23.09.22

Dear Parents/Carers

Happy Friday folks!

This week, in Year 5 and 6 we completed our work honouring the late Queen Elizabeth II.  Children have produced some lovely work and written some thoughtful letters in her memory.  We are both impressed and proud of the respectful way they have behaved during this time.

In English this week, we have been working on improving our sentences and learning the technical terms for sentence types of ways to link them together.

In maths, we have continued working on all four number operations.  Year 5 will continue with place value and negative numbers next week and Year 6 will begin working with fractions.

Homework pages have been posted to Google Classroom this afternoon.  Please ask you child to log onto their classroom page and check the timetable carefully.

It would be helpful, for teacher, if you could make sure that your child hands their homework in by Wednesday, each week.  This makes it easier for us to get the books marked and returned to the children in time for them to bring them home again on Fridays.

HAPPY'S CIRCUS - A Message from the PTA

The circus is coming to Down Hall NEXT WEEK (Wednesday 28th).  This was a huge hit when it visited last time and we cannot wait to welcome it back.  Happy's is a professional, all human, touring circus.  They bring the Big Top and fill it with magic, acrobatics, aerialists and so much more!  Plus, there will be hot food and refreshments on the night too, with both alcoholic and soft beverages available.  So why not get there early and make a whole evening of it (it will save you cooking dinner!)?!

By attending the circus, not only will you be getting an evening of entertainment for the whole family, you will also be helping to raise funds for your child's school. 

Tickets available on the door or in advance from the PTA.

Don't forget that if you ever have any questions for your child's teacher, we can be contacted via the Year 5/6 email address at:

year5_6@downhallprimary.com 

Have a fab weekend.

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall

Welcome back!

 Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back.  We hope that you all had a lovely summer and managed to enjoy the sunshine.

It has been wonderful to see the children return to Year 5 and 6 with such positive attitudes to their learning and with huge smiles on their faces.  We hope that they have enjoyed their first week.  We certainly have!

Next Wednesday, we have our Parent Overview Meeting.  It is an opportunity for parents to come into school and receive information on life in Year 5 and 6.  If you would like to attend, please come to the car park entrance at 2:30pm on Wednsday 14th.  Someone will be there to greet you and bring you along to Sapphire Class.

Homework books have been delivered and will be sent out next week.  You will receive information regarding homework in the meeting on Wednesday.  In the meantime, please ask your child to check their school gmail account and join the invitation to their new Google Classroom page.  This will be where details of homework will be posted from next week.

Please can we request that you make sure all clothing and water bottles are labelled with your child's name. Children are bringing 'Air Up' bottles to school, which are rather expensive and often look the same.  We would hate for parents to have spent money on them over the holidays only for them to become lost or taken home by the wrong child.

Today, in Year 5 and 6, we spent some time marking the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.  The children were extremely respectful and made sensible, and often heartfelt contributions to our discussions.  They are in the process of producing some work which we hope they will look back on in the future as a reminder of the sad, yet historic time we are currently living in.  

Have a restful weekend

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall

20.07.22

Happy last day of the school year everyone!

So, here we are, the day has arrived that we have said a fond farewell to our lovely Year 6 children.  We have had a lovely day celebrating with them.  This afternoon, they had pizza, lollies, music and an extra surprise....... mini golf on the field.

The children have been a pleasure to teach and we will miss them all.  We would like to wish them every success and happiness as they head off to make new memories at Secondary School.

We would also like to wish the wonderful Year 5 children a happy summer holidays and let them all know that we are excited to see them return as Year 6s in September.

A HUGE thank you goes out to everyone who sent in gifts, flowers and cards.  We were touched by your kindness.

All that is left to say is, have a fab summer.

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall

08.07.22

Happy Friday everyone!

Thank you to all of our lovely parents who atteneded our Sports Day today.  Apologies that we ran out of time to award KS2 with their medals.  We will blame the KS2 teachers for taking too long with their silly novelty race!

On Monday at 3pm the school gates will be open for parents to come onto the field to watch the KS2 children receive their medals and take photographs.  We will also take photos and email them to parents who are unable to attend.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall

Message from Mrs Yuille

Unicef Shoeshare Appeal

Once again, on the last day of term, we are collecting shoes in partnership with Unicef and Clarks, who will cleverly turn our old shoes into money that will help fulfil the rights of children around the world. You can send your child with a spare pair of shoes on the final day this term so that they can place their unwanted school shoes into our collection box. If you have any other unwanted pairs you can send these in too and if you want to get started early with a big shoe clear out, we will have a box ready to take them from Monday 11th July. Shoes must be in a wearable condition with no holes or broken soles and paired together with an elastic band. You can find out more about Shoeshare here; UNICEF & CLARKS SHOESHARE APPEAL.  Our last collection total was 145 pairs of shoes, let's see if together we can smash this total!

Article 28 & 29:  Every child has the right to an education

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ShoeShare – Clarks & UNICEF

24.06.22

Happy Friday everyone.

Well, what a fantastic day we have all had today!  The children looked AMAZING in their rock star outfits.  

During the day, we took part in a Times Tables Rock Stars battle against each other in Year 5 and 6.  Well done to Sapphire who were the winning class.  We also played games and took part in a scavenger hunt.  

This afternoon Mia and Edward took on Mr Greenfield (aka Freddie Mercury) and Mrs Hurley (aka Amy Winehouse) in a TTRS battle.  As predicted, the children beat the teachers, with Mia winning overall.  Both Edward and Mia are able to answer times tables questions in under 1 second!  

Staff and children in Ruby, Sapphire and Topaz would like to thank Mrs Hurley for organising such a fun filled day!

So, all that is left to say is have a fab weekend. 

Sending you all a bit of GIRL POWER!

Ginger, Baby and Scary Spice

17.06.22

Happy Friday Folks!

We hope that you have all been enjoying the sunshine as much as we have in school this week!  Today, children enjoyed the opportunity to take off their ties and munch on ice lollies!  Well, it is Friday after all!

They also had a lovely afternoon, shopping at the Father's Day sale.  We would like to say a huge thank you to our fabulous PTA for organising this event.  We hope all of our Year 5/6 dads and grandads like their gifts and have an amazing Father's Day this Sunday.

District Sports

Congratulations to all of the children who have been selected to take part in District Sports next Thursday.  Mr Grey and Mr Attfield had the difficult job of choosing from lots of children who have performed exceptionally well in their PE lessons since Easter.  

If your child has been selected, I would like to thank you for how quickly you have all returned letters and requests for programmes.  If you still need to pay for your programme(s), please send the money into school with your child or pay at the office.  I will issue programmes for the children to bring home on Monday.

On the day of the event, children should come into school wearing their PE kits.  Please keep an eye on the weather forecast and send appropriate clothing, a hat, a full water bottle and a packed lunch. 

If you have any questions regarding District Sports, please email me on year5_6@downhallprimary.com 

Miss Sharman

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall

10.06.22

 Happy sunny Friday everyone!

It has been lovely to see the children return to school this week for what is the final half term of the academic year.

There are lots of exciting events coming up over the next few weeks, so keep an eye on the website and newsletters.

On Wednesday, children in Year 5 took part in a road safety workshop.  The visitor who presented it commented on how sensible and engaged the children were.  Well done Year 5.

This afternoon some of the children will have brought home letters regarding District Sports.  If your child received one, please read it carefully and return the reply slip to Miss Sharman as soon as possible.  If you have any questions relating to this even, please contact Miss Sharman via the Year 5/6 email.

Earlier this week, 7 of the Year 6 children were selected as Prefects.  They were chosen by staff who felt that they will represent the school brilliantly.  So, well done to Phoebe, Haris, Eli, Jessica, Lily, Josh and Tyler.  

On Monday, we will be electing house captains and we wish all those who have decided to apply, the best of luck! 

Have a lovely weekend - enjoy the Trinity Fayre if you are attending.

A Message from Mrs Hurley: TTRS Day 

This year, at Down Hall Primary School, we have had a big focus on Times Tables through our Times Table Programme as well as Times Table Rock Stars. These have both helped the children to become more fluent in their times tables. 

On Friday 24th June, we would like all staff and pupils to take the opportunity to dress up as rock stars for the day. During this day they will take part in a range of maths activities. It would be great to see as many children and staff engage in the TTRS Battle as possible. Prizes for the best dressed rock star (staff and child) will be handed out. Certificates will also be given to the children who achieve the fastest ‘Studio Speed’ in (according to the leaderboard that morning) No monetry donation is needed for dressing up, as this is not a charity event. More details will follow…