Church School Fes val

By Amelia Coles

On Thursday 25th May 2023 the Year 6 pupils were invited to a church service. The Trentside Federa on (Haxey, West Bu erwick and St Mar n’s) went as well so the Cathedral was quite busy – especially because it was open to the public. The Cathedral was spectacular, furthermore it was rich in interes ng architecture and history.

We went into the Cathedral and looked at the stained‐ glass windows – the Bishop’s Eye was my favorite one. Did you know that it was smashed into thousands of pieces and they had to put it back together? We looked around and saw the original five arches, dole windows, a Bap smal font and even the kings carved in stone with the sculptor’s dog hidden behind one of them! Dole windows were windows that the church would have given food out of to poor people on pilgrimages and even beer but the beer isn’t what it is today. A er that, we were sent to the choral workshop, sung songs and we sounded like an actual choir! The halls were full of Year 6 school children, as a result it was very loud and busy. Then we drew out our own stained ‐glass windows and it was really fun. A er that, we finished all the ac vi es we went to the Educa on Centre and we had to find and fill in facts!

To end our day, we had a final church service: singing the songs we sung in choir and praying therefore we had to be quiet and we had to rise and be seated a lot, but it was s ll very fun and enjoyable. I think that the children next year should definitely go and they would have fun, my personal favorite part was looking at the stained‐glass windows.

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Lound and their friends and families. It was held on Sunday 7 May and we called it 'Party in the Paddock'.

We had a raffle, the first prize was a Commemorative Blanket crocheted by Marie Marsden. In addition, we raffled a hamper and lots of vouchers donated by local businesses. We enjoyed the beer tent, plant stall, gin station, cake and dessert stall and a bottle tombola.

Ninety-two people were entertained in the sunshine by local band The Sway, and we raised over £500 for our Christmas Lights Fund.

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