Community Links
Pupils learn from, and interact with, the local community.
(Ofsted Inspection Report September 2021)
Clophill community events and links with the local church help individuals feel connected.
(SIAMS Report November 2025)
Remembrance 2025
In 2025, we visited the war memorial in Church on Remembrance Day. Some of our older children read the names of fallen from the memorial, whilst others read a prayer and others were also involved in raising and lowering the flag before and after the two minutes silence.
After all of the children observed the two minutes silence beautifully, some of our children also laid a wreath on the memorial. This was made from off-cuts of wooden discs. One of our Forest School children also laid a wreath on behalf of our Forest School group.
This years' Remembrance Service was extra special as we were joined by Bishop Richard, the Bishop of Bedford.
Harvest 2025
In September 2025, we once again asked our families to donate dried/tinned goods as well as nappies, hygiene/toiletry products etc. These items were then split between our Clophill Community Hub and the NEED project (https://theneedproject.org/).
Our families were, again, incredibly generous in their donations. Here are some pictures of the donations:
Village Christmas Cards 2025
As has become customary, every year we make special Christmas Cards for the Methodist Church and St. Mary's Church. Some of our children deliver these with a member of staff. The children really enjoy visiting the community at this time.
St. Mary's Church Christmas Tree Festival 2025
This is an annual community event, featuring creative, uniquely decorated trees. Here is our entry for 2025:
Our trees were made from recycled pallets and bottle tops.
We thought about all of the charities and other providers we work with and shared these as presents under our trees. We try to 'gift' them our help and support. By gifting them, they also gift us - helping us to grow as effective citizens of the future!
Clophill Open Gardens 2024
We showcased our beautiful Early Years Garden during the 2024 Clophill Open Gardens Event, with artwork from Year 2 on display to also showcase some of our amazing curriculum work!
Year 2 also worked hard to improve our planters around the school, ahead of Open Gardens, as part of their Young Leaders work. Our amazing Friend's of St. Mary's and a team of parent helpers also worked at making the rest of our outdoor space look beautiful for the event!
We previewed our Open Garden during the official opening of our new Early Years garden on 21/06/24.
Clophill Open Gardens 2024
Village Scarecrow Festival 2023
In September 2023 we came 3rd in the Village Scarecrow Festival with our homage to the amazing, weekly Forest School sessions we over our Year 1 children at Irene's Wood within the village.
Scarecrow Festival 2023
Shuttleworth Scarecrow Competition 2022
Here is our entry for the Shuttleworth Scarecrow Festival which was on display from the 22-31 October 2022 in Shuttleworth Swiss Garden!
(picture by Darren Harbar)
WE WON the competition! This means we will receive garden vouchers and a trip for 30 pupils to Shuttleworth!
Below you will find some pictures of the children making the scarecrow before seeing the finished creation! One of our older classes and FunZone, our before and after school club, put together our beautiful entry this year!
Shuttleworth Scarecrow Competition October 2022
Shuttleworth Jubilee Wheelbarrow Garden Competition 2022
We took part in this May 2022 competition, designing a wheelbarrow garden around the theme, 'Jubilee'. Our wheelbarrow was on display during the May 2022 half term in the Shuttleworth Swiss Garden!
Shuttleworth Jubilee Wheelbarrow Garden Competition May 2022
Village Scarecrow Competition 2021
WE WON!!! The 18th-19th September 2021 was the Village Scarecrow Festival in Clophill, organised by St. Mary's Church. We are delighted to announce that we won First Prize in the Organisation/Group category. We were thrilled with our certificate and chocolates and want to say a huge 'thank you' to the children and staff who put our fantastic display together. Well done to all entries over the weekend - they all looked amazing!
Scarecrow Festival 2021
