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27/03/24

🐣We celebrated our Young Carers by holding an Easter egg hunt in the forest area followed by a VIP dining experience at lunch. Huge thanks to the PTA for providing the Easter eggs and to the catering team for their VIP treatment of our wonderful little humans!💚 pic.twitter.com/5LSSNxXGaL

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26/03/24

🔥Year 1 had a fantastic time at the Tower of London learning all about the Great Fire of London! They represented the school incredibly and had a wonderful day! pic.twitter.com/06nFh5Nd9e

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22/03/24

☕️ Well done to the wonderful children who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday! Keep up the fantastic work!Have a lovely weekend 💚 pic.twitter.com/WJBwI51fx4

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19/03/24

🎶 What an inspiring way to start the day! 🥁 Our Rocksteady pupils put on a fantastic performance and showed the school what they’ve been working on this term! 🎸 pic.twitter.com/7gfy3hLZnL

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15/03/24

🏃 Well done to our Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Cross Country teams today! You represented the school so well and showed great teamwork! 💚 pic.twitter.com/GcXEryXCT7

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08/03/24

📚 We had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day today! Thank you to all our parents & carers for providing such wonderful costumes!💚 pic.twitter.com/KDy0P5lkk6

08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jo Wilson 🙌 Office Assistant (Attendance) ➡️ Office Assistant (Communications) ➡️ Safeguarding Admin Assistant ➡️ Student Services and Safeguarding Lead at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/W7s28CW1b8

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08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jo Wilson 🙌 Office Assistant (Attendance) ➡️ Office Assistant (Communications) ➡️ Safeguarding Admin Assistant ➡️ Student Services and Safeguarding Lead at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/W7s28CW1b8

08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jess Farrell 🙌 Trainee Teacher ➡️ Maths Lead ➡️ Assistant Headteacher at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/Of2b2MIFHv

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08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Jess Farrell 🙌 Trainee Teacher ➡️ Maths Lead ➡️ Assistant Headteacher at Cooks Spinney Primary 💚#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/Of2b2MIFHv

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08/03/24

📚 World Book Day fun has officially begun at Cooks Spinney! The children are having a fantastic morning participating in a range of book-related activities! 📚 pic.twitter.com/vNKeMZaQYR

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01/03/24

☕️ Well done to the wonderful children who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday! Keep up the fantastic work! 💚 pic.twitter.com/oQCiaKR6U9

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28/02/24

🏃 After presenting an amazing assembly, Olympic athlete delivered a round of energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport 🏅 pic.twitter.com/va9fIq8xY9

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16/02/24

☕️ Well done to our pupils who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday this afternoon. What a delicious way to end the half term! 🍫 Have a lovely half term all. Thank you for your continued support. 💚 pic.twitter.com/aZTPvXmYez

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16/02/24

🧮 The children enjoyed a STEM-focused day where they got to test out their mathematical and scientific knowledge! 🧪 ✈️ Pupils took part in a range of activities, from designing robotic hands to building parachutes, planes and cars. 🪂 pic.twitter.com/xyVJhEfjaz

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15/02/24

🎶 We started the day yesterday with a fantastic music assembly! Each year group performed the song they’ve been working on this half term! 🎤🎵 pic.twitter.com/tDLZaa0HLm

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13/02/24

🏃‍♀️ After learning all about Shrove Tuesday, Unicorns and Sprites Class took part in the ultimate pancake race!🥞 pic.twitter.com/RdSgqoq90B

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09/02/24

🏅 Today we welcomed European champion to Cooks Spinney. Tommy led a whole school assembly and then provided a fitness lesson for each KS2 class 🏃 pic.twitter.com/44X7cCuyRF

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09/02/24

☕️ Well done to our pupils who got chosen for Hot Chocolate Friday! What a fantastic end to the week! 💚 pic.twitter.com/MoLzi9juN8

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02/02/24

We’re looking for new members to join Cooks Spinney PTA!💚We’ll be holding a coffee morning on Monday 12th February to welcome new members and to also discuss exciting, upcoming events with current members! pic.twitter.com/1fY8y2LtJ0

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Rapper inspires poetry writing

Rapper inspires poetry writing

Posted: 25th November 2019

A loud and energetic performance from a rapper got children excited about poetry.

Hip hop artist, poet and award-winning author Karl Nova made pupils at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy look at poetry in a fresh new way during a visit to the school.

He spent the day inspiring young people to see the connection between the music they love and the art of poetry.

The author of Rhythm and Poetry told pupils: “Poetry makes me feel good. When I write it, I feel good; I feel like a superhero. When I share it with people like you, it makes you feel good and then we feel good together.”

The poet held workshops with Year 4, 5 and 6 to encourage them to write creatively and to know how to tackle poetry.

Karl said: “I hope children take away from today a love for poetry and see that it is not just something they learn about in school, but something they take home and attempt themselves.

“Children have secret writing habits we don’t even know about. We want to encourage and nurture that.

“I never had a poetry lesson in school. I had a cousin who played rap music to me and wrote with me. It became a bonding thing between me and my cousin. I want to take that love of writing and give it to children today.

“Rap stands for rhythm and poetry – they are being influenced by rap and do not even realise it is poetry. I have now made that connection for them.”

Magdalena Dackombe, Year 6 teacher and literacy co-ordinator, said: “In young people’s minds, poetry can appear really boring; they associate it with Shakespeare and things they do not necessarily understand.

“The whole message from today was fun and inspired children to have a go at writing their own poetry.

“Karl presents his poems as rap songs and the children absolutely loved that. He has been such an inspiration.”

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