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Meal Week 1 View the meal menu online at

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Attendance and Punctuality View our attendance graph at

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Well done to Miss Gleeson’s class for 100% attendance, there will

be a little treat for you this week

Late attendance affected children’s learning on 47 occasions,

which is an average of 9.4 per day.

Overall school attendance for last week was

97.7% Class Teacher Lates % Attendance

F1 Miss Thompson & Miss Wood 0 89.6

F2ES Miss Sefton 3 97.3

F2AW Mrs Wood & Mrs Atkinson 8 98.7

Y1RW Miss Webb 3 99.7

Y1WM Miss Marsden & Miss Waller 3 99.7

Y2LD Miss Duggleby 0 97.7

Y2LA Miss Andrew 3 98.7

Y3BH Mr Harper 1 96.2

Y3IF Miss Frost 1 96.7

Y4GG Miss Gleeson 8 100.0

Y4RH Miss Handy 2 97.0

Y5JP Mr Park 6 99.7

Y5RC Miss Conway 4 96.7

Y6MT Miss Tipping 5 96.7

Y6JW Miss Weir 0 99.7

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Important Dates

Monday 10th October

EARLY BIRD WEEK!

Wednesday 12th October

9:00 to 10:00

Parent Forum Coffee Morning

Parent Champion and

MAST support

Wednesday 12th October

Breakfast Club Special

Sausage butties! £1.00

Thursday 13th October

Mayans in Y6

Friday 14th October

Year 2 Bun Day

Tuesday 18th October

Parent session with Neil

Griffiths at 2:30pm

Monday 31st October

Breakfast Club Price Increase

Thursday 3rd November

Y4 to Weston Park Museum

Tuesday 15th November

Reception to Museum

Monday 21st November

Year 3 to Sikh Temple

Thursday 24th November

Year 5 to Buddhist Temple

Fri 4th to Sat 5th Novmeber

Night at the Museum (Y2)

Fri 4th to Sun 6th November

Robinwood (Y5)

Mon 7th to Wed 9th November

Wed 9th to Fri 11th November

Whirlow Hall Farm (Y3)

Mon 28th to Wednesday 30th December

Crich (Y6)

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Parent Forum News This week the Guest Speaker at coffee morning will be talking to

you about Parent Champions, she will be there from 9:20 am. We

are also hoping to introduce the MAST worker who will be

working with us this year!

As usual, second hand books and nearly new uniform will be

available to purchase or swap. ALL parents and carers are

welcome, coffee morning starts at 9:00am!

BUNS This Friday it is the turn of Year 2 to provide the buns, thank you for

your support!

We have Zumba for adults in the Crescent

Community Centre every Tuesday morning

starting just after 9:00am, everyone is very

welcome to join in, the cost is £3.00 per

session!

Year 2 Residential

Night at the Museum On Friday morning, we will be ordering the sleeping bags for the

Night at the Museum, and we won’t be able to take any late

booking after that! If your child decides that they would like to

go after all, please let the office staff know as soon as possible,

and definitely before Friday

Those of you who have signed up already should have received

your paperwork, please contact the school office if you haven’t

received your pack. The completed documents need to be back

in school by Friday. Thanks for your support.

Roald Dahl

There is an event on the

Moor in Sheffield on

Saturday to celebrate Roald

Dahl’s 100th birthday, you

can find out more by

following the link:

http://www.eventgoat.co.uk

/sheffield/roald-dahl-

celebration-with-off-the-

shelf/

Maths Challenge Please find attached October’s

Maths challenge. When you

have answered the question,

please bring your sheet and

place it in the folder in the

Maths Challenge display in Key

Stage 2 Dining Room.

Well done to everyone who did

the Maths challenge over the 6

weeks holidays! A winner will

be announced in Merit

assemblies on Friday.

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Reading On Tuesday 18th October we have Neil Griffiths in school for the

afternoon. He will be presenting to the whole school, and then

he will present to parents at 2:30pm in the Crescent Community

Centre.

Neil Griffiths was a Primary Headteacher for 13 years before

taking on the role of director for a National Literacy Support

Project for the Basic Skills Agency. He created Storysacks, and is

now a freelance consultant for Corner to Learn.

We hope you can join us for the parent session. Neil will be

signing copies of his book, the cost is £6.99, there is no

obligation to buy!

Family Learning The next Family Learning course is ‘Discover Robotics’, it is a 6-

week course starting on 1st November. Family Learning courses

are held in school on Tuesday mornings from 9:15 to 11:15am.

If you would like to learn how to use a Raspberry Pi to create a

robot, then this course is for you! Just think how impressed your

family will be

For more information, collect a leaflet from the school office. You

can book a place by speaking to the reception staff!

Oak Tree High

School Oak Tree High School is an

OFSTED registered,

independently run

Secondary School run in

Yorkshire Muslim Academy.

They provide quality secular

education for girls in an

Islamic environment.

Staff from Oak Tree High

School would like to meet

parents who are interested

in their daughter attending

the school in the future, they

have arranged an

information event in the

Crescent Community Centre

on Tuesday 18th October at

3:30pm.

Their open day is on Sunday

23rd October, you can get

more details from the staff at

the information event on the

18th!

Parents Evening Thank you to everyone who

was able to join us on

Parents Evening last week!

If you were not able to

attend, please speak to the

class teacher and they will

arrange a time to meet with

you, before or after school.

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Reception Trip to Museum

15th November 2016 9:00am to 3:00pm

National Emergency Services Museum, West Bar

Coach

£ 3.00

Free packed lunches will be ordered from school

Volunteers are needed, please speak to the class

teacher if you would like to help!

Reception children will be visiting the museum to learn about

how the emergency services work. Admission to the museum is

free for 4 and 5 year olds, the cost of the trip covers the hire of

the coach.

Year 5 Trip to the Buddhist Centre

24th November 2016 Y5JP AM, Y5RC PM

Buddhist Centre, Sheffield

Coach

£ 4.50

Children will be having lunch in school

Volunteers are not needed!

Year 5 classes will be visiting the Buddhist Centre in Sheffield to

learn about the worship and prayer of Buddhism, and to learn

about the Buddhist place of worship. The Buddhist Centre ask for

a donation of £4 per child, and school will pay this! The cost of

the trip (above) covers the hire of the coach.

Mayans in Year 6 This Thursday, we have the History Van coming to Year 6 classes

for a hands-on workshop called ‘Mayans – a Non-European

Civilisation’. Look out for updates on Twitter!

Makaton

Mrs Clark’s Word of the

Week is ‘afternoon’.

Early Bird Week This week is Early Bird Week,

we will be monitoring the

number of late arrivals in

each class, and the lowest

number will be rewarded!

This is a team effort,

everyone needs to try their

very hardest this week to be

on time for school!

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Year 3 Trip to the Sikh Temple

21st November 2016 12:30 to 3:30pm

Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Sikh Temple, Sheffield

Coach

£ £2.00

Children will be having lunch in school

Three volunteers are needed, please speak to the class

teacher if you would like to go and help!

Year 3 classes will be visiting the Sikh Temple to gain an

understanding of the Sikh faith. There is no charge for admission

to the Temple, the cost of the trip covers the hire of the coach.

Attendance Letters We hold our hands up and apologise to parents who were

offended by the attendance letters that went out last week, we

think we got the tone wrong. In future we are going to put a

piece in the Newsletter before any letters go out so that parents

are informed that standard letters will be issued and we can take

the opportunity to state exactly why we send these letters. We

don’t want to alarm parents unnecessarily, we know that there

are times when children cannot be in school, at the same time

we want to keep parents informed so that are aware of their

child’s attendance and we do want to challenge poor attendance

and poor punctuality. We want the very best for every child.

We are sorry if the letter you received upset you, we hope that

by tweaking our systems we will help you to understand why we

do the things that we do, always trying to improve outcomes for

our children. If you remain concerned, then please do not

hesitate to contact Mr Mitchell.

After School Clubs Next week, we’ll put out the list of after school activities for next

half term, look out for it! You will also be able to sign up on line

using Agora.

Black History

Month October is Black History

Month, and each class in

school will be spending

some time contemplating

the life of an inspirational

person from history.

We would be really pleased

if parents joined in too, we

have attached a quiz for you

to complete and return!

Parent Governor Voting has now closed in the

election for Parent Governor.

The votes will be counted,

and we will announce the

result just as soon as we can!

Thank you to everyone for

taking part in the election

process!

ADULT HOMEWORK

Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid revolutionary. Beyoncé Knowles, bestselling

music artist. Louis Armstrong, jazz pioneer. Maya Angelou, award-winning writer

and poet. The list of inspiring figures in black history goes on, but how much do

you know about their achievements?

October is Black History Month, the time of year when the culture, history and

achievements of black and ethnic minority communities take centre stage. Your

children will be finding out more in school, and we want you to have the opportunity

to find out more too!

We have a very special homework for parents and carers, it is printed over the page.

You can pick up extra worksheets from the office.

You need to hand in the completed homework by Friday 21st October … everyone who

completes the Adult Homework and hands it in on time will have their name on a

special Merit Board in the newsletter after half term.

If you have any questions, please ask your children or call into the school office.

ADULT HOMEWORK – BLACK HISTORY MONTH Please hand in your homework to the school office by Friday 21st October 2016

Who am I, and why am I best remembered?

Who am I, and why am I best remembered?

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Who am I, and why am I best remembered?

Who am I, and why am I best remembered?

Name: ____________________________________________________ Date: _______________________

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The Deca Tree

In the forest there is a Deca Tree.

A Deca Tree has 10 trunks,

and on each trunk there are 10

branches,

and on each branch there are 10

twigs,

and on each twig there are 10

leaves:

One day a woodcutter came along and cut down

one trunk from the tree.

Then he cut off one branch from another trunk

of the tree.

Then he cut off one twig from another branch.

Finally he pulled one leaf from another twig.

How many leaves were left on the tree then?