Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school.

• Girls Futsal & Wellbeing Conference

  Sun 29 Jan 2023

  Sports update from Mr Hutchinson.

   

  AVSSP Girls Futsal

  Our Girls Futsal team competed in AVSSP’s Girls Futsal Competition against schools from across Amber Valley and finished 3rd! The Girls won 3 matches out of 5 and were just 2 points off 1st place! We should all be proud of them not just for their achievements on the pitch but also their focus and behaviour off it. They were fantastic ambassadors for our school. This was evident when a child on the opposing team had suffered an injury during the match and had to go off. The first thing the team did at the full-time whistle was to go and ask the injured child how they were. It was an incredible show of sportsmanship and the children should be very proud of themselves.

   

  Thank you to AVSSP for another fantastic night of Futsal. Thank you to Miss McKirdy for transporting some of the team to the event and for supporting the children.

   

  A huge thank you again to the many parents who were able to help with lifts to/from the event, as a school we’re very lucky to have such supportive parents.

   

  AVSSP Health & Wellbeing Conference
  Our newly appointed Mini Leaders from Mrs Hibbitt’s Year 6 class represented at our school at the annual AVSSP Health & Wellbeing Conference. The children learnt fitness activities that they will be able to lead on the playground at break and lunchtimes. They also learnt about the health dangers of some foods and fizzy drinks (just ask them how much sugar is in a bottle of coke!), learnt how to make healthy smoothies and spent some time discussing their mental health and wellbeing. The children once again represented us incredibly well with a high level of maturity. It will be great to see them put what they’ve learnt into practice in their Mini Leader role over the rest of the school year.

  

• NEU Strikes (Update 2)

  Sat 28 Jan 2023

  As you probably know, members of the NEU voted for strike action on the following dates:

  • Wednesday 1st February 2023
  • Wednesday 1st March 2023 
  • Wednesday 15th March 2023
  • Thursday 16th March 2023

   

  A letter with more information for parents/carers is in Class Letters.

   

  In the meantime, we're advising that parents/carers begin to consider contingency arrangements for childcare in case school (or parts of it) has to close on the above dates.

• Indoor Rowing!

  Thu 26 Jan 2023

  Sports update from Mr Hutchinson.

   

  AVSSP Indoor Rowing Plus

  A group of children from across the school were chosen to represent us in the AVSSP Indoor Rowing Plus competition and finished 3rd! The children received Bronze wrist bands as a reward for their high placing.

   

  The competition was at Ripley Leisure Centre and featured schools from across the borough of Amber Valley. Our children took part in both individual and team relay races on rowing machines against other schools. Myself and Miss McKirdy were very impressed with how incredibly supportive the children were of their team mates. My personal highlight was seeing the children enjoy themselves in what was a new activity and new setting for most of them.

   

  Thank you to AVSSP for another fun competition!

   

  We should all be proud of how passionate and well behaved all the children were when representing the school, they were incredible!

  
  AVSSP Indoor Rowing

  A group of our Year 6 children were chosen to represent us in the AVSSP Indoor Rowing competition and finished 11th. The competition was at Ripley Leisure Centre and featured schools from across the borough of Amber Valley, split in to 3 Heats. We were placed into the 3rd Heat which unfortunately meant we had A LOT of waiting, but I was incredibly impressed with the patience and focus shown by the children (and parents!)

   

  As I now know is the norm at our wonderful school, the children were incredibly passionate and supportive towards each other. I could not have asked any more from any of them as they gave their all for the school on the rowing machines and supported each other when off them, they were perfect.

   

  Thank you to AVSSP for another fantastic competition despite the challenging circumstances! The range of activities and opportunities they offer us are on par or above any borough in the county!

   

  
  A massive thank you as well to all the parents, guardians and grandparents who helped with lifts to and from the event – I have honestly been blown away with the level of support we have received from our parents and families, I speak to Sports Co-ordinators regularly and know that they are not always as lucky as we are in the level of help we get from our school community, thank you!

  

• AVSSP Boys Futsal

  Tue 24 Jan 2023

  Sports update from Mr Hutchinson.
  
  Our Year 5/6 Boys Futsal Team went to the recent AVSSP Boys Futsal competition and finished 5th, winning 2 and drawing 2 games out of 5 ⭐️
  
  We are immensely proud of how our children performed on and off the pitch, they were fantastic ambassadors for our school.
  
  Many thanks must go to the parents who transported our children to the competition to represent us and thank you to AVSSP for organising such a fantastic event 👍👍

  

• Meet Our New PE/Sports Coach!

  Mon 09 Jan 2023

  This is Mr Chris Hutchinson, our new PE/Sports Coach. He started with us on our inset day today, and is absolutely committed to continuing the development of our children's love of PE and sports. Please do say hi when you see him around school! Mr Hutchinson has worked closely with Amber Valley School Sport Partnership in the past, and will make a fantastic addition to our team. We're all looking forward to working with him. To Chris: you are very welcome here and we're glad you're joining us at Codnor Primary School.

   

  We must also thank Mr Rob Webb for all his excellent work during his time with us.