I apologise now for the lengthy letter today! There’s some important information at the very end of the newsletter which you may find useful. Please feel free to pass on to family and friends.
On Monday our Year 3 class got to experience going on the Polar Express as part of their writing topic. As you can see, they had an amazing morning! They even got their very own jingle bell and a hot chocolate too.
On Friday last week and again on Tuesday this week, we welcomed our children’s grandparents in to enjoy Christmas dinner cooked by our catering team. It was lovely to see so many happy faces making special memories to cherish. We would like to say a big thank you to AIP catering for cooking so many lunches, the PTA for their help in serving and to Mrs Dean for organising and sorting it so that everyone who came along enjoyed their Christmas dinners in our school. #SucceedTogether
Dear Parents / Carers,
Once again, another great big thank you for the donations of chocolate ready for the PTA chocolate bingo.
It was wonderful to see so many families joining us for our afternoon on Wednesday. The children loved having you join them for their learning. Some of you even got to see your child take part in their piano lesson.
Thank you so much for the many lovely comments. We’ll hold another Celebration of Learning at the end of next term.
On Wednesday we had a Celebration of learning. A chance for our parents to see what wonderful work their children have been doing this term and to join in with a lesson. It was lovely to see so many parents in school and enjoying the lessons that they were taking part in. Thank you to everyone who joined us, it was great to see so many of you. #SucceedTogether
Dear Parents / Carers,
Thank you to everyone who donated to Children in Need today. I know everyone is being careful with their money but there are some children who certainly do need some extra support. Together we have raised £129
Dear Parents / Carers,
Thank you so much to everyone for donating to our PTA ‘bring a bottle’ event. Next Friday is non uniform for donations of chocolate.
The big event is Thursday 8th December at 6pm. We hope you can join us for the bingo fun.
This week we have had a lockdown practice. This is when the children and staff make themselves safe under a table and lock the class door incase of any intruders in school. We practise this each term along with fire alarms. Once a year we practise an evacuation drill. Our safe location should there be an evacuation is The Coppice. The Coppice use Friarswood for their safe location.
The following link will take you to a site that has lots of tips for stress free (or less stress) home life, work life and wellbeing The Lily-Jo Project . It has tips for online wellbeing and escalation techniques. It also has pages specific for children.
This week we have been taking part in various activities and workshops in class to learn more about the value of money and how we use it in our daily lives. The junior children had money workshops led by a money expert. They were great and the children completed the tasks set with brilliant confidence. The younger children looked at the money we use and how we use it, starting to show an understanding of the value of some of our currency. We would like to say a big thank you to the Citizens Advice Bureau for coming along in their van and offering advice to anyone that may have needed it. #SucceedTogether
Our Eco-Warriors went to do a local litter pick in the Three Parks in their lunch break on Thursday. They did an amazing job, cleaning up a community space that is used by so many. Thank you NBC Green Team for helping us today. Well done Warriors! #DoWhatMattersMost
Welcome back to a very soggy start to the last half of the Autumn term.
Hopefully you will have all received the list of events that we have planned so far in the school calendar. We really do hope this helps you to organise your own diaries.
Next week is the start of Talk Money Week. Every class will be discussing money and the importance of what it is and how it helps us. Children will talk about pocket money, saving money and how to earn money when they’re older.
KS2 will take part in workshops run by The Citizens Advice Bureau. They will focus on age appropriate activities based on money.
Below are some web links which you may find useful for yourselves. Please feel free to pass onto family or friends
How to keep warm and healthy this Winter
Discount for teachers (for anybody who works in a school, college or university)
On Thursday 10th November, 2pm onwards, the Citizens Advice Bureau are coming to school to support you, the parents. They will be parked in front of the main entrance. Due to the cost of living crisis, they will support you in finding out if you’re entitled to any other benefits, including free prescriptions and free school meals. They will bring their specialist team and generalist teams to assist anyone further with any queries you may have. If you have any family members who would benefit from chatting to the team, bring them along too.
Year 4 had a fantastic afternoon questioning a scientist via Skype. They were finding out about what skills you need to have to be a psychologist.
The children had written lots of questions to ask and learnt a great deal.
On Tuesday,we had a video call with Dr Gwen Breklemans she was a psychologist.She told us that she did research on brains and how we learn new languages.She went to different universities she went from the Netherlands to London at Queen Mary university.She didn’t actually want to be a psychologist when she was in the Netherlands. In Fact she didn’t even know what it was at the time!
Emyllia and Jack (school council)
Yesterday, I took 11 children to Co-op Academy Stoke to take part in a gymnastics lesson. They were brilliant! The children practised vaulting skills. They had lots of opportunities to use springboards and practise their lands as well as adding forward roles into the mix too. Their focus and attitude was super. Well done to the year 5 group.
I will be arranging several more sessions for this group of gymnasts. Miss Coleman will let you know the dates.
On Friday 11th November, children from Reception to Year 6 will be given this. Please ensure you’ve completed the forms.
I hope you have a very safe and dry Bonfire Night. Here’s a link from the RSPCA about keeping pets safe during this weekend.
Thank you for your support.
Take care and stay safe.
Mrs Wilmer
We have now arrived at the end of the first half term of the year. Although it’s been quite a long half term, with a lot of very tired young people, these wonderful people have shone. They have worked so hard and tried their best with all of the activities set for them. We’ve had so many of our children going ‘above and beyond’ both inside of school and outside of school which is amazing.
They thoroughly deserve a breather over half term, ready for the exciting half term and the run up to Christmas.
