"It's awesome!" - multi-use activity wall
I love it. It’s so good having it on the playground.
Year 6 were pleased to be the first on the rota to use the new equipment. It certainly made playtime and lunchtime extremely active!
Homework review
Don’t forget on Thursday 22 November we are inviting you to come and watch our homework review.
Homework reviews happen every week, and they’re an opportunity for teachers and fellow pupils to share and celebrate (and offer constructive feedback) homework. This is your chance to watch how we review creative homework – a session where you visit your child’s own class.
No need to book in advance – just turn up for a 2.50pm start.
Children in Need
A huge thanks for the amazing sum of money we managed to raise on Friday. By coming to school in pyjamas or by wearing your own clothes, we managed to raise £310. I’m sure this money will be put to very good use.
Tree planting - thank you
Thank you to the Scholes in Bloom team, Scholes Countryside and Wildlife Preservation group and Janet Horkan for coming to help plant trees around our school grounds. We now have a crab apple orchard, elders near hedgerows to encourage birds, willows near the natural spring at the bottom of the field, dog roses along the top fence and some birch trees near the existing trees at the bottom of the field. We also found a horse chestnut tree that had been secretly growing near one of the classrooms which we moved to a better spot. We hope they grow into lovely, large trees – making our school and village a happy and healthy place to be!
Let's Get Active - 30 active minutes
As part of our commitment to ensure we meet the government directive for schools to provide 30 additional active minutes during every school day, we have installed some new equipment. Two multi-use activity walls have been installed on the key stage 2 playground and a ball chute on the key stage 1 playground. We can’t wait to start using them!
Trees, Trees, Trees - Help Needed Please!
We have been successful in getting around 40 tree saplings (Dog Rose, Willow, Birch, Crab Apple and Elder) which we are planting around the school grounds. We need some help planting please. If you are available from 2pm on Friday 16 November, please come to the school office. Please bring your own spade, gloves and wellies! Thank you in advance.
We will remember them - Remembrance Day 2018
The children listened to poems and stories, then talked about Remembrance Day this week at school. They made poppies and some wrote messages to the soldiers.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Laurence Binyon
Thank you to Mrs Thorne for her artistic input and Peter Smith, from Lyndhurst View, who made the central piece.
Early Maths parent workshop
Thanks to those of you who came along to the workshop earlier this week to find out more ways to help you support your child’s Maths learning at home.
Both teachers were very informative. The session was very interesting. Thank you very much for including parents!
Lots of helpful information presented with passion. It was good to see the thinking behind Maths in F2 and Y1. It was good to be clear about what’s helpful to do at home. Thank you for putting on workshops like this.
Open morning - Monday 12 November
If you’re looking for a Reception place for your child, we’re holding our second open morning next week. This will take place on Monday 12 November, at 9.30am. This is an opportunity for you to come and visit the school, ask any questions you may have, and be shown around by some of our Year 6 children. No appointment needed – just turn up.
Staying safe to and from school
We want our children to be happy and healthy learners. For older children, walking to and from school, perhaps with friends, can be a good way to incorporate some physical activity into the school day. It’s also a way to develop independence as they approach secondary school.
If your child walks, scoots or cycles to and from school without an adult, please do make sure you regularly check that they understand how to stay safe.
Are they crossing roads in a safe way?
It can be easy to become distracted, perhaps with their friends or, even more likely, if they’re using a mobile. Make sure you’re confident your child knows the importance of crossing roads safely.
Do they know what to do if they encounter a stranger who’s behaving suspiciously?
Perhaps when you were growing up, the message was ‘Stranger danger’. However, this message doesn’t recognise that sometimes approaching a stranger is a way to stay safe – if your child were to get lost, seeking help would be better than becoming more lost, for example. A new campaign is promoting a new message: ‘Clever never goes‘. Does your child know to never go off somewhere with an adult (whether a stranger or not)? Does your child have ideas about what to do if an adult is following them?
If you’ve any specific questions, comments or concerns, please do ask.