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Week Ending 27th January 2017
This week, the following children have received a Head Teacher’s Award:
Leah – Year 3 – Methodical work when solving maths reasoning problems with accurate calculations
Ella Ryley – Year 3 – Methodical work when solving maths reasoning problems with accurate calculations
Toby – Year 2 – for consistent use of adjectives in his animal fact file
Joshua – Year 5 – for excellent understanding of parenthesis
James – Year 4 – for fantastic Maths reasoning and use of halving and times tables
Charlie – Year 4 – for a fantastic descriptive paragraph using fronted adverbials, ambitious vocabulary and top punctuation.
Neive – Year 4 – for a fantastic descriptive paragraph including accurate use of fronted adverbials.
Alice – EYFS – for writing a super sentence all by herself
WILF will be spending time with class 2 for 100% attendance this week and Jessica will be visiting class 7 for 98.7%.
Diary of the week:
What a great start to the week with the ‘Parent Partnership event’ where I was able to tell you the story of my research into the impact of parental engagement in the child’s learning. There was a fantastic turn out and it was great to see so many of you there. You asked some great questions and I enjoyed the challenge with one or two more tricky questions! Thank you to everyone who has agreed to be part of the research process, I look forward to interviewing you. If anybody else would like to be involved, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
In class 5 and 6 this week, it has been very exciting due to new class pets. The year 2 topic is ‘Secret lives of Pets’ and introducing their new fish to the classroom has allowed the children to explore the responsibilities of looking after pets and the needs of animals. ‘Daisy and Bubble’ are currently enjoying their life in class 6 and ‘Rose and Freddie’ are swimming around happily in class 5.
We have had a considerable amount of staff absence this week as a number of bugs and viruses have swept through the building. We are expecting Miss McKellar back in school on Monday, alongside Mr Fuller. We are not expecting Mrs Henshaw back in school until Thursday, Mrs Tantum will be covering in her class to ensure continuity.
I am delighted to say that my intensive training is now complete and apart from the odd day here and there carrying out inspections, I am back in school. I have to congratulate Michelle Bates and the team for their super efforts in my absence. Mrs Bates has now raised the bar for the weekly blog, and I will attempt to meet her high expectations.
Due to pupil pressure, we have reinstated the weekly singing session. Many children have missed this and asked if it could return (we have only missed 2 weeks). It was great to have them all together on Thursday afternoon, when we didn’t learn anything new but enjoyed a good sing of our favourites. From next Monday we will be introducing some new songs and I am very much looking forward to it, it’s great to be able to spend some time with them all again.
The unveiling of the new ‘Buddy Bench’ on Friday morning was lovely. Mrs Joan Slack was Great Grandmother to Keira Dakin and Adam Gill, and Great Great Grandmother to Finley Campbell. In her will she gifted money for the school and we chose to have a ‘Buddy Bench’, where children could sit if they had no one to play with, so that this could be addressed. The unveiling took place as part of the Gold Book assembly, with representatives from the family present. We are grateful to Joan and the family for this super gift.
Have a lovely weekend.
Another busy week…but so many positives!
Have a super weekend and see you all very soon.
Take care,
Mrs Bates
WILF will be spending time with class 14 for 100% attendance this week and Jessica will be visiting class 12 for 98.9%. Great results for such a cold and wintery time of year.
Diary of the week:Well, following the first full week back at school, I am pleased to report what a productive and busy time it has been. The children are now getting stuck into their topic work and working hard to make the improvements they need to reach their targets. We are so proud of all the teachers, TAs and children as everyone is working to their optimum. School has a great feeling at the moment and everyone is being so positive!
On Wednesday, we had a surprise visit for the children from two gentlemen, Jim and Dougie, from the Eastwood District of the British Legion. During the assembly, they talked about the purposes and benefits of the ‘Poppy Appeal’ and the fact that we raised the most amount of money in the Eastwood District. We even beat the secondary schools in the area and we are very proud of the impact that we have potentially made to the soldiers and their families. Logan, from Pupil Parliament, was presented with the ‘Memorial Cup’ and this will be displayed (along with our certificate) on the trophy shelf in the entrance.
Pupil Parliament also had an important meeting with Anna Soubry this morning, who is a Member of Parliament for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire. Together they discussed current agendas in school - what they have been working towards and what they plan to do in the future. They were also provided with time to talk to Anna about her work as a Member of Parliament. This was a great opportunity for the children and was enjoyed by all.
From myself, Mrs Chambers and all the teachers, we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated over the Christmas period to the ‘Just Giving’ page which was set up by Miss Busby. We were raising money for the ‘Action Medical Research’ charity for children and their families by singing the well-known ‘Band Aid’ song. This can still be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6xqlhFCsyI if you would like to view. We are delighted to say that we have excelled our target of £400 and have currently raised £600 (which is fantastic!). Thank you to everyone that donated over the Christmas period and beyond. Any further donations can still be made at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Charlotte-Busby1 . Thank you so much.
After the snow flurry this morning, I hope that you have a warm weekend and continue to keep safe. Take care,
Mrs Bates