2nd May 2017
2nd May 2017 Winyates News Attendance and Punctuality Year 6 Chameleons I am absolutely delighted to say that The Year 6 class have been absolutely our whole school attendance was super so far during SATs week. It has almost 97% last week –well done been wonderful to see their smiley everyone! Thanks goes to all the faces in the mornings, ready for the day parents who are working with school to ahead. Their bodies and brains are improve their children’s attendance – quickly warmed up during a morning the more they are here, the more they exercise session where they work up a are learning...onwards and upwards good appetite! They have really now! enjoyed their cooked breakfasts in the morning and take great delight in telling Class attendance for the week was: everyone how lovely it is! Reception 96.55% They have conducted themselves Year 1 96.70% superbly throughout the English tests Year 2 95.42% so far, maintaining a positive attitude Year 3 98.66% and staying focused –a credit to Year 4 98.28% themselves, their families and to Year 5 96.88% Winyates. Keep it up Year 6 –we are all Year 6 93.27% very proud of you! School overall 96.56% Ann Taylor, our Chair of Governors, visited yesterday to oversee the Hot Chocolate Club administration of the reading tests and commented on how mature and The children very much enjoyed composed the children were. sharing their achievements from the The class have 3 mathematics papers week with Mrs Jones –well done left to sit on Wednesday and Thursday everyone! this week and we wish them all the best in these. They will be taking a well-earned day out of school on Friday on a class trip to Ferry Meadows! I’d like to say a huge thank you to Mr Carson, Donna and Tracey in the kitchen, and the Y6 staff for all the extra support they are providing for Year 6 during this week. I think it is safe to say that this is very much appreciated by Year 6! A thank you also goes to children in school and all staff and parents for the support they have shown to Year 6 this week.
Sleeping Babies Galore!
down in to parts using story bags and a picture planner –where you We very much enjoyed our visit draw symbols and pictures for from Mrs Richardson and baby each part of the writing. Violet last week. The Reception We are working hard to ensure we (Elephants) class were delighted to can spell all the Y1 and Y2 meet baby Violet, who, incredibly, common exception words too. slept through the whole visit! Children should have bought home We were also very pleased to see a list of spellings to focus on, one of our parent Governors, please try to practice these as Charlene Wells-Phillips, back at much as possible for instance work attending our Governor when walking to school, by turning meeting last week with baby it into a game or competition, using Khasper –what dedication! Baby magnet letters on the fridge etc. Khasper, too, slept through the It’s really important that everyone entire meeting! has secured by the end of the year. In maths the children are practicing their arithmetic skills and strategies and practicing some shape and statistics work, in readiness for our KS1 SATs tests which will be completed by the end of May. Children should not feel anxious about these tests as they are used to help form teacher judgements in year 2 and are done in small groups with an adult, in a way the children are familiar with working. Can I ask that children ensure they read and take accelerated quizzes as much as possible in a week – they simply need to let an adult know they are ready for a test when they have read at home. Mrs C Lomas Using the reading quizzes (when School Leader the book has them) is an excellent way of practicing reading skills and Year 2 The Piglets ensuring good understanding. The children are doing really well with Year 2 are very busy planning and their reading, so keep up the writing Rastamouse stories. We excellent work! are trying out new ways of planning our writing, including breaking it
Winyates Food Bank Every Thursday morning, from 8.30am until 8.50am, Mrs Scott will be in the Library giving out the food that is donated from Tesco’s. This is still very new to the school and we are not sure week to week what food we will be receiving, so bear with us. Please bring a carrier bag into school to enable us to distribute the food fairly. Club News All clubs will be up and running fully this SEN Parental Inclusion Clinic week. As a school committed to improving the life chances of all our children and Year 5 The Eagles supporting parents, we will be trialling a Eagles have been enjoying their Topic Parental Inclusion Clinic this term. Work by acting ‘in roles’ as some of the During these clinics parents will have the characters of Clockwork (by Phillip opportunity to discuss the special Pullman). We are using drama to help us educational needs and/or disability of better understand this complex text in their child, should they wish to. During preparation for our News Report writing. these sessions we will be able to point Next week, we are going on our trip to parents in the right direction of support the National Space Centre in Leicester, or additional support. The sessions are and have invited some of our teachers, designed for any parent who has a worry from next year, to join us. or concern about their child and would We are working hard to win the like some advice. Attendance Award this week and, to do The clinic will be held on the first that, we all need to be in School by Wednesday of each month. Please 8.45am. contact Mrs Clarke (Assistant SENCo) or REMINDER: Swimming on Mrs Ambrosio (Family Liason Officer) at Wednesdays! the front office or by phone on 01733 Authors: Summer and Danni 234185 for more information or to book Year 6 The Chameleons Sport News A great start had by all during SATs We had a sensational time last week week –just two more days to go! with the Sporting Competitions. The year Thank you for al your support at this 2 Cricket team finished 2nd in the time. It has been lovely sharing Peterborough Kwik Fire Threes Cricket breakfast and morning activities with the Tournament, which meant that they children from 8am –it has proven very qualified for the County finals this week! successful in setting the children up for a Further to this our Year 5&6 Hockey positive start to their day. Teams finished 2nd and 3rd in their We are very much looking forward to our groups during the Peterborough Hockey SATs treat trip to Ferry Meadows this Tournament, which also qualified the Friday (weather dependent). Please team to participate in the County Hockey remember to bring a packed lunch and Finals at the end of June! come into school wearing school uniform with appropriate footwear (trainers are fine).
Reception The Elephants This week the Elephants are reading ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ and thinking about the characters in the story. We will be thinking about whether they are good or bad characters and coming up with other descriptive words to describe what they look like. In the outdoor area we will be using the crates and blocks to build bridges to help us act out the story with our friends. We will be designing our own trolls and painting pictures of them. In literacy we will rewrite the story in our own words thinking about key phrases in the story such as “who’s that trip trapping over my bridge?”. Some of the children have been making their own puppets and pictures to help them retell the story already. IN number time we are thinking about distance this week and using lan-
guage such as furthest, far away, nearest and near when playing games. This week our treasure seeker was Sadiqa and Hope and Lucas received nominations in assembly for hard work.
Fiddle Toys Fiddle toys must not be brought in from home without prior agreement from the SENCo Miss Steer, due to some going missing.
Term Dates Summer Term 2017 Half Term End of Term
29th May to 2nd June 20th July
Autumn Term 2017 Term Starts Half Term End of Term
6th September 23rd October to 27th October 19th December
School Lunch Menu 15th to 19th May Monday Lamb Stew with Yorkshire Pudding (E.D.W.C) Lasagne (W.D.S.F) Autumn Fingers (W.O) - Fruit Jelly Tuesday Beef and Vegetable Pie (W.C.F) Crispy Chicken (E.W) Fruit Salad - Scones (E.D.W.S) Wednesday Roast Pork, Stuffing and Gravy (W) Quiche (E.D.W) Chocolate Iced Sponge (E.W.D) – Frozen Yoghurt (D) Thursday Spaghetti Bolognaise (W,F,S) Margaretta Pizza (W.D.S) Sultana Sponge (E.S.D.W) - Chocolate Biscuit (W) Friday Fish Fingers (F.W) Vegetarian Pasta (W.D) Syrup Muffins (W.D.E) – Fudge Tart (D) All dishes are served with potatoes (unless rice/pasta is dictated) and vegetables
ALLEGEN INFORMATION : O Oats ; D Dairy ; C Celery ; E Eggs ; W Wheat ; F Fish S Sulphur Dioxide
Sleeping Babies Galore!
down in to parts using story bags and a picture planner –where you We very much enjoyed our visit draw symbols and pictures for from Mrs Richardson and baby each part of the writing. Violet last week. The Reception We are working hard to ensure we (Elephants) class were delighted to can spell all the Y1 and Y2 meet baby Violet, who, incredibly, common exception words too. slept through the whole visit! Children should have bought home We were also very pleased to see a list of spellings to focus on, one of our parent Governors, please try to practice these as Charlene Wells-Phillips, back at much as possible for instance work attending our Governor when walking to school, by turning meeting last week with baby it into a game or competition, using Khasper –what dedication! Baby magnet letters on the fridge etc. Khasper, too, slept through the It’s really important that everyone entire meeting! has secured by the end of the year. In maths the children are practicing their arithmetic skills and strategies and practicing some shape and statistics work, in readiness for our KS1 SATs tests which will be completed by the end of May. Children should not feel anxious about these tests as they are used to help form teacher judgements in year 2 and are done in small groups with an adult, in a way the children are familiar with working. Can I ask that children ensure they read and take accelerated quizzes as much as possible in a week – they simply need to let an adult know they are ready for a test when they have read at home. Mrs C Lomas Using the reading quizzes (when School Leader the book has them) is an excellent way of practicing reading skills and Year 2 The Piglets ensuring good understanding. The children are doing really well with Year 2 are very busy planning and their reading, so keep up the writing Rastamouse stories. We excellent work! are trying out new ways of planning our writing, including breaking it
Winyates Food Bank Every Thursday morning, from 8.30am until 8.50am, Mrs Scott will be in the Library giving out the food that is donated from Tesco’s. This is still very new to the school and we are not sure week to week what food we will be receiving, so bear with us. Please bring a carrier bag into school to enable us to distribute the food fairly. Club News All clubs will be up and running fully this SEN Parental Inclusion Clinic week. As a school committed to improving the life chances of all our children and Year 5 The Eagles supporting parents, we will be trialling a Eagles have been enjoying their Topic Parental Inclusion Clinic this term. Work by acting ‘in roles’ as some of the During these clinics parents will have the characters of Clockwork (by Phillip opportunity to discuss the special Pullman). We are using drama to help us educational needs and/or disability of better understand this complex text in their child, should they wish to. During preparation for our News Report writing. these sessions we will be able to point Next week, we are going on our trip to parents in the right direction of support the National Space Centre in Leicester, or additional support. The sessions are and have invited some of our teachers, designed for any parent who has a worry from next year, to join us. or concern about their child and would We are working hard to win the like some advice. Attendance Award this week and, to do The clinic will be held on the first that, we all need to be in School by Wednesday of each month. Please 8.45am. contact Mrs Clarke (Assistant SENCo) or REMINDER: Swimming on Mrs Ambrosio (Family Liason Officer) at Wednesdays! the front office or by phone on 01733 Authors: Summer and Danni 234185 for more information or to book Year 6 The Chameleons Sport News A great start had by all during SATs We had a sensational time last week week –just two more days to go! with the Sporting Competitions. The year Thank you for al your support at this 2 Cricket team finished 2nd in the time. It has been lovely sharing Peterborough Kwik Fire Threes Cricket breakfast and morning activities with the Tournament, which meant that they children from 8am –it has proven very qualified for the County finals this week! successful in setting the children up for a Further to this our Year 5&6 Hockey positive start to their day. Teams finished 2nd and 3rd in their We are very much looking forward to our groups during the Peterborough Hockey SATs treat trip to Ferry Meadows this Tournament, which also qualified the Friday (weather dependent). Please team to participate in the County Hockey remember to bring a packed lunch and Finals at the end of June! come into school wearing school uniform with appropriate footwear (trainers are fine).
Reception The Elephants This week the Elephants are reading ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ and thinking about the characters in the story. We will be thinking about whether they are good or bad characters and coming up with other descriptive words to describe what they look like. In the outdoor area we will be using the crates and blocks to build bridges to help us act out the story with our friends. We will be designing our own trolls and painting pictures of them. In literacy we will rewrite the story in our own words thinking about key phrases in the story such as “who’s that trip trapping over my bridge?”. Some of the children have been making their own puppets and pictures to help them retell the story already. IN number time we are thinking about distance this week and using lan-
guage such as furthest, far away, nearest and near when playing games. This week our treasure seeker was Sadiqa and Hope and Lucas received nominations in assembly for hard work.
Fiddle Toys Fiddle toys must not be brought in from home without prior agreement from the SENCo Miss Steer, due to some going missing.
Term Dates Summer Term 2017 Half Term End of Term
29th May to 2nd June 20th July
Autumn Term 2017 Term Starts Half Term End of Term
6th September 23rd October to 27th October 19th December
School Lunch Menu 15th to 19th May Monday Lamb Stew with Yorkshire Pudding (E.D.W.C) Lasagne (W.D.S.F) Autumn Fingers (W.O) - Fruit Jelly Tuesday Beef and Vegetable Pie (W.C.F) Crispy Chicken (E.W) Fruit Salad - Scones (E.D.W.S) Wednesday Roast Pork, Stuffing and Gravy (W) Quiche (E.D.W) Chocolate Iced Sponge (E.W.D) – Frozen Yoghurt (D) Thursday Spaghetti Bolognaise (W,F,S) Margaretta Pizza (W.D.S) Sultana Sponge (E.S.D.W) - Chocolate Biscuit (W) Friday Fish Fingers (F.W) Vegetarian Pasta (W.D) Syrup Muffins (W.D.E) – Fudge Tart (D) All dishes are served with potatoes (unless rice/pasta is dictated) and vegetables
ALLEGEN INFORMATION : O Oats ; D Dairy ; C Celery ; E Eggs ; W Wheat ; F Fish S Sulphur Dioxide
