What a fabulous week BFG class had at Mill on the Brue. It was a real privilege to join them for several days and to watch them flourish. So much learning taking place around friendships, self-esteem, overcoming difficulties, resilience in the face of high walls...
On Friday 15th March, Elmer Class ventured to Longleat in the hope of seeing some of our favourite animals! We started our day by exploring the Jungle Kingdom, where we watched the porcupines eating their breakfast and walked through the meerkats. We then headed to an amazing...
This year we decided to turn the tables and take the dressing-up pressure off the parents and instead invite some of the teachers to dress up. At Rode the children moved around the classes to visit three different book themed workshops. Mrs Opie's book was...
Assembly Visitors School Council have invited three representatives into school to share information about their charity work. We will then chose a charity to sponsor for the year. Garry Holmes and Lily the trainee guide dog visited Norton St Philip on Monday and the children learnt...
The children at Rode had a musical start to the week with a visit from two German musicians, Anna and Tabitha, who work with Jackdaws Music Education Trust. They showed the children their range of different sized recorders and we learnt the names for descant, treble,...
Across the whole school children thrilled us with their writing and ideas last week. Monday was poetry day and we learnt poems by heart, to perform on Friday, along with writing our own. Elmer Class wrote a fabulously scary wolf poem. Ask them to recite...
On Friday, a group of nine Art Ambassadors (chosen by Mrs. Duncan for their contribution to the project) represented the school at the 'Heroes of the Commonwealth' commemorative service in Bath Abbey. We were invited to a private view at 1pm and the children were...
We are delighted to announce that both Rode and Norton St. Philip schools have been awarded an Artsmark Gold Award! This is a snippet of what the assessors have to say: 'The pupils at Rode Methodist VC First School are very lucky indeed to attend such...
It was good to see so many visitors at Rode Harvest Festival this week where we were blessed with beautiful sunshine. The hedgehog bread rolls from Paddington Class were quickly devoured and the soup made by the older classes was delicious. Thank you for all...
On Monday morning, Music tutor Emma Bolton dropped into Rode to demonstrate the recorder, J-sax, Toot and Dood! These are recorder/ saxophone type instruments. The children were able to name lots of the tunes Emma played and name the instruments;- saxophone, clarinet and flute. But,...