Opening of Our New Classrooms

The opening of the second suite of classrooms to enable the school to cater for 420 pupils took place on 22nd October 2004. Air Commodore, Peter Brothers, one of the “Last of the Few” Battle of Britain pilots who flew spitfires from Hawkinge Aerodrome made a speech and cut the ribbon.

The classrooms in Key Stage 2 are soundproofed and the Soundfield system will enable all children with hearing loss or fluctuating hearing to access the curriculum.

Loud speakers project sound from four positions	Teachers wear radio mikes for some lessons

	The £50,000 library was built through private funding raising. One of the main contributors, Elizabeth Haigh used to live in London as a child but visited relatives at Cross’ Farm in Paddlesworth every summer. Now 95 years old, she is passionately interested in education and felt we needed a library.
Although she did not seek publicity, she agreed to have a stone laid to tell pupils in this new development that she is part of our history and that books have been very important to her all her life. The window in St Oswald’s Church, Paddlesworth, was put in by her family so she is leaving a little trail in our village.

Seven new classes need seven new names so each of the 'colour' classes now has a parrallel 'treasure' class.

The 4 year old Foundation Stage pupils are the Red or Ruby Classes.
Parallel to the Y1 Orange Class is the Amber Class.
Year 2 is Yellow or Gold,
Y3 is Green or Emerald,
Y4 is Blue or Sapphire,
Y5 is Indigo or Jet and
Y6 is Violet or Amethyst.

The colours of the rainbow are still reflected in the “treasures”.

The staffroom is designed to be a haven of tranquillity.	And the office is anything but!