The visit of Amy Williams (Olympic Gold Medallist in the Skeleton Bob at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010) was simply inspirational. The children were really excited to have the opportunity to meet Amy individually and to have the opportunity to have seen a real Olympic Gold medal up close.  The children were then taken through a series of exercises which they did with huge smiles on their faces. It was lovely to see the children encouraging each other to do their best.

After the workout Amy led an assembly where she shared some secrets of her success and that if you try your best and never give up you can achieve anything. She also explained to the children all about the Skeleton event. The children were amazed that on her winning slide Amy was travelling faster than cars are allowed to drive on the motorway!

Amy answered questions from the children and also explained that the design on her medal was taken from an American Indian picture and contains the image of a whale’s eye. If you look closely at the picture of the medal you can see it. To cap off the visit Anastasia from Turquoise Class presented to Amy her drawing of Amy receiving her medal and standing on the podium. Amy was so pleased that she has shared a photo of the drawing on her Instagram account!

We have been amazed by the response to the sponsored event and would like to thank all those who have been able to donate. As soon as we have a final figure we will share that with you.

It was a win for the Blue team at the 2018 Boughton Leigh Infants Sports Day

The school field was packed with spectators following the children around the various activities they were competing in. These ranged from egg & spoon and sack races to hurdle relay and up ‘n over hoops.

Members of the Blue team won a total of 22 points followed by White with 20, Red with 12 and then Green with 10.

There were loud cheers at the end of the event when Head teacher Mr Moorcroft announced the winners and presented them with the sports day cup. 

The School choir were in fine voice when they performed at the Warwickshire Music Primary Choir Festival at St Andrews Church on Tuesday 22^nd May. The children did themselves and the school proud. Thank you to everyone who supported the event.

On Friday 18^th May Boughton Leigh Infant School celebrated the Royal wedding by having a street party in the playground. The kitchen put on a super buffet for all students who enjoyed the warm weather to celebrate the Royal Wedding.

Yesterday we had a visit from Dogs Trust member Andrea who was in our school teaching the children how to behave around dogs in anticipation for Buddy's forthcoming arrival.

Mothers, grandmothers and mother figures joined children in their classrooms for a family learning event.

They worked together to make paper flowers for Mother's Day. This involved watching a demonstration, following instructions, folding and cutting paper and lots of tricky cutting out and gluing.

Everyone agreed the flowers were "blooming lovely" and they will, no doubt, have pride of place at home this Mothering Sunday.

We have been successful in applying for a grant from the Tesco Bags of Help Scheme.

From 1^st March to 30^th April our school will be one of the three causes that customers can vote for using the blue tokens available at check outs in the four Rugby stores:

• Leicester Road superstore
• Helvellyn Way express store
• Cattlemarket express store (near the station)
• Bilton express store (on Main Street)
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If you buy anything in these stores during March and April you are entitled to a token – even if you don’t buy a bag. So please ask for a token if you are not given one and help us raise as much as we can.

The project with the highest number of votes gets £4,000, the second placed £2,000 and the third placed £1,000.