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WORDS OF THE WEEK

‘Word of the week’ sentences should be handed in by Thursday each week.

This week’s winners are:

Kimi Arblaster & Kavish Conhye (Key Stage 1); and Oliver Blatchford (Key Stage 2 winner)

Winning sentences (KS1): Kavish: “In Cotswolds Wildlife Park, I fed a very tall

giraffe with a branch of leaves”. Kimi: “A male giraffe weighs as much as a small car

and can grow to over five metres.”

Winning sentence (KS2): Oliver: “Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of

Parliament, but his plan was foiled and his co-workers were either killed or tortured in the Tower

of London.”

Here is the target word for Key Stage 1 pupils to use before Thursday 20th November:

tunnel

The Key Stage 2 target word to use is: exaggerate

Good luck, everyone!

Holiday Dates 2014 Term Dates 2014/15

Fri 19th Dec 2014 – Fri 2nd Jan 2015 Christmas Holiday Fri 13th Feb – Fri 20th Feb 2015 Half Term Fri 27th Mar –Fri 10th Apr 2015 Easter Holiday Mon 4th May 2015 Bank Holiday Fri 23rd May – Fri 29th May 2015 Half Term School closes for Summer Holiday - Mon 20 Jul 2015.

14th November 2014

Diary Dates CLJ WEEK – 8th December

THEATRE VISITS KS2 Monday 15th Dec

KS1 Wednesday 17th Dec Nursery Visit to Cadbury World Thursday 18th Dec

Message from the Acting Head Teacher

Children in Need Thank you for supporting the annual Children in

Need Appeal so fully and generously again this year.

Yesterday, the following pupils sold cakes, raising £109.87 in aid of this charity:

Year 6: Alice, Declan, Jacob, Luke, Thomas, Ellie; Year 4: Eddie (who made fudge);

EYFS: Harriette.

The above team organised the whole event, made all of the cakes, and sold them after school. Thanks

and congratulations to them.

The children enjoyed dressing up today, and each child made a minimum donation of £1.

Next week, we will let you know how much money you raised in total.

Thank you again, everyone (especially the pupils, above, and Mrs Keeling).

WRITING TASK (5)

Here is Point 5 of our weekly writing tasks series*:

Let the children learn through ‘quick’ writing, free writing, and by having a sustained, uninterrupted go.

*These points are taken from Wrigley, S: National Writing Project (NWP),

National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE): http://www.nwp.org.uk/1/category/national%20curriculum/1.html

This weekend, can you set up an opportunity for your child/ren to sit and write free-flow, and then enjoy the

results? PLEASE SEE OVER

STARS OF THE WEEK As you know, the two best pupils in every class from

Reception to Year 6 are rewarded in assemblies every Friday.

This week’s ‘Stars of the Week’ are:

Reception - Kyle Andrews Paloma Shelley Year 1 - Jacob Murphy Loegan Dodd Year 2 - Caitlin Croghan Joshua Smith Year 3 - Allannah Rolinson Violet Green Year 4 - Mia Clarke Jeremy George Year 5 - Charlie Thompson Britney Biju Year 6 - Josh Cheetham Oswin Abraham

Congratulations to them and their families!

Junior Leadership Team This week, the team worked on arranging their upcoming visit to the Mayor Parlour.

Nine members of the JLT (and two Year 3

pupils, who had written to the Lord Mayor separately as part of a writing project) will

visit the Parlour on Tuesday 18th November.

The focus will be on democracy and on how further to develop effective pupil leadership.

We will let you know how it goes.

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PiXL update

The Year 6 PiXL groups are continuing to impact on the children’s learning. Following some of the

children’s invitation to the Head Teacher’s Tea Party, it was pleasing to hear how much they

value and enjoy the extra PiXL sessions they are completing.

Following the latest round of assessments, I have been able to regroup some of the children and update their PLC (Primary Learning Checklist).

These will be shared with the children next week. This will give them a greater responsibility of

their learning and help them understand what areas they need to develop in. We will encourage them to share this with parents so everybody can

work together to help the children succeed.

For more information, please see www.pixl.org.uk

School Displays

A big thank you to staff who have been working so hard on displaying pupils’ work so

effectively.

Lots of pupils have produced excellent work and we are proud to share it with everyone.

Thanks to all concerned.

P.E. KITS

It is important that your child takes part in the timetabled Physical Education lessons each week. Please ensure that your child has a suitable P.E. kit in school every week.

Parish/School Community Christmas Bazaar

Friday 5th December 5 – 7 pm.

Raffle ticket books have been sent out this week. Please return all ticket stubs and money in an envelope to the School Office. Extra books are available from the School Office, please return any unused/unsold books, do not destroy.