Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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World Book Day
Tue 08 Mar 2022On Thursday 3rd March, children across the school celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as their favourite book characters. We had some fantastic costumes, ranging from fairy tale characters to those from manga graphic novels. Throughout the day, children took part in live online workshops with famous authors and illustrators, which gave children an insight into the hard work that goes into their jobs as well as giving them the chance to write about (or draw) their own characters. Everybody had a great day and it was lovely to see the effort that went into their costumes – thank you for your support.
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Year 3 Workshop
Tue 08 Mar 2022Some of our Year 3 children took part in a workshop on Wednesday 2nd March, where they discussed different moods and why people may feel sad or unhappy. The children participated in an activity to help them understand the difference between thoughts and feelings and were given suggestions about how to change sad thoughts into more positive thoughts or to do something that makes them feel happy. They were also encouraged to think about who they could speak to if they feel sad or are experiencing a low mood.
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Cool to be Kind Week
Fri 18 Feb 2022Friday 18th February was the last day of Cool to be Kind week which was a great success. Children were even kinder and more helpful than usual and achieved stickers for their actions. Well done everyone!
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Year 1 Visit
Fri 18 Feb 2022Year 1 visited the mosque on Stoney Stanton Road (Masjid Zeenatul Islam) on Monday 14th February. The staff and children were all made very welcome and they learned lots about mosques and how they are special places of worship for Muslims. The children arrived back at school with crisps and chocolate treats which they enjoyed as a little snack after their trip.
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Covid
Tue 01 Feb 2022We have had less cases in the week starting 24th January, but we are still keeping our year groups apart to prevent any further spread of Covid. We would encourage you to test your children twice each week, unless there has been a case in their year group, when we would ask you to test them daily for the next 7 days.
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Mental Health Awareness in Year 4
Tue 01 Feb 2022On Tuesday 25th January, Year 4 were involved in a Mental Health Awareness workshop, in which they learned the difference between mental health and physical health. They focused on the importance of looking after their mental health, as much as their physical health. The class discussed different types of worries- big or small worries and talked about their five trusted people to speak to about those worries with e.g. friends, family or teachers. The children learned strategies to help them manage anxiety, such as the method to control their breathing whilst sketching around their hand. The class also shared other ways of calming themselves down, like colouring, drawing or exercise. Year 4, were also reminded of the importance of sleep and healthy eating on their mental health, learning that sleep is key in helping the body to recover. Year 4, were engaged in the session and had a lovely afternoon, whilst prompting them to highlight the importance of talking about worries.
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School Bank
Tue 25 Jan 2022On Tuesday 18th January, we were pleased to relaunch our School Bank which is intended to help children to learn about saving money and to adopt good financial habits for now and for the future. Don’t forget, any children who open an account or deposit money before Friday 18th February will have the chance to win £5 to add to their savings. The bank will be open every Tuesday 8:40 am until 9:10 am.
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Scratch in Year 6
Tue 25 Jan 2022On Wednesday 19th January, the children in Year 6 were visited by two Warwick University students. The students delivered a computing session in which they taught the children how to code a game using a programming tool called Scratch. By the end of the session, the children had made their own version of the classic game Pong. All of Year 6 really enjoyed the session and many said they would consider a career in computer programming in the future!
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Mental Health Awareness in Year 5
Tue 25 Jan 2022On Wednesday 19th January, Year 5 were involved in a Mental Health Awareness workshop, in which they learned what mental health is. The class discussed their worries and that it is normal to feel anxious sometimes. The children learned strategies to help them manage anxiety, including the ‘box breathing’ technique and a method to control breathing whilst sketching around their hand. Year 5 were also reminded of the importance of sleep on their mental health, learning that sleep is key in helping the body to recover. Year 5 were engaged in the session and had a lovely afternoon!
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Covid
Tue 18 Jan 2022As we have had several positive cases across the school in the week ending January 14th, we now require children to get a negative PCR result, if anyone in their household has Covid. This is to reduce the spread of Covid within the school. Unfortunately, some of the children who have Covid had tested negative the day before their positive result and had been in school that day. Parents of children in the affected year groups have been notified and asked to do a LFT with their child every morning for 7 days before they come to school. Children who tested positive this week can return to school if they have recovered and have negative LFT results on day 6 and day 7 which are 24 hours apart - they can then come back the following day. These timings will change from Monday following the government's new guidelines. We will apply the new rules from Monday for anyone who catches Covid from 17th January onwards.
