Here you can see lots of the latest Sherbrooke news as it happens.

• Presenting at the Shakespeare Concert

  Thu 22 Jun 2017

  We were asked by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to do a presentation at their Shakespeare Concert, to share all the amazing things we did during our Shakespeare Week. We were one of only 7 schools who were featured in this concert and the only school in the country who were asked to do a formal presentation. 

  We took a year 3, 5 and 6 child to present and they did an outstanding job. Please see the video of them presenting  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV66zOGYhFE

   

  We spent the morning in Stratford Upon Avon exploring Shakespeare's house, before presenting in the afternoon to over 300 people. We also met the world famous musician Julian Lloyd Webber, who was the patron of this year's Shakespeare Week.

   

   

  

• Football News!

  Tue 20 Jun 2017

  A big ‘thank you’ to Richard Meeks of Frank Key for their generous sponsorship. Richard Meeks of Frank Key was invited to Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School on Friday 16th June to present a cheque for £250 for their new football strip which was designed by Ryley Dunkin in Y4. Richard was very pleased to be supporting our football team who won the inaugural Calverton Challenge Cup against St Wilfrid’s 4-3 in a very exciting and close match played at William Lee Playing Fields (their new home ground). Mr Knott, Sherbrooke’s PE coordinator, also wanted to acknowledge the exceptional help and support from Calverton Parish Council who have agreed to maintain the pitch as well providing goals and corner flags for next season when we return to the Gedling league after a six year absence.

  

• Sir John Sherbrooke’s Weekend Choir Tour

  Tue 20 Jun 2017

  A selection of members of our school’s choir had a very busy weekend, performing at different events in Nottingham. On Saturday they performed at the Calverton Methodist Church’s summer fete, singing a range of songs, which included sign language, an African chant and the limbo! On Sunday they put their school uniforms back on and made their way to Arnold Carnival where they not only performed songs on their main stage, but also extracts of the Shakespearean play Romeo & Juliet. With all that performing over the weekend, the children finished the weekend relaxing with a well earned ice cream in the sunshine. Visit our school’s twitter page @SJSJuniorSchool for more photos and updates from us.

  

• Village Get Together

  Thu 18 May 2017
  The Calverton Village Get Together was an amazing mix of colour, music and dance. The children enjoyed a parade full of bubbles, balloons and kazoos! This was followed by singing performances on stage and dancing in the arena. The Sherbrooke bottle stall proved popular so thank you to everyone who donated a bottle and of course to those who bought a ticket and played. A great time was had by all!

  

• Romeo & Juliet whole school film trailer.

  Fri 31 Mar 2017

  Follow this link to see the trailer for our whole school Romeo and Juliet film.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=861joJ_F6GY&feature=youtu.be

• Mucky for Money for Comic Relief

  Tue 28 Mar 2017 MCL
  Along with Manor Park, we had a fantastic day getting ' Mucky for Money' in aid of Comic relief. Various activities were run at both schools including: making pine cone animals, planting sunflowers, paper plate gardens and making bird feeders. Children from both schools made a coin trail which stretched across the hall at Manor Park and raised an incredible £258.77 for the worthy cause.

  

• Cross Country Competition

  Thu 23 Mar 2017 MCL
  Awesome! The children all did amazingly at the Family of Schools Cross Country competition. As well as achieving two individual medals, we are so proud that the Year 3/4 team won overall gold!

  

• Shakespeare Schools Massive

  Fri 10 Mar 2017
  Our Shakespeare drama club performed twice at The Nottingham Playhouse Theatre in front of nearly 2000 people across the two shows. It was incredible to see these year 3-6 children not only speaking the Shakespearean text, but being so confident and clear under the professional stage lighting, on the main stage. We are so proud of their hard work and achievements. Please see below for some of our Romeo & Juliet photos.

  

• World Book Day

  Sat 04 Mar 2017 MCL

  Everyone had a wonderful time dressing up for the 20th year of World Book Day. The day began with our 'Starbooks Café' - a time for children, parents and staff to get together before school to share books as well as to have breakfast!

  World Book Day is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and, of course, a celebration of reading. It is apparently marked in over 100 countries all over the world! Over the last couple of weeks, pupils have had the chance to visit the book fair and have received a book token. Happy reading everyone! 

   

  

• A cracking news story

  Tue 28 Feb 2017 Chris Outram

  On Monday, we took delivery of our eggs and today they started to hatch.

  At 9:30am, the first chick hatched, a male called Fluffy (chosen by 5 'O').

  Then through the day four more started pipping and then broke out of their shells, to great excitement. The final chick to make its arrival was at the end of parents' evening in front of an excited audience. Tomorrow, they will be transferred to the brooder box. Then they will go on tour around the school.