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Inspirational author visits:
Inspirational author visits:
We look forward to welcoming Dame Jaqueline Wilson
115 years after the publication of the much-loved children’s classic The Railway Children, Jacqueline Wilson, pays tribute to the novel with a modern reimagining of the adventure story, referring to Edith Nesbit as her‘ all-time favourite classic children's author’. She said: ‘I’ve always loved E. Nesbit’s wonderful classic The Railway Children, but I’ve also felt she wasn’t quite fair to the youngest child Phyllis. All she can say about her is that ‘she meant extremely well.’ I’ve reimagined the story from the youngest child’s point of view. The Nesbit book is very much a fairy story where every problem is wondrously overcome by heroic Mother and an old gentleman friend. In my modern story there are no easy solutions - but the children still have exciting adventures and I promise there’s a happy ending. Rachael Dean’s beautiful illustrations add an extra magical touch to the story.’ The Primrose Railway Children centres around Phoebe who loves making up stories – just like her wonderful, imaginative dad. When he mysteriously disappears, Phoebe, her siblings, Perry and Becks, and their mum must leave everything behind and move to a small cottage in the middle of nowhere. Struggling to settle and missing her dad terribly, Phoebe’s only distraction is her guinea pig Daisy - until the family discover the thrilling steam trains at the railway station and suddenly, every day is filled with adventure. But Phoebe still can’t help wondering what her mum is hiding – and when she will see her dad again...
House Buddy System in action
House Buddy System in action
- Building wellbeing across the community:
- Building wellbeing across the community:
It is wonderful to see us return to our Buddy systems across the school. Your child is either in Hippopotamus, Elephant or Rhinoceros House. Each Year group has one class represented by each House Animal. The Houses meet weekly for an assembly. We then also link the Year 6 and 4s and the Year 5 and 3s to become House classes and, then within classes, House Buddies. This means that your children in Year 3 and 4 are mentored by the same children as they move up through the school. Once they hit Year 5 and 6, they take on the mentoring role to the younger children. We love this development of these connections and we regularly experience the benefits of these wonderful connections and relationships across the school community. Thank you children!
Community Learning - Jensen and our House System Developing
Community Learning - Jensen and our House System Developing
I was amazed by Jensen's 3D printing skills and his making of a 3D Hippo. I am delighted that he and his family have kindly agreed to create a matching elephant and rhino. We aren't sure exactly how this will work, but we aim to use these models to identify the class in each House that is really making a positive difference. Watch this space. Here are some Year4 and 6 buddies exploring sharing all of the Learning Environments the school has to offer - definitely contenders for House Class Weekly Champions!
Year 3 Parent meeting with slides, your questions and our responses
Year 3 Parent meeting with slides, your questions and our responses
A huge thank you to all the parents that navigated the complexities of Googlemeet to hear from our talented Year 3 team. There were some incredibly useful slides and advice that we do hope you will be able to utilise when learning with your children at home. Remember, 80% of a child's waking hours are spent outside of school - their success is a community responsibility - it takes a village to raise a child!
Letter archive - as requested
Letter archive - as requested
You can find a collection of all the generic letters we will send out this year on the Website/Parent Carer Info/Communications (scroll to Letter archive.)
Here's a link to help:
https://www.littlegreen.herts.sch.uk/parent-carer-info/communications
#Powertothepupils - year 4 children creating a legacy drawing competition... #choiceandvoice
#Powertothepupils - year 4 children creating a legacy drawing competition... #choiceandvoice
Jessica, Isabel, Louise and Dorothy came to see me to suggest a drawing competition. They were thinking we would name it: 'Drawing a Legacy' and they wanted to start a competition to redesign the backdrop on the school's fabulous stage.
We love it when our children drive decisions and purposeful learning activities. Once we have completed the badge competition, we will share more information and details about this brilliant idea.
Thank you to the girls for their proactive actions and we look forward to seeing their passion making a positive impact and building a legacy for all of us!
Volunteer Information Meeting
10-11 Wednesday 22nd September (Next week!)Volunteer Information Meeting
As a school we have been incredibly fortunate to have access to so many volunteers and we have truly missed you during the more sever Covid restrictions. We do hope to welcome many volunteers back to the school to support the school community in ensuring the very best learning opportunities for our children. It takes a village to raise a child!
We have been thinking about this quote from Rabindranath Tagore (artwork by Rick Faust) to further develop our ideas around legacy building. The Road Safety Council met for the first time on Tuesday and are developing plans for the year. These include positive actions, posters, a Road Safety poster, logos etc. The first action will be a HUGE drive (pun intended) for Bike To School week. More information to follow after their next meeting on Tuesday. We also started our Reading Badge competition - see the letter archive for the template and information. Entries have started coming in already - good luck!
Headteacher's Note
I enjoyed the, above, Steinbeck quote this morning and thought I'd share it with you. Do chat about these ideas with your children - debate and disagree - I love a good conversation. As a school, we drive to be the very best we can be AND we also know that perfection is an unrewarding aspiration. Some similar ideas in quotes: 'Don't let perfection become the enemy of the good.' 'If something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly.' In school we say, Practice makes better; Mistakes prove we are trying; We can't do it 'yet.'' Research shows us the benefits of this 'Growth Mindset' approach and I am delighted Year 3 are driving this theme as their topic this term. This week, I was showing the office how to update the website and this Newsweb also! I caught myself saying, 'You can't get it wrong!' I then realised my mistake and said, 'you can get it wrong.' The truth is, we get things wrong all the time (See my Year 3 Googlemeet mistake!) The important thing is how you react when things inevitably do go wrong. We will continue to try our best and make things better. I think this is what is meant by Life Long Learning. A final quote I was taught by a student a few year's ago. 'If you don't give up, you never fail.'
Key dates for the coming week:
Key dates for the coming week:
Wed 22nd Sept - Yr 6R Swimming at York House
Wed 22nd Sept - Volunteer Induction Day 10am - 11am - at the school. Slides will be posted on line also.
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