Maundene Weekly
Friday 04th February 2022
“It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts” ― Ella Fitzgerald
Dear Parents/Carers,
We hope you had a lovely week - the children of Maundene certainly have!
Ravens commenced the week with building their teamwork and communication skills through their maths lesson. They used a variety of resources to support them when dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. They also focused on using new vocabulary such as divisor, dividend and quotient when discussing their answers.
On Tuesday, Ospreys enjoyed making origami hearts and cranes to celebrate Chinese New Year. Did you know that the Chinese New Year celebration is also called Spring Festival?
Alongside this, Tuesday appeared to be an extremely musical day for Maundene Primary School. Woodpeckers, Robins and Owls all celebrated their musical talents by uploading videos onto our twitter. Please have a look as they are fantastic!
On Wednesday, we celebrated our Stars of the Week in our weekly celebration assembly for their hard work in lessons and demonstrating our school values. We also saw Falcons demonstrating great climbing skills during their Forest School session, using their core muscles to climb and balance.
Thursday was Milo's birthday! He had a lovely day celebrating with the children across the school.
Alongside this, Finches took part in team games for their outdoor learning session. They took it in turns to locate numbers and then order them on a number line. Kestrels also thoroughly enjoyed their team games for outdoor learning. They were competitive during their game of target toss and demonstrated integrity when playing the colour hoop game.
Today Woodpeckers celebrated their learning through an assembly to parents and children in year 3 and 4. It was wonderful to listen to them singing 'Three Little Birds (Don't worry about a thing)' and they were extremely proud to show off their beautiful watercolours. Well done Woodpeckers!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Miss Capes, Mrs Jackson and The Maundene Team
Learning Snapshots
Year 5 - History
This week, Jays and Swans have used the Chromebooks to create Jamboards about life in Ancient Greece.
They thoroughly enjoyed recording their learning in this way.
Kingfishers - PE
On Monday, Kingfishers continued to build on their jumping and balancing skills in PE.
They used their arms to help them balance when they were using the narrow balance beam. #eyfs
Stars of the Week
Every week we celebrate our stars of the week who have worked extremely hard and applied our values or character skills consistently. We are so proud of them and know you will be too!
Doves
Phoebe M
Kingfishers
Violet H
Finches
Indya R
Kestrels
Aubrey- Olivia M
Blackbirds
Ava B
Robins
Gracie O
Falcons
Jessica P
Woodpeckers
Oakley D
Owls
Tyler C
Ravens
Isabelle H
Swans
Hayden C
Jays
Ruby P
Ospreys
Taylor S
Eagles
Leo C-H
Key Messages
Reading
At Maundene Primary School, we are extremely passionate about reading. We love to see and hear our children talking about different books, whether fiction, non-fiction, poetry or any other genres. Please ensure your child is reading at home and that contact books are signed. Books have the power to improve your vocabulary and writing, along with your ability to effectively communicate with others.
Healthy Snacks
As we are a healthy school, please ensure your child is bringing in a healthy snack at break time. EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 have this provided for them.
Early Years - Resources
At Maundene, we are constantly striving to further develop our provision for our Reception children, indoors and outdoors. If you have any or know of anyone who has any wooden palletts, wooden cable reels or crates then please let us know!
Lost Property
Items of clothing that have been found in cloakrooms and across the school environment will be put on a table outside of school on Thursday 10th February.
Mrs Cook has kindly offered to do this, so thank you!
Midday Meals Supervisor
We have a Midday meals supervisor vacancy. An email was sent out this week with the job description and application form. If you are interested please complete and return to the school office via email or in person.
Parent Code of Conduct
As a value based school, it is important that we all respect and model the caring ethos of Maundene and that staff and parents work together for the benefit of all. If you have any concerns regarding your child, please approach their class teacher and refrain from approaching others outside of school.
Lost Property
Items of clothing that have been found in cloakrooms and across the school environment will be put on a table outside of school on Thursday 10th February.
Mrs Cook has kindly offered to do this, so thank you!
Midday Meals Supervisor
We have a Midday meals supervisor vacancy. An email was sent out this week with the job description and application form. If you are interested please complete and return to the school office via email or in person.
Parent Code of Conduct
As a value based school, it is important that we all respect and model the caring ethos of Maundene and that staff and parents work together for the benefit of all. If you have any concerns regarding your child, please approach their class teacher and refrain from approaching others outside of school.
Key dates
Tuesday 08th February 2022
Year R Learning with your child @ 9am
Thursday 10th February
Year 2 Learning Exhibition
Blackbirds 14:00 - 14:30
Robins 14:30 - 15:00
Year R Zoolab Workshop
Friday 11th February
Last day of Term
Monday 21st February
Back to School
Wednesday 23rd February
Year 5 Swimming lesson
Tuesday 08th March
Year 6 Learning with your child @ 9am
Thursday 10th March
Maths Day
Birthdays
Kingfishers
Doves
Finches
Kestrels
Harry K
Robins
Blackbirds
Falcons
Immanuel W
Woodpeckers
Delia B
Christopher W
Owls
Ravens
Swans
Ellie B-P
Fletcher M
Jays
Teagan H
Ospreys
Oliver K
Zachary C
Eagles
Attendance
Doves
95%
Kingfishers
91%
Finches
87%
Kestrels
95%
Blackbirds
94%
Robins
95%
Falcons
96%
Woodpeckers
91%
Owls
92%
Ravens
79%
Swans
83%
Jays
96%
Ospreys
97%
Eagles
94%
Our whole school attendance this week is...
92%
Tweet of the week!
Year 2 - Robins
What a wonderful video of Robins working incredibily hard on their vocal skills!
The children have been working on:
using their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.
listening with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
It is so lovely to observe such pride! Well done Robins!
