We are hoping, Covid cases permitting, to be able to share our Easter celebrations with you.

Assemblies will be taking place in the last week of term. In order to minimise risks, we are going to run these as phases, with parents invited to specific slots. (We would ask that only 2 people attend per child).


The planned dates/times are as follows:

Monday 4th April - 9.00 Rainbow parents
Monday 4th April - 2.30 Sunshine parents
Tuesday 5th April - 9.00 Year 6 parents
Tuesday 5th April - 2.30 Year 5 parents
Wednesday 6th April – 9.00 Year 4 parents
Wednesday 6th April - 2.30 Year 3 parents
Thursday 7th April - 9.00 Year 2 parents
Thursday 7th April - 2.30 Year 1 parents

More details will follow near the time – please bear in mind that at present this is provisional and will depend on the number of Covid cases.

Our temporary 2 choice menu will be ending on Friday 11th March and we will be returning to the original 3 choice menu from Monday 14th March (please note it will starting on week 2)

Dear Parents and Carers,
The weather has been kinder to us this week and the children have enjoyed being able to get out at play time and lunch time. Our whole school attendance for last week was 93.6%, which is below our whole school target of 97%. Well done to Mr Lathan’s class, who had the highest attendance last week with a great 97.7%! Just a reminder that our gates are open between 8:40am and 8:50am and collection time is 3:05pm. Please be mindful that the parking area at the front of the school is for disabled parking only and cars should not be parked on the zig zag lines outside the school.

Mini Meteorites have really enjoyed accessing the cars and garage this week. As part of their outdoor learning, the children have created an obstacle course, and practiced using their gross motor skills to follow it. The vet role play and tea party home corner have also been very popular. Can the children role play either of these at home?

Early Years have had such an exciting week this week on the hunt for Evil Pea. Finally, he has been captured! He was sneakily hiding out in the DT Room at the other end of the building. You can find some links to some of the Supertato books below -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlaMeNmTG6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIMb5oa370o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIeAHK-5m6E
Forest School this week was also super exciting as the children discovered frogspawn in the forest. We will continue to watch them as they change into frogs. Our focus numbers this week have been 11-14.

Key Stage 1 have done some amazing writing based on the Literacy Shed clip ‘The Way Back Home’ - https://www.literacyshed.com/thewaybackhome.html. The children worked really hard to include exciting vocabulary and remember all of their full stops and capital letters. In History, the children have been learning all about Tim Peake, the famous British astronaut. What can they remember about him at home?

Lower Juniors have been focusing on writing interesting setting descriptions this week and have created a Writer’s Toolkit to help them remember what they could include. In PE, they have been developing their Gymnastic skills, using points and patches to create balances on different parts of their bodies. Can they demonstrate some at home?

Upper Juniors have started their newspaper writing unit this week and have been story mapping their model text, ‘Train Track Terror!’. Can they show you their actions at home and retell the report? In Topic, children have been finding out about the natural resources at the polar regions and what they can be used for. Can they remember any at home?

Next week is British National Science week in school. Miss Norris, our Science Leader, will be sending out a Science curriculum newsletter with lots of exciting Science activities you can do at home. We will also be completing lots of fantastic Science work in school, too. Next Friday is also Comic Relief. Mrs Cooling will be updating Dojo with more information shortly.

We have been so proud of all of our Gold certificates and 100% Attendance certificates this week, too. Please get in touch if we can support you in any way or if you feel you can support our learning in school.

Symptoms of Covid-19:
Pupils with any symptoms of Covid-19 should not attend school. The government has asked us not to allow those with confirmed or suspected case of Covid-19 to attend site. Anyone with symptoms of Covid, should book a PCR test and self-isolate until they receive a negative result, and if they have a positive result, should follow the steps below. Symptoms concerned are: a new continuous cough, a high temperature, or a loss of or change in your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia).

Self-Isolation:
Although some aspects of the legal guidance have changed, pupils who test positive for Covid will need to stay at home for at least 5 full days, and then continue to follow this guidance until they have received 2 negative test results on consecutive days or until day 10, whichever is earlier. Please notify us if your child has symptoms and has booked a PCR test, and/or if your child tests positive for Covid, as we have to use a different attendance code.

However, from 1st April, the Government will update guidance, setting out the ongoing steps that people with COVID-19 should take. It is not yet clear whether this will include schools, and we will share further details around this with you when they are available to us.

Close Contacts:
Close contacts will no longer need to test daily for seven days, or report to us that they are a close contact, although we would encourage close contacts to test regularly, to check out symptoms straightaway and to take precautions. Children should attend school as usual. This includes those who have been in close contact within their household.

Proactive measures:
• We will encourage children and staff to continue to sanitise and/or hand wash regularly, to minimise infection.
• We will encourage the ’catch it, bin it, kill it’ approach.
• We will continue enhanced cleaning routines with a focus on frequently touched surfaces.
• We will continue to encourage good ventilation and to monitor the ventilation of areas.
• The government recommend that all school staff and eligible pupils take up the offer of a vaccine.

What another wet and windy week again in school! Our whole school attendance for last week was 94.9%, which is below our whole school target of 97%. Well done to Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Connolly’s class who had the highest attendance last week with a great 98.8%! Just a reminder that our gates are open between 8:40am and 8:50am and collection time is 3:05pm. Please be mindful that the parking area at the front of the school is for disabled parking only and cars should not be parked on the zig zag lines outside the school.

Mini Meteorites have had a great week using their artistic and visual skills to paint daffodils for Saint David’s day. They are currently on display in the room, brightening our day, but we shall send them home to you all over the next few weeks.

Early Years have had an exciting week as the search for the Evil Pea continues….where might he be? I know some of you have been hunting for him at home – keep up the great work! Can the children retell the story to you? You can find some links to some of the Supertato books below -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlaMeNmTG6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIMb5oa370o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIeAHK-5m6E
Pancake Day was a huge hit in Early Years, too. Delicious! Can children remember any of the ingredients or steps to make them at home?

Key Stage 1 really enjoyed their Forest Day earlier in the week. They had lots of fun exploring the area, playing a game of Vanish and building houses out of natural materials. Following this, children wrote their Hot Write Recounts, writing all about the events of their day and trying really hard to include time conjunctions and use chronological order. What can they remember doing at home?

Lower Juniors have been ‘Reading as a Reader’ this week in English, exploring the new vocabulary in their model texts. Which words can they remember at home and can they tell you their meanings? In Topic, children have continued learning about the Roman Empire, focusing this week on how society was organised and structured. What can they recall?

Upper Juniors have focused their Topic learning on climate change this week, thinking about how humans affect the land and environment. They explored how sea level are rising and looked at the physical Geography of the Polar regions. What can they remember at home?

All of the children looked brilliant in their pyjamas today and enjoyed a range of World Book Day activities – thank you to all who took part. Please get in touch if we can support you in any way or if you feel you can support our learning in school.

Welcome back to school. We hope that you were able to enjoy some time together last week, despite the wet and windy weather we had!

Our whole school attendance for the week before half term was 97.4%, which is above our whole school target of 97%; thank you for your support with this. Well done to Miss Clamp’s class who had the highest attendance last week with an amazing 100%! The highest class attendance for Spring i was Mrs Johnson’s class with 96.6% - brilliant! Just a reminder that our gates are open between 8:40am and 8:50am and collection time is 3:05pm. Please be mindful that the parking area at the front of the school is for disabled parking only.

Mini Meteorites have had an exciting start to this half term with a visit to Forest School. Lots of fun was had exploring the forest area and splashing in the stream. The children have also really enjoyed mark making on large pieces of cardboard using paints, crayons and stencils.

Early Years have had a great week back. They have been learning all about the number 10 and recapping their phonic sounds. Supertato has landed in the classroom this week, with the veggies currently trapped beneath a shopping basket. Can the children retell the story to you? You can find some links to some of the Supertato books below -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlaMeNmTG6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIMb5oa370o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIeAHK-5m6E

Key Stage 1 have enjoyed their Science learning this week all about keeping healthy. The children spent the morning completing lots of physical activities to learn about the importance of exercise and the impact on our bodies. In English, they then wrote a recount of what they did. What can they remember at home?

Lower Juniors have started learning their new model text in English this week, The Boy and the Witch. They will be learning to writing ‘Conquering a Monster’ stories over the next few weeks, with a focus on how to create settings. In Topic, children have been learning about the origins of the Roman Empire. What can they remember about the story of Romulus and Remus?

Upper Juniors have done some excellent editing work this week using their turquoise editing pens to check their work before finishing. Their Frozen Kingdom topic is coming to an end shortly, however, they have continued their learning this week by exploring the polar oceans and comparing these to others. Can they remember some of the similarities and differences?

Just a reminder that next Thursday (3rd) is World Book Day in school. Please see Miss Hunt’s post for further information.

Please get in touch if we can support you in any way or if you feel you can support our learning in school.
 

*World Book Day Information*

World Book Day this year is on Thursday 3rd March (that’s next Thursday!) and we are looking forward to celebrating all things reading in school on this day.

On Thursday 3rd March all children (From Mini Meteorites to Year 6) can come to school dressed in pyjamas (this can include onesies too). No slippers please. There will be no charge for this.

If your child normally has PE on a Thursday then they can still come to school in pyjamas but please make sure they are wearing trainers to complete their PE session in. Rainbows and Sunshines you will receive a separate message about Forest School kit and pyjamas.

In school on Thursday our Year 6 Gold Leaders will be paying a visit to different classes to read a story to them. We will also be completing lots of interesting book activities on Thursday afternoon. Look out for an exciting book challenge posted onto Dojo too.

We would also like to run a Book Swap activity on World Book Day. If you have a book that you’ve read lots of times and think someone else would love to try too then bring it in and on Thursday you can swap it for a different book. Books for the Book Swap need to be brought into school by Friday 25th February please. (Please bring them into their class teacher who will provide them with a voucher allowing them to attend the swap session on World Book day).

On Thursday your child will come home with a voucher allowing them either £1 off any book or to buy one of the World Book Day titles. You just need to take the voucher to the shop with the book of your choice. Here is a link to the special Book Day titles if you'd like to take a look.
https://www.worldbookday.com/

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had busy final week of this half term in school this week. Our whole school attendance last week was 93.7%, which is below our whole school target of 97% and has dropped from last week. Well done to Miss Norris’ class who had the highest attendance last week with a brilliant 97.4%! Just a reminder that our gates are open between 8:40am and 8:50am and collection time is 3:05pm.

This week, Mini Meteorites have been exploring emotions and talking about why we feel the way we do, coinciding with Children's Mental Health Week. We have also been looking at healthy eating and now award the healthy lunch of the day. We have seen a huge difference in what is being brought into school for lunch; well done and keep it up. Our poem this week is Chop, Chop. Can they retell it to you at home?

The rest of the school have also spent some of their afternoon learning time exploring a range of mental health based activities, including exploring the artwork of Charlie Mackesy’s book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. The imagery is spectacular and inspiring. The children have enjoyed thinking about how we can support and help each other to grow, remembering to be kind to ourselves along the way. The artwork and quotes the children have produced have been incredible; I have attached one of my favourites from Mia in year 6. Look out for your child's on their ClassDojo page.

We are looking forward to seeing all of the children dressing to express in their non-uniform tomorrow in celebration of Children’s Mental Health week.

Thank you for all of your support this half term. All of the staff hope you enjoy your half term week and we look forward to seeing you all back in school on Monday 21st February.

FEBRUARY 8th 2022 – INTERNET SAFETY DAY

Next Tuesday is the annual Internet Safety Day. During the next week, your child will participate in an assembly and some class-based activities designed to make time spent on the Internet a safer and more enjoyable activity. The theme for this year’s event is Respect and Relationships Online. In order to further support your child, an internet safety webinar for parents/carers, led by John Hammond of Leicestershire Police will run on February 8th at 6:30pm-7:30pm.

Here is a link for the event:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-safety-advice-for-parents-tickets-251105923577
 

We have had another great week in school this week. Our whole school attendance last week was 95.6%, which is below our whole school target of 97%, however, we are getting closer each week. Thank you for your support with this. Well done to Mr Causon’s class who had the highest attendance last week with an amazing 99.3%! Just a reminder that our gates are open between 8:40am and 8:50am and collection time is 3:05pm.

Early Years have had an exciting week exploring Chinese New Year. They have tasted some new foods at the Newlands Chinese restaurant and danced like dragons. Which ones did they like? Can they share their dragon dancing with you at home?

Key Stage 1 started their new theme of Memory Box this week. They have been naming parts of the body and exploring which ones are linked to senses. The children loved going on a sensory walk and using their senses to explore. Which ones can they remember?

Lower Juniors have been working hard in English this week, Innovating their information texts about dragons. They have been focusing on including lots of details about their chosen dragon including their habitat, appearance and a special feature. What was the special feature your child chose?

Upper Juniors have enjoyed writing dialogue this week in English based on the cartoon clip ‘The Bridge’ - https://www.literacyshed.com/the-bridge.html. They focused on including stage directions to show how the characters and setting needed to look. Can they write their own version at home?

Cross-Country – last weekend, two of our Go for It Gorillas, Josh and Julian, took part in the Hinckley and Bosworth cross-country race. The boys battled through the cold and windy weekend weather and did an amazing job! We are very proud of both of them for taking part; well done.

Just a reminder that next week is Children’s Mental Health week in school which will be linked to the National theme of ‘Growing Together’. Children will be taking part in some mindfulness activities and thinking about how we can support each other, and ourselves, to be the best we can be. Friday 11th will be Dress to Express Day where children can chose what they would like to wear to school in celebration of Children’s Mental Health week.

Please get in touch if we can support you in any way or if you feel you can support our learning in school. If you have any queries about something which has happened during the school day, please get in touch with your child’s class teacher, rather than other parents, so that we can discuss this with you. Teachers will respond as soon as possible but please be aware that they will be teaching for the majority of the day.