BBEY LENS January 2018 Vol 4: Issue No.twenty nine Excellence Through Partnership
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Medal splash! Swimming competition glory
FAIR PLAY On Friday 5th January, Abbey travelled the short distance to Langley baths, to compete in the annual Sandwell Swimming Gala. The children each selected a stroke from freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly and competed in one race each, before coming together to compete in the relay. Each of the Abbey ‘fish’ won their individual heats, as well as their relays, and secured first or second fastest times overall. After such a fantastic performance, both the boys and the girls were rewarded with gold medals for winning their competitions. Both Abbey boys and girls teams will now go forward to represent Sandwell in the next round. Miss Hinton was very proud of all of them not only for their excellent performance but also the team spirit they displayed throughout the competition. Their exemplary behaviour and the respect, sportsmanship and encouragement that they showed towards other competitors. An excellent representation of our school! Thanks to Miss Hinton for the story. DR ART Year 3 children have been invited to join an art competition. The competition is to design and create superheroes to decorate the paediatric ward, at the new multi- million pound Sandwell Hospital, which is currently being built. Kiran was invited to attend, so that he could listen to the exciting opportunity available to the Year 3 Abbey children, enabling him to then relay the information back. One of the consultant paediatricians, Dr Nick Makwana, is the ambassador for the art project and he will give a talk about the department, and why we are engaging with the local community. It is important for the young patients to feel comfortable and happy in their new hospital - and what better way to do this, than to ask children to help create an environment where their peers would feel like that. This was a wonderful opportunity for Kiran in his role as School Council member. Thanks to Mrs. Johnson for the story.
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