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Introduction from Mr Milner
What are we reading?
As part of our enjoyment of reading, each class has a class novel that they read every day. Here is a list of what each class is reading:
Dragon, Butterfly and Ladybird classes are sharing a range of books linked to their learning and based on the children's interests.
Class 1 - The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
Class 2 - George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Class 3 - 'Daisy and the trouble with burglars' by Kes Gray.
Class 4 - The Twits by Roald Dahl
Class 5 - The night I met Father Christmas by Ben Miller
Class 6 - The BFG by Roald Dahl
Class 7 - Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson
Class 8 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K Rowling
Class 9 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Class 10 - The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Rauf
Class 11 and Class 12 -A Children’s Treasury of Milligan by Spike Milligan
Our words of the week:
Mr Milner: unique
Year 1: respect
Year 2: swerved
Year 3: require
Year 4: futile
Year 5: distraught
Year 6: conventional
Attendance
Congratulations to class 1, who are the only class who have attendance over 96% this week!
Please can I remind parents/cares that it is your responsibility to let us know if your child is ill or if they have a medical appointment. There are a number of ways you can reach us e.g. ClassDojo, private message on Facebook or by contacting the school office on 786760. Thanks, Mr Milner.
Dragons - 94.3%
Butterflies - 94.4%
Ladybirds - 89.8%
Class 1 - 97.5%
Class 2 - 92.4%
Class 3 - 84.9%
Class 4 - 92.6%
Class 5 - 87.9%
Class 6 - 90.2%
Class 7 - 93.6%
Class 8 - 92.4%
Class 9 - 94.5%
Class 10 - 85.7%
Class 11 - 86.2%
Class 12 - 92.7%
Year group focus - Foundation
Yesterday, children in Foundation participated in Nursery Rhyme Challenge Day. They learnt lots of nursery rhymes along with actions. They all did absolutely amazing! We would also like to say a massive thank you to parents and their families/friends of Foundation children who sponsored the children. The money raised will be for new reading resources.
Year group focus - Year 3
As part of our work on Hinduism in RE, we have learnt about Diwali. We have made our own clay Diva lamps.
Year 3 have been looking at the book 'Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram in English and they have written some diaries about Bob's day!
Year group focus - Year 4
As part of Anti-Bullying Week and the focus around 'one kind word', we have been doing a kindness challenge. Every day we are aiming to carry out an act of kindness. Here some of the children are talking about their ideas for the challenge and how others have been kind to them.
On Monday 15th November, we had odd sock day to launch Anti-Bullying Week. This was done to celebrate everyone's individuality and being unique. Here is a picture of some of our odd socks.
E-Safety and safeguarding
Online safety -
National Online Safety produce online help guides known as #wakeupewednesday to keep children safe online. Please click on the the image below for information leaflet about kindness online, linking into our work around Anti-Bullying Week this wek.
To find out more information about staying safe online, visit the E-Safety page on our website by clicking here.
Well being and community
This week we have been celebrating Anti-Bullying Week and looking at the message 'one kind word'. We have had an assembly about this and we have had sessions in class about it.
Today has been non-uniform and pyjama day to raise money for BBC Children in Need. Thank you to everyone for their effort and donations!
Road Safety Week
Next week we will be focusing on road safety as part of Road Safety Week. Year 5 and 6 have chosen four Junior Road Safety Officers: Morgan, Anabella, Reece and Layla. Working in partnership with the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, this year they will be coordinating some exciting events and activities for the children to join in throughout the school year. They will run whole school assemblies on a variety of road safety themes e.g. pedestrian safety, being seen at night, in- car safety and safe places to cross roads.
We continue to be concerned about the number of cars parking on the zig zag lines so the JRSOs will be working with school council to help deal with this problem.
PACT meeting
On Wednesday 17th November we held our first PACT meeting. Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting or indicated that they would like to support the Parent and Community Team.
We had a really useful meeting and shared lots of fundraising ideas that we hope to be able to put in place in the coming months such as an Easter Bonnet Competition, a chocolate raffle and the Summer Fayre!
Look out for details for the next meeting if you think you could help out- many hands make light work!
Our most recent stars of the week
Congratulations to this week's stars of the week, they are:
Dragonflies - Isabelle for her enthusiasm towards writing.
Butterflies - Macie for outstanding effort and hard work with her reading!
Ladybirds - Nellie-Rae for working so hard in phonics and for growing in confidence.
Class 1 - Archie for an increased confidence in using his phonics to help him write some sentences.
Class 2 - Mia for trying really hard and always pushing herself to get better.
Class 3 - Arkadijs for growing in confidence and always striving to learn more.
Class 4 - Rubie for starting each day with a brilliant attitude and continuing with it throughout the day.
Class 5 - Hannah for rowing in confidence and working independently. A credit to our class.
Class 6 - Alex for excellent reasoning in maths well done.
Class 7 - Leo for great resilience and determination in his learning, especially in Maths.
Class 8 - Rosie Br for showing lots of resilience and huge effort in our swimming lessons AND for working hard on her biography writing.
Class 9 - Maddie for showing lots of resilience and trying her best at all times.
Class 10 - Suraya for fantastic Maths work including brilliant Roman numeral work.
Class 11 - Aiden R for setting a brilliant example on the road safety walk.
Class 12 - Maya for showing great commitment to her maths work before school.
Year 6 Superstars
Every week, the Year 6 staff choose up to six children who have worked exceptionally hard and made real progress with their learning.
It was a really difficult decision but this week the year 6 staff have chosen the following pupils!
Luke for brilliant English work this week.
Lauren for a huge improvement in Guided Reading.
Thomas for fabulous explanation in maths.
Vilma for wonderful inference in reading sessions.
Annie for showing excellent resilience in maths lessons.
Upcoming events
Week commencing 22nd November - Road Safety Week
Friday 10th December - Save the Children, Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 17th December - end of term 2
Monday 20th -Thursday 23rd December Christmas Holiday Club (please contact school for more details)
Tuesday 4th January - INSET (Academy closed to all pupils)
Weds 5th January - start of term 3
Week commencing 5th January - Year 6 'SATs' Evening
Friday 11th February - end of term 3
Mon 21st February - start of term 4
Friday 1st April - end of term 4
Tuesday 19th April - start of term 5
Mon 2nd May - Bank Holiday (Academy Closed to all pupils and staff)
Friday 27th May - end of term 5
Mon 6th June - start of term 6
Friday 17th June - INSET (Academy closed to all pupils)
Weds 6th July - Sports Day
Friday 22nd July - end of term 6
Mon 25th July - INSET (Academy Closed to all pupils and staff)
Extra curricular school club information
Here is a list of our extra curricular clubs:
Monday after school: Y3 and 4 art with Mrs Smalec; Y5 and 6 football with Mr Finn
Tuesday lunch: Y6 times tables club with Mrs Taylor and Mrs Brooks; Y6 reading club with Miss Naughton
Tuesday after school: Y1 Fun and Phonics with Miss Smith and Miss Forman; Y2 sewing club with Mrs Gallivan; Y5 and Y6 Mini Police club with Miss Knight; Y1/2 Multi-skills with Synergy
Wednesday lunch: Y5 times tables club with Mrs Taylor and Mrs Brooks
Thursday lunch: Y5 homework club with Miss Knight and Mr Finn
Thursday after school: Y1 Fun and Phonics with Miss Smith and Miss Forman; Y3 and Y4 multi skills with Mr Richards and Mrs Neary; Y5 and Y6 basketball with Synergy
Friday lunch: Y5 cross country with Mr Starbuck, Y6 cross country with Miss Naughton, Y6 construction club with Mrs Wray; Y3/4 Tri-Golf with Synergy.
Friday after school: Y1 and Y2 sign language with Miss Forman
Breakfast club booking
Following trialling the use of online booking forms, we have decided to no longer use them following the majority of people using alternative ways of booking their places. If your child requires a place at breakfast club, please book by calling the school office on 01522 785760. Each session costs just £1 per child and payment should be used at https://www.parentpay.com/ If your child is eligible for pupil premium, breakfast club places are free.