The King's Coronation

We had an absolutely spectacular time celebrating the King's Coronation!

We were a little worried that our festival and picnic would be rained off, but the sun came out to celebrate with us!

In the morning, we had a special assembly to learn more about the King's Coronation and what will happen, learning about the tradition of the Coronation and how long it has been happening for. Then, we were all awarded with a special commemorative certificate and a Coronation Badge as a keepsake!

In our classes, we learned more about the Coronation and did some fun activities, including writing to the King and decorating our giant crowns, which the PTA very kindly bought for us. Every child has been photographed in their crown and a robe and the PTA have very kindly agreed to pay to have a photo printed for each child.

In the afternoon, we enjoyed a truly splendid picnic, fit for a King! Our fabulous kitchen team prepared sandwiches for our afternoon tea (crown shaped, of course) and lovely Coronation cupcakes for us. We enjoyed eating with our parents in the sunshine, surrounded by the lovely bunting we had made last week with Transition Lymington! We were very happy to be joined by our neighbourhood policing team, who were on site to answer any questions from parents or pupils, as well as members from the Catholic Women's League, making it a real community event. 

Then, Mr Smith (MBE!) performed the National Anthem on his trumpet, while we all sang along. Next, Y5/6 performed on drums, Y4 played their trumpets, Y3 played their guitars and YR-2 sang a lovely song. Poetry club performed a lovely 'regal' poem, before some super singing from the whole school. Each year group then performed a dance that they had been learning in their PE lessons! Y6 performed a number from 'Grease', Y5 and Y4 performed to some classic pop songs, Y3 performed "Step in Time" from Mary Poppins, Y2 showed off a fabulous Bollywood number, Y1 shared a very fun pirate dance and YR performed 'Under the Sea' from the Little Mermaid!

Thank you so much to everyone that came along, it was such a wonderful turn out and we hope it got you feeling ready for the Bank Holiday festivities! We loved sharing a small snippet with you of what we get up to at OLSJ!