Welcome to West Meadows Weekly!
We have had a really exciting and very busy week in school this week! Our Reception children had a great visit to Hoyland Community kitchen on Wednesday to make their own pizzas. It was great to see some pictures on Twitter of them enjoying them for their tea! We then had lots of fun on World Book Day, including a great ‘Name that Character’ game hosted by our School Council in assembly. We would like to thank all of those parents who came to join in our reading sessions at the end of the day. We also had lots of football fun on Friday when we supported the FAs Let Girls Play Campaign. A big thank you to Ms Grange for arranging the event and to our sports leaders who supported throughout the day.
British Science Week commences on Monday 10th March. This year’s theme is ‘Change and Adapt’. Children will be carrying out short science activities throughout the week. Parents of children from F2 (including 30 hours) to Year 6 are invited into school from 2:30pm to join their children in some science workshops across school. We look forward to seeing you there!
Miss Bennett will be running a phonics workshop for parents of Year 1 children on Wednesday 23rd April at 9am. This is a great opportunity to learn more about how we teach our children to learn to decode on their journey to becoming fluent readers, to see what happens in a phonics session and also to learn strategies for supporting your children with their reading at home. We really hope you can join us.
We are holding a Dr Bike session in school on Friday 21st March. This is a great opportunity for children to bring their bike into school to have it checked to ensure that it is safe to ride and to undertake any possible repairs. This is a completely free session and a great idea to do before the summer months!
West Meadows are supporting the 3rd annual Food Bank Drive for Stocksbridge Cub group. If you would like to make any donations of tinned food, UHT milk, dish or laundry soap, nappies or toiletries, please bring them into school from Monday. Thank you for your support.
A reminder that bookings for Parents’ Evening are now live on Arbor. For Year 4 parents this will be on Thursday 13th March and for all other year groups will be held on Wednesday 19th March. If you need any support with bookings please call or come into Reception. We look forward to seeing you there!
A reminder that children need a suitable PE kit in school for PE days. Children can wear a white t.shirt if they do not have a t.shirt with their team colour. Could we please ask that all children also have suitable footwear for PE (trainers or pumps please) which are not their school shoes.
Every Friday we will celebrate our children’s achievements, both in school and at home, including their attendance in school. Good attendance is vital for your child’s education and means they can make the most of all aspects of school life. We really need your support this year to raise our attendance. If you need any help or support please come and see Mrs Maree. You can see your own child’s attendance for the year and the last 4 weeks on the Arbor App. An attendance of 97% or above is considered to e good attendance.
Last Week's Attendance:
F1 AM (including 30 hrs) 92.7%
F2: 89.1%
Year 1: 95%
Year 2: 98%
Year 3: 98.6%
Year 4: 96.4%
Year 5: 89.6%
Year 6: 86.6%
Congratulations to this week's winners,
Class 3!
Wed 12th March - Science Workshops with parents for British Science Week - F2 to Year 6 (not including nursery)
Thursday, 13th March - Year 4 Parents Evening
Wed 19th March - Parents’ Evening
Fri 21st March - Dr. Bike in school from 9am
Wed 2nd April - Easter Assembly with Joseph Bower
Wed 2nd April - Easter Craft Session for children and parents in Year 3 (2pm)
Wed 2nd April - Year 1 Class trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Thur 3rd April - Easter bonnet and egg competition
Fri 4th April - Easter disco
Fri 4th April - Break up for Easter holidays
Tue 22nd April - Compass Be Parent Workshop (1pm)
Wed 23rd April - Phonics workshop for Year 1 parents
Credits:
Created with images by Tawanboonnak - "science research concept,Dropping chemical liquid to test tube," • yAOinLoVE - "Kindergarten boy playing with flash cards , Asian children learning English with flash cards, Teach young kids English at home, Child at home, kindergarten closed during the Covid-19 health crisis" • vladstar - "New blue bicycle isolated on a white" • Atlas - "Donation box isolated on white background. Paper box with food" • Pixel-Shot - "Social worker meeting with couple for signing adoption documents" • WavebreakmediaMicro - "Students sitting on bench talking with each other" • tatomm - "close up of clock and calendar on the purple table background, planning for business meeting or travel planning concept"