Our lucky Year 5 and Year 6 children had the pleasure of working with some of the Cambridge United football players this half term, who came to enthuse our children about the importance of being proactive and demonstrating hard work and dedication. The children were able to meet Zak Bradshaw who talked about his training schedules and how he had to put aside other distractions to be able to achieve his dreams of becoming a footballer. The children were fortunate to then hold a question and answer session with Zak Bradshaw. This posed questions such as: Why did you want to be a footballer? Who inspired you? How do you deal with feelings after a bad match? What did your football career look like from the beginning to the end? These were very poignant questions for our children, who we hope will have taken inspiration from this opportunity.

Year 5 were fantastic ambassadors for Queen Emma when visiting West Stow Country Park, near Bury St Edmunds. We became historians for a day and searched for evidence and artefacts to help our understanding of what life was like in Anglo-Saxon times. During the morning, Year 5 visited the reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village, taking in the sights of the great hall, the farmer's house, the weaving house and workshop. In the afternoon, we headed to the museum to find out fascinating facts. We dressed as Anglo-Saxons and got the opportunity to handle items such as bone antler combs, keys, beads, jewellery and knives which told us so much about everyday life in an Anglo-Saxon village.  We all had a great day.