Newsletter
6 October 2023
Attendance
Oliver Jeffers - 96%
Julia Donaldson - 95%
Banksy - 92%
Maya Angelou - 92%
Paul O'Grady - 94%
Steve Backshall - 93.9%
Emmeline Pankhurst - 99%
David Attenborough - 95%
Peninsula East Primary Academy - 95%
Well done to Oliver Jeffers class for having the best attendance this week in EYFS. In KS2 this week, Emmeline Pankhurst are the winning class for KS2. It is great to see that we are almost at our whole target of 96% for attendance this week. Well done to everyone!
PYP Learner Attribute Awards
Oliver Jeffers Class - Wynter (Principled) & Ava (Caring)
Julia Donaldson Class - Halle (Principled) & Riley (Knowledgeable)
Banksy Class - Jessica (Risk-taker)& Gracie (Caring)
Maya Angelou Class - Jason (Inquirer) & Paisley (Knowledgeable)
Paul O'Grady Class - Ellis. T (Thinker) & Sienna (Balanced)
Steve Backshall Class - Tommy (Knowledgeable) & Jacob (Knowledgeable)
Emmeline Pankhurst Class - Franklin (Principled) & Joey (Caring)
David Attenborough Class - Jorge (Principled) & Grace (Balanced)
WOW Writer Awards
Congratulations to these children for fantastic writing this week...
Oliver Jeffers Class - Brooke
Julia Donaldson Class - Aubrey
Banksy Class - Hollie
Maya Angelou Class - Kyler
Paul O'Grady Class - Darcie
Steve Backshall Class - Ibrahim
Emmeline Pankhurst Class - Cooper
David Attenborough Class - Alex
Readers of the Week
Each time your child reads, they will receive one point for their class. At the end of each week, points will be counted and the winning class will receive a whole class reward. These points will continue to be tallied up and at the end of each module, the class with the most points will receive a reward.
Congratulations to Oliver Jeffers and Julia Donaldson class for winning with a total of 79 reading points each.
Oliver Jeffers Class - Zachary
Julia Donaldson Class - Hannah
Banksy Class - Eddie
Maya Angelo Class - Olivia
Paul O'Grady Class - Joe
Steve Backshall Class - Florence
Emmeline Pankhurst Class - Brianna
David Attenborough Class - Tyler
Our Wonderful Inquiry Work
Pepa Tots
The children have been incredibly active and engaged over the past few weeks. We delved into an exciting study of European countries, with a special focus on Italy.
As a hands-on activity, we even tried our hand at crafting pizzas, bringing a taste of Italy right into our learning space. This week, we furthered our exploration with captivating science experiments centred around the concept of floating and sinking. The scientific inquiry has provided the children with truly enriching educational experience.
Year 6 Heart Dissection
As part of their Science and Inquiry work, Year 6 took part in a heart dissection on Wednesday afternoon!
The children loved getting hands on with their Science learning and thoroughly enjoyed identifying all of the parts of the heart and discussing how a heart could be identified as healthy or not. The children then wrote a brilliant reflection and will be working on writing an explanation text about the heart next week.
Maya Angelou
Year 3 has had an eventful week, with a range of activities taking place. During our science lessons, we explored the idea of some rocks being permeable and others being impermeable. We did this by testing if the rocks would absorb the water. As a group, we then discussed what rock type it was and named some of the properties.
Science didn't stop there for us, we were then really lucky to have some real-life fossils, and we were allowed to use a magnifying glass to take a closer look at the fossils. We learnt all about fossils and how they were formed. As it has also been space week we have been learning all about what astronauts do before they are allowed to go into space, we did some endurance exercises and counted our heart rate beats in a minute. During inquiry this week we have learnt a lot of new information about the Stone Age and how the time periods changed over time and have been using this knowledge to write our non-chronological report.
School information
DRIVING IN TO SCHOOL DURING DROP OFF AND PICK UP
We would like to politely ask that you are not driving into school to drop off your child or pick them up in the school day. The car park is for academy or Trust staff only as well as our minibus and this can not only cause problems for the minibus when returning to school but is also a danger to our children. We will have to revert back to closing the gates if parents/carers continue to use it. If yourself or a family member that does the school run or your child are disabled then you will be able to access the car park. Please ensure that you have provided the office with your badge so that we are aware that you will need access to the car park. We really appreciate your support with this.
Black History Month
October is a very special month as it is Black History month!
The children have been introduced to Black History Month and have learnt about inspirational black sporting heroes during assemblies this week. For the rest of this term, the children will continue to learn about the incredible achievements of black people throughout history and extend their learning and understanding of how it is important to celebrate everyone, no matter their race.
There is also a brilliant competition in Medway this month to celebrate Black History Month! Please see the attached flyer.
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