Here are this week’s awards…

Weekly Celebrations 

School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):

Year 6 Devon for ‘Love’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Respect – Devon is a fantastic role model for our younger children. In particular, it is noticeable how well she sings in worships, as well as how sensibly she sits on the benches and how she behaves in general.

Year 5 Isaac for ‘Wisdom’  – Isaac has had a great week. He represented our school fantastically at church on Thursday. He has contributed great ideas and he has been showing good improvements in his class work!

Year 4 Calvin for ‘Friendship’  and ‘Wisdom’ – Calvin is a great asset to Dragonflies. They are a great friend to all, always offering to help. Calvin tries hard in everything they do, especially more recently mastering editing work and remembering capital letters.

Year 3 Kohen for ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Kohen is a lovely member of Dragonflies who tries his hardest in all subjects. He is always willing to answer questions. This week Kohen has tried especially hard to improve his handwriting. Keep up the hard work.

Year 2 Delilah for ‘Love’, ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Delilah is a fantastic role model in Rabbit Class. She is also doing a fab job in our nativity practise – she always knows what she should be doing and is good at organising others too.

Year 1 Oakley for ‘Perseverance’  – Oakley has been working so hard to improve the presentation of his work. His handwriting is getting better everyday. Well done Oakley, Miss Horton is very proud of you!

Reception Oscar for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Oscar works hard and always challenges himself to improve and learn new things. He is developing some super thinking skills.

Bumblebees Peter for showing ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Peter has made good choices this week and has shown love to his brother.

Bumblebees Noah for showing ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Noah has shown love to his brother, he has shown trust to his peers and wisdom in his learning.

Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)

GOLDEN BOOK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following Golden Book winners (from class work and stars)

Other achievements…

Mwaita has received a badge from Rainbows. She has been learning about their new patron HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh.

Hallie has received a ‘player of the month’ award from her coach at football training. A fantastic achievement!

Roly has received the N.S.P.C. Mo Edwards Mini Beginners Boys Cup for overall achievement during the year just off lead rein. Amazing!

Althea has received an award from her dance company. Althea was telling us all about her street dancing and all the different moves she can do – great work!

Harry has completed his 100m in swimming, a great achievement Harry!

Congratulations to all our winners this week!

The Parenting Team will be delivering free Understanding Your Child from toddler to teen and Understanding Your Child SEND from toddler to teen groups from January 2025.

These 10 week groups aim to:

• Promote understanding of children’s behaviour within the context of developmental issues
• Promote the development of parent/child relationship
• Increase confidence and self-esteem in both parents and children
• Give parents a strategy for repair when things go wrong
• Promote reflective, sensitive and effective parenting

The team are also offering free SLEEP TIGHT groups from January and February 2025.

These 5 week workshops cover:

• Recognising the role of sleep hygiene to improve sleep
• Identifying causes of sleep issues and appropriate practical strategies to try
• Completing sleep diaries and identifying potential sleep issues

Here are this week’s awards…

Weekly Celebrations 

School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):

Year 6 Sophia for ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Respect – Sophia has done really well in her assessments this week. She is improving and showing hard work in all her subjects. Sophia takes pride in her behaviour and ensures her classmates behave too. Well done!

Year 5 Archie for ‘Trust’ and ‘Perseverance’  – Archie is beginning to show more confidence in class. He’s trying his best to put his hand up more to answer questions and to show his knowledge and understanding. Keep this up Archie!

Year 4 Charlie for ‘Perseverance’  and ‘Wisdom’ – Charlie has been working really hard this term in all areas of the curriculum, his hard work and perseverance is paying off and this has been shown this week in his assessments. Well done Charlie!

Year 3 Floss for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Floss’s attitude to learning has dramatically improved in Year 3 so far. She is working hard to improve her handwriting and her confidence in Maths. Miss Hindley is very proud of how far you have come Floss!

Year 2 Mwaita for ‘Hope’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Mwaita has shown a fantastic attitude towards her assessments this week! She has approached everything with a positive attitude and has tried her very best.

Year 1 Memphis for ‘Respect’  – Memphis is always kind and respectful to his friends and adults around school. He is thinking carefully about the decisions he makes and how they impact him and other.

Reception Olivia for ‘Friendship’ – Olivia is a kind and caring member of Hedgehog Class. She is a good friend to everyone and always thinks of others.

Bumblebees Indiana for showing ‘Trust’, ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Indiana is always kind, helpful and respectful. She shows wisdom when talking about the things we are learning about.

Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)

Other achievements…

Evie, Layla, Emelia, Thomas and Lucy all attended a Year 5 Maths challenge this week. The had to work together to solve puzzles and decipher codes – it all sounded very complicated! They all had a great time and we’re very enthusiastic about the Maths that they had been doing.

Isla has been awarded her ‘Octopus 2’ swimming certificate and badge. Isla told us all the things she had to do to complete it, such as entering the water safely and blowing bubbles in the water! Well Done Isla.

Congratulations to all our winners this week!