Newsletter 

Steve Irwin

This week in Steve Irwin Class, we have been learning about plants and what they need to grow.  We conducted an experiment, planting broad beans. In pot 1, we planted broad beans with everything it needs to grow (soil, water, sunlight and the right temperature). Pot 2 does not have soil, Pot 3 does not have water, Pot 4 does not have sunlight (we put it in the cupboard) and Pot 5 does not have the right temperature - we put it in the freezer!

We made predictions for what we think will happen to each plant.

We will check on them weekly to see if they grow.

Lewis Hamilton

This week in Lewis Hamilton Class, we have had an interesting week full of challenging Maths and Science Inquiries.  We have been developing our understanding of fractions, thinking carefully about the meaning of a whole and how to work with mixed number fractions.  We used some really interesting manipulatives to do this! We also had a fantastic time on World Book Day, creating our own book token and listening to people's favourite stories.  We have also been engaging in an inquiry looking at the function of the digestive system and how our body works to processes food and water, we asked lots of interesting questions! 

Parking and use of appropriate language 

As you will be aware we are having to close the gates to the school car park in the mornings  due the amount of parents/carers that are driving through the car park at school drop off.  Unless there is an agreement for a medical reason or you hold a disabled badge, the car park is only available for staff use. This is to safeguard the children as they enter the school in the morning and it should only be the minibus that is travelling through the school grounds at this time.

We have received reports from parents, particularly at the KS1/EYFS gate around the use of inappropriate language from other parents around the gates.  Can we please remind you and politely ask you to be mindful of the language that you are using as I am sure that you would agree that we do not want our children to be exposed to this.

We thank you for your support and understanding in this. 

Absences

Thank you to all parents and carers who ensure that they inform us when their children are ill or not at school for other reasons. 

Unfortunately, some of our parents have not been informing us that their child/children are absent and so this will be automatically registered as unauthorised. 

It is really important that you do make us aware as unauthorised absences can mean that we ask for medical evidence in the future and this could lead to unauthorised absences being referred to the Medway Attendance Advisory service and this could lead to a fine.

You can inform us of absences on our academy telephone number: 01634270428 or our email: office@pepa.org.uk