Dovelands Primary School Newsletter
Dovelands Primary School Newsletter April 30th 2015 Issue 17
https://twitter.com/DovelandsLeic Headteacher: Ms Sara McAdam http://www.dovelands.leicester.sch.uk/
Leicester City Council
Dovelands Primary School Contents
PTFA quiz night We're holding a quiz night for parents on Friday 15th May in the school hall. We'll be sending out flyers this week & there'll be tickets for sale at the office.
Quiz night
1
Maths workshops
1
Times tables
1
Friday forum
1
Assembly dates
1
Fundraising for Nepal
2
Warning Zone
2
Email addresses request
2
Reading convention fame!
2
Year 5 writing project
2
Maths day for parents Miss Williams and Mrs Jolliffe will be running calculations workshops for parents on Thursday 25th June from quarter to nine in the morning until quarter to ten and then from quarter to three until quarter to four. This will be an opportunity for any interested parents to come in and learn about the different types of numeracy calculations which children use throughout their time at Dovelands. The sessions are drop in and everyone is welcome.
Class Assembly dates 9am All welcome Friday 8th May 5AM Friday 15th May 1SK Friday 5th June 3AK Friday 12th June 1/2 KW Friday 3rd July 1BG Sports day for KS2 will be on Wednesday July 1st Sports day for KS1 will be on Thursday July 2nd More details to follow...
Times tables There is a focus on number bonds and times tables this term, and this will continue next year. Please support your children to learn any number bonds and times table work that they are sent home with. Friday Forum
This is an opportunity for you to find out more about how our school operates, share your views and ideas on ways to improve the school as well as getting involved in the decision-making processes. The minutes from the last meeting are now on the website along with details of the next meeting . If you are unable to attend in person and have questions/views to share, please email them to [email protected] with ‘Friday Forum’ in the subject bar. Please ensure emails arrive at least 1 day before the meeting if you wish them to be included. See you at the next meeting! The next meeting is May 7th 6pm-7pm here in school. Agenda will be homework as well as anything else brought up via email. Page 1 of 2
Hinckley Road, Leicester, LE3 0TJ Telephone: 0116 285 7716 Fax: 0116 255 8558
Dovelands Primary School Newsletter Fundraising for Nepal To raise money in support of UNICEF's response to the terrible earthquake in Nepal, on the afternoon of Friday 22nd May the UNICEF Ambassadors will be holding an 'indoor carnival'- a range of fun games and challenges to take part in. The Ambassadors had the idea of raising money to help as well as to hold the carnival. They have designed and made the games themselves and will invite each class in turn to 'try their luck'. A small charge will be made to play the games (between 20p-40p) so please start saving pennies now!
Warning Zone Throughout the day each Year 6 class visited this amazing centre where real life situations are brought to life to allow children the chance to think about the risks they may take when out alone and how these can be affected by peer pressure. It is a valuable experience which we look forward to repeating next year when they will have also opened a ‘cyber zone’ about internet safety. (Mrs Westmoreland) The Warning Zone was a great experience as we could learn how to stay safe by going through many different zones, all teaching us new things by doing different activities. For example one of the Zones was a mock house fire; we went through a door into a smoky room and crawled out into a garden. It was brilliant because it will help us make good decisions when we are older. We really enjoyed the Warning Zone as it taught me to be safe in a fun way. It was one of our favourite school trips. (Adam D, Sam and Lenny,6JW)
Fame at the reading convention...
Email addresses please We will be improving our electronic communication, with emails to parents finally running as soon as possible. By the autumn term you will no longer get a paper copy of the newsletter. The newsletter will be sent via email, and will be available on the website. Please email the office with your child’s name so we can build up our database of email addresses for parents.
A reading convention was held at library services and our dragon's egg (used to inspire writing in Years 1 and 2) has been displayed as good practice for all teachers to admire.
Year 5 writing project Year 5 have written some outstanding pieces of writing following our recent Novel Study book on ‘Window’ by Jeannie Baker. Following the book’s focus on how humans affect the environment and how nature is threatened by urbanisation, we applied this to our school to create a fictitious scenario whereby our precious ,award-winning garden and historic tree would have to be removed to make way for a sports pitch. For those of you who were convinced by the rumours, please be reassured that this is not the case. The pitch will be installed during the summer but both the tree and garden are safe. As you may imagine, the Year 5 children responded exceptionally well to this –the writing they have produced is superb having benefitted from a ‘real-life’ issue that affects them personally. Page age 2 of 2
https://twitter.com/DovelandsLeic Headteacher: Ms Sara McAdam http://www.dovelands.leicester.sch.uk/
Leicester City Council
Dovelands Primary School Contents
PTFA quiz night We're holding a quiz night for parents on Friday 15th May in the school hall. We'll be sending out flyers this week & there'll be tickets for sale at the office.
Quiz night
1
Maths workshops
1
Times tables
1
Friday forum
1
Assembly dates
1
Fundraising for Nepal
2
Warning Zone
2
Email addresses request
2
Reading convention fame!
2
Year 5 writing project
2
Maths day for parents Miss Williams and Mrs Jolliffe will be running calculations workshops for parents on Thursday 25th June from quarter to nine in the morning until quarter to ten and then from quarter to three until quarter to four. This will be an opportunity for any interested parents to come in and learn about the different types of numeracy calculations which children use throughout their time at Dovelands. The sessions are drop in and everyone is welcome.
Class Assembly dates 9am All welcome Friday 8th May 5AM Friday 15th May 1SK Friday 5th June 3AK Friday 12th June 1/2 KW Friday 3rd July 1BG Sports day for KS2 will be on Wednesday July 1st Sports day for KS1 will be on Thursday July 2nd More details to follow...
Times tables There is a focus on number bonds and times tables this term, and this will continue next year. Please support your children to learn any number bonds and times table work that they are sent home with. Friday Forum
This is an opportunity for you to find out more about how our school operates, share your views and ideas on ways to improve the school as well as getting involved in the decision-making processes. The minutes from the last meeting are now on the website along with details of the next meeting . If you are unable to attend in person and have questions/views to share, please email them to [email protected] with ‘Friday Forum’ in the subject bar. Please ensure emails arrive at least 1 day before the meeting if you wish them to be included. See you at the next meeting! The next meeting is May 7th 6pm-7pm here in school. Agenda will be homework as well as anything else brought up via email. Page 1 of 2
Hinckley Road, Leicester, LE3 0TJ Telephone: 0116 285 7716 Fax: 0116 255 8558
Dovelands Primary School Newsletter Fundraising for Nepal To raise money in support of UNICEF's response to the terrible earthquake in Nepal, on the afternoon of Friday 22nd May the UNICEF Ambassadors will be holding an 'indoor carnival'- a range of fun games and challenges to take part in. The Ambassadors had the idea of raising money to help as well as to hold the carnival. They have designed and made the games themselves and will invite each class in turn to 'try their luck'. A small charge will be made to play the games (between 20p-40p) so please start saving pennies now!
Warning Zone Throughout the day each Year 6 class visited this amazing centre where real life situations are brought to life to allow children the chance to think about the risks they may take when out alone and how these can be affected by peer pressure. It is a valuable experience which we look forward to repeating next year when they will have also opened a ‘cyber zone’ about internet safety. (Mrs Westmoreland) The Warning Zone was a great experience as we could learn how to stay safe by going through many different zones, all teaching us new things by doing different activities. For example one of the Zones was a mock house fire; we went through a door into a smoky room and crawled out into a garden. It was brilliant because it will help us make good decisions when we are older. We really enjoyed the Warning Zone as it taught me to be safe in a fun way. It was one of our favourite school trips. (Adam D, Sam and Lenny,6JW)
Fame at the reading convention...
Email addresses please We will be improving our electronic communication, with emails to parents finally running as soon as possible. By the autumn term you will no longer get a paper copy of the newsletter. The newsletter will be sent via email, and will be available on the website. Please email the office with your child’s name so we can build up our database of email addresses for parents.
A reading convention was held at library services and our dragon's egg (used to inspire writing in Years 1 and 2) has been displayed as good practice for all teachers to admire.
Year 5 writing project Year 5 have written some outstanding pieces of writing following our recent Novel Study book on ‘Window’ by Jeannie Baker. Following the book’s focus on how humans affect the environment and how nature is threatened by urbanisation, we applied this to our school to create a fictitious scenario whereby our precious ,award-winning garden and historic tree would have to be removed to make way for a sports pitch. For those of you who were convinced by the rumours, please be reassured that this is not the case. The pitch will be installed during the summer but both the tree and garden are safe. As you may imagine, the Year 5 children responded exceptionally well to this –the writing they have produced is superb having benefitted from a ‘real-life’ issue that affects them personally. Page age 2 of 2
