SECOND HALF OF SPRING TERMSECOND HALF OF SPRING TERMENDING THURSDAY 2ENDING THURSDAY 2NDND APRIL 2015 APRIL 2015

NURSERY

RECEPTION

NURSERY RHYMES

This half term the Nursery children have been learning about Homes and Houses linked to fairy tales

In PE the children are continuing to learn how to throw and catch balls. They have worked very hard

We have looked at Jack and the Beanstalk and talked about the giant’s castle and the children have been writing about their favourite part of the story. The children have also sequenced pictures of the life cycle of a bean

During our Little Red Riding Hood week we looked at the route that she went on through the forest to Grandma’s house and then the children worked in groups to make their own maps showing the route we went from Nursery to Key Stage 2 playground. The children remembered lots of things we saw on the way. The children also listened carefully to the story

Our week on the Three Little Pigs was very exciting! The children used masks and props to retell the story and also used their mark making skills to write about the story

“I would like to thank Parents for their continued support in sharing the books with their child and returning them daily,

also for completing the home activities” – Mrs Gilbert

We continue to follow activities of Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds on a daily basis. The children also have a shared reading session every other week

A gentle reminder to please name your child’s clothing and shoes so there will be no confusion after

PE. Thank you.

This half term our topic has been ‘Fairy Tales’. The children have listened to numerous traditional tales and have participated in lots of speaking and listening activities through the retelling of these stories using puppets and role play.

Children have engaged in a wealth of new learning experiences that included cooking and tasting porridge, simple map work, exploring different building materials, carrying out experiments to find out which materials were waterproof and planted beans – will there be a giant at the top of ours?

At the end of term, children learned about the Christian celebrations and traditions for Easter. Fun activities for Easter were enjoyed by everyone

Multicultural WeekDuring the school multicultural week Reception children participated in activities to learn about France. The children built famous landmarks using construction toys, made flags and enjoyed tasting some French food

YEAR 2

YEAR 1

KEY STAGE 1 SATs MEETING

Thank you to those parents who attended the SATs meeting.

This was an opportunity for parents to ask questions about the forthcoming SATs week and discuss any worries which they may have. The structure of the week was discussed and past papers were used as examples to demonstrate the organisation of the reading, writing and numeracy assessments. If there are any further questions please feel free to ask, we have an open door policy

LiteracyThis half term the children have continued to be engaged in their learning. The children in Year 1 have been working very hard in Literacy and have written some superb fact files about Japan. The children’s work will be displayed at ‘Open Evening’. We have also been learning about Traditional Tales. The children have written about their favourite story and had the opportunity to do some drama

During ‘World Book Day’ the children got the opportunity to dress up as a character from a book. We all had lots of fun during the day!

NumeracyIn Numeracy we have been learning to understand the value of digits in a two digit number. For our curricular target the children in Year 1 have been learning to identify odd and even numbers. We learnt a little rhyme to help us remember! We have also been learning to count forwards and backwards in twos, fives and tens.

ArtMrs Taylor, Chair of Governors, has been helping us with our Art project this term, which focuses on clay. The whole of Year 1 have listened carefully and worked hard to produce a clay egg to be very proud of!

Multi-cultural weekDuring Multi-cultural week, Year 1 completed lots of different activities to help them find out about Japan. The children answered the register in Japanese. Here are some simple phrases:

Good morning = ohayou gozaimasuGood afternoon = konichiwaGood evening = konbanwa

The children found out how to count to ten in Japanese. We listened to a rap and made up actions to help us learn to count to ten.

The children really enjoyed finding out about Origami and all got to make an animal by folding paper. They created ducks, fish, cats and dogs.

In Literacy this term year 2 have been learning about explanation texts. We have looked at the features within an explanation text.

The children learned about that an explanation text usually contains a contents page, index, glossary and diagrams.

Linked in with our multicultural week, the children also wrote letters to the footprints orphanage in Kenya.

Year two learned how to compose a letter correctly. They learned how to start a letter and how to sign off at the end of a letter.

Within Numeracy this term the children have been using number lines to add and subtract.

We also looked at money and the different coins that we can use. Year 2 also learned how to convert pound to pence. As well as this the children recapped on their data handling skills.

As a class we learnt about bar charts, tallies and pictograms.

Year 2 are avid historians and this term we learned all about the “lady with the lamp”, Florence nightingale. We researched the Scutari hospital and learnt about the Crimean war. The children learned about hospital conditions in the 1850’s compared to hospital conditions in the present day.

YEAR 3

YEAR 4

CURRICULUM ITEMS

This term the children have been spelling of words learned in previous years and continuing with personal weekly spelling, following the look, cover strategy. We have also been studying various elements of different genres of writing.

We began with narrative stories which we based on familiar stories such as the Horrid Henry books.

The children wrote their own Horrid Henry style story!

The children have been working hard on learning their phase 5 phonemes. This has been supported by their daily handwriting and daily spelling practice. The class have really made a big improvement within their handwriting especially.

Year 2 have also continued their excellent work in P.E and Music with Mr Attwood and Mr Mansfield respectively.

In art the children used paints to create a Kenyan horizon. They then tore paper and card to create a silhouette of the Kenyan mountains and trees in the background.

Year 2 loved learning about different painting techniques and especially liked using the sponges to create their Kenyan horizons.

For Multicultural week the children also drew and coloured the Kenyan flag. They alsoLearned the song Jambo in Swahili.

Literacy The children have been exploring performance poems and were confident in identifying the features of them. They enjoyed listening to various sounds in the outdoors, which they used to adapt the ‘The Sound Collector’ poem.

We will be focussing on non- chronological reports for the rest of the term with a focus on J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books.

They had a great time using their imaginations to write a poem following the structure of ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright. I was impressed with the variety of ideas the children had and the expression they used to perform them.

Numeracy This half term the children have been using their understanding of number facts to solve addition and subtraction problems. They have been using 3 digit numbers to add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100.

The children have also been working on addition and subtraction word problems and have done very well in identifying the important information needed before selecting the appropriate operation.

They have progressed their addition skills further by using the column method to complete addition using two 3 digit numbers. I have been extremely pleased with the children’s approach to this and their understanding of using the correct layout and their ability to carry numbers into the next column.

In Science the children have been learning about plants. They have identified the main parts of a plant and looked into the features of these in detail. They have recognised the requirements needed for a plant to grow healthily and will carry out an investigation into water transportation.

The children will also be focussing on the life cycle of a plant as well as exploring seed dispersal

We then progressed onto looking at recount genres of writing, which included studying newspaper and magazine writing styles.

The children have studied a wide variety of different texts to ensure they understood the style and structure of each genre studied.

There has also been a continual focus to ensure the children improve basic grammar, sentence structure and punctuation.

NumeracyTopics we have covered are place value and the ordering of decimals, rounding numbers to the nearest ten or hundred, reading numbers from scales, properties of numbers and number sequences.

They have also learned about mental calculation strategies, pencil and paper procedures, using money, making decisions and checking results, problems involving measuring, shape and space, fractions, problems involving time and data handling.

The children have also been encouraged to continue to learn and practice all of their times tables, from 2 - 12.

ArtIn Art this term, we have been studying Van Gogh. This involved exploring how his use of colour is unique to his work.

The children, with the support of Mrs Taylor, our Chair of Governors, have created a wonderful display of pictures based on Van Gogh’s Starry Night, A huge thank you to Mrs Taylor for helping the children create such masterpieces!

ScienceThe first topic we covered this term was ‘Teeth and the Digestive System’.

Mr Yates’s close friend, Mr Jake Edwards, works in dental technology and he agreed to come into school and share his expertise with the class.

This involved practical activities designed to inform the children about the different roles each type of tooth plays.

The second topic Year 4 learned about was ‘Electricity’. During this topic, the children learned about how electricity is generated and the many different uses we have for it.

This half-term has seen Year 4 begin their swimming unit at the Meadowside Leisure Centre.

All 36 children have been grouped by the instructors and now will be able to have a prolonged period of coaching with the aim of improving their skill, confidence and enjoyment in the water.

In the first few weeks the children have experienced a variety of activities ranging from practising their backstroke in the large pool, through to controlling their body position in the water. These sessions will continue to take place each week on Wednesday mornings, therefore could I please ask all children and parents to try to remember to bring all the necessary equipment needed to school

May I please remind you to supply your child with the correct swimming kit which is a swimming hat and swimming costume or trunks.

Unfortunately, loose swimming shorts aren’t permitted as they restrict children when they are first learning to swim. Thank you for your support

Our other focus within P.E. is on dance whilst in R.E.

Within DT the children have researched the various forms of a lighthouse and how to create a model lighthouse. They have all attempted to make their very own model.

YEAR 5

EnglishIn English this half term, we have been learning about narrative poetry. We found out that narrative poems tell a story, and we read a range of poems, including ‘The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond’ by Charles Causely, ‘Miller’s End’ by Charles Causley, ‘The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late’ by J. R. R. Tolkien and ‘Chocolate Cake’ by Michael Rosen.

We all participated in a class performance of ‘The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond’, and we developed our spoken language skills by discussing our thoughts and opinions of the poems with others.

More recently, we have begun a unit on reports and journalistic writing in which we have studied ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner. We have written eyewitness accounts and discussed the different points of view in the story.

MathsIn maths this half term, we have been learning to find fractions of quantities and equivalent fractions. We have also learnt about fraction and decimal equivalents. We have developed our understanding of the written method for short division, as well as improving our multiplication skills. Our class target is to find the area and perimeter of shapes, including compound shapes

ScienceIn science, we have been learning about the properties of different materials. We have learnt about reversible and irreversible changes, and we have also conducted an experiment into the absorbency of different materials

Design and TechnologyOut D&T topic this half term is pop-up books. We have looked at a range of pop-up books and we have studied the different mechanisms used. We have recreated some of these mechanisms. We will now move on to designing pop-up books of our own

HistoryIn history, we have continued to learn about the Victorians. We have looked at a range of sources to help us develop our understanding of this period in history. We have discussed the reliability of different sources.

In particular, we focused on different images of Queen Victoria and what we can learn from these

REIn RE this half term, we have been learning about suffering and hardship. We have learnt about how hardship and suffering are included in the Easter story.

We have also learnt about how these themes are present in the origins of Buddhism. We learnt about Siddatha Gautama, an Indian prince, who went on to become the Buddha.

Multicultural WeekFor multicultural week, Year 5 have been learning about Italy. In Arts Week, we researched Venetian masks and then created some masks of our own in the same style.

During multicultural week, we learnt about Pompeii and mosaics, and we created some mosaics of our own.

We also made pizza, completely from scratch, including the dough. This involved very careful measuring and cooperation with others to ensure that the dough was of the correct consistency! Children then selected their own toppings and, when the pizzas were cooked, they were able to taste their creations! We then created menus based on our pizza creations, including giving our pizzas names!

World Book Day By Ella R. and Mille S. in Year 5 On Thursday 5th March, Shobnall Primary School pupils celebrated World Book Day! The teachers and characters dressed up as their favourite book characters. Just before lunch, the teachers went in to other classes to read books or short stories. At lunchtime, we had a themed lunch: Gruffalo Grill (don’t worry, it’s only a burger!); Madhatter pizza and a Harry Potter hotdog. Miss Alexander also led a World Book Day themed assembly. She shared some of her favourite books, and read us a book by Anthony Browne called ‘Through the Magic Mirror’. Afterwards, we discussed the importance of reading and we did little descriptions of why you should read particular books. We wrote this World Book Day acrostic poem, all about the importance of reading: World Book Day is once a year, but it’s important to read every day.Over all the world, there are books for everyone.Reading can help you in every subject.Learn a lot or laugh out loud.Demon Dentist by David Walliams, to name just one. Because some people like excitement, it’s great to try short stories.Of all the books in the worlds, there are many different genres you might like.Opinions from other people may help you to find the perfect book for you.Kick-start your love of books by visiting the school library. Don’t just choose the book because of the cover.Action stories may be for you, or maybe comics!You should try and find a book and take these tips!

YEAR 6

LiteracyThis term in Literacy we’ve been learning about autobiographical writing and persuasive writing. We’ve been using the IPads to look at various websites to see what format persuasive writers use. We eventually designed and created out ‘Ultimate’ hotel which included all of the skills we have been learning about.

In our autobiography writing we were asked to collect information about our lives so far. We did this by interviewing our parents and some of us discovered some fascinating facts about ourselves and our families. It was certainly an entertaining topic to focus on.

NumeracyThis term in Numeracy we have been learning about angles and co-ordinates. We’ve been learning about the different types of angles, including; Acute, Right, Obtuse and Reflex angles. We have developed our skills in using a protractor and solving past SATs style questions to develop these skills.

We spent a lot of time studying co-ordinates and learning about co-ordinates in four quadrants which includes negative numbers. The work became even more challenging when we were required to solve co-ordinate questions without any of the axis labelled and therefore could only use certain clues provided.

HistoryThis term in History we’re learning about Ancient Greece. We have been learning about the City States, democracy and Greeks Gods and Goddesses. We have learnt about the different City States and what they were famous for, such as Sparta being famous for its strength in creating powerful soldiers.We had the opportunity of using the ipads to research the different Greek Gods and find out the reasons for their importance and why they were worshipped.

Internet SafetyThis term we have been studying safety on the internet. We’ve learnt not to put any confidential information onto the internet and we have learnt about Cyber-Bullying and the Smart rules, (Safe, Meet, Accepting, Reliable, Tell). We have also completed posters showing key information about Smart rules and Cyber-Bullying.

Toby Jugs

In this term we’ve been making Toby Jugs. Mrs Taylor and Mrs Tinning worked with the class and we all thoroughly enjoyed this topic.

This is how we made these extraordinary Toby Jugs:

1: draw your caricature.2: draw your caricature onto a piece of paper the size that you want.3: trace onto a piece of clay.4: make it into a mug shape.5: make a handle out of clay and put it onto your mug.6: paint your mug.7: varnish it. Written by Daniel Bond and Aaron Frost

SATS

The Children in Year 6 are also all working extremely hard in preparation for their SATs in May. They are currently undertaking a number of focussed activities and past test papers to enable them to achieve their full potential within the tests.

The class thoroughly enjoyed their insight into Brazil during Multicultural Week and you will be able to see their hard work at the School Open Evening on 22nd April 2015.

We will remain focused on SATs work after the Easter Break and ensure that all the Year 6 children achieve their full potential.

KS1 AND KS2 SAT’S MEETINGThank you to those parents who attended the SATs meetings held on 31st March and 1st April for KS1 and KS2.

This was an opportunity for parents to ask questions about the forthcoming SATs week and discuss any worries which they may have. The structure of the week was discussed and past papers were used as examples to demonstrate the organisation of the reading, writing and numeracy assessments.

If there are any further questions please feel free to ask, we have an open door policy.

CLUBS & SCHOOL NEWS

Science ClubScience club has been very well attended by children from Years 5 and 6. We have learnt about circuits and we made steady hand games. This involved creating a circuit that included a piece of twisted wire, a metal hook, crocodile clips, batteries and a buzzer.

In the steady hand game, children needed to guided their metal hook around the twisted wire. If the hook touched the metal wire, the buzzer would go off. We then went on to making zoetropes, which use a spinning motion to create the illusion of movement. These are similar to an early form of animation.

Environmental Art ClubChildren from years 1 and 2 have joined Mrs Farrington and Miss Agent for a creative club this half term with an environmental twist. Children have been using natural resources to produce art work including, stone paperweights, wood cookie name necklaces, twigs to weave wool around and have tried out a touch of origami to make some paper leaves.

Children have worked really hard on each project and gained many new skills along the way. Well done to you all!

Skipping ClubYear 3 and Year 4 children have enjoyed the skipping club on a Tuesday after school. The children have had the opportunity to use digital skipping ropes, which has counted how many skips each child has completed. These skipping ropes brought out the children’s competitive spirit.

Girls FootballThe girl’s football began on Tuesday 3rd February and Mr Gordon and Mr Roberts were very impressed with the standard of football being shown.

The sessions ran every Tuesday after school for four weeks. The girls were working on their dribbling, passing and shooting.

The first girls tournament took place at St Georges on 1st April and the girls were fantastic. They won four of their matches in this friendly tournament and drew 2 finishing top of their group. – This stands us in good stead for our next tournament in June where there may be some silverware on offer and based on this performance, our girls should be in with a great chance!

Speed Stacks and Board Games ClubA number of children form Years 3 and 4 have been taking part in ‘Speed Stacks and Board Games’ Club. At the club, the children had the opportunity to practice their skills with using Speed Stacks and thoroughly enjoyed competing against each other. The children were extremely enthusiastic and keen to develop their skills.

Well done to all children who attended!

Badminton ClubThis is a popular club with our youngsters. We introduce basic techniques through fun games and activities giving the pupils the chance to try the sport and challenge each other competitively. The children are always enthusiastic so apologies must be sent to parents as the children often leave this club later than they should, as time seems to fly by.

NETBALL - Dove Valley League Champions!

The school netball team once again proudly claimed the Dove Valley Netball shield on Thursday 5th March 2015 as the children clinched the title in emphatic fashion. The team had qualified for this stage of the competition unbeaten all the way back in the Autumn term and had the opportunity of showcasing their skills and enthusiasm once again against the best teams within the Dove Valley.

The tournament was held at the De Ferrer’s Academy and whilst the evening turned cold and blustery, it didn’t affect the performance of the children. The first game was against All Saints, Alrewas and the team began, in what would turn out to be, in slow fashion, with a 3 – 0 victory. It was just the start needed and gave the children that extra bit of confidence. Shobnall then beat Richard Crosse, Kings Bromley 6 – 0 and Rykneld 4 – 0. The final two games had the potential to be the most difficult based on the experience from the previous tournaments and the children performed brilliantly against Thomas Russell, Barton, winning 5 – 2 before playing against John of Rolleston school. This game was going to decide the eventual winner but the children took to this game like any other, finishing the tournament with a stunning 6 – 0 victory!

Georgia Edge, Phoebe Chilton, Lucas Yeomans, Isabel Dixon, Reiss Martin, Teal Staple and Millie Smallwood mad up the victorious team and were a credit to the school. They were always the first to shake hands with their opponents and never gloated once, even in victory they were cool and composed. It was a fabulous evening and a huge thanks once again to our parents who turned up and supported. Well done everyone!

Dove Valley Netball Knockout Cup

On Saturday 28th March, the school team looked to add another medal and trophy to their achievements so far this year and they certainly began in great fashion.The school entered two teams for this event and it was a fabulous opportunity for some of the children to represent the school in such a tournament.The Blue team included a number of year four and five pupils and played brilliantly in their group matches. Being pitched against schools such as John of Rolleston, William Shrewsbury and Rykneld was always going to be a tough challenge but to finish third in the group with one win and two losses, we were all extremely proud. In fact, the team were winning 2 – 0 at half time against John of Rolleston but unfortunately we lost in the second half as two of our stronger players needed to be rotated off at half time.The Red team, who are the current league champions, began strongly and won each group game, defeating Richard Crosse, Rangemore and William Shrewsbury B. They were then required to play William Shrewsbury A team in the semi-final and won 5-0.The final saw Shobnall play John of Rolleston school and unfortunately the double was just out of our grasp. After having 12 shots, compared to Rolleston’s zero, in normal time, it appeared the pressure was beginning to tell. Extra time was then required and still we failed to make our shots count, even though we had five more chances to score, John of Rolleston finally had two shots and one went in! That is the nature of the game. However, it was a truly fitting final and of course, as always, we were delighted at the conduct and sporting endeavours of our children once again. We are all extremely proud of their achievements this year and a huge thank you to all our parents who braved the wet and windy conditions. Well Done Shobnall on winning Gold and Silver medals this year! Blue Team: J. Moore, S. Matthews, A. Akhtar, D. Riddell, E. Riddell, P. Barker, J. To

Red Team: R. Martin, L. Yeomans, T. Staple, I. Dixon, P. Chilton, G. Edge, M. Smallwood

Dove Valley League Winners

Football match vs William Shrewsbury – 27th February 2015

After school on Friday evening, 8 children from Shobnall headed over to Stretton to face William Shrewsbury in a Dove Valley league fixture.

The game was extreme close with both teams gaining sight of the opposition goal in the early exchanges. However, it was William Shrewsbury who made the break through with a fine strike from their striker. 1-0 at half-time. Shobnall made a few substitutions with the hope that fresh legs would trigger a comeback. Chances came and went for the SPS team but sadly nobody could get on the end of some wonderful crosses by the wingmen.

The game ended 1-0 to William Shrewsbury. However, the Shobnall 8 can walk away with their heads held high after the opposing manager commented on what a polite and talented group of youngsters they were. Well done ladies and gents. Mr Yates

Football away vs. Richard Crosse - 4th March 2015

Shobnall travelled to Richard Crosse for the penultimate game of the season. After quiet a drive (and some late arrivals!!) the game began and Shobnall soon took control of the play. On a lovely surface the SPS 7 were able to pass the ball around nicely to create several early chances. The deadlock was broken 10 minutes in through a calm finish by McKenzie after some good work by our Keeper come Striker, Daniel! Daniel ‘Schmeichel’ Bond then popped up with a goal of his own with a thunderous volley inside the box. 0-2 to Shobnall at half time. With constant substitutions to bring fresh legs to all positions, Shobnall continued to create chances and it wasn’t long before Cole pounced upon a mistake in the opposition defence to slot in a 3rd goal for the men (and lady) in red. Richard Crosse pulled one back through a well worked breakaway but this only served to galvanise the away team into notching 2 more goals before the game was done. Firstly, a rocket of a shot by Bruce from outside the away and then a real poachers finish from skipper Millie. A resounding 1-5 away win with 5 different scorers, a fabulous result! Mr Yates

HockeyChildren have been attending Shobnall Leisure Complex on Wednesday afternoons to work on hockey skills in readiness for the tournaments, held at the end of March 2015. They have been practising passing and dribbling skills, and team skills. It is important that the children use the pitch at Shobnall to get them used to the full size sports space they will be using at the tournaments, also as the surface of the pitch is very different to the school playground.

We have also been doing a lunch time hockey session for children playing in the tournament that cannot attend on Wednesday evenings. This has proved very popular with the children and we hope to carry on with this club after Easter Year 3 and 4 children have been training hard for their tournament which took place on the 13th March at Shobnall Leisure Complex. At the tournament both teams competed in their groups against four other schools. Both teams played very well with the A team just missing out on going through to the quarter finals on goals scored. Year 5 and 6 children attended their tournament on Friday 20th March and were excellent only just losing out on the title in the Final. Well done everyone!!

EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZAThis annual event is always a show case opportunity for our very talented children to show their creative skills. Children have the opportunity to design an egg and name it appropriately to their chosen theme. Staff and children alike are always highly amused and entertained by the many different ideas which always reflect current trends. Well done to not only the winners but to all the children who took part in this community celebration.

The winners were:-

Nursery Cruz Alexander-SharpAnaya Akhtar

Reception Lucy TathamLacey Granger

Year 1 Asha YunusMax Miles

Year 2 Daniel Briza-StephensRuby Tinning

Year 3 Alfie KeyCallum Kennedy

Year 4 Demi RiddellHasnaat Hussain

Year 5 Tobias MottAnais McAulay Webster

Year 6 Gracie ClarkeCharlie Wain

Burton Albion Healthy Families ProjectWe are delighted to continue our partnership with Burton Albion and the Citizens Advice Bureau who run their Healthy Family project here at Shobnall School. This is the third time this initiative has been run.

It is very popular as it gives parents and children the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in health and general matters which affect family living as well as having an opportunity to participate in sporting and fitness activities. The club is held each Friday and we are hoping that we will be participating in a fourth event very soon. The icing on the cake is a gift of football tickets from Burton Albion for attend a selected fixture watching The Brewers.

If you are interested in joining this great initiative next time, please leave your name with a member of the office staff who will contact you with details.

SCHOOL TALENT SHOW – 2ND APRIL 2015We can always tell when the talent show is approaching. All sports activity at breaktime ceases and the children are busy practicing their comic sketches, their dances and their unique contributions to the talent show. The competition is as keenly contested as the BBC programme ‘The Voice’!

Well done to all children who, despite their nerves and trepidation, challenged themselves to perform in front of their classmates. Shobnall has an abundance of exceptional talent and, on this occasion, our talent show finalists were Jasmine Knight /Haniya Nadeem (Nursery); Scarlett Stilgoe and Olivia Redfern (Reception)/Chloe Stoakes and Grace Weir (Reception); Ruby Tinning/ Daisy Tatham (Year 2); Sam Fairbrother/Grace Colver (Year 3); Millie Rosenbach/Aoife Mellor and Demi Riddell (Year 4); Anais McAulay Webster/Joey To (Year 5); Georgia Edge and Aisha Akhtar (Year 6)/Sam Matthews and Waasif Hussain (Year 6)

AND……THE WINNERS WERE……

Scarlett Stilgoe & Olivia Redfern

Anais McAulay-Webster

Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2

Drama ClubChildren in Years 1 and 2 have made a super start in drama club. They had lots of fun stepping through our magic door and have enjoyed taking part in numerous drama based games.

I was very impressed with their imitating skills as they mirrored each other and it was very exciting to see the children transform into a variety of animals.

The children have begun to use their expression confidently and we will continue developing this as we perform some exciting hot seating, role play and freeze frame activities.

Demi Riddell & Aoife Mellor

Overall Winners

Junior Police CadetsThis term also saw the launch of our Junior Police Cadet Scheme, run by local police officers, here in school each Monday.

The scheme encourages young people to develop new skills and self-confidence in the service of our communities. It aims to boost links between the police and young people and promote good citizenship.

It isn’t about recruiting police officers for the future but about developing young people and making a difference to communities

Thank you to all children who enjoyed the theme days this term; World Book Day and Red Nose Day were both a great success and then we finished the term off with our Easter themed lunch.

My staff and I enjoy cooking and serving the children on these days and all term” – Mrs Inger, School Cook.

NEWS FROM THE KITCHEN

Should you have any concerns regarding any matters concerning school meals, the kitchen door is always open at the start of the school day. If anyone thinks they may be eligible for Free Meals please call into the School Office and speak with Mrs Roach to obtain an application form. Mrs Roach has the eligibility criteria in the school office – please ask. Please remember to send in dinner money each Monday morning, in an envelope clearly marked with your child’s name and year group.

Reverend Stanley Monkhouse has very kindly been into school and led several Monday assemblies.

All children and staff have attended St Aidan’s Church for our Easter assembly.

SCHOOL COUNCIL ORGANISES RED NOSE DAY!

A big thank you goes to the School Council for helping to organize a very successful fund raising event for Comic Relief.

The noses sold like hot cakes, everyone dressed up for the occasion and the joke competition put a smile on our face. We were inundated with jokes, a big thank you to everyone who took part.

We had lots of fun judging them and….if you missed out, Joke Books are still available from the School Office at a cost of 50p per book.

SHOBNALL CHOIR

Our wonderful school choir are busy rehearsing with Mr Mansfield for the forthcoming Music Share Concert.

Every Friday after school, their angelic voices can be heard as they sing along to the hit songs of Abba.

We are all looking forward to seeing them perform at the Concert in June and wish all our little Agnethas and Bjorns all the best for their performance.

Choir resumes on Friday 17th April 2015

CONGRATULATIONS LUCAS YEOMANS

We are delighted to inform you that Lucas Yeomans has been registered as a player with Derby County Academy. This is a fantastic achievement and we look forward to watching Lucas as his footballing career progresses.

A huge congratulations Lucas from everyone at Shobnall Primary School!

After School Clubs start w/c 27th April 2015 and finish week ending 22nd May 2015

School closes to pupils on Thursday 2nd April 2015 at 3.30pmSchool re-opens to pupils on Thursday 16th April 2015 at 8.45am

Inset Day – Friday 1st May – School closed to pupilsBank Holiday Monday 4th May – School closed to pupils

Thursday 7th May – General Election – School closed to pupils

SATS TEST WEEK – MONDAY 11TH MAY TO FRIDAY 15TH MAY 2015Please note these dates are fixed nationally and are none negotiable by the school.

If your child misses a test during these weeks they can not be retaken at a later date.

The staff at Shobnall Primary School would like to take this opportunity to wish you a safe and

wonderful Easter Break.