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• Year 4 - 100 Hays Points Celebration

  Fri 27 Jan 2017
  

• Year 1 and Year 1/2 - Weaving

  Fri 27 Jan 2017
  

• Amazing 100% Attenders - Rewards Evening

  Fri 27 Jan 2017
  

• Family Support SEND-Sation Day

  Sat 21 Jan 2017
  

• Personal Belongings

  Sat 21 Jan 2017

  Personal Belongings

  I was asked recently if Pokemon cards were banned at school. This is a question that many headteachers have been asked over the years, substituting Pokemon cards for football cards/stickers, loom bands, conkers, marbles (pick your own craze!), etc. The answer is ‘no’ as I think that the maths and the strategy involved is quite exciting and beneficial. The problem comes when cards change hands and the children involved suddenly wish they hadn’t and become upset by that.

  At this point, it becomes very difficult to establish whose cards are whose, and what happened exactly and where does the line of fairness lie. To that end, whilst I am happy for children to bring the cards and compare notes and have their mock battles with them, I am not keen on cards changing hands in school without parent/carers’ knowledge or consent. School cannot take responsibility for any Pokemon (or similar) cards in school and what may happen to them. They only become a problem when they become a problem!

  As a broader point, children shouldn’t be bringing to school any personal belongings that would cause them upset should they get lost or stolen. We will always investigate any such allegations but not having the items in school in the first place will reduce the chance of such incidents happening at all. We will always provide the necessary stationery and pens/pencils needed to complete the planned learning though we do ask parents/carers to provide PE/swimming kit (named for the same reasons!). Your co-operation in this is much appreciated; nobody likes losing items that are important to us…best to keep them safe at home!

  Mr Pullin

   

   

• Can You Help?

  Sat 21 Jan 2017
  

• Year 6A Research and Biographies

  Sat 21 Jan 2017

  Using the picture “Gypsy Splendour”, the children in 6A have been researching and learning all about Derbyshire born artist, Laura Knight. The children are now in the process of drafting and editing their biographies based on this life-loving, rule breaker. Here are some examples of the children’s work so far:

  It’s a very close race at the moment with only 4 points difference between the first 7 children. Keep learning those speedy tables and WELL DONE!

   

   

  

• Year 3 - Fishkeeper Fry Project

  Sat 21 Jan 2017
  

• F2 - Writing Skills Growing

  Sat 21 Jan 2017
  

• F1 - Muddy Adventure Fun!

  Sat 21 Jan 2017

  F1 - Muddy Adventure Fun!

  This week we have been learning about shapes in numeracy. Miss Frisby’s group looked at 3D shapes and we had lots of discussions about our shapes. Did it have a curved face, corners or straight edges? Each child had a shape and had to talk about it using these new words. We also matched our 2D shapes to the ones Miss Frisby had drawn and we were very good at talking about their properties. Mrs Fenton’s group have been looking at 2D shapes and drawing them and looking at things that are special about them. We even made shapes out of sticks in the woods.

  In literacy, Mrs Fenton’s group have been singing lots of nursery rhymes and Beat Baby was really helpful at introducing the characters from the songs. Our friends are getting excellent at singing them; Dakota’s mummy sent a video of her singing Twinkle Twinkle and we all watched it with delight, on the white board. I think she could be on The X Factor!

  Miss Frisby’s group have been reading Handa’s Surprise; Merida (our chatterbox) introduced lots of objects from the story and we had to guess what the story could be. There was an elephant, a zebra, a goat and Kayden said that that was in our story - The Three Billy Goats Gruff. You’re right Kayden! I love how you make links with your learning! But we also had fruit which was a bit different to the ones we eat at snack time - a mango and a pineapple, but there was also banana and we eat them every week! By the time you read this, we will have tasted them! Yummy!

  Tree-mendous Tuesday was a mud fest - a bit like Glastonbury but instead of live bands we had Daisy and Zuzanna singing for us! I think they could be on the Pyramid Stage! Lots of our friends did get really muddy but no one cared and they carried on with their adventure! I think lots of washing machines were whizzing around in Langold on Tuesday night! Annalise’s mummy blogged that hers was! Sophia in F2’s mummy had donated a hosepipe and Mrs Fenton hooked it up to the outside tap and washed all our wellies. She wasn’t very careful and splashed the children too! Another fun experience!!

  Lots of our mummies blogged that our friends fell to sleep early that night and I bet there were lots of muddy filled dreams!