Horbury Bridge CE J&I Academy
Living by our Christian Values: Together in Faith, Hope and Love
8th October: Newsletter 5
Harvest
At Harvest, we encourage the children to appreciate the things they are fortunate to have in their lives and to be thankful for these. We also talk about working together so we can all make a difference to the lives of others.
This year we are asking for donations which will support a number of local charities:
The local foodbank who would appreciate any donations of dried and tinned foods, and toiletries
The Community Giving Box based in Trinity Walk welcome any donations of children's winter clothing, shoes or toys in good condition. These can then be distributed directly to local families through charities such as Stepping Stones Baby Bank and The Clothing Bank
Over the next 2 weeks, we will have boxes by the gates each morning and evening for any donations you are able to make towards our collection.
We are holding a Harvest Service on Wednesday 20th October. All Key Stage 1 and 2 children are involved. as we can now meet together again in school. Unfortunately, we are not able to have all families attending events again yet.
We would like to invite Year 6 families to attend the service as it will be the last Harvest their children have at primary school. (details to follow)
We will be recording the service to share with all families.
Holiday Club
We are hoping to run October holiday club if there is sufficient demand. To reserve a place, if we are able to offer this service, please complete the online form here
Click here Booking form
Egyptian Dinner
Class 3 are studying Ancient Egyptian life this half term. To support this, Mrs Lintott and the catering team have prepared a specially themed menu for next Friday. They would like to invite all children to join us in having a school lunch with this exciting menu.
It is National Burns Awareness day next week and the Community Nursing Team would like to highlight the risks to young children and how parents can immediately respond to such accidents.
Learn more at The Children's Burns Trust
Sunday celebrates World Mental Health Day.
Our website has lots of links to organisations who support child and adult mental health concerns
In case you missed it
Weekly Information
School Photos
Please return your school photos to school or order online by Monday 11th October to avoid a delivery fee.
Save the Date:
Saturday 6th November: St John's Church Autumn Fayre, 10am - 3pm
Inset Day
We will be closed to children on Monday 1st November for a staff training day. School will re-open after half term on Tuesday 2nd November.
Family Workshop
St John's Church, next to school, will be starting a weekly family service every Tuesday, including games, craft and a light tea, from 3.30pm until 4.30pm.
This will start the first week back after October Half Term.
Key Stage 2 Residential Visits
Parents in Class 2 and 3 will have a received a letter today via email regarding an overnight visit planned for next year.
Dinner Menu Next Week
Menus will now be available on Class Dojo each week and our newsletter each week.
Class News
Foundation Stage
This week we enjoyed sharing the book 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes'. In the story, Mr Wolf's friends were feeling very mean and wouldn't help him with all of the jobs he needed to do in order to make his pancakes. As our Nursery and Reception children are all so kind, they decided that they would help Mr Wolf. Reception started by writing Mr Wolf a shopping list and then they used their shopping lists to buy the ingredients from our shop outside. Nursery then practiced their knife skills to spread butter and jam on pancakes and then tried hard to cut them into small pieces. The best part by far was when they got to eat them at snack time!
Don't forget that next Monday 11th October we are dressing up as out favourite nursery rhyme character. We can't wait to see all of your wonderful homemade creations!
Class 1
This week we have enjoyed learning and investigating more about the human body. We drew around each other and labelled body parts, used dough to create the internal systems of the body and made collage Body Maps. We also found out about mammals using books and the internet. In our groups, we sorted pictures of mammals, birds and fish. A key focus this week has been learning about the senses. We used our senses to explore a range of items. Sporg also got in touch with another letter so we wrote back to him telling him all about ourselves and what humans are like.
On Thursday, we went on an Autumn walk to collect some beautiful Autumn leaves. We compared sizes, colours and shapes.
Class 2
The children in class 2 have been exploring the work of Georgia O'Keefe. They have researched her art and thought about the style of her art work. They have experimented with colour in order to recreate one of her masterpieces. All the children worked really hard to get the form and colours just right. We are all so impressed with what they have created.
Class 3
After, discovering an Ancient Egyptian Tomb last week, the archeologists is Class 3 have been tasked with removing its precious contents. The problem? It's not safe inside! They immediately set out to build antiquity extractors, using their knowledge of levers from science to create litter-picker style devices that could be used in the most decrepit of tombs!
Achievements
Foundation Stage
Rory- for independently writing his name, trying extremely hard to form the letters correctly.
Allanah- For being a kind friend and fantastic role model to others.
Class 1
Flynn - writing a brilliant letter to our alien friend, adding questions, wow words and punctuation.
George - sharing amazing knowledge about Earth and space and adding a question in his letter to our alien friend.
Class 2
Mason - for showing brilliant creativity this week
Sam - for having great attitude to your learning this week
Class 3
Henry - Taking his time to create a great piece of Egyptian artwork.
Seth - Always working hard and being a great role model in class.
Important Dates
Diary Dates can be found below.
Term Dates can be found on our website https://www.horburybridgeacademy.co.uk/diarydates/