Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Science Ambassador Morning

  Wed 09 Jul 2025

  This week, 3 of our Year 5 children were invited to attend the Science Ambassador morning, held at Kings Cliffe Primary School.

   

  This was an opportunity for Year 5s to learn the skills required to help lead Science across our school next year.

   

  Responsibilities will include helping to set up investigations, leading assemblies, helping children in science lessons to deepen their knowledge and monitoring equipment. During the morning, the children teamed up with other children from local schools to take part in investigations and solve scientific problems. These included making bath bombs, looking at our DNA under microscopes and building structures!

   

  As always, our children were wonderful Polebrook ambassadors 😊

  

• DA create amazing castles

  Fri 04 Jul 2025

  This week, David Attenborough Class have been busy bringing history to life with their fantastic castle homework projects! Each child created a castle at home using cereal boxes and other recycled materials – and they are absolutely amazing! From drawbridges to turrets, moats to battlements, the children have included all the features we’ve been learning about in class.

   

  What’s even more special is that these were real family projects- everyone has got stuck in. The effort and creativity that went into each castle is truly impressive – well done, everyone!

   

  But the fun doesn’t stop there! Next, we’ll be spending an afternoon designing and building catapults to invade each other’s castles (don’t worry – no castles will be harmed!). We can’t wait to put our creations to the test in a playful battle of medieval engineering!

  

• Summer STEM Festival for Year 5

  Thu 03 Jul 2025

  Yesterday, Year 5 took part in the Summer STEM Festival at Oundle Sci-tech where they learnt about stars in a planetarium, used chemicals to change the colour of fire, made catapults and even made giant marshmallows!

   

  It was a super cool learning day!

  

• Cooling down in the heat!

  Wed 02 Jul 2025

  Whilst everyone was melting yesterday in the hottest day of the year (so far)
  
  Polebrook children and staff cooled down with a 'whole school' water fight.
  
  Lots of fun was had by everyone 😁

  

• Success for MLK class with their Bikeability

  Tue 01 Jul 2025

  Last week, MLK class had their Bikeability training.
  
  This involved four half hour days of training.
  
  Level 1- the training took place on the school playground where they could learn in a traffic-free environment.
  
  Level 2 - they went out on the roads where they learnt to - start and stop with more confidence, pass stationary vehicles parked on a road, understand the road: signals, signs and road markings, negotiate the road: including quiet junctions, crossroads and how to share the road with other vehicles.
  
  All who completed the Bikeability received a certificate, badge and handbook.
  
  Well done to all for all your hard work, this is a great life skill!

  

• RLT music day

  Mon 30 Jun 2025

  Our Year 6s attended the RLT Music Day at Cottesmore Academy last Friday.

   

  This was an opportunity for our Leavers to come together and celebrate through a range of different activities including sports, dance, music and art. Our children also performed a song to the other schools and had the opportunity to take part in an entire trust choir! There was even a teacher’s choir who also took to the stage!

   

  This day is always so special and fun and it was lovely to see our Year 6s come together for a fun-filled day.

  

• The big stage for members of KS2

  Fri 27 Jun 2025

  Members of KS2 took part in NMPAT’s The Festival last week and performed in front of a huge audience at the Royal Derngate Theatre in Northampton.

   

  The children worked so hard to produce a dance all about making a change in the world and promoting equality for all.

  We were so proud to watch our children perform and cannot wait to return next year!

  

• DA class to Rockingham Castle

  Thu 26 Jun 2025

  David Attenborough Class had an unforgettable visit to the historic Rockingham Castle. As they explored the grand old building, the children were able to identify many fascinating features, from arrow slits in the stone walls to towering battlements. They were especially amazed by the impressive castle kitchen and the grand feast on display, which gave them a real sense of how people lived long ago.

   

  Outside, the adventure continued with a stroll past the quirky Elephant Hedge and a peaceful woodland walk. The scent of the blooming rose garden added a magical touch to the day. But the highlight for everyone was definitely the spooky dungeon—dark, cold, and just scary enough to make it thrilling! It was a day full of learning, excitement, and stories they won’t soon forget.

  

• KS2 fun at the RLT athletics

  Thu 19 Jun 2025

   

  Last Tuesday all of our KS2 children took part in the RLT athletics day in Corby with lots of other schools from the trust.

   

  The children took part in field events and races and showed amazing sportsmanship, supporting each other and challenging themselves.

   

  Everyone had lots of fun and we managed to win a few medals too!

  

• Amazing amount raised at the Colour Dash

  Wed 18 Jun 2025

  Wow! You are all amazing.

   

  Please see the incredible amount you raised for the LCH Charity – Lifting Children’s Hopes.

   

  Thank you all so much