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Newsletter W/C 17th January 

Monday 17th January 2022

ISSUE 7 

Celebration Children

Congratulations to the following children who have made us proud this week!

Nursery - Beau for being kind and helpful and supporting his little sister on her first few sessions at nursery.  What a lovely brother you are!
Reception - This child was chosen for being helpful, friendly and trying hard.
Year 1 - Violet for being helpful without being asked and trying really hard.
Year 2 - Harlow for showing lots of resilience in her learning even when it was tricky.
Year 3 - Isabelle for fantastic writing.
Year 4 - Archie for taking his time to develop his skills in sketching.  He has shown this care and attention to other areas of the curriculum too.
Year 5 - Evie for always remembering to practise her weekly times tables and bring her book to school.
Year 6 - Annie for settling into school really well.  Her confidence in sharing ideas is excellent, and she is a great addition to our class.


Headteacher Awards

This week's code of conduct certificates for being responsible, being respectful and being ready have been awarded to the following children.


 Be Responsible

James, Mikey, Archie and Muhammet in Year 4 have shown great responsibility in taking care of school equipment at breaktime and making sure everything is put away neatly at the end of break and lunchtime.

Owen in Year 3 has supported other children in the class to help them to complete a Science experiment.

Well done to the children who have been responsible this week.


Be Respectful 

There has been so much respectful behaviour in school this week it has been really difficult to pick out a few.

Well done to everyone who has been respectful this week.


Be Ready

A number of year 5 children have been selected this week for always being ready to complete their 'Times Table Challenge' on a Friday.  Well done Year 5.

Well done to the children who have been ready this week.


Curiosity Corner 

Take a look at what our children have been curious about this week in their learning!

17 Jan 2022
Nursery News
Children in Nursery have been busy this week learning about Number. They have enjoyed various activities including counting objects, drawing around number stencils, comparing quantities of number and copying numbers on the interactive board. Well done children!
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17 Jan 2022
Number Masters
This week Year 2 have been using our lovely new counting frames called Rekenreks to help them become masters of numbers!
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17 Jan 2022
Outdoor Learning
We have had a chilly few days but that hasn't stopped the outdoor fun.Reception class have been busy building shelters for the wildlife using twigs and dried leaves collected from around school, Year 1 went down to the wooded area where it was a little warmer and sheltered, and year 2 took a...
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17 Jan 2022
The Queen's Green Canopy
The Queen's Green Canopy is a tree planting initiative created to Mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this year.The children in Year 5 have been taking part in the jubilee celebration by planting a variety of trees and hedgerow shrubs in the school grounds, during outdoor learning. These w...
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17 Jan 2022
Line Drawing
Year 4 have been working on their sketching skills to produce line drawings of animals. They showed great concentration to produce some fantastic sketches. 
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17 Jan 2022
Handball Skills
Year 6 have had their first lesson playing handball this week. They watched how the professionals do it, and are now having a go at learning some of the skills. With an active local handball club, hopefully some of them will continue this sport when they move into Year 7.
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17 Jan 2022
A Windy Day in Year 1!
Year 1 had their windy day experience this week to help them come up with onomatopoeia words for their English, related to the book 'The Queen's Hat'. They had lots of fun using hair dryers and fans to blow off their hats!
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17 Jan 2022
Sketching Lessons
Year 3 have been learning how to use different media to create light and shade when sketching Ammonites. They made very careful observations to add detail.  
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Meet the Staff


Name: Clare Tooth

Year Group: Nursery

Likes: Watching theatrical performances, cooking and singing. 

Dislikes: Snakes, creepy crawlies and wet wellies.

Favourite subject at school: Music.

Fun fact: Spent a month in New Zealand.

Sports News


17 Jan 2022
Boccia Club
Boccia (sounds like bot-cha) has arrived at John Wilkinson!
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