Parents

Weekly Parent Bulletin - Friday 13th February

Dear parents,

After a wet and rainy few weeks... we have made it to half term!

I'm never a big fan of January / February, so with the thought of spring on the way bringing longer daylight hours and sunnier weather (we hope!), it is a welcome prospect.

Today we were joined by a brilliant Jazz trio that performed for all year groups. It was a wonderful afternoon of soulful music, such a super experience for the children to enjoy. If it has inspired your child to take up an instrument, you can find out more about our peripatetic music lesson offer here (Peri Music Lessons 25-26 Letter).

We have a few new additions that I am delighted to introduce:

Mrs Sainsbury has started in her Family Liaison role, taking up the reins from Mrs Sephton. As a qualified Paediatric Nurse with lots of experience in areas like children's mental health, she is a super addition. You’ll find Mrs Sainsbury in front of the Wellbeing Hub (opposite Hawks classroom) at drop off and pick up, do pop by and say hello.
Mr Sephton is a new Teaching Assistant working in Year 1 Owls class.
Mr Priest is a new Teaching Assistant supporting in Years 3 and 5 after half term. He has been with us since January supporting in Year 1.
Mr Allen-Davies joins us as a new Teaching Assistant supporting Deer class after half term.
Mrs Guille joins us as a new addition to our front office admin team.

Wishing you a wonderful half term break!

Mr Jackson

Whole School Reminders

PTA Updates

Dates for your diary

Friday 24^th April: Quiz Night

Friday 10^th July after school: Summer Fair

Saturday 7^th November: Fireworks Night

Dates to be confirmed for Colour Run, Inset Day Adventure and Break the Rules Day!

Whole School Updates

Pop up Bookshop

The latest exciting news from Pop-Up Bookshop:

Andy Seed Author Event - Please pre-order your Andy Seed books at the following link: https://popupbookshop.co.uk/andy-seed
Preloved Book Fair Fundraising: World Book Day - 100% fundraising benefits school with extra books. 100% children choose a book to keep at home. Suggested optional donation £2 to school book fundraising, cash on the day or PayPal at this link: https://bit.ly/4rnarOd (scan QR code):

Lost Property

Lost property will be emptied TODAY - please ensure you check it if you have lost anything otherwise it will be given to the charity bin.

Competition Time!

Opal

Thank you for all the continued donations we are receiving. We will now be collecting small and large brushes, bubble mixture and chalks ready for our outdoor play. A reminder that the large collection boxes are near the front office.

Weekly Year Group Updates

EYFS

Reading - Please ensure your child reads to you over the half term and record when they do in their reading record.
Home learning / library books - We will issue new home learning and library books after the half term.
Scissor skills - Please could you practice scissor cutting skills over the half term.
Donations - Please could you send in any spare plastic plant pots, old gardening gloves, gardening tools etc for our spring topic on planting.
Happy half term - Wishing you and your families a lovely half term break! See you all on Monday 23^rd February.

Year 1

Culture Day - What a brilliant afternoon the children had on our Culture Day to celebrate our Geography learning all about the UK! Both classes enjoyed flag making, artwork of each countries national flowers, listening to traditional music and learning some traditional dances as well as tasting some foods!
Doodle Maths - Baseline is being reset for this over the half-term. Please ensure your child completes this independently. Thank you.
We hope you have a wonderful half-term break and look forward to seeing you in Spring 2!

Year 2

Well done to all the children for their fantastic learning this half term.
A reminder that on Monday 16^th March the children may dress up in Tudor clothes for our Great Fire of London experience day.

Year 3

Resources required: Please can you bring in any and all newspapers and 500ml plastic drinks bottles throughout the next half term. We need these for our exciting DT topic! Thank you in advance for these.

Year 4

A reminder that Forest School starts in year 4 after half term on Friday's. Our first session starts on Friday 27^th February and will be based around our new reading book: The Explorer. In order for the project to run, parents need to make a small contribution of £17 per child. All of the sessions will be outdoors so please ensure that your child is wearing home clothes that they don’t mind getting a bit dirty on Fridays. If the weather is rainy, then please bring in a pair of wellies or other appropriate shoes for your children to change into for their session.
Key Dates:

Thursday 5^th March - World Book Day. Children are invited to dress up as their favourite book character or word.
Thursday 5^th March - Reading cafe. All parents are welcome to come and enjoy reading a book with their child in the classroom from 8:50 - 9:15.

Year 5

We had our final forest school session today; the children enjoyed marshmallows and put their maths skills to use in team building games. A reminder that we are back in normal school uniform for Fridays after the half term.
After half term, we will be having a DT day. We are going to be making fresh pasta sauce. If you use jars of pasta sauce at home, could you please save the jars and send them in with your child after the half term break.
Thanks for your support this half term and have a lovely break!

Year 6

A huge well done to Year 6 for all their hard work this half term. We hope that everyone has a wonderful break!
Please can all children bring in a 500ml plastic bottle and a large cereal box, both to be used for our repurposing DT project on the Thursday of the first week back.
For World Book Week (starting Monday 2^nd March), we are also hoping to complete an activity which requires a large cereal box. If any household enjoys cereal and therefore goes through it quickly, we would love donations of additional cereal boxes! Ultimately, we are aiming for each child to bring in a 500ml plastic bottle and two large cereal boxes in the first week back.
A reminder also for children to begin thinking about their World Book Day outfits over half term - they can dress as either a book character or as a word! Dress up day is on Thursday 5^th March, along with Reading Cafes (8:50-9:15am) where adults are welcome to attend and read with their child.