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• Cross Country Cash Dash

  Sun 12 Jun 2016
  At the start of this academic year we paid with the money we raised for the refurbishment of one of the classrooms at Maweni that had been condemned. The cost of the repair work was £1600 and has proved to be a great success. It has enabled the school to teach children in smaller groups in an environment that has been conducive to learning and so has made a huge difference to the pupils’ progress.
  
  Unfortunately, a couple of months ago, there was a big storm at Maweni and a tree was blown down and collapsed on to one of the other classrooms. As you can see from the photon the left, this room can no longer be used. They have no insurance and the local council will not support the school financially in paying for repairs. I have spoken to Wallace at length about the situation and also to the children here at Hanley Swan.
  
  We would like to support the rebuilding of the classroom and as a result we have organised the event below to raise much needed funds and to coincide with Wallace and Christina’s visit from next week.  
  
  Cross Country Cash Dash - Tuesday 21st June
  
  How far can your child run, walk, jog, dance? On Tuesday 16th June we will be finding out in our next Maweni fundraiser – The Cross Country Cash Dash. We are asking the children to collect sponsorship towards a very special cross country (ish) activity. We will be blocking off all access to the school and the children will be able to run, jog, walk or dance around the inside perimeter of the whole school.
  
  Along the way there will be a variety of simple obstacles for them to have a go at if they wish and, as always, we expect lots of fun and giggles throughout.
  
  Please make sure your child has a hat in school on this day if the weather continues to be hot and it would also be helpful if your child has a water bottle in school that day. 

• Monthly Monday Maweni Market

  Sun 17 Apr 2016
  This is a new and exciting entrepreneurial fundraising venture we are taking part in this year.
  
  Each class has borrowed £10 from Mr Pratley and they have to use it wisely to make money for our friends in Maweni primary school. 
  
  The concept is simple - create something to sell at a school market. What will they sell? Which class will raise the most? 
  
  Class 1 will start the venture on the 25th April at 3:15pm. Please come along, bring some money and support the fundraiser.
   

  Class 1's Maweni Market
  On Monday 25^th April Hanley Swan C of E Primary School saw the making of 15 budding entrepreneurs. Each class has been set the challenge of using £10 to raise as much money as possible for their partner school, Maweni Primary in Tanzania. The reception children decided to use their money to buy ingredients for a milkshake bar as well as bringing in toys, books, cakes and organising a small raffle for parents. The children who are all 4 & 5 years old wrote letters asking for donations for the raffle, organised how much milk was needed, created the stalls and signs and advertised the event.
  The event was a roaring success and the children made an amazing £250 for Maweni, which will be used to rebuild a classroom roof after it was badly damaged during a recent storm.
  Following the event the class counted the money and wrote thank you letters to the businesses that supported the raffle, Hanley Swan Village shop and butchers, Caravan stuff 4 U, Meridian Packaging and the Swan Inn.
  The children were enthusiastic and excited throughout. It was an amazing project and the children really rose to the challenge. 

• Africa Week

  Mon 01 Feb 2016
  We have planned an African enrichment week.  The children will be mixing up with each class spending the afternoons in their family groups.  The teachers have planned African based workshops based around animals, music, art, Maasai warriors, the Swahili language and much more.  It is going to a great week that will really enhance our link with the children and Maweni. 
   
  On Monday 8th February at 9.15am we would like to invite you in to our open classroom event where we will be displaying the amazing activities that we have been working on.  We hope to see you there!

• School Theatre Trips

  Sun 17 Jan 2016
  Class 1 & 2

  On Tuesday class 1 and 2 had an amazing adventure, they visited Africa and Birmingham all in one day!! We arrived in Africa just after 10:00am and the children were welcomed by a Kenyan Massai Warrior (with a real spear!!). He guided us into an African Safari and from there the children went off in groups spotting 100s of African animals. Giraffes towering over us eating bamboo. Gorillas perched on top of waterfalls. Crocodiles hiding in the swamps waiting to eat badly behaved children. Ostriches, flamingos, cheetahs, lions and herds of elephants all watching the children as they passed by. Following this the Massai Warrior invited us into his restaurant and talked about life in Kenya/Tanzania, being a Massai and he even had time to teach us some Swahili before we had lunch.
  
  In the afternoon we had a short trip across Europe and finally arrived in a cold damp Birmingham. The children took their seats in the Town Hall and we were taken on a fabulous adventure to find a bear in Michael Rosen’s ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’. The children (and adults) were thoroughly entrained as the family in the story travelled through long wavy grass, swam through a deep cold river, squelched through thick oozy mud to find the big brown bear! It was a creative, imaginative, funny and exciting show and the children loved it, especially when they were sprayed with water!!
  
  Class 3 & 4 
  ‘Yesterday Classes 3 and 4 went to see Wendy and Peter Pan at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, it was amazing! It was the best play we have ever seen. The setting was extremely clever; our favourite bit was the flying actors and the crocodile walking doing the splits. The production was a real pleasure to watch. We would recommend this strongly to other people. If you ever want to watch an amazing play, go to the Royal Shakespeare Company.’
  Katie and Imogen, Class 4
  
  A huge thank you to the PFA for heavily subsidising both trips and an even bigger thank you to the children whose behaviour was impeccable. Every one of them was a credit to the school and their families.

   

• Malvern Lantern Parade 2015

  Mon 23 Nov 2015

  Our whole school have been very busy today constructing and decorating the lanterns in preparation for the Malvern Town Christmas light switch on parade this Saturday.  

  The theme this year is 'Under the Sea' and in Class 2 we have enjoyed making our lantern into a large shiny fish!  

  

• Amazing Africa!

  Wed 18 Nov 2015
  Thank you to all of the families that came along after school on Tuesday to hear about Mrs Price and Mrs Harrison’s time at Maweni. It was lovely to see so many of you there. The presentation informed every one of the success of the current projects and how we are looking to develop our partnership even more. At the end people got to taste some ouji, pea and tomato soup (with rice and chapattis) and Tangawizi. Thank you to Mrs Price and Mrs Harrison for all of their hard work in putting the afternoon together.

  

• Jambo! From Tanzania!

  Mon 19 Oct 2015

  We are having an awesome time already here in Tanga.  We finally arrived at our hotel yesterday (Sunday) at 3.30pm.  It was a very long journey all in all.  We were greeted at the airport by our friend Wallace, who as usual has been a terrific host so far.

  
  Today was our first day in school and from the second that our car door opened we were welcomed with open arms.  An elaborate entertainment show was put on for us with singing, dancing and many, many smiles. Mrs Harrison and I had a good African bum wiggle along with the children and teachers! Well, it would have been rude not to!!
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  The chicken shed was officially opened today too.  We had red ribbon to cut and a big crowd to work!  We are pleased to report back that the shed is very accommodating for the 59 chickens that currently live there. They are very happy chickens and are already laying eggs that the villagers are buying. Sustainability at it's best!  We were even lucky enough to try the eggs for breakfast...nom nom!
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  Tomorrow we are planning to paint the murals on the walls and will report back on this soon.  
  
  We we hope to find you all well in chilly England! (We better not tell you that it is hotter than usual here and we have enjoyed a 34c temperature today, ha ha).

• Information for Class 1 parents

  Thu 15 Oct 2015

  If you are a parent in class 1 and need help to find the class 1 page then read on...

  1. Click on CHILDREN.

  2. Click on CLASS PAGES.

  3. Click on CLASS 1.

  4. ENJOY!

• Multi Academy Trust Consultation

  Mon 28 Sep 2015
  Please visit Parents - Letters for information on our proposal to convert to academy status.

• Academy Proposal

  Wed 15 Jul 2015
  Please visit Parents - Letters for information on our proposal to convert to Academy status.http://www.hanleyswanprimaryschool.co.uk/letters.asp