesday 5th February, the school held a Candlemas Service to celebrate the festival.
Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of her son Jesus. This day also marks the ritual presentation of the baby Jesus to God in the Temple at Jerusalem.
The Gospel of Luke (which was read by school governor Penny Geach) says that Jesus was met by Anna and Simeon. Simeon held the baby Jesus and called him a Light to the World.
The festival is called Candlemas because this was the day that all the Church's candles for the year were blessed.
A team at Duloe have been crowned champions at a Lego robotics competition run by Cognition Learning in Bude.
The children had to compete against a number of other schools. They built their Lego robots, wrote code to direct them and gave a presentation to the judges.
The children were an absolute credit to the school. We are so proud of what they have achieved and learnt through their determination and creativity.
A huge thank you also to all the parents who supported the children on the day. We couldn't have done it without them.
Duloe is a very lucky school indeed because they have a very talented artist in Emily in Year 3! She came runner-up in a national drawing competition and won some amazing prizes. We are so proud of this talented young lady. Very well done!
A huge thank you for all of your kind donations towards Ellie’s
Haven on Wednesday. The children looked resplendent in their colourful clothes.
We had tutus, dressing gowns and lots of face-paint. You raised a whopping £100
that will be greatly appreciated by our local charity.
Here are a collection of recordings from our end of term Christmas Carol Service, as promised.
A huge thank you to Mrs Butlin, from the Cornwall music service trust, who helped pupils learn the songs.
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