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Weekly Newsletter - 19th April 2024
Attendance – Please remember that children need to be in school every day and on time. We do not authorise holidays in term time and will only allow absences in very exceptional circumstances and we will ask for proof of these. Every child has many chances to go into the attendance raffles for great attendance but they need to be ‘In to Win!’
Breakfast Club – If your child attends breakfast club they must be brought to the door if they are in Year 4 or below or be brought in by their older sibling. They must not be left at the gate.
Worship – Our new theme is Service and this week we have introduced the theme and how we should help people because we want to.
We have introduced our Big Question, ‘Can you think of a time when helping someone else has made you feel joyful?’
Our attribute this term is commitment and teachers will be awarding children who show commitment in school.
NURSERY PLACES
We are currently full in Nursery but will have places available in September. If you have a child who is already, 3 years old and who is not in a Nursery ask about a place for September. If your child is 3 years, old after September ask Mrs Drake for a form and to discuss a place in the future.
IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATION
Childhood infections can be serious, even life changing. Is your child protected? Check their Red Book or contact your GP practice if you are unsure.
All routine childhood vaccinations are free, and even if your child misses any doses, you can book a catch-up appointment with your GP practice. Check their Red Book or contact your GP practice to check they are up to date.
Headlice - Head Lice are a common problem in school aged children. They can’t be prevented, but regular checking ensures early detection and treatment if necessary. Parents and carers should check their children’s head once a week during hair washing. You need your usual shampoo, conditioner, and a detection comb – ask your local pharmacist to recommend a suitable one. Remember that you are looking for living moving lice, which is the only evidence that your child is infected. If you find a living louse, sellotape it to a piece of light coloured paper and take it to your local pharmacy (Leeds only) who will advise you and can provide free Hedrin lotion under the Pharmacy First Minor Ailments Scheme. Please see leaflet attached and it is also on our website.
URGENT – LATE PAYMENTS
UNFORTUNATLEY WE ARE HAVING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME CHASING PAYMENTS AND WILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE ACTIVITIES WE OFFER AND THE PROCEDURES WE HAVE IN SCHOOL. WE WORK VERY HARD TO KEEP COSTS TO YOU AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WE CANNOT AFFORD THE TIME OR MONEY TO CONTINUE WITH THE HIGH NUMBER OF LATE/NON PAYMENTS.
ASC and BC – If you pay late for these we will remove your child’s place. These provisions are extremely good value and must be paid for on a Monday. We are now considering the provision for September.
Nursery Full Day Places and Supervision/Lunch Payments – We have very few full time places and our 2 ½ days are very popular. We still have many parents not paying for these on time. If this continues, we will have to move your child to half days and give your places to other parents who are on the waiting list for full time or 2 ½ days.
Dinner Money – We already subsidise school meal costs and cannot afford for parents not to pay. If you are continually late paying, we will expect your child to bring packed lunches.
Something Mrs Wainwright has enjoyed this week is seeing all the children return to school for the summer term, it always cheers me up coming back after a holiday and seeing the children.
Headteachers Awards – Well done to the children who have had a great week in school.
The teachers in school have decided these children have worked particularly hard this week and should receive a special mention and certificate, presented on a Friday afternoon in our assembly. Well done!
- Class 1 Tyreece
- Class 2 Lulani
- Class 3 Arkanshu
- Class 4 Jesse
- Class 5 Abdur
- Class 6 Shay
- Class 7 Rebecca
- Class 8 Melisa
- Class 9 Aizah
- Class 10 Antony
- Class 11 Aerris
- Class 12 Orion
- Class 13 Sophia
- Class 14 Sarah
- Class 15 Gracious
- Class 16 Teagan
- Class 17 Rihanna
Best Classes in School - These classes worked well this week and together earned the most points for their work and behaviour.
- KS1 – Class 3
- KS2 – Class 13
Attendance Winners for week before half term:
- KS1 - Class 7 – 100%
- KS2 – Class 15- 98.3%
Whole School Attendance for week before half term:
- Nursery: 92.6%
- Reception to Year 6: 95.4%
Weekly Round Up
Nursery - Welcome back to all our Nursery children. We hope you all had a lovely break. This half term we will be learning about growing. This week we have been reading 'Jack and the beanstalk'. The children have had an opportunity to act out the story using puppets. We made different sized beanstalk using playdough and collage. We have been counting beans and checking who does have more. Our song of the week is '5 little Beans'.
Reception –This week in Reception we have started our new topic 'what can we see and how does it change ?' we have been thinking about where our food comes from and have lots of fun learning about fruit and vegetables and where they grow. We have sorted them and have been finding the odd one out. We have set up our own market stall in our outdoor area and have been working hard to make signs and price lists. We listened to the story supertato, have made super fruit and veg in the creative area. We are looking forwards to planting some of our own fruit and veg and watching them grow.
Year 1 & 2 - What an exciting summer term we have in store in Key Stage 1! Year 1 children will be starting the topic of 'Safari' where they will be looking at the Geography of Africa and how it is different from where we live. The children will be exploring a wide range of stories and non-fiction texts to research different animals found in this area. We have an exciting African Art workshop planned on Monday for the children to enjoy.
In Year 2, the children will begin their topic of 'Land Ahoy'. As part of this topic, they will be learning about Pirates and reading different pirate stories, which will support their writing. There will also be a special 'dress as a pirate day' planned for later this half term - information will be sent closer to the time.
Year 3 & 4 –This week, years 3 and 4 have started our new History topic, all about Ancient Egypt. We looked at how different people were treated and compared this to our knowledge about Victorians from autumn term. In English, we have also been reading information texts about what life was like in Egypt. In PE we have started our new topics: handball and athletics. Please remember children must be in joggers and their red PE t-shirt on PE days. In Science, we have been classifying animals and learning what vertebrates and invertebrates are. In Maths, Year 3 have been learning about capacity and volume, whilst year 4 have been learning about decimals.
Year 5 & 6 – Lessons - In History, we have started our topic of Ancient Greece. We enjoyed learning about how the city states of Athens and Sparta contributed to democracy. In English, we have looked at features of persuasive letters.
Swimming - Swimming lessons will start again next week.
Homework - A reminder that homework is now set on a Monday and the deadline for completing homework will be the following Monday. Children who do not complete their homework will be expected to attend Homework Club on a Monday lunchtime.
Personal possessions - A reminder: Children who bring mobile phones into school (reminder: mobile phones only need to be brought into school if children travel to school and home on their own), keys, or anything else such as bus passes, need to be handed into the class teacher every morning.
Year 6 SATs Week - A reminder that Year 6 SATs week will begin on Monday 13th May 2024. It is vital that all children in Year 6 attend school that week. The test timetable will be as follows:
- Monday 13th May: Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling
- Tuesday 14th May: Reading
- Wednesday 15th May: Arithmetic & Reasoning
- Thursday 16th May: Reasoning
School Dates 2023 - 2024:
- Friday 3rd May 2024 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Tuesday 7th May 2024 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 24th May 2024 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 3rd June 2024 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 14th June 2024 Training Day- No Children in School
- Friday 19th July 2024 School Closes Summer Break at 3.30pm
FAO Families - Measles and Whooping Cough
Head lice is a common problem especially in children aged 4-11. Whilst they are largely harmless they can be difficult to identify, frustrating to treat, and can spread quickly among children.
Please visit our website (See link below) for advice leaflets to support families with identification and management of head lice. These are available in English, Romanian and Slovak.
FAO Families - Measles and Whooping Cough
Preventable childhood infections can have a huge impact on a child’s life: they can miss out on education due to time spent unwell, be hospitalised, and have life-long complications such as deafness, blindness, encephalitis (infection of the brain) and paralysis. Sometimes they can cause death.
There are increased cases of measles and whooping cough, with outbreaks around the country, so there is an urgent need to ensure children are vaccinated and protected against these serious illnesses.
All routine childhood vaccinations are free, and even if your child misses any doses, you can book a catch-up appointment with your GP practice.
Check their Red Book or contact your GP practice to check they’re up to date.
Weekly Newsletter - 28th March 2024
We hope you enjoy the holiday and wish you a Happy Easter. We look forward to seeing you all back on Monday the 15th of April.
We would like to wish all our children and their families who celebrate it, a Happy Eid and we hope you all enjoy your celebration with your family and friends.
Worship – This week Mr Leadbeater led Easter worship. We have being thinking about our Big Question,
‘Is everything that you want what you need?’ this half term. We reminded ourselves of all the children around the world who do not even have what they need including those impacted by conflict. We decided to donate the money raised by this year’s Easter Raffle to UNICEF who support children affected by the current conflicts around the world.
We have raised £330.00 and we would like to thank all of you who have contributed.
“Excellent attendance is vital for children to flourish and achieve”
Attendance – Remember as we move into the new term everyone can have great attendance. Being in school is the only way your child will be able to achieve their full potential. It also prepares them for high school and beyond when they have jobs.
We start again with our termly awards and raffle drawers for those children in every Friday, 100% the last week of each half term and those who have great attendance all term will receive a certificate and prize.
You have to be in to win!
Children need to be on time.
Nursery children must be here between 8.30-8.40am and the rest of school before 8.50am.
Being late can result in them losing their mark for the morning session.
Attendance Draw Winners:
Winners for attending every Friday this half term:
- Class 1 Shalom
- Class 3 Arkanshu
- Class 8 Muhammed
- Class 15 George
- Class 17 Harrison
Winners for 96% and above attendance this half term:
- Nursery - Muhammed R
- Class 2 - Dawood
- Class 6 - Kayke
- Class 9 - Esmae
- Class 16 - Hasan
Winner of the Hamper:
- Class 6 - Muhammed Y
Easter Eggs – All the children and the staff would like to give a big thank you to the staff at Rosemont Pharmaceutical, for donating an Easter Egg for every child in school. There was lots of happy faces!
Something Mrs Wainwright has enjoyed this week was the amazing performances from the choir and performing arts club. I was truly amazed at how good they were in such a short space of time in their after school clubs, Mrs Rawlins and Mr Leadbeater have done a fantastic job. You will be able to watch their performances soon on our website. There were lots of proud parents and one very proud headteacher. Well done!!
Spring Term Trackit Winners - Congratulations to the following classes for achieving the most Trackit points in Spring Term: Class 3 Class 17
Attendance Winners for last week:
- KS1 - Class 6- 98.8%
- KS2 – Class 10 – 99.3%
Whole School Attendance for last week:
- Nursery: 91.4%
- Reception to Year 6: 96.3%
Weekly Round Up
Nursery - This week we have learnt all about Easter and Eid. The children made their celebration cards for the parents/carers. We made chocolate nests and decorated lots of Easter eggs using paint, collage and pens. We have read lots of Easter stories and sang spring songs: 5 little ducks and sleeping bunnies. We wish everyone a very good Easter break.
Reception – This week in Reception, we have been learning all about Easter and Eid. We have enjoyed making cards and decorations. When learning about Easter we talked about new life and have enjoyed painting and crafting flowers and animals that we would see in spring. We have been developing our drawing skills this week and have been following videos and instructions of how to draw a panda a snake and an ice cream. We needed to listen carefully and follow each step to create our picture. We hope everyone had a lovely break. Please send photos to learning journals of the things you get up to in the holidays.
Year 1 & 2 - What a great term this has been. The children have really enjoyed their topics and visits and have produced some wonderful work as a result of the first hand experiences of visiting a farm in Year 1 and the mini-bus tour around Leeds in Year 2. Thank you to all the parents who attended the phonics meeting last Friday. The slides are now on the parents section on the website for those who were unable to make it. This year the Phonics Screening check for all Year 1 and some Year 2 children will be taking place in the week beginning the 10th of June. We will be sending out a quick guide for parents closer to the time.
Year 3 & 4 –This week, Years 3 and 4 have completed their Science assessments following our new unit of animals and teeth. We have learned about different vocabulary, such as carnivore and omnivore, as well as learning what our teeth do and what they are called. In Maths, Year 4 have been looking at fractions, whilst Year 3 have been looking at measures, such as grams and kilograms. In our SEMH slots (social, emotional and mental health), we have been looking at conspiracy theories and how they can be harmful. We had discussions about what to do if we saw something online that we thought might not be true.
Year 5 & 6 – Swimming - Swimming lessons will start again in the week beginning 22nd April.
Homework - A reminder that homework is now set on a Monday and the deadline for completing homework will be the following Monday. Children who do not complete their homework will be expected to attend Homework Club on a Monday lunchtime.
Personal Possessions - A reminder: Children who bring mobile phones into school (reminder: mobile phones only need to be brought into school if children travel to school and home on their own), keys, or anything else such as bus passes, need to be handed into the class teacher every morning.
Year 6 SATs Week - A reminder that Year 6 SATs week will begin on Monday 13th May 2024. It is vital that all children in Year 6 attend school that week. The test timetable will be as follows:
- Monday 13th May: Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling
- Tuesday 14th May: Reading
- Wednesday 15th May: Arithmetic & Reasoning
- Thursday 16th May: Reasoning
School Dates 2023 - 2024:
- Thursday 28th March 2024 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Monday 15th April 2024 School Opens at 8.30am
- Friday 3rd May 2024 School Closes at 3.30pm
- Tuesday 7th May 2024 School Opens at 8.30am
