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Thursday 6 March 2025 World Book Day 2025 We love reading at William Cobbett Primary School and we had a great day celebrating books on World Book Day. The day was filled with creativity, fun, and a shared passion for books.
Friday 7 February 2025 NSPCC Number Day 2025 Everyone had a great day focusing on Number on Friday 7th February, dressing up and raising money for the NSPCC. Well done to everyone for their costumes, particularly those who had spent time crafting their own. There were some really imaginative ones! Junior children were all able to take part in a special Number Day Times Tables Rockstars tournament.
Thursday 14 November 2024 Farnham Schools Remembrance service 2024 Two of our Year 6 pupils represented the school at a remembrance service at Gostrey Meadows in Farnham on Friday 8th November. The service was attended by a number of Farnham schools along with the mayor of Farnham, representatives of the British Legion, uniformed personnel, cadet forces and several civic guests.
Monday 25 March 2024 Easter fun day On Friday 22nd March, our PTA (Cobweb) held an Easter fun day for the children.
Friday 9 February 2024 Children's Mental Health Week 2024 Everyone at William Cobbett learnt the importance of looking after our mental health during Children's Mental Health Week (5th-9th February 2024). This year's theme was 'My Voice Matters'.
Friday 2 February 2024 Number Day 2024 William Cobbett joined schools across the country taking part in NSPCC Number Day on Friday 2nd February. Children engaged in fun Maths activities, took part in a Times Tables Rockstars Challenge to collect points as a school and showed great imagination in their number themed outfits. We raised £256.90 to donate to the NSPCC to support the fabulous work they do.
Wednesday 3 January 2024 'Can Bears Ski?' performance The infant children were enthralled by a performance by Pied Piper Theatre this morning. 'Can Bears Ski?' is a special collaboration between Pied Piper and Deafinitely Theatre, a retelling of the story by Raymond Antrobus and Polly Dunbar. A big thank you to Cobweb PTA for funding this, a wonderful way to start the new term.
Tuesday 14 November 2023 Farnham In Bloom Gold award We are very proud to have been awarded the Gold award for our hanging baskets this year! Thank you to Miss Jackson and all the children involved in planting and looking after them.
Friday 10 November 2023 Farnham schools Remembrance service Two of our Year 6 house captains represented the school at a remembrance service at Gostrey Meadows in Farnham on Friday 10th November. The service was attended by a number of Farnham schools along with the mayor of Farnham, representatives of the British Legion, uniformed personnel, cadet forces and several civic guests.
Friday 14 July 2023 Bastille Day theme day...breakfast, Eiffel Towel building, staff food tasting and more! The whole school had a fabulous day on Friday 14th July celebrating Bastille Day with a day of learning about France, learning French and fun challenges such as building Eiffel Towers out of straws, all dressed in red, white and blue.
Friday 14 July 2023 KS1 Star Mark Award for PE - 2 stars! We are pleased to have been awarded a 2 star KS1 Star Mark Award from Active Surrey for recognition of improving sporting commitment, engagement and provision in KS1.
Tuesday 4 July 2023 Schools Games Gold Mark Award - Gold! We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year.
Friday 5 May 2023 Coronation celebrations We have enjoyed celebrating the king's coronation in school this week. Unfortunately, due to the weather our picnic was indoors but we still enjoyed it and loved the special lunchboxes. We needed to be looking smart in our school uniform for class photos today so we got into the spirit yesterday by wearing red, white and blue. All classes have learnt about the king and what the coronation means.
Monday 24 April 2023 NEW: Report an absence via website You can now report a pupil absence via the website - use the Quick Links menu at the side of the page.
Monday 24 April 2023 Welcome to our new website We hope you will find our new website informative and easy to use. Further content to be added in the coming weeks.
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