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LOLA – 2nd JULY 2026
The last word today comes from Lola, one of our school dogs.
She would like me to remind you that the Northleigh Summer Fair will take place on Saturday 27th June and can you please save the date as she has been making a lot of effort to be fete-ready.
ART CREATIVITY! – 1st JUNE 2026
In the garden “Bugginham Palace” has been having some renovation work and Evan and Mabel have created some upcycled bird feeders out of lollipop sticks and Lego.
Meanwhile Bertie’s sunflower is currently in the lead at 7cms tall … more on the Great Sunflower Race in the next newsletter!
TEXTILE MARVELS – 2nd JUNE 2026
In Textiles students created their own embroidered letters whilst one student designed and made his own pencil case.
PHOTOGRAPHY CYANOTYPES – 1st JUNE 2026
In Photography, Thomas has created some fabulous cyantopes using the sun and Isaac created some cool images using colour filters
ART CREATIVITY! – 1st JUNE 2026
In Art, they have been studying the illustrations of Georgina Luck and have used her work to create their own Art using “Alice in Wonderland” as the theme.
And one student made a rather delicious looking cake sculpture!
THANK YOU COTALITY – 30th APRIL 2026
Some more thanks too for our good friends at Cotality who sent a team over as part of their regular team-building/volunteering initiatives.
Andy our Maintenance Manager took full advantage and set them to work planting a new hedge at Northleigh Mill.
200 trees later they were undefeated and even said they had enjoyed themselves!
Here’s a photo of the team before the work began and an after photo in front of a hedge that they hope the new one will soon start to emulate.
THANK YOU! – 22nd APRIL 2026
Huge congratulations and big thanks to Mabel’s dad who successfully completed the Stratford upon Avon Marathon in April. He has raised over £700 for Northleigh too. Whilst his fundraising page is now closed, you can still follow the link below to donate directly to Northleigh if you would like to:
MILL CREATIVITY! – 20th MARCH 2026
Here is a round up of recent activities at Northleigh Mill.
In Art our students have been studying the works of Claes Oldenburg and Peter Anton and making their own giant food sculptures.
In Crafts it was a hive of activity making Mother’s Day cards and pompom cupcakes.
Textiles was all about designing and creating pencil cases using fabric paints.
Photography was learning about the history of the camera and how the camera operates.
And in Gardening our students have been busy bees upcycling materials to make tin can planters, bird feeders and toadstool sculptures.
Easter Fun! – 18th MARCH 2026
Over at Northleigh Mill – students enjoyed the run up to the Easter holidays by taking part in an Easter Hunt. They had to solve clues and complete challenge activities to find the hidden Easter chicks.
WORLD BOOK DAY – 20th MARCH 2026
On Thursday 5th March it was World Book Day and each of our school sites celebrated in style.
Both teachers and students enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book characters, as well as bringing in props that reminded them of their favourite books.
Breaks and lunchtimes involved fun quizzes and puzzles and much discussion was enjoyed about all things literary.
A really great day.
THANK YOU NATIONAL GRID! – 20th MARCH 2026
Big thanks here also to yet another group of volunteers from National Grid who came to work their socks off at Northleigh Mill.
As ever Andy greeted them with a warm welcome – and a big list of jobs!
They managed to clear the garage and make it useable; cut back the overgrown back yard so it could be used for outdoor games storage and lastly, but most importantly, they created and built a ‘bug hotel’ called ‘Bugginham Palace’. Our students are so pleased with it and are keen to see how it develops.
THANK YOU! – 18th MARCH 2026
Big thanks go to Mr and Mrs Middleton who very generously donated a piano to Northleigh Mill School.
Our students were thrilled and created a special thank you card for them.
MILL EXCITEMENT! – 6th MARCH 2026
It is wonderful to see the new members of staff and new students settling into their new home.
Here are some examples of their work and projects, including Arts & Crafts, Wellbeing, Playtime with Lola one of our ‘adopted’ school dogs, Computer Programming and Cookery.
EASTER LOLA – 15th MARCH 2026
Lola our resident therapy dog has recently turned into the Easter Bunny!
LAMB SEASON 10th MARCH 2026
We are very lucky to be able to visit the farm next door to school to appreciated their gorgeous lambs!
