Welcome
back to everyone for the start of the Summer Term !
Class Curriculum Overviews – ‘Jigsaws’
Termly
curriculum overviews for the Summer Term, which comprises a coloured ‘jig-saw’
with each coloured ‘piece’ representing a subject area, have now been completed
and uploaded to the school website under the ‘Classes’ section. Please also
have a look at page 2 of each jigsaw which provides additional important
curriculum information.
Wheels at Work Money
boxes
Hopefully all families received the
cardboard money boxes sent home in bookbags before the Easter holidays in aid
of Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research’s Wheels at Work initiative. As you
know, Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research loaned the school some wheelchairs
before Easter and as a thank you, we would like to contribute to the charity’s
fundraising efforts. Thank you to the families who have already returned their
filled money boxes to school. If you would like to contribute, please return
the boxes to school by Wednesday 3rd May at the latest. Thank you.
Tests
for Pupils
End of KS1 Standard Attainment Tests (SATs)
for Year 2 pupils will take place throughout May. End of KS2 SATs for Year 6 pupils
follow a set national timetable and take place during the week beginning 8 May.
Pupils in Years 3, 4 and 5 also have assessment tests in May. We respectfully
request that routine dentist or doctor appointments are not made during this
time. Thank you.
Junior Citizen
Visit for Class 3
The Junior
Citizens Trust mission statement is "to provide education to children and
young persons who are residents of the County of Oxfordshire on a wide range of
health and safety issues".
During their two
hour visit this week Class 3 pupils experienced eight different safety scenarios
and were given the opportunity to practice making a call to emergency services.
Children were taught a variety of life skills which focus upon how to keep
themselves safe whilst potentially helping others who may be in difficulty or
distress.
Based on the controlled learning experiences provided, children were
encouraged to make decisions which they may face during a real life emergency.
Following attendance, each child received a free work book to allow the
learning experience to continue back at school or at home.
MEERKAT Champion of
the Week
We
are delighted to share the names of our "MEERKAT Champion of the
Week" award in each class last week as follows;
Reception
– Rosie W
Class
1 – Ivy O
Class
2 – Jack A
Class
3 – Ellie W
Well
done to you all!
Book Fair week commencing 15 May
Once a year we have a Book Fair which will
be arriving this year on Monday 15 May. There will be a great selection of
books (look out for the leaflet in book bags which illustrates a selection of
them) chosen carefully to inspire and entertain young readers and earn, by way of commission, free books
for school. The Book fair will be open on Monday afternoon, before and
after school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and the last opportunity to
purchase will be on Friday morning. This year we have a special offer of 3 books for the price of 2 and we look
forward to seeing you there! Thank you.
PTA
News:
Bags2School
Clothes Recycling – Friday 5th May
Our
next Bags2School recycling date is Friday 5th May. We
will receive cash from Bags2School based on the total weight of the bags
collected, so the more we collect, the more we raise.
Bags2School
collection bags have been put in bookbags, but you are also able to use normal
black bin bags. Please fill your bags with any unwanted items from the
list below:
Men’s,
Ladies and Children’s clothing
Paired
shoes (tied together or elastic band around)
Handbags/Hats/Bags/Scarves
and ties
Jewellery/Lingerie
Socks/Belts
Soft
toys
Household
linen /Curtains
Towels
Bedding
(bed sheets, pillow cases and duvet covers)
Children’s
Bingo Evening – Friday 19th May
We
will be holding a children’s bingo evening on Friday 19th May.
More details to follow soon.
Our
next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 2nd May, The Crown, 8pm. Please
join us if you can, all welcome.
Cake Club
Congratulations to Alana Hyde,
Thomas West and their families who were the lucky recipients of the double cake
draw on the last day of term. Many thanks to Debbie Purchon for supplying the
lovely cakes. Our next draw is on Friday April 28th and Ami Martins has
volunteered to provide the prize for the children. Kylie Smith is next on the
rota for Friday May 5th.
Diary
Dates:
|
Friday 5 May
|
Cycle
safety training begins for participating Y6 pupils. (Course is now fully booked).
|
|
Monday 8 May
|
SATs
week begins
|
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Thursday 11 May
|
Y1
Forest School session
|
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Monday 15 May
|
Book
Fair arrives
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LITTLE
BEARS NEWS:
Welcome
back to the summer term. We hope you all had a relaxing Easter break. The team
at Little Bears would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported
our cake sale at the end of term.
This
term our topic is ‘gardens and growth’ so we are looking forward to lots of
garden play!
Over
the next weeks we will also be exploring and enjoying bug hunting.
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