Week 15 14.01.22
Winning at Little Green
Parent Parking Advisors...
Road Safety Council Updates and Feedback PLEASE!
Parent Parking Advisors:
We are looking for parents who regularly drop off/pick up, to build a supportive group of Parent Parking Advisors. Whilst we accept many parents do need to drive, we also want to ensure that the small minority are educated around more and less safe spaces to drop off and park.
The Parent Parking Advisors will help develop an agreed message; share parking support information and record offenders. We hope to launch the team on the 2nd February when we are able to use our Skanska donated bibs for the role and some of our governors including Angie Prior and Sam Pullinger (Ex-Little Green pupils and Skanska employees) will be supporting the launch alongside the Road Safety Council. Thank you to all those who have verbally expressed an interest. If you feel you would be able to be part of a team supporting the school community, please sign up here and I will arrange a meeting to agree the initial approach:
PARENT PARKING ADVISOR REGISTER INTEREST
Stagger and One-Way system ideas Survey:
We have been trying to work out the best way of staggering the day a little to prevent a mass exodus. This has caused blockage at gates and a significant moment of high footfall and traffic. One idea is to stagger timings slightly and to reintroduce a one way system. Please share your thoughts and ideas with this form. Once we have consulted with all stakeholders, we will share the most popular and logical approaches and begin some trials. Let us know what you think:
School Focus theme for Spring
VOICE
We have been talking about the importance of Narration and using your voice as a teaching staff and with our whole school. This term we will be considering the importance and power of developing and having a VOICE in Learning. Many of the children already have an excellent understanding in theory: We asked them what is voice and how does it help us to learn? Here are some responses!
When you are talking it comes out and your can share your ideas - Emy
Going home and using our voice to talk about learning and taking our learning further. Researching learning more than I've been asked to by asking questions. - Ava
I get raffle tickets for being brave and putting my hand up to ask questions and give answers - Penny
Being heard and making a contribution
Mason says it's a way of helping people around the world
Being different as we all have different voices - Layla
Molly - a right to express your opinion
You can use it to give great answers - Rosie
Daniel says people can learn from us sharing and discussing our ideas.
Narration - being able to talk about what we are learning - Aldona / Tom
Answer your questions and share and model your knowledge Emily
To collaborate, share ideas in class discussion - Anon
Milo - if you try your best and attempt at an answer, you can be rewarded for it
Leon - by answering questions, sharing our learning, helping others.
House Point Raffle Winning
As well as launching our focus on VOICE, we also had the exciting pleasure of drawing our House Raffle. To remind you, Raffle Ticket House Points are given to children who demonstrate their own personal improvement in one of the three areas of the ethos: Community Wellbeing, Attitude to Learning, Powerful Knowledge. The MOST important thing is that children are trying their best. We hope to encourage this with a little extrinsic reward. Congratulations to the eight lucky winners who all receive a £25 Amazon voucher (decided by the children.)
Thank you to FOLG for funding the prizes for our House Raffles. Well done to Leon, Isla, Teddy, Uma, Aisha, Lotta, Emily and Eesha! Enjoy your winning!
Whilst not everyone can win the raffle, everyone who adds raffle tickets to their jar has shown WINNING!
Please encourage your children to keep winning.
You have to be in it to win it!
Are you better today than you were yesterday?
We spent some time in assembly talking about Attitude to Learning: This can be translated in a number of ways: Having a go/Taking a Risk/Growth Mindset/Practice Makes Better/Climbing Every Mountain. The mountain element came from the recording of Mr. Dick, Ex Scottish Junior Athletics Coach, who knows a thing or two about getting the best out of people. Watch this video again and talk about it with your children! Maybe go and climb a mountain...
Driving the theme: Here's my blackboard message -
All very Sound of Music!
House Winners:
Congratulations also to Rhinos who are leading the House Points Competition. The Student Parliament will be choosing an appropriate reward! Come on Hippos and Elephants - you can do this!
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2022
On the last weekend in January (28th - 30th), you will have the opportunity to take part in this year’s birdwatch.
The RSPB will use the statistics that they gather to help discover more about the health and welfare of bird species in the country. By doing so, they can implement changes to help where needed.
You can sign up to take part at home by going to:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/getinvolved/activities/birdwatch/
But we will be taking part as a school too!
Hands-On Purposeful Learning!
"What a fantastic way to begin a new term!" "I can't wait until we carry on tomorrow."
These are just two of the comments made by some of the children in Year 5 when we began a new term by designing and making our own chocolate bars.
Over the past two days, we have been conducting market research, looking at how branding and packaging effect the customer as well as creating catchy and effective names for our chocolate bars. We used a computer program to design and make the labels for our boxes and used our Maths skills to measure and make a mould for our chocolate bars ensuring they would fit into the boxes we made. I think it is safe to say that we had a fantastic start to a new term!
STEM Ambassador?
Calling all Parents/Carers who are working/have worked within a scientific/engineering field who would be willing to share their enthusiasm and expertise!
In previous years parents have come into the school, as part of British Science Week, (www.britishscienceweek.org) and presented to pupils about areas of science, technology engineering and maths (STEM) they work in.
Could you be one of those parents this year to support us with an assembly on 11th March? (you don't have to present or even be there, you could share some information that is shown via presentation slides to the pupils)
or
Do you have ideas or resources in STEM through work that you could share with the school?
If you can help please get in touch - Gillian Batchelor STEM Ambassador (Gillian.Batchelor@Skanska.co.uk)
Amazing Athletics Winners!
On Tuesday, 11 Year 6 Girls and 11 Year 6 Boys went to Rickmansworth School to compete in the Semi-Final of the District Indoor Athletics competition. The teams were split by gender, meaning the Boys and Girls were competing in separate competitions at the same event.
The competition was split into Track events and Field events, with the girls competing in the Track events first and the Boys doing the Field events, before swapping over at the half way point.
Track events: 2x1 Lap Sprint Relay, 2x2 Lap Middle Distance relay, 6 lap Paarlauf Relay, Hurdles + Tunnels Relay, Obstacle Relay, 4x1 Lap Sprint Relay
Field events: Standing Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, Speed Bounce, Chest Push, Javelin, Vertical Jump
Out of the 6 track races against 5 other schools, the girls team achieved 1st place three times, and then 2nd place, 3rd place and 4th place once each. A hugely successful track program was followed by another fantastic performance in the Field events for the Girls team, winning another 3 of the 6 events!
The boys team achieved 1st place once, followed by 2nd place and 3rd place twice each and a single 4th place in another fantastic track program. They then went on to win 4 of the 6 field events, blowing away the competition in the process!
A fantastic effort from all of the children meant both the Girls and Boys teams finished 2nd place in their respective competitions, meaning they both have a really strong chance of getting through to the district final in February!
Covid Update
Numbers appear to be have peaked - we shall see!
Currently 9 positive cases isolating from school with no clusters identified. The guidance on testing and isolating is in regular flux. If you do have to let us know of a positive case, we will be able to share, what we believe to be, the latest guidance. Of note - not all incidents of a positive LFT require a confirmatory PCR currently. Do check the Government guidance:
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Update as I write - it looks like a 5 day isolation period has just been announced starting next week...
HCC Communication:
Everyone aged over 18 who has received their second dose of COVID-19 vaccination three months ago can get their booster.
It’s easier than ever to get vaccinated – check https://covid.healthierfuture.org.uk for the latest information on where to get your jab, including local walk-in sessions.
You can also book an appointment online at www.nhs.uk/covidvaccine or by calling 119. If you have recently had COVID-19, please wait 28 days before getting your booster.
Happy New Year from FOLG!
Meeting Date: Thursday 20th January 8pm.
Meeting location and format to be confirmed.
Key Dates:
Wednesday 19th Jan - Yr. 6H swimming at York House
Thursday 20th Feb - FOLG meeting 8pm