Summer Newsletter 7 [Friday 9th June]
Dear Parents & Carers
Our Y5 children spent a wonderful day at Range High School on Tuesday taking part in a cultural arts day. Two of the children, Claudia & Will, wrote the following:
Our trip to Range!
We had the option of choosing art and music, dance or drama.
In art and music, we constructed Greek masks in the morning by using cardboard and other raw materials, as well as paint to finish it off. We listened to traditional Greek music and then learnt to play on the modern ukulele.
Then in dance we got to make parts of it up for ourselves and put it together to make a performance to share with everybody. We also got to do some acting in our dance and co-operate with each other.
Finally, in drama we were each given a script to learn and we were allowed to choose our roles and made an educational show about the history of the Greek play.
We really enjoyed the different activities that were given to each of us to suit us best. A very big thank you to Range High School and their staff, particularly Mrs Fox, for making it possible. We all hope that we can visit again soon to create some more great memories.
Here’s this week’s conversation ‘nudges’ to help you find about your children’s learning…
Nursery
Can you find something that is taller than you? Can you find something that is shorter than you?
{Mathematics}
Reception [Red & Blue]
What is your favourite dinosaur & why?
{Understanding the World}
Y1&2 [Green, Yellow & Purple]
Look around the house. What different materials can you spot? e.g. metal, plastic, glass, etc.
{Science topic: ‘Materials & Magnets’}
Y3&4 [3A, 3/4M & 4G]
Can you name different everyday items which use the force of pushing or pulling?
{Science topic: ‘Magnets & Forces’}
Y5&6 [5D, 5/6P & 6R]
What local issues do we face in Formby?
{Geography topic: ‘Local Study’}
This week, our whole school attendance is 94.4%. We had no classes with 100% attendance this week & 3 classes reaching or exceeding our 97% target: Blue Class (97.7%), 3/4M (98.3%) & 5/6P (98.9%).
We had 4 classes who had no late marks this week: Red Class, 4T & 5/6P. We had 22 late marks across the whole school. 17 late marks were ‘before the register closed’ (that’s before 9.20am) & 5 late marks ‘after the register has closed’, that’s after 9.20am.
Here’s another reminder of some of the events in school this half term:
- Wednesday 14th June Reception new intake parents meeting {Sept 2023} [5pm]
- Wednesday 14th June Y1,2,3&4 Wally Cain Dance Festival {The Atkinson}
- Tuesday 20th June Class photographs* {Nursery – Y6} [morning]
- Wednesday 21st June Y6 @PGL {Boreatton Park} [‘til Friday 23rd June]
- Thursday 29th June Y6 transition visits to Range & Formby High Schools [all day – in the morning, the children go straight to their high school – not to Woodlands!]
- Saturday 1st July Woodlands Summer Fair [11am – 2pm]
- Wednesday 5th July KS1 (Y1&2) Sports Day [starting as close to 9.15am as possible]
- Thursday 6th July Reception Sports Day [starting as close to 9.15am as possible]
- Friday 7th July KS2 (Y3-Y6) Sports Day [starting as close to 9.30am as possible]
- Wednesday 12th July Y2 The Bee Musical End of the Year show [starting as close to 9.15am as possible]
- Friday 14th July WOODfest III Y6 Leavers show for parents & carers on the school field [12.30pm]
- Monday 17th July Y6 Leavers’ Disco [afternoon - no parents]
- Wednesday 19th July Break for summer@2pm {Y6 @1.30pm}
*Reception, please send your children in wearing their school uniform on Tuesday 20th June NOT their PE kit.
We’ve received a request from the organiser of the Show Tent, Debby Rigby, at Formby Festival to share the following information with you:
FORMBY FESTIVAL 2023 will be held in Duke Street Park on 14th, 15th and 16th July.
There are a number of children’s competitions including cakes and cookies, miniature gardens and flower arrangements.
Last year the most popular category was the fruit and vegetable person competition!
It would be greatly appreciated if you could advertise the competitions in school and on your newsletter.
School staff and parents are most welcome to enter the 18+ categories - we never get many adult entries, so the likelihood of winning is extremely high!!!!
Formby Festival
You may wish to know that there is also a dog show and circus school this year and some enormous dinosaurs will be visiting the show ground on the Saturday!
STARS workshop will performing /The Song of the Sea/ on the Sunday morning on the main stage.
I have also been asked to share the following (see flyer attached for contact details) from Little Miss Sunshine Mindfulness & Yoga:
Could you please forward this information for children who receive free school meals? We are offering FREE yoga, mindfulness and Everton football training along with a FREE meal during the summer holidays.
I hope you have a terrific weekend.
KD Williams
Headteacher
Last word revisited
How did Mr Cheese paint his wife?
He double Gloucester…
Thanks (again) to Mr A
