Dear Parents/Carers
Happy Friday everyone!
We've had an exciting week in Year 5 and 6, this week. As you may know, we had Happy's Circus on the field earlier in the week. We were fotunate enough to be invited inside the big top for a look around and a talk from the Ring Mistress on Wednesday. Luckily, no one decided to run away and join the circus, although a few children (and staff) seemed quite tempted!
In class, we have been continuing to learn about space. In science we discuss air resistance and the children enjoyed making parachutes as part of an investigation. Ruby and Topaz have already tested theirs out. Sapphire will give theirs a try next week.
In English, we have begun writing a Sci-fi story called 'Holiday In Space'. The children have come up with some lovely ideas for their stories and have worked hard to include a range of sentence types in their writing, as this has been our GPS focus for the past two weeks.
Homework pages for this week have been uploaded to Google Classroom. It has been great to see so many children submitting their homework. If your child has not handed their books in yet, this term, please ask them to do so next week. It is really helpful if they can hand homework in by Wednesday each week, in order for teachers to mark it in time to return it to them on Fridays.
As you can see, we have a jam packed blog this week. Please see the messages below from Mrs Hurley and Mrs Yuille.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall
A couple of messages from Mrs Yuille
NSPCC’s Speak Out Stay Safe Programme
RRS Article 19: Children have the right to be safe
As a Rights Respecting School we are committed to keeping children safe and we are happy to be taking part in the NSPCC’s safeguarding programme in school. This programme helps children to recognise abuse in a child friendly way and encourages them to speak out to a trusted Duty Bearer.
In school, children will watch an assembly delivered by Ant and Dec and then take part in follow up discussions in class. Please read the full details on the NSPCC letter here where you will find further links and resources that you can use at home to educate and support your child. We urge you to take a look at these.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to pop in and see us.
Harvest Collection
This year we will continue to support Rochford Extended Services with our Harvest collection. Donations will be boxed up and distributed by them to the children and families that need them most within our own local community.
As a Gold Level Rights Respecting School, we do our best to advocate for Children’s Rights and for sustainability. Articles 24 and 27 state that:
“Every child has the right to the best possible health and a good standard of living”
If you can send in any non-perishable items before Wednesday 19th October that would be fabulous and you can find a full list of suggested items here. In school we will celebrate Harvest during the week of 17th October with some learning in class and by singing our favourite Harvest song in assembly. Please enjoy having a go at the Harvest Samba here and thanks for any contributions you feel able to make.
WHOLE SCHOOL SUMDOG ESSEX COMPETITION
