Spring Newsletter 5 [Friday 3rd February]
Dear Parents & Carers
On Tuesday 7th February it is Safer Internet Day. We know how important it is to keep our children safe online; we talk to the children about this continuously at Woodlands. However, it’s always good to have an event like this to help bring an even sharper focus on the issue. On Monday, Mr Grant will be leading a whole school assembly about Safer Internet Day – this year’s theme is ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online.’ The Woodlands’ internet safety elves (along with Mr Grant) will be posting activities on Google Classroom on Monday. Please look at these with your children, it’s so important that you can have a dialogue with them about what they’re doing online no matter what age they are. You can find other use eSafety resources & links on the school website https://www.woodlandsschoolformby.co.uk/page/e-safety-information-online-resources/124552
I am looking forward to seeing you at our parents evenings next week
Monday 6th February 4.00 – 7.00 pm
Wednesday 8th February 4.00 – 7.00 pm
You will have the opportunity to look through your child’s books as well as talking to their class teacher about your child’s progress this year.
Here’s this week’s ‘nudges’ to help you find out about your children’s learning:
Nursery
What would make in your magic pot?
{Literacy: The Magic Porridge Pot}
Reception [Red & Blue]
Can you name the animals that live in the Arctic & those that live in the Antarctic?
{Understanding the World}
Y1&2 [Green, Yellow & Purple]
Can you describe the flags for the different countries in the UK?
{Geography topic: ‘The United Kingdom’}
Y3&4 [3A, 3/4M & 4G]
How does the eye enable us to see?
{Science topic: ‘Light & Vision’}
Y5&6 [5D, 5/6P & 6R]
Who is Jane Goodall & what has she contributed to science?
{Science topic: ‘Animal’s (including humans) Life Cycles’}
This week, our whole school attendance is 93.4%. We had no classes with 100% attendance this week & one classes reaching or exceeding our 97% target: 5/6P (98.8%).
We had only had 3 classes who had no late marks this week: 3/4M, 4T & 5/6P. We had 33 late marks across the whole school. 27 late marks were ‘before the register closed’ (that’s before 9.20am) & 6 late marks ‘after the register has closed’, that’s after 9.20am.
Have a good weekend.
KD Williams
Headteacher
Last word
I’ve been reading a book about the history of paper towels…
It’s absolutely absorbing.
