Autumn Newsletter 10 [Friday 18th November]

Dear Parents & Carers

Thank you so much for the time & effort you (or other family members) put in to assemble the children’s outfits for BBC CIN Rock ‘Til You Drop!  The children looked great! Rock & pop stars from across the decades descended on Woodlands today. Plenty of rockers turned up, including Axl Rose & Slash from Gun n Roses, Gene Simmons from Kiss & we even had AC/DC’s Angus Young! There were lots of pop stars & divas too – I spotted a lone Ed Sheeran, a gaggle of Ariana Grandes & I’m sure Amy Winehouse put in a special guest appearance. Kurt Cobain was hanging out with Elton John & Madonna on the junior playground... Thank you for all your donations to this wonderful charity that supports children across the UK. There some photos below & check out the class blogs for more images too.

Here are the ‘nudges’ to help you find out about your child’s learning this week [I had to consult Google (other search engines are available) to find out the answer for Y3&4’s & Y5&6’s question]:

Nursery

Where is Little Red Riding Hood set? Can you think of some words to describe it?

{Literacy / Communication & Language}

Reception [Red & Blue]

What makes a good, kind friend?

{Personal Social Emotional Development / Anti Bullying Week}

Y1&2 [Green, Yellow & Purple]

What are carnivores, herbivores & omnivores?

{Science topic: ‘Animals & their Needs’}

Y3&4 [3G, 3/4M & 4T]

What was the Gordian Knot?

{History topic: ‘Ancient Greece’}

Y5&6 [5D, 5/6P & 6R]

Who was involved in the Battle of Plassey & what was achieved?

{History topic: ‘The British Empire’}

This week, our whole school attendance is not good: 94.1%. We had no classes with 100% attendance this week & only one class exceeding our 97% target: Yellow Class (97.2%).

We only had 3 classes who had no late marks this week:  Class 3/4M, 4T & 5/6P. We had 45 late marks across the whole school. 33 late marks were ‘before the register closed’ (that’s before 9.20am) & 12 late marks ‘after the register has closed’, that’s after 9.20am.

Have a good weekend.

KD Williams

Headteacher

Last word

During the war my grandad swapped his company’s rifles for trifles.
He was court-martialled for desserting.

Thanks to Olaf Falafel