"Be joyful always; pray continually;
give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 Thessalonians
5 v 16-18
Emmaus School, Staverton near Trowbridge in Wiltshire is a school run on Christian principles. It caters for children from 5 to 16 years of age in what has always been akin to a family atmosphere where love and respect are evident to all who visit the school.
Latest News
School Fundraising Launch
June
14th saw Emmaus parents, teachers and supporters face the great challenge of
raising the funds for the school extension with a time of prayer. From the
mid-70s, years before the school was established, everything that has happened
in the school has been the result of prayer.
Click here to find out more.
World Maths
Day 2010 – Well done Tabitha!
Emmaus School took part in World Maths Day for the first time this year. On the
3 March, for as long as it was 3 March somewhere in the world, students competed
by answering up to 500 mental arithmetic questions against the clock. Each game
lasts for 60 seconds.
This year 1,133,246 students and 56,082 schools from 235 countries have united
to set a new world record by correctly answering 479,732,613 questions. Tabitha
Burgess (year 8) attained number 48 in the World Hall of Fame for the age 9-13
category with a score of 25,381 - she was also 8th in the UK. This fantastic achievement is due to her
determination and tenacity as well as her mathematical agility!"
Her achievement has also been covered by the Wiltshire Times - click here
Jungle
Book
The school's latest production played to packed houses. The school first put on Rudyard Kipling's classic tale around 6 years ago when the school was much smaller. Almost every child in the school still was involved with rehearsals taking place every Monday afternoon for many weeks. Click here to see pictures of the show.
School Prayer Meetings - always on a Monday at 7.30pm. Please come if you can - they're not to be missed!
Oct 4th 2010 - Speaker: Rupert Bentley-Taylor (Bath)
Feb 7th 2011 - Speaker: Graham Coyle (Christian Schools Trust)
June13th 2011 - Speaker: To be arranged
A
Significant Birthday at Emmaus
Recently, word got out that Mrs Wiltshire the head teacher was reaching a significant birthday. The school went all out to celebrate in style. Balloons were surreptitiously attached to her car at home; when she arrived at the school balloons bedecked the main tree in the grounds and in the hall. Mrs Wiltshire had been skillfully delayed in her leaving for school to allow the pupils to prepare the celebrations - to say that the 'victim' was gobsmacked is a bit of an understatement.
Click here to see photos of the day.
Football
& Festivities
Click here to see pictures of the Emmaus boys football team in action at John O'Gaunt School and also pictures from the Christmas Service.
'Step in to the NHS' Competition
Congratulations to Tali, Lydia, Katie and Daniel who were runners up in this national competition. There were over 700 entries from 1700 children all over the UK. They had to use ICT skills to create a job description, an advert and write a CV for a job in the National Health Service. Using PowerPoint, Word and Publisher, Katie and Daniel described the role of an Operating Department Practitioner while Tali and Lydia did the same for a Forensic Psychologist. They all won 'Step in to the NHS' memory sticks which will come in very handy as they start studying for their GCSEs next year.
School Yearbook
Every year the school produces a record of school life which the pupils compile themselves. Click here to read the thoughts of pupils as they leave the school, fundraising efforts, Bikeability, sports, snow and much more.
More Athletic Success for Tabitha Burgess
Tabitha
Burgess of Year 8 won the West Wiltshire Cross Country Championship at St
Laurence School in Bradford on Avon on Thursday 12th November. She was the
current title holder having won the same event last year. There were about 80
Year 8 runners from Clarendon, John of Gaunt, St Laurence, Warminster,
Stonar, Matravers, St Augustine and the George Ward School. The distance was
about 2.5 miles across fields near St Laurence School. Tabi won in a time of 16
minutes and 33 seconds. This time was 5 seconds faster than the winning time of
the Year 9 race (which had about 60 runners) even though it was an identical
course. There was driving rain in the second half of the race which made it a
tough experience.
Sports Day July 2009
Staverton Primary School (next door to Emmaus) kindly lent us their playing field on Friday afternoon (July 10th) to allow us to hold our first ever Sports Day. Click here to see a wonderful variety of pictures taken by Phil Lucas.
End of Year Service July 2009
The hall was packed for a wonderful event. A time of joyful worship, a time for sad farewells and a time to look back on so many blessings over the past year. Click here to see some pictures of the event, taken by James Gulliford.
School Trip
to Noah's Ark
On
June 18th, the whole school visited Noah's Ark Zoo Farm near Bristol. Noah's Ark
Zoo Farm is a 125,000 visitor/year tourist attraction, just 6 miles out from
Bristol, started in 1998.Noah's Ark Zoo Farm is a spectacular hands-on zoo with
huge indoor adventure playgrounds and the world's longest hedge maze, all on a
genuine working farm! Click
here
to find out more about the day and see some pictures of the animals.
Contact Information
- Telephone - during school hours
- 01225 782684
- Postal address
- School Lane, Staverton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 6NZ
- Click here for a map of where we are
- General Information:
info@emmaus-school.org.uk
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