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• Nursery Afternoon Places

  Fri 21 Jun 2024

  Our morning nursery is now full but we do have some afternoon nursery places in September 2024. If you are interested then please come and pick an application form up from the school office.

  Thank you.

   

• School Council

  Fri 21 Jun 2024

  On 12th July we will be holding a non uniform day. As part of this we are asking for donations for the foodbank. This is a resource that many of our families, and families across Rochdale have benefited from. Equally, we understand that this may not be something everyone can donate to, so please do not feel that you have to. Suitable donations include cans, bottles and dried food.

   

  Thank You

  School Council

   

• Weekly Attendance Winners

  Fri 21 Jun 2024

  This term, every week we will be looking at children’s attendance and all those children who have 100% attendance for the week will be put in to a draw to win 10 Dojos. There will be one random winner from each class.  To ensure your child is entered into this weekly draw, all you have to do is make sure they are in school on time every day.  Thank you for your continued support.

  N	Buzz	2B	Alektra	5B	Luna
  RA	Shaan	3A	Charlotte	6A	Aayan
  RB	Zain	3B	Musa	6B	Maddox
  1A	Harun	4A	Olivia	6C	Zainab
  1B	Momina	4B	Leila
  2A	Joshua	5A	Isa

  

• Fantastic Achievements

  Fri 21 Jun 2024

  Well done to Ayesha for creating a model of a River for her

  Geography homework.

   

  

• A Message for Parents

  Fri 21 Jun 2024

  Please can I remind parents that if you have any concerns about any element of school, then in the first instance, please come and speak to us about them, and allow us the time to look further into the matter to try and resolve it. Using social media as a platform for this can unfortunately cause things to escalate to a level that can become unmanageable, and cause a lot of upset in the process. It also allows the opportunity for the initial concern to be misconstrued by others and be communicated in a way that is inaccurate and not originally intended.

   

  All staff in school work incredibly hard to ensure the best for your children and families, and we have some very strong relationships with parents on the back of this. We value your support, and are ultimately all working towards the same thing – the best we can collectively provide for your children.

   

• School Menu

  Fri 21 Jun 2024

  As many of you will be aware, when it comes to school dinners, school takes into consideration the specific dietary needs of children, and also those of some who have a special educational need. For those children who need something different because of, for example, dairy intolerances, allergies to food, sensory issues, the kitchen staff work hard to ensure that an appropriate meal is provided to the child in line with their needs, and as similar as possible to that of their peers so that they do not feel different to everyone else.

   

• Menu- week commencing 18th June

  Tue 18 Jun 2024
  

• Design a library card competition

  Fri 14 Jun 2024
  

• Year Group Focus - Reception

  Fri 14 Jun 2024

  Well we had a very exciting first day back as our caterpillars and transformed into butterflies! The children were fascinated by these and at the end of the day we released them into the wild. At first, some of the butterflies didn’t want to go but with a bit of time and encouragement they then flew away.

   

  In Reception we have started our brand new topic, On the beach beginning with our Talk Through Story of Lucy and Tom at the seaside. They really enjoyed the hook lesson where we had different beach related items in a box. Through this topic we will be comparing holidays past and present, while also developing our creative skills by creating seaside picture using different materials and techniques.  The last two weeks in reception our topic will be Moving on and every Wednesday we have started to help your child to prepare themselves for moving to year 1 as this is one of the hardest transitions in school. We will be working in year 1, looking around and becoming familiar with the areas and answering any worrying questions your child might have.

   

  In our daily phonics lessons we are working hard to continue to learn new sounds and orally blend words, this is something that can be done at home. We use fred talk to sound out a word e.g. c-a-t and see if your child could tell you what that word is. We are getting ready to transition into year 1 so are developing our sentence writing and trying to remember to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Some of the children are finding our special friends really tricky (sh, ch, th, ng and nk) and are having lots of practice at school, could these also be done at home to really give the children a boost.

   

  Our maths work this half term we have been preparing for transitioning into year 1 and have been using a rekenrek to help with their understanding of number, this is a piece of equipment which they will continue to use in Year 1 and 2.

   

  As always we have been continuing to subitise numbers to 5 in a variety of different representations, the children find fingers and dice easy but find counters on a five or ten frame tricky.

   

  In provision our role play area is now a travel agent and the agents have been working really hard making sure you get the best deal for your money! I can see a few amazing travel agents in the future!

   

  This half term, our children will also experience forest school, we are very lucky to have forest school so close to our school. The children will learn about health and safety, walking with a partner, in a line and being safe on a pavement as well as being safe in forest school. In forest school we will be doing some exciting activities which we don’t want to tell you just yet, it might spoil the surprise.

   

  

• Design a library card competition

  Fri 14 Jun 2024

  Please see page 6 of the newsletter for the design a library card competition. We do have some paper copies in the school office if you wish to pick one up. Thank you and good luck!