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• Head Teacher Awards Week Commencing 29th January 2024

  Mon 29 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  Wow...what a great start to the week with the first Head Teachers Award by 9.10am:

   

  Hector - Orange 2 - For a great reflection of our first Rainbow Value 'Respect and Acceptance'. Hector was able to tell Mrs Parnell and I that everyone needed to show 'Respect' in singing assemblies. He discussed how the adults and his friends deserved respect so that they could listen to the music and be able to sing well. 

   

  Aniyah and Isaac - Green 1- For amazingly creative and committed homework. Both children created volcanoes from lego or paper mache and demonstrated the different levels and parts of a volcanic eruption. In addition, Isaac, plotted all the famous volcanoes on a globe and created a Geographical key to show the names and heights of the volcanic mountains. Very very impressive and shows the true dedication to learning and how to work co-operatively with parents at home. 

   

  Olivia - Yellow 2 - For creating a defining frame all about the number 20 at home. Olivia did this as extra homework and was not asked. She also remembered all the features of the frame - well done!

   

  Edward, Noah and Jaxson - Orange 1 - For their fantastic work using a categorising Thinking Frame to sort alternative spellings of 'igh'. They worked well independently and as part of a group and took turns well.

   

  Erin and Toby - Orange 2 - For their amazing maps. They tried really hard to copy and draw the maps and they are so proud of themselves.

• Weekly Newsletter

  Fri 26 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  Please see the weekly newsletter:

   

  https://sway.cloud.microsoft/4tmQmxSkv0f4SzQP?ref=Link

   

  Have a good weekend everyone 

   

  Mrs Bates

• Head Teacher Awards

  Thu 25 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  Head Teacher Awards for the week so far:

   

  Ellieana and Arlo - Orange 2 - For their writing. They both used phonics to write their sentences for their letters to Beegu. 

   

  Louie - Yellow 2 - For using a fabulous connecting Thinking Frame. Not only this, but he was able to use all the right language and correct sign language for 'connecting'.

   

  Arthur - Yellow 1 - For his fantastic use of a connecting frame.

   

  Reg - Yellow 2 - For choosing to independently record addition problems in full number sentences and confidently give an accurate answer 

   

  Felix - Orange 2 - For showing respect this afternoon. He was always ready on the carpet and did an amazing road safety poster. 

   

  Freddie- Orange 2 - For his fantastic road safety poster. He made sure that he used his phonics to write his sentences for his poster.

   

  Jack - Orange 2 - For his amazing weather book. Jack worked really hard on this weather book at home for his homework.

   

  Arlo - Yellow 1 - For making great progress by slowing down and using his phonics.

   

  Daisy - Yellow 1 - For making super progress in one lesson by slowing down and using her phonics independently.

   

  Jessica - Blue 1 -  For her amazing dedication to her learning. Jessica is making SO much progress because of her hard work. An absolute superstar.

   

  Robyn and Connie - Yellow 1 - For talking about learning from the Autumn. They said they were 'connecting' and used the 'thinking move' sign. They were reasoning and also said that they had been listening, looking and ordering their information to make sense of it (used three more moves accurately). Great development, girls. 

   

  Teddy - Blue 2 - For trying so hard to draft the second paragraph of Cinnamon and including amazing vocabulary: "A tiger formed in the shadows". Well done, Teddy 

   

   

   

• Thinking Matters - Greasley's Thinking Schools Journey

  Wed 24 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  THINKING MOVES WORK! 

   

  Wow...after just ONE week of our INSET training on Thinking Moves, the language and signs are starting to be used across school. 

   

  Why not take a look at the Thinking Moves picture below and read all about them on the Thinking Matters website:

   

  https://www.thinkingmatters.com/news/what-are-the-benefits-of-a-common-metacognitive-language

  

• Regional Cyber Crime Team - Free Safer Internet Day Webinar for Parents

  Mon 22 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  On February 6^th 2024 at 7pm, for Safer Internet Day, the Regional Cyber (Online Safety) crime team are holding a free webinar for parents. The purpose is to educate and support parents around keeping their children safe online.

   

  There are thousands of spaces available and if demand is higher they will send an email out to you with a another screening. 

   

  You can sign up through our website below:

  Webinars | EM Cyber Secure (eastmidlandscybersecure.co.uk)

   

  Or the below direct link:

  Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

  

• Head Teachers' Awards

  Fri 19 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  Head Teacher Awards for the week:

   

  Arlo - Red 2 - For AMAZING phonics this morning. Fantastic concentration and effort. Super job, Arlo!

   

  Jack - Orange 2 - For having a really good try at his learning, especially in maths. He remembered to start at the biggest number and count on when adding. Well done, Jack!

   

  Freddie - Orange 2 - For using his phonics knowledge to work out what sounds make words and then making them e.g., suc-cess. Super!

   

  Toby - Orange 2 - Using his phonic knowledge to help him sound out CVC words. Toby is gaining confidence and overcoming his obstacles. Well done!

   

  Jacob - Blue 2 - For a focused and determined attitude towards punctuating direct speech. You could identify all of the missing punctuation accurately and contributed lots of ideas for creating dialogue. Great! 

• Opal

  Thu 18 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  Today, Mrs Barrowcliffe (Opal and behaviour lead) and Mrs Parnell (PE lead, Opal and behaviour team) went to visit a school that have already started their Opal journey.

   

  Our mentor has now been selected and our Opal work will start next half term. This will be a gradual process, but our vision is the same as Opal in that all play should create high quality learning and exploratory opportunities.

   

  Have a look at Opal website and see what we are about to create at Greasley through play and break times:

   

  https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/

   

  https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/about-us/our-vision/

  

• Weekly Newsletter

  Thu 18 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  Please see the weekly newsletter put together by the office 

   

  https://sway.cloud.microsoft/dBCtNTRIfBQbgeMh?ref=Link

  

• Thinking Matters INSET Day

  Wed 17 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  Such a great INSET day today, continuing on our Thinking Schools journey.

   

  Today we were learning about how to use Thinking Frames across the curriculum and through our learning. We were learning all the time about how best to support children with connections in their learning so that knowledge and skills are transferred to the long term memory. 

   

  Why not take a look at how this is described on the Thinking Matters website:

   

  https://www.thinkingmatters.com/tools-and-resources/metacognitive-tools/digital-thinking-frames

   

  The staff were extremely excited, engaged and positive about getting started TOMORROW. We cant wait to share more with you along the journey. 

   

  Take a look at how busy we were ...

  

• Holiday Clubs

  Tue 16 Jan 2024 Mrs Bates

  This February half term, Riley's are going to be running a kids camp here at Greasley Beauvale on Wednesday 14th/Thursday 15th/Friday 16th February. If this is something you are interested in, please see the attached flyer for more information.