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Awards & Achievements
 
As a school, we have received a variety of national awards. We have Artsmark Silver which recognises our commitment to the arts. Activemark celebrates the curricular and extra curricular physical education which takes place here at Overstone. We have been awarded Healthy Schools status, recognising the healthy lifestyle which we encourage our children to enjoy. Our School Council have achieved the Silver Active Young Citizen Award. This has been designed in collaboration with the East Midlands Citizenship consortia and recognies the hard work of our council representatives here at Overstone.

 

Educational Visits
 
During your childs time at Overstone Primary School they will have the opportunity to take part in educational visits. Listed below are a few examples.
 
Foundation
Walk round the village
Visit to the church for wedding week
Visit behind the scenes at the village post office
 
Years 1 and 2
Local environment for geography and history walk round the village
DT looking at equipment in the playground
Milton Keynes Museum - History
Hunstantion Sea Life Centre / London Zoo - Science
 
Years 3 and 4
Visit the church - RE
Milton Keynes Discovery Centre -  Geography
Verulamium Museum, St. Albans, Kettering Museum  - History Romans
Residential visits – Kingswood West Runton, Pioneer Kidderminster
 
Years 5 and 6
Hindu temple and Gospel Hall – RE
Sywell Aerodrome – Enterprise Week
Abington museum – History - World War II, Ancient Egyptian
Residential visits – Kingswood West Runton, Pioneer Kidderminster
 
 

Peripatetic Music
 
In addition to our curricular music lessons, instrumental lessons are supplied to Overstone Primary School through the Northamptonshire Music Service at a cost to parents.

The instrumental lessons are arranged according to the interest expressed by students.  However, it is necessary for a minimum of 6 students to learn a specific instrument to enable that peripatetic member of staff to visit the school.

Currently there are 3 peripatetic members of staff that visit us. These staff offer the following instrumental lessons:

     ♫    Mr Trevor Dyson – Violin/Viola (Year 2's upwards)
 
     ♫    Ms Rosalind Webber – Guitar (Year 3's upwards
 
     ♫    Ms Iona Walker – Clarinet/Flute (Year 3's upwards) and
                                     Saxophone (Year 5's upwards)

 

 
 
 
 
 
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