Welcome to West Meadows Weekly!
This year we have put a new writing curriculum into school. Each writing unit includes a ‘hook’ or ‘experience’ to engage the children. This week, for example, our Year 1 children made some delicious pizzas as part of their writing unit and have been learning lots of different adjectives to describe them. The children have produced some fantastic work so far and I have been really impressed with how their writing skills are developing! We have a busy last week in school planned so please check all of the diary dates below!
Safer Internet Day takes place next Tuesday, 11th February and is a chance to focus on the online safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We are asking all children to wear something black for the day. The purpose of this is to symbolize anonymity on line and we will be working with the children on the day about not sharing personal details or information online.
We are excited that next week on Wednesday we have Compass Be in to work with some of our children, including Key Stage 2 School Council Members. The children will be trained to be Wellbeing Ambassadors for the school and will then take on this role in school, including we hope leading some wellbeing assemblies in the coming weeks.
We are excited to be welcoming an artist into school next week on Tuesday to work with our Year 5 children on drawing and shading techniques. Thank you to Mrs Walton, our Art and DT lead in school, for arranging the opportunity. We are also holding a special art theme on Wednesday afternoon across school where children will be focusing on drawing still life.
Calling all Year 4 parents. We would love if you or a family member could come into school on Thursday 13th February at 2pm next week to join your children in the hall for a Valentine Craft session! This is also a great opportunity to chat to Mrs Maree, Mrs Smith and Miss Grain. We look forward to seeing you there!
We break up for half term on Friday February 14th and return to school on Tuesday 25th February. Monday 24th February is an INSET day for staff training and school will be closed to all pupils.
Year 6 Leavers’ Hoodies will be available for purchase after half term from Vortex and children can begin to wear these as part of their school uniform once purchased.
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 be good attendance.
Last Week's Attendance:
F1 AM (including 30 hrs) 88.8%
F2: 98.6%
Year 1: 93.7%
Year 2: 97.2%
Year 3: 95.5%
Year 4: 96.1%
Year 5: 91.4%
Year 6: 87.2%
Congratulations to this week's winners,
Foundation Stage 2 !
Tue 11th Feb - Safer Internet Day (Children can wear something black with non uniform)
Year 5 Artist Workshop in school
Wed 12th Feb - School Council Wellbeing Ambassador training
Thur 13th Feb - Valentines Crafts Session for children and parents in Year 4 (2pm)
Fri 14th Feb - Break up for February Half Term
Mon 24th Feb- INSET DAY
Tue 25th Feb - Return to school following half term
F2 and Year 1 Road Safety workshops in school
Thur 27th Feb - Swimming lessons start for Year 5 pupils (information to follow)
Wed 5th March - F2 visit to the Community Shop, Hoyland (Pizza making)
Thur 6th March - SEN Coffee Morning (2pm)
Thur 6th March - World Book Day (Dress as Your Favourite Character / Parent Reading Session at 2:30pm.
Thur 6th March - (Afternoon tuck shop for children)
Fri 7th March - Let Girls’ Play Football Theme Day
Wed 12th March - Science Workshops with parents for British Science Week
Wed 19th March - Parents’ Evening
Wed 2nd April - Easter Craft Session for children and parents in Year 3 (2pm)
Thur 3rd April - Easter bonnet and egg competition
Fri 4th April - Easter disco
Fri 4th April - Break up for Easter holidays
Credits:
Created with images by Tierney - "Cloud computing with a laptop computer on a desk" • dizain - "Wellness apple word cloud with marker, health concept background" • bedya - "Close up hands of female artist holding brush and palette with oil paints. Blurred background with easel in sunflower field" • Cozine - "Abstract background border of Beautiful fresh sweet pink rose" • Summit Art Creations - "Group of business people meeting in a seminar conference . Audience listening to instructor in employee education training session . Office worker community summit forum with expert speaker ." • Ivan Traimak - "Photo shot of pretty cool happy smiling brunette little girl wearing trendy red hoodie standing isolated over red background wall looking at camera" • tatomm - "close up of clock and calendar on the purple table background, planning for business meeting or travel planning concept"