Meldreth Matters, October 2021

Meldreth Primary School www.meldreth.cambs.sch.uk It is a brand new year at Meldreth Primary School and, after busy summers all round, the children are back and ready to learn! It has been wonderful to start loosening some of the Covid restrictions around school – the sounds of classes mixing on the playground and playing with their friends in other years has brought joy to all of us.

We have also enjoyed having assembly as a whole school (albeit socially distanced) event in the hall – the first time for many of our younger pupils – as well as starting to teach some lessons across classes. One of my favourite moments has been welcoming parents back onto our school site to drop off their children after such a long time separating at the gate.

During the first week back, I have been interviewing children throughout the school on their thoughts and feelings about being back after such a long period of being contained in class ‘bubbles’. Here are a few of their thoughts: Ellie, age 9: I feel happy because I get to see all my friends and get to do more learning. It feels good to be together on the playground because I can play with other people. It feels good to see the whole school in assembly. We have been learning about America – the music and the art.

Matilda, age 5: I like seeing friends at school. It feels a bit funny because we are trying to get used to it.

Fearne, age 6: I feel happy because I get to see all my friends again and I didn’t get to see them during the holidays. My class is good because it’s been a long time since we’ve been in classrooms. On the playground, I get to hug my brother now. In assembly, it’s good, but it’s a bit weird because I haven’t seen everyone in the school in a long time.

Gregory, age 7: School is really nice because all of us are together again. I really like being with everyone on the playground because I can meet new people 34