Year 6 were invited to take part in a very special science investigation at Newcastle Academy this week.
The children had to investigate a crime scene! They need to use bunsen burners and chemicals to flame test colours, they also used a microscope to identify objects, samples and fingerprints! They had an amazing time!
Dear Parents / Carers,
This week, we’ve had the pleasure of welcoming new children to our school, with more new children joining us next week. Our children have welcomed these children and helped them to settle very quickly. Thank you children for ‘showing you care’.
I have the pleasure of informing you that 4 of our staff have been nominated for their roles in school and for going above and beyond with the ways of being. We are attending a presentation evening later today, where we hope one of them will be the overall winner. Congratulations to Miss Goodwin, Mrs Dean, Mrs Hartley and Mrs Bebbington.
During the last 18 months many of the newsletters have had links and website information on to support wellbeing in children and adults as well as mental health information. I hope you have found this information useful as I plan to continue to do this. This week, we have received leaflets from ‘Mind’ regarding these issues rather than electronic versions. If you would like a leaflet or you think someone would benefit from one, they are in the main entrance. Feel free to take one.
Usually, we enjoy inviting parents into school to take part in our harvest celebrations. As levels of Covid are still high in the area, we will be holding a harvest festival but for the children only. We would however, still like to support our local charity Alice as we know how much our donations have meant to families who are in need.
Our celebration is Monday 11th October. The donations that have been recommended are toiletries, sanitary products, baby products and tinned products.
Thank you in advance for your support with this charity.
As mentioned last week, the number of complaints about people parking illegally along Abbots Way (and roads off Abbots Way) is growing daily. I have spoken to the local council who are very concerned about this. They will be meeting soon to discuss ways to tackle this problem.
I know some parents have asked if I can actually do anything further, but the police have made it very clear that I can’t. If you do see someone parked illegally, please report this to the police on 101. They will then take further action.
Please can I ask that you make any adult who collects your child aware of this situation. Thank you.
Thank you for your continued support.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Take care
Mrs Wilmer
If you need to contact the school the number is 01782 470401.
Dear Parents / Carers,
Due to not getting back until home time last Friday, I wasn’t able to tell you about the superb Year 3 trip to Amerton Farm. The children learnt so much about animals as well as learning about drawing and painting using Stone Age methods. The children produced some amazing art work all from a dandelion flower, nettle leaf, elderberries and charcoal. We had such a super day and it certainly helped our wellbeing. Thank you Year 3 for inviting me.
On Friday, our year 3 class got to go on the first school trip of the year! They went to a place called Amerton Farm and were very excited. The children travelled on a bus and cheered very loudly when we arrived! The first activity was meeting all the animals on the farm. There was a big pig called Winston who was an instant hit with our children (even though he was a bit pongy!)
After we met Winston we all had the chance to stroke a duckling, the children thought that the ducklings were very cute!
We met cows in the field, donkeys,a beautiful horse, reindeer with the most amazing antlers and cheeky alpacas, all ready for our attention, which they loved.
Cuddling a Rabbit called Elsa was very popular! She was very soft , the children loved her!
After meeting the animals, the children went on a tractor ride before having their lunch and having a play in the fun barn.
Then it was time for Forest School! This is where the children were set different challenges. They had to work together and solve problems to complete them with success. The children had a great time making mud pies and using the nature around them to paint with, like dandilions, non-stinging nettle leaves and elderberries. They finished off their session by watching a camp fire being lit using cotton wool and sparks before dry wood was added to make the fire bigger. They had a great time in Forest School!
The children and staff had such a good time at Amerton Farm. The children thoroughly enjoyed everything and couldn’t believe how quick the day day went! A big thank you to everyone at Amerton for making this a super day for our children.
This week we have announced the Year 6 prefects, play leaders and house captains. Team points will now be starting again with each team trying their best to win the end of term treat! Year 5 librarians have been chosen.
I’m sure all of these children will do a fantastic job supporting the children and the staff as well as looking after their environment.
We are in the process of registering our school with Morrisons ‘Good to Grow’ scheme. You can register your interest on the app. It links tokens (for every £10 spent) to our school. These tokens can then be exchanged for gardening tools and equipment. We’re just waiting for confirmation that Friarswood is part of the scheme. For those of you who wish to support this, the name that you will need to enter is Co-op Academy Friarswood. We seem to get a variety of versions of our name which is why I’m putting it on the newsletter.
As soon as Morrisons have sent confirmation, the tokens will be allocated to the school automatically once you have registered. In the meantime, please register your interest online or via the app.
At Friarswood, we take safeguarding very seriously. At times, I will put links on the newsletters to support online safety or other safeguarding issues. As many of you have older children, I will sometimes send out information suitable for these children as well.
If ever you have any concerns regarding safeguarding or the welfare of a child, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Mrs Hartley. I am the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Mrs Hartley is the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead as well as the Assistant Headteacher.
If you ever think a child is in direct danger, please contact the police on 999.
If you need to report any safeguarding issues, you can do this anonymously to First Response (Stafforshire’s safeguarding team) on 0800 13 13 126 (Out of hours 0345 6042886)
The staff are looking at dates for various activities which we will hopefully be able to take part in throughout the year. As soon as we have finalised these, they will be sent to you.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Thank you for your support and take care.
Mrs Wilmer
If you need to contact the school the number is 01782 470401.
