Dear Parents and Carers, 
Last week, I had the pleasure of joining our year 5 children on their residential to London. It was a fantastic experience full of brilliant cultural and historical experiences for the children to enjoy. We thoroughly enjoyed the wide range of activities across the four days and the children engaged well with the workshops and interactive activities within each visit. Time away from home provided them with the opportunity to continue to build positive relationships with their school peers as well as building new relationships and making new friends with children from across the Trust. These residentials are an invaluable experience that provide opportunities for the children to problem solve, embrace new experiences and for many, spend their first time away from home! A huge thank you to the central team for organising and coordinating the week and to the rest of the Trust staffing team who came along with their children for the week.
Year 6 Residential Sunday 17th May – Friday 22nd May
Last week, parents of children in year 6 were emailed information about the year 6 residential to Bude in May. Mrs Hopkins and Mrs Carter will be planning an information session to share with parents and children which will include the activities that the children will have the opportunity to take part in, kit lists and payment plans. Dates for this meeting will be shared after the half term break. If you would like to secure your child’s place, please can we ask that an initial deposit of £65 is paid by Friday 6th March. Many thanks for your continued support.
Class 3 residential to Wildside Tuesday 23rd June – Wednesday 24th June
Mrs Dorrell would like to invite parents of children in class 3 to a Wildside residential meeting on Wednesday 25th February at 3:30pm. The meeting will be an opportunity to discuss the activities the children will be taking part in and for parents and children to ask questions. We look forward to seeing our parents at the meeting.
Year 6 SATs After School Club - starts Wednesday 25th February
Just to remind parents of year 6 that Mrs Hopkins will be running an after-school club for our year 6 children, which will begin on the first Wednesday we return after the half term break. We have had several of our year 6 children signed up for the club already. If you would like your child to take part in the club, please register them through your Arbor account. It would be lovely to see all our year 6 children engaging in a range of activities that will consolidate their learning.
Year 4 Times Table After School Club - starts Monday 23rd February
Mrs Dorrell will be running a year 4 times table club which will begin on the first Monday we return after the half term holidays. The club will be interactive and engage the children in fun and exciting ways to learn and remember their times tables. This will support their maths learning and enable the children to quickly recall number facts to support problem solving. We have had several of our year 4 children signed up for the club already. If you would like your child to take part in the club, please register them through your Arbor account. It would be lovely to see all our year 4 children coming along to this free after school club each Monday from 3:30-4:30pm.
Class 2 Antarctica Video call
The children in class 2 had a very exciting opportunity to meet some of the team who are based at the Rothera Research Centre in Antarctica today through a TEAMS school zoom meeting. The children were very excited to find out more about what the research team do there and had a range of interesting questions to ask the team. This was an excellent opportunity to consolidate their geography topic of Antarctica the children have been exploring this half term.
Internet Safety week
As part of internet safety week, the children came together in their key stages to discuss and share how we can keep ourselves safe when we are using the internet. Through careful discussions the children shared what was safe and when they needed to report something to a trusted adult in school or at home Our discussions also looked at the use of AI and how we should not always believe everything we see online. For further information, please click on the link below:
Top Tips for parents and carers - UK Safer Internet Centre
Global Schools Zoom Call
On Tuesday, Class 4 enjoyed a live online call with our partner school in India. The children were excited to speak with the teachers and had a fantastic opportunity to ask thoughtful questions linked to their learning about Hinduism, as well as their Farm to Fork topic. It was a brilliant way to bring their classroom learning to life, helping them to deepen their understanding through real conversations and shared experiences. The class listened carefully, showed great curiosity, and really valued learning about life and culture in India.
“We found that the most common crop in the area of SDM school was rice. This is because it is hot and wet in this area. In other areas they grow wheat.”
“I asked them about cows being sacred. I found out that they worship the cow because it represents motherhood. I also found out that Hindus are usually vegetarian because they don't like to harm anyone, including animals.”
Tuck Shop
Thank you to all our parents who have supported our tuck shop this half term. We will be opening up a new payment system on the first week back after the half term break which will enable parents to sign their child/ren for next half term. More information will be shared after the half term holiday. Mrs Radley and the Eco warriors have begun work on our sensory garden area which will see new plants and shrubs being planted when we return next half term, using funds raised through running the Tuck Shop.
After School Clubs
Next half term, we will be running clubs for our year 4 and 6 children. Our after-school club will continue to run everyday after school from 3:30-4:30pm or 3:30-5:30pm slots. Our after-school club offers a wide range of activities including colouring, arts and crafts, sporting activities and lego building. If you would like to book your child to participate in any of the after-school clubs we have to offer, please sign up through our Arbor system.
Attendance Matters
In line with our school and trust attendance policy, we are requesting evidence of any medical or dental appointments that are made during the school day which require your child/ren to miss time from school. If possible, we are asking that parents make these appointments outside of school time.
Falcons Gymnastics
Class 3 have thoroughly enjoyed their PE sessions with Falcons Gymnastics this half term. Next half term, as part of their PE sessions, children in class 4 will be attending Falcons Gymnastics to develop key skills through exploring the fantastic range of equipment and resources available. Please can we ask that children in class 4 come to school in their PE kits each Wednesday. The session will run in afternoon and children will return to school before the end of the school day. The first session will be on Wednesday 25th February.
Forest School Sessions
Class 1 forest school session will now take place each Monday. Our year 2 children will also have a forest school session which will take place each Tuesday afternoon. Please can we ask that children bring their forest school waterproofs and wellies to school each week for their forest school session. Many thanks for your continued support.
Citizenship Award
Your child/ren will come home today with their Citizenship Award scrapbook. Class teachers have shared how children can collect information in the form of pictures, tickets and writing about different experiences. A link to your child's year group passport is here:
https://www.hntps.devon.sch.uk/page/?title=Home+Learning&pid=55
It would be great if the children could begin to collect evidence for their scrapbook and this will become part of our PSHE lessons next half term.
Book and Biscuit – Science Focus
A huge thank you to all the parents who came along to our Book and Biscuit session on Monday afternoon this week. It was so lovely to see so many parents in classrooms and the joy on our children’s faces as they shared their science learning with parents and grandparents as well as some delicious biscuits too! We look forward to inviting you to our next Book and Biscuit session that will take place on Wednesday 1st April, where the children will be sharing their topic learning of history and geography topics they have been exploring this year.
We would like to thank all our families for their continued support this half-term and wish you all a lovely half-term holiday. Fingers crossed that the rain eases and the brighter days of Spring make an appearance.
Looking forward to seeing all of our children when we return on Monday 23rd February at 8:50am.
Mrs Cook
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