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A Proud Moment for Desford
Children from every year group were honoured to be invited by new Store Manager Paul Stilling to officially open the brand new Co-op store in Desford!
What a fantastic opportunity for our children to represent our school and wider community at such an exciting local event. They showed confidence, kindness and pride – true ambassadors for Desford. 💙
We are incredibly grateful to Paul and the Co-op team for the invitation and warm welcome. We’re really looking forward to working together in the future and building strong community links that benefit our children and families.
Here’s to partnership, opportunity and community spirit!
A Proud Moment for Desford
Children from every year group were honoured to be invited by new Store Manager Paul Stilling to officially open the brand new Co-op store in Desford!
What a fantastic opportunity for our children to represent our school and wider community at such an exciting local event. They showed confidence, kindness and pride – true ambassadors for Desford. 💙
We are incredibly grateful to Paul and the Co-op team for the invitation and warm welcome. We’re really looking forward to working together in the future and building strong community links that benefit our children and families.
Here’s to partnership, opportunity and community spirit!
Our curriculum reflects the real lives of our children 🌈
Throughout the year, we use a diverse range of texts that represent the different family structures that our children will experience or recognise in their own lives. While LGBT+ History Month shines a brighter light on these stories, representation and inclusion are woven into our curriculum the whole year round, not just at one moment in time.
Because every child deserves to see themselves, and others, reflected in the stories we share 🩷
Our curriculum reflects the real lives of our children 🌈
Throughout the year, we use a diverse range of texts that represent the different family structures that our children will experience or recognise in their own lives. While LGBT+ History Month shines a brighter light on these stories, representation and inclusion are woven into our curriculum the whole year round, not just at one moment in time.
Because every child deserves to see themselves, and others, reflected in the stories we share 🩷
Today, our Art Club proudly hosted their after-school exhibition, Our Journey - a beautiful showcase of creativity across a range of styles, mediums and themes.
From expressive pieces inspired by nature to artwork exploring well-being, the exhibition perfectly reflected our school ethos and our focus during Children’s Mental Health Week.
We are so proud of the creativity, imagination and thoughtfulness our children have shown - art really does help us to express, reflect and grow. Many thanks to Mrs K for her inspiration.
Today, our Art Club proudly hosted their after-school exhibition, Our Journey - a beautiful showcase of creativity across a range of styles, mediums and themes.
From expressive pieces inspired by nature to artwork exploring well-being, the exhibition perfectly reflected our school ethos and our focus during Children’s Mental Health Week.
We are so proud of the creativity, imagination and thoughtfulness our children have shown - art really does help us to express, reflect and grow. Many thanks to Mrs K for her inspiration.
🌹 Community, kindness and a little Valentine’s magic 🌹
After school today, our Friends of Desford Community Primary School sold beautiful wooden roses for £1, spreading smiles and kindness across our community. It was lovely to see children choosing roses for friends and family — a simple but powerful way of showing care, thoughtfulness and connection. Moments like these remind us how belonging, kindness and looking out for one another play such an important role in supporting children’s mental health, especially as we head towards Valentine’s Day 💕
🌹 Community, kindness and a little Valentine’s magic 🌹
After school today, our Friends of Desford Community Primary School sold beautiful wooden roses for £1, spreading smiles and kindness across our community. It was lovely to see children choosing roses for friends and family — a simple but powerful way of showing care, thoughtfulness and connection. Moments like these remind us how belonging, kindness and looking out for one another play such an important role in supporting children’s mental health, especially as we head towards Valentine’s Day 💕
Wellbeing Ambassadors in Action
Today our Wellbeing Ambassadors confidently led a whole-school assembly, introducing the themes and activities children will be exploring this week to raise awareness of children’s mental health. With clarity, empathy and pride, they helped everyone understand how we can look after our minds and support one another — a brilliant example of pupil leadership making a real difference.
Wellbeing Ambassadors in Action
Today our Wellbeing Ambassadors confidently led a whole-school assembly, introducing the themes and activities children will be exploring this week to raise awareness of children’s mental health. With clarity, empathy and pride, they helped everyone understand how we can look after our minds and support one another — a brilliant example of pupil leadership making a real difference.
CHILDREN`S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK
This week we’re exploring one theme each day to support children’s wellbeing:
Belonging • Gratitude • Mindfulness • Resilience • Hope
Through stories, conversations and simple activities, we’re helping children build healthy habits for their minds — and reminding them they’re never alone.
CHILDREN`S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK
This week we’re exploring one theme each day to support children’s wellbeing:
Belonging • Gratitude • Mindfulness • Resilience • Hope
Through stories, conversations and simple activities, we’re helping children build healthy habits for their minds — and reminding them they’re never alone.
We’re proud to have opened our doors to the wider community this weekend 💙
A total of 70 men aged 50+ from Desford and the surrounding areas took part in prostate cancer screening here at Desford Community Primary School. Early checks like these are vital — they help spot concerns sooner, encourage open conversations about health, and can genuinely save lives.
This photo captures the fantastic team who made it possible — thank you for giving your time, expertise and care.
Events like this remind us that our school is about more than classrooms and lessons. It’s a place for community, wellbeing and looking out for one another — supporting not just our children and families, but the wider Desford community too. 💙
We’re proud to have opened our doors to the wider community this weekend 💙
A total of 70 men aged 50+ from Desford and the surrounding areas took part in prostate cancer screening here at Desford Community Primary School. Early checks like these are vital — they help spot concerns sooner, encourage open conversations about health, and can genuinely save lives.
This photo captures the fantastic team who made it possible — thank you for giving your time, expertise and care.
Events like this remind us that our school is about more than classrooms and lessons. It’s a place for community, wellbeing and looking out for one another — supporting not just our children and families, but the wider Desford community too. 💙
Desford Community Primary School are very proud to be able to host a prostate cancer screening event for the gentlemen of Desford and our surrounding area today. Stuart and Kim Larkins (our very own Kim who recently retired from her role at our school after 25+ years) have been the inspiration and drive behind the event. They have partnered up with Miss Jyoti Shah MBE, a consultant urologist with the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Leicestershire based charity PROST-aid. Many thanks to Kim, Stuart, Jyoti and the rest of the team. A big shout out to Michael Cosgrove, Landlord at the Blue Bell pub in Desford, who has kindly offered to feed the team of volunteers at the event.
Not just here for your children, also here for the wider community.
Desford Community Primary School are very proud to be able to host a prostate cancer screening event for the gentlemen of Desford and our surrounding area today. Stuart and Kim Larkins (our very own Kim who recently retired from her role at our school after 25+ years) have been the inspiration and drive behind the event. They have partnered up with Miss Jyoti Shah MBE, a consultant urologist with the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Leicestershire based charity PROST-aid. Many thanks to Kim, Stuart, Jyoti and the rest of the team. A big shout out to Michael Cosgrove, Landlord at the Blue Bell pub in Desford, who has kindly offered to feed the team of volunteers at the event.
Not just here for your children, also here for the wider community.
So proud of our Year 5s 💛
Thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us for our Year 5 parent assembly this afternoon. Your support really matters and it meant so much to the children to share their learning with you.
The children spoke confidently, showcased their work beautifully and demonstrated fantastic presentation skills — a real celebration of their hard work, effort and growing independence.
Moments like these remind us how powerful it is when school and families come together 💫
So proud of our Year 5s 💛
Thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us for our Year 5 parent assembly this afternoon. Your support really matters and it meant so much to the children to share their learning with you.
The children spoke confidently, showcased their work beautifully and demonstrated fantastic presentation skills — a real celebration of their hard work, effort and growing independence.
Moments like these remind us how powerful it is when school and families come together 💫
Year 1 to the rescue!
Mr Wilson has officially had enough of coffee ☕️so Year 1 have been on a mission to create him a brand new healthy drink! After some very serious research over the past few weeks (tasting a lot of smoothies and a variety of delicious fruits) the children decided smoothies were the way to go. We’ve been:
🍎Sampling shop-bought smoothies
🥕Exploring fruit and veg flavour combinations
🔪Learning how to cut fruit and veg safely
🍊Practising juicing like pros
So much learning (and tasting) along the way👏
👀Watch this space…next week we’ll be making our smoothies and Mr Wilson will finally get to sample the finished product!
#Year1Learning #SmoothieProject #CuriousLearners #BeKind
Year 1 to the rescue!
Mr Wilson has officially had enough of coffee ☕️so Year 1 have been on a mission to create him a brand new healthy drink! After some very serious research over the past few weeks (tasting a lot of smoothies and a variety of delicious fruits) the children decided smoothies were the way to go. We’ve been:
🍎Sampling shop-bought smoothies
🥕Exploring fruit and veg flavour combinations
🔪Learning how to cut fruit and veg safely
🍊Practising juicing like pros
So much learning (and tasting) along the way👏
👀Watch this space…next week we’ll be making our smoothies and Mr Wilson will finally get to sample the finished product!
#Year1Learning #SmoothieProject #CuriousLearners #BeKind
A Special Visit for Year 1
Today our Year 1 children were lucky to welcome a Jewish Speaker who told us all about Judaism. We learnt about special traditions, important symbols and what makes the Jewish Faith unique. The children asked thoughtful questions and enjoyed learning about different beliefs. A wonderful opportunity to celebrate diversity and understanding. #Year1Learning #CuriousLearners #BeKind #Respectful
A Special Visit for Year 1
Today our Year 1 children were lucky to welcome a Jewish Speaker who told us all about Judaism. We learnt about special traditions, important symbols and what makes the Jewish Faith unique. The children asked thoughtful questions and enjoyed learning about different beliefs. A wonderful opportunity to celebrate diversity and understanding. #Year1Learning #CuriousLearners #BeKind #Respectful
This week, our Year 6 Senior Members of Parliament planned and delivered a thoughtful Key Stage 2 assembly as part of LGBT History Month. They spoke confidently about kindness, respect and understanding, and helped remind us that families can look different — and that every family deserves to feel valued and included. KS1 children had an assembly around a similar theme.
We’re incredibly proud of the way our pupils led this assembly with care and maturity, and of the important message it shared about belonging within our school community. 💛
#BeKind #PupilLeadership #LGBTHistoryMonth #EveryFamilyBelongs #SchoolCommunity
This week, our Year 6 Senior Members of Parliament planned and delivered a thoughtful Key Stage 2 assembly as part of LGBT History Month. They spoke confidently about kindness, respect and understanding, and helped remind us that families can look different — and that every family deserves to feel valued and included. KS1 children had an assembly around a similar theme.
We’re incredibly proud of the way our pupils led this assembly with care and maturity, and of the important message it shared about belonging within our school community. 💛
#BeKind #PupilLeadership #LGBTHistoryMonth #EveryFamilyBelongs #SchoolCommunity
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