Rock UK Day 1 - October 2026
We arrived to beautiful sunshine, had lunch, allocated rooms and then headed off to our first activities.
We split into our daytime groups for our first sessions of climbing and canoeing, a great start to our adventure!
Our next session was Nightline and Maze. Blindfolded and using a rope, the children had to communicate with their team and guide each other safely around the obstacles. The maze was a real challenge too, as they had to find certain words based on a story, all within a set time!
Back to the lodge for some chill-out time before tea. Tonight’s choices were pizza and chips, chilli or sweet and sour chicken, followed by fruit, cookies or chocolate brownies for dessert.
Then it was off to the sports hall for an early evening session of crab football and a version of bench ball… without the benches!
Finally, back to the lodge to snuggle down for a story, hot chocolate and biscuits.
It’s been a busy and brilliant first day, and there is plenty more activities for today.
More updates later!
Family Week - September 2026
Last week was Family Week here at Elston - we had family members join us across the week for reading, the school hike, cake sale, forest school, Harvest Festival and classroom sessions.
Thanks so much for joining us - hopefully you got to see a little bit of what goes on in our busy school.
Flintham Show - September 2026
Our Year 6 and Reception children had a wonderful time at Flintham Show yesterday. They saw the Shetland Grand National, Ploughing Match and had a tractor ride - all in the glorious sunshine!
Our children were fantastic ambassadors for the school - with the Year 6 children also looking after the younger ones. You all made the staff very proud!
Squirrels Trip to Epworth Old Rectory - September 2026
Squirrels Class had a fantastic trip to Epworth Old Rectory to visit the childhood home of John and Charles Wesley founders of the Methodist Movement. Our day included a tour of the house, a lesson in Susanna's kitchen classroom, a local area walk and making cures in the Physick Garden.
Pantastic - July 2026
Key Stage 2 put on an amazing summer show - the incredible Pantastic.
Quidditch - June 2026
From the Sorting Hat to Seekers, Quaffles and the Golden Snitch - Quidditch Day had it all!
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!