It was a bit windy at forest school today but Barbados class demonstrated some excellent teamwork and imagination today. They built a tree house, using sticks to hammer other sticks into the ground, they made a den and a bed from the evergreen cuttings. We had lots of scrumptious food being made in the mud kitchen and even some mud painting happening on the canvas.
We also wrapped wool to make jumpers for stick men to keep them warm and a few fishing rod were made too!
Well done to Fiji class who reached their attendance target and won 'parachute time' on the attendance-opoly board! They had so much fun this afternoon! Keep up the good attendance Fiji!
Thank you to all those parents who were able to make our first stay and read session. It was lovely to welcome so many of you into the classrooms to share in a love of reading with your child/grandchild.
Reading takes you on a journey and it was great to see so many children and their adults immersed in a range of fictional stories. We look forward to welcoming you to our next stay and read in February.
Further information will follow.
Industrial Action- School Closure
As you will be aware from our letter sent to parents and carers last week, Broadford and Mead will be closed to all pupils on Wednesday 1st February. If your child is eligible for free school meals, you can order a packed lunch to be collected on the day between 11.30 am - 12.30 pm here.
This will initially only apply for the first day of action, Wednesday 1st February, and we will review this and other guidance we receive prior to the next planned dates.
School uniform
Please ensure that your child wears the correct school uniform to school every day. All children should wear: A bottle green sweatshirt or cardigan, collared white t-shirt, and black trousers or tailored skirt. Leggings are not part of the uniform policy and should not be worn to school. Children may wear flat ankle boots (no heels). We have also requested that school fleeces be made available with the uniform provider and we will inform you when they are available. If you need support with uniform costs please speak to the office as you may be eligible for uniform vouchers if you have not already received these this school year.
PE Kits: plain black/grey jogging bottoms or black/green shorts and white t-shirt with appropriate footwear.
Yours sincerely,
Welcome to our poetry basket. This week in our poetry basket sessions Reception have learnt the poem "A little house". We learnt some lovely descriptive language to describe our house and the smoke coming out of the chimney and the accompanying actions.
Please enjoy our performance.
This week Nursery have been focusing on 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. We have made bears and enjoyed exploring porridge oats, scooping and pouring them into different sized bowls.
Italy class won a treasure hunt for beating their attendance target. They really enjoyed finding the clues and then trying to work out the answers to get to the treasure at the end.
Well done to the children who received a certificate for swimming 1 width (Bailey, Michelle and Chloe), a lunchtime certificate (Leo, Michael N, Millie and Natas) and Mathletic certificates (Michael N and David).
This week Greece class were able to design a lunch menu as part of their attendance reward. The menu will be available on Monday, 30th January.
The children in Greece class got to design a poster and the winning design, which was picked by the Catering Manager, has been displayed around the school.
Well done to Hazel for her winning design.
The menu choices for Monday are:
Burger in a Bun
Vegan Sausage Roll
Baguette - Ham, Cheese, Tuna
Sides - Sweetcorn and Broccoli and Potato Dippers
Pudding - Arctic Roll
Well done to all those children in Year 4 who received a Mathletics certificate this week. We are very proud of you.
The children in Year 5 have started the Spring term by exploring Jazz music. They learned about the main features of jazz music like scat singing, walking bass and improvisation as well as listened to some famous jazz artists like Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald or Ray Charles.
The children enjoyed singing ‘Hit the road Jack’, playing ‘5 Note swing’ and improvising.
