It’s been a very sporty week in school with all of our children taking part in lots of PE and competitions. It’s been great to see and hear that the children have been putting their skills to the test with the competitions.
The Year 5 swimmers had a great session on Tuesday with many of the children practising their diving techniques.
The children in Year 1 have been learning about instructions – reading and writing them.
Today they have read and followed the instructions from a recipe to make ‘Puffins’ (a combination of a pancake and a muffin) This is from their class book that they have been reading ‘Polly and the Puffin’.
They had an amazing time in our school cookery classroom!
Last week a sparkly, silver mystery egg appeared in the Reception classroom.
We learned about different types of animals that come from eggs and how they hatch.
We spent the week guessing who could possibly be inside and caring for the egg, giving it a special shelter, keeping it warm and comfortable and even singing it songs to keep it entertained.
Imagine our surprise when we came back to school after the weekend to find our very own baby dragon had hatched.
Now we just need to work out how to care for a dragon as a class pet!
On Friday 10th February, some of our year 5 children represented Co-op Academy Friarswood at the Sports 4 All competition at Keele University.
They competed against other local schools in archery, boccia and new-age curling. They were amazing! Well done!
Dear Parents / Carers,
Our older children have had a very sporty week this week.
Some of our Year 6 girls took part in a netball competition with other schools from Newcastle. They performed very well and showed excellent team work. The next part of this tournament is after half term. We won’t know how well they have done until after this. What was lovely about the tournament was that the girls were so excited and pleased with themselves. Well done girls.
Some of our Year 5 children have taken part in a gymnastics competition with other Co-op Trust schools.
Three Co-op academies – Clarice Cliff, Glebe and ourselves – took part in a vault and floor competition at Crewe and Nantwich Gymnastics Club.
All events were individual and scores were collated for the schools.
Friarswood had many winners!
Well done Mila for gold in her floor routine and the highest points total; Wiktoria achieved silver in her floor routine and second highest points score; Ayva-Lilly achieved silver in her floor routine and Imogen achieved gold in the vault.
Friarswood came first overall for the highest points of the three schools. We are so very proud of you!
‘Well done girls, you made me feel so proud to be part of the Friarswood team. Each and every one of you was amazing. Your sportsmanship and encouragement for each other was outstanding.’
MRS. SHAW
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Dear Parents / Carers,
Next week is Children’s Mental Health week. All week the children will be learning about important aspects of being safe, being healthy, knowing it’s ok to talk and learning about how to deal with various emotions. The Anna Freud support link below is really useful for you as parents and for children too.
On Friday (10th Feb) we will have a non-uniform day – Be yourself!
Anna Freud support
Self-care top-tips for young parents and carers booklet offers some simple self-care advice for young parents and carers about the importance of self-care and looking after their own mental health and wellbeing whilst raising children. Please click here to find out more.
Next Tuesday is Safer Internet Day. The theme is ‘Want to talk about it?’ It’s about making time to talk about life online. Here’s a Youtube video which you may find useful to help to start these types of conversations with your child. We also have some useful links on our Online Safety page
On Monday 6th February we are having a ‘drop in’ coffee & cake morning from 9am to 10:30am. We have a range of charities and organisations coming into school who can chat to you and give you advice regarding health and finances along with your wellbeing. It’s also a chance to have a coffee and a chat – which always does people the world of good. If you are free, please come and join us. If you know of a relative or friend please bring them along too.
Some of our younger children have had a visit from the police today. The children learnt about the role of the police officer and had fun learning about police cars too. Photos will be on the website soon.
