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May Day and Coronation Celebration

We had a delightful time on Friday with many parents attending our May Day and Coronation Celebration on the school playground.

We had a few speaker issues at the start of the event however the school choir did an admirable job of trying to continue and were very professional. Once ready they sang the Coronation Day song beautifully to the whole school and a parent audience.

We observed the longstanding tradition of crowning a May Queen and our tradition, to also crown a May King! We were pleased to have our Parent Governors Mr Chimanga and Mr Kemp on hand to do the honours.

An adjudicator recently observed us select at random two children from across Reception to Year 4. In the future as our school ages, and we have a full complement of year groups we hope to have our Year 6 pupils be crowned King and Queen with the younger year groups taking on different May Day roles.

Throughout the school we have been learning about the May Day festival and just like our first May Day event in 2022, each class focussed on learning a traditional Maypole dance in their PE lessons recently. Everyone was excited to finally be able to dance in front of an audience. The children held on to their Maypole ribbons battling the strong breezes, we think you'll agree that they did a fantastic job!

After the Maypole dancing the choir helped close that section of our Celebration by leading the whole school in the Coronation Day song. We then gathered together in either class groups or with our families to enjoy a picnic. Sadly this didn't last very long as the rain clouds burst, and we were in a torrential downpour (for the second year in a row!). Especial thanks to the kind parents that helped those with younger children to take cover and helped to rescue furniture and equipment from the rain!

Thank you to all the staff and children for their preparations which ensured a really lovely day, despite the changeable weather! Thank you too to the parents for supporting their children both at the event and in the time leading up to it. We hope you have enjoyed hearing the coronation song at home or having traditional Maypole practised in your living rooms, kitchens etc.!

Just like a family, traditions connect us and should echo our interests, values and beliefs. We hope that the traditions we are beginning now will always contain our school values and join us together in our learning and celebration.

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