Summer Newsletter 6 [Friday 24th May]

Dear Parents & Carers

Our Woodlands Sports Festival begins on Monday 24th June – that’s only 31 days away! We are really excited about this event; it’ll be launched with our very own opening ceremony. This will be followed by a BMX display& then BMX workshops for our older children. During the fortnight, the children will have a chance to try their hand at various sports, including tennis, climbing & football. The children will get to take part in Olympic-themed multi-sport events & fitness sessions too. They’ll get to meet Olympians & Paralympians, who will be talking to the children in special assemblies, as well as demonstrating their sports.

I thought I’d better share some dates of events in the summer term so you can put them in your diaries:

• Wednesday 3 July Reception & KS1 Olympic Sports Day [morning]
• Thursday 4 July KS2 Olympic Sports Day [morning]
• Friday 5 July reserve date for Olympic Sports Days
• Wednesday 10 July Nursery Olympic Sports day [time to be confirmed]
• Thursday 11 July Y2 end of year show [morning]
• Saturday 13 July Circus Sensible shows [details to follow]
• Wednesday 16 July Y6 WOODfest [details to follow]

Here’s this week’s ‘nudges’ to help you find out about your children’s learning…

Nursery

Can you spot any 3D shapes?

{Maths}

Reception [Red & Blue]

Talk about how you planted the sunflower seed & what it will need to grow.

{Understanding the World}

Y1&2 [Green, Yellow & Purple]

Can you describe the puppet you made this week?

{DT topic: ‘Puppets’}

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

What happens when salt is added to ice?

{Science topic: ‘States of Matter’}

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

Can you explain what is inside a seed?

{Science topic: ‘Reproduction’}

This week, our whole school attendance is 92.1% - well below our 97% target. We had no classes with 100% attendance. We have only 1 class equalling or bettering 97%: Green Class (97.1%).

We had 2 classes who had no late marks this week: 3/4M & 5/6P. We had 28 late marks across the whole school. 25 late mark were ‘before the register closed’ – that’s before 9.20am & 3 late marks ‘after the register has closed’, that’s after 9.20am.

I hope you all have a restful/busy/calm/exciting/cautious/adventurous* break over half term.

*Delete as appropriate.

Don’t forget school is closed on Monday 3 June so we will see you all again on Tuesday 4 June.

KD Williams

Headteacher

Last word revisited

I once went on a date with a girl called Simile…

I don’t know what I metaphor.

Thanks to Tim Vine