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ATTENDANCE WC 12th May

Congratulations to St George on 96.5% attendance last week - well done everyone👏

I would also like to say "well done" to Reception and Year 5 for the Punctuality award and also those children who had 100% attendance and no late marks👏

Being in school every day is so important and I am very proud of you all👏👏

VE DAY

Well done to all the staff and children who took part in VE Day Celebrations -  from the photos I have seen, everyone had a wonderful time - well done KS2 Speech & Language Base for making your own scones👏🥳

Year 6 SATS are now over - well done to you all.

Dorothy Foster

Governor

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Whole School Attendance

St Andrew - 90%

St David - 99.3%

St George - 78.9%

St Patrick - 98.6%

Whole School - 91.8%

Winners - St David

Tidiest Classroom - Oak Class

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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The weeks are flying by and I can't believe we are approaching the end of Summer 1.

In our wider curriculum, we have started our new history topic. We are learning all about the Anglo-Saxons and why they invaded Britain. Our trip to Norton Priory really gave us a good starting point to work from. So far, we have looked at cause and consequence as well as Anglo-Saxon settlements. This learning continued into our forest school session where we made our very own Anglo-Saxon inspired dens.

On Thursday, we had a lovely treat kindly arranged by a parent from Westfield. Big Bubble Man came into school and delivered a fantastic workshop for all classes. As you can imagine, Sycamore pupils were incredibly excited to see the huge bubbles that he created.

All in all, it's been a fabulous week!

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What week for Oak class! Our Y6 children completed their SATs this week- they did a great job, coming into school to enjoy their breakfast and working as hard as they could to complete the work!

We also continued our writing on Jacques Cousteau, learning how to use semi colons and colons to write a list-a real tricky skill!

In science, we continued our learning on light, learning how to use mirrors to reflect light-we are moving onto making a periscope in our final week of this half term.

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Enjoying some Thursday afternoon fun in the sun with the Big Bubble Man

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We have enjoyed another good week in Larch, filled with lots of hard work as we push on towards half term.

In our Pathways to Write sessions, we have continued to develop our use of a rich and varied vocabulary. We began the week with planning and writing a message in a bottle from the POV of Alba (the main character of our book). We then began exploring information texts ready to plan and write our own next week.

In Maths, we have spent the week discussing problems involving money, linking back to our work on decimals. The children have shown a fantastic understanding of adding amounts of money, finding change, and rounding to the nearest £ and £10. We have also been focusing a lot on our multiplication tables - with the Year 4 assessments fast approaching.

Elsewhere, we have blocked History and learned about how the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain and the impact they had on the country.

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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech & Language Base

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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech & Language Base

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What an exciting day we all had celebrating a pupil's birthday in Cedar Class!

The Bubble Man came and put on a fantastic show of smoke bubbles, giant bubbles, dragon bubbles and foam! We all got to have a go too.

We've also been reading 'Toys in Space' and making our own aliens.

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In music this week Cherry Class have been learning about pitch.

They enjoyed trying to sing really high and really low notes.

On Tuesday the class enjoyed a visit to the fire station community garden. The class checked on the crops they have previously planted in the greenhouse. They have also planted some leeks.

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Another great week in Willow Class. We have been enjoying the sunshine and playing outside. The children have enjoyed lots of water play and it has been cooling us down in this hot weather!

We have been exploring our "Let's Go Outside" topic with our growing and planting focus. We have explored the parts of a plant and flower and we read Jack and the Beanstalk and focused on the beanstalk plant. We have been learning about the life cycle of the bean and how to look after plants. Then we planted our own bean seeds. The children created their own castle like the Giants castle in the story. We hope our beanstalks grow as big as the one in the story! We will continue to observe and take care of our seeds!

The children have been writing sentences about the main character in our Pathways focused text, Silly Doggy, and writing lists of the animals we could see in Lily's garden from the story. I am so proud of the wonderful writing that the children have done.

In Maths, we have been developing our subitising, using the rekenreks. The children are super subitisers!

We had a fantastic treat with our session with the Big Bubble Man. It was amazing! The children declared it "the best day ever!" Thank you to the family who organised this for us all.

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Reminder - School meals must be ordered from home for each day. Parents can order up to two weeks in advance.

www.schoolhub.co.uk

From 1st April 2025 the daily cost of a school meal will be £3.43

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School Uniform

Royal blue V-neck sweatshirt or cardigan

White Shirt (long or short sleeved)

School tie

Light grey trousers/shorts/skirt/pinafore

Grey socks

Optional Summer Dress – Blue gingham with white socks

Black shoes/School Boots (not trainers)

Blue hair bobble/scrunchie or headband.  No decorative headbands or bows.

PE Kit -

For indoor activities:

Pumps (trainers are not suitable for indoor use)

Black sports shorts/skirt

Plain white T-shirt

For outdoor activities:

Trainers

Black tracksuit

Black sweatshirt and jogging bottoms

Football kits are not suitable for either indoor or outdoor PE lessons.

For safety reasons, the only jewellery allowed is stud earrings and watches.  Smart watches are not to be worn. Make-up and nail varnish should not be worn in school.

Additional ties can be purchased from school at a cost of £4.40 for a tie on elastic and £5.00 for a tie on a clip. These can be ordered via the school spider app or from the office.

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We are delighted to offer complete wrap around care from 7.30am until 5.45pm every day during term time.

Breakfast club is £2 per session and After School Club is £8 per session.

Both clubs can be pre-booked via the school spider app.

After School Timetable

Get Moving Monday

Tasty Tuesday

Wonderful Wednesday

Thinking Thursday

Forest/Film Friday

The contact number for After School Club outside office hours is 07852389286

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20th & 21st May - Film Night

18th June - Art Exhibition

2nd July - Summer Fayre

9th July - Disco's

15th July - Talent Show Final

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Tuesday 20th May

3.20 - 5.30pm KS1 PTA Film Night - Paddington in Peru, please book via school spider app. Please do not bring in blankets and teddy bears. The cost is £5 per child and includes a snack of pizza, popcorn and a drink.

Wednesday 21st May

Warden Construction in school to talk to Oak Class about careers aspirations

3.20 - 5.30 KS2 PTA Film Night - Sonic 3 please book via school spider app. Please do not bring in blankets and teddy bears. The cost is £5 per child and includes a snack of pizza, popcorn and a drink.

Friday 23rd May

Library staff visit to Willow Class

Last day of Summer Term 1

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As the weather is getting warmer can we remind you that all children need to bring a water bottle into school each day.

On warmer days sun cream will need to be applied at home and children will need to wear a hat.

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Willow Class - Tuesday PE and Wednesday Forest School

Cherry Class - Thursday

Cedar Class - Wednesday and Thursday

Larch Class - Wednesday

Oak Class - Tuesday (Year 6 Swimming) and Thursday

Sycamore Class - Wednesday Forest School (Y3/4) and Thursday

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Last week was a busy one for our Year 6 children with the SATS tests. We are so proud of their attitude and resilience over the week and they definitely deserved their McDonald’s treat on the Friday! WELL DONE YEAR 6 😊

Just a reminder - This is our last week before our half term holiday begins on Friday 23rd May and we return on Monday 2nd June.

Have a great week and a lovely half term when it arrives.

Miss Pope

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Star of the week

Willow Class - Joshua

Cherry Class - Seshitha

Larch Class - Jacob

Oak Class - All of Year 6

Cedar Class - Jenera

Sycamore Class - Lincoln

Midday Awards

Miss Cliff - Adelaide

Miss Corker - Sanjit

Miss Lawson - Jack