Skateboard & Scooter Day - June 2026

As part of Sports Week we had a fantastic time developing our balance and coordination on skateboards and scooters!

Year 5 Safety Awareness Event - June 2026

Year 5 attended a Safety Awareness event with sessions from the police, fire service, Newark First Aid, Canal & Rivers Trust & Newark & Sherwood DC. They learnt about fire, rail, road, water and food safety and had a session on first aid.

Summer Hike - June 2026

We had a wonderful time on our first ever whole-school hike. 3 miles around the village, stopping off at the Old Chapel on the way. A great time was had by all.

Romans Day - April 2026

The Squirrels class had a wonderful day at Bestwood Country Park learning about the Roman Army's invasion of Britain. As well as trying on some Roman armour we learnt about the testudo (tortoise) formation and assembled an onager (catapult).

Drumba Leaders - April 2026

We had Sophie and Bob from Drumba join us for the afternoon to train up some Drumba Leaders.

The children built up quite a sweat and are looking forward to putting their training into action.

DNA Workshop - April 2026

The Owls had a fantastic workshop all about DNA led by one of our parents!

They learned what DNA is and how DNA can be extracted and read by scientists to do many amazing things such as solve crimes, identify diseases, investigate fossils and see how animals have evolved over million of years.

They also got their hands dirty (or should that be sticky?) and extracted DNA from a strawberry!

A BIG thank you to Mrs Adams.

Foundation Easter Crafts - March 2026

Our Foundation children had a lovely morning celebrating Easter. They started with an Easter bonnet parade before taking part in a craft morning with their families before finishing with some delicious chocolate nests!

The Easter Story Community Performance - March 2026

We welcomed in senior members of our local community to enjoy coffee, pastries and to watch a performance of our Easter Service. The service involves the whole school and tells the Easter story through dance.

Road Safety - March 2026

On Tuesday, our Pupil Parliament proudly took to Top Street with their beautifully designed posters, reminding drivers passing through the village to slow down and stay safe.

It was fantastic to see so much support from the community, with plenty of waves and friendly toots of horns along the way!

Keep an eye out for them next term as they continue spreading this important message,

Book Week - March 2026

What an incredible week celebrating the magic of stories! There’s nothing quite like the joy of sharing a book. We’ve spent time throughout the week diving into new adventures together, proving that reading is always better when shared. Our classrooms were filled with so many different characters. Thank you to everyone for making such a fantastic effort!

Hedgehog's Art Day - February 2026

During our art day we explored different art techniques. This technique is called collagraphy. Collagraphy is a printing method that uses different materials to make lines, shapes and textures. To make a collagraph, you need a range of textural materials, such as bubble wrap, foil, hessian, corrugated cardboard. The textural materials are glued to a block to create a collage. This is called a collagraph block. Paint is rolled onto the collagraph block. Paper is pressed evenly and firmly onto the painted surface using a clean roller. Finally, the paper is peeled off to reveal the print.

Squirrels Forest School - February 2026

Our Squirrels had a wonderful afternoon in the great outdoors with Mr Craske. They practised their knot-tying skills to make spiderweb frames, made crab apple kebabs to attract flies and then set them up in the trees. They also used catapults in the pots and pans firing range!

Architect Day - January 2026

Our budding architects in Owls class were tasked with designing and creating a concept model for a new playground. This was thanks to RIBA's Architects Ambassadors programme - we had a visitor from RIBA and two Architecture Masters students from Nottingham Trent University to share their knowledge.

Elston's Got Talent - January 2026

What a talented bunch we have here at Elston!

A lot of courage and skill was on display as we had our annual talent competition. We had a variety of singers, dancers and musicians who blew us away with their performances.

Well done to all of our contestants.

Carols & Cake - December 2025

We have a very active school choir here at All Saints, led by Mrs Nicholson, and they have been particularly busy over the festive period.

On Monday 8th December we welcomed senior local residents into the school hall for coffee, cake and Christmas carols. Katie from Planet Bake very kindly supplied 4 delicious home-baked cakes and the choir performed a selection of carols.

Owls Forest School - December 2025

Home Learning Exhibition - October 2025

It was fantastic to see all of the home-learning projects pupils had been busy working on at home. Thank you to all of our families for supporting your children with their projects and attending the exhibition.

Keep a child warm project

Thank you to everyone who donated coats for the Keep a child warm project. We delivered 5 bin bags full of warm coats to Operation Orphan and they were very happy with the collection!

Family Week - 50th Birthday Celebrations

Rags2Riches Clothing Collection

Another successful collection which rasied £43.25 bringing our total so far to £189.89!