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2 years ago
Posted on 24th May 2024 by

PE and Healthy Lifestyles Week

After the holidays, our PE days will remain the same – Wednesdays and Thursdays.

 

In the first week back, it will be Healthy Lifestyles Week.  They can come to school in kit all week. The children will come home with a slip in their reading diaries on the first day back to record their activity at home. Please upload pictures as Miss Jones has explained to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes.

On Wednesday 5th June, we will be having our Wheelie Day. The children can bring their scooter or bike with them as we will be going outside to ride these together. They must have a helmet or will not be able to ride. Please speak to one of the Year 1 team if your child does not have a bike or scooter so that we can sort one out for them. Please take your children’s scooters or bikes round to the bike shed on the main playground as we will not be able to store them in the Year 1 Outdoor Area.

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2 years ago
Posted on 24th May 2024 by

Our Visit to the Post Box!

First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who sent a stamp into school this week, it is much appreciated by the children and the staff!

This morning, the children took great pride in writing a postcard about their visit to Dudley Zoo and Castle. This afternoon, we went on a ‘post box adventure’ to post the children’s postcards. The children had a fantastic time and were very excited to post their very own postcard!

Keep those beady eyes out for the postcards arriving at your house.

2 years ago
Posted on 24th May 2024 by

Healthy Lifestyles Raffle – 2024

Our annual Healthy Lifestyles Raffle is now live on ParentPay. This year’s prize is a signed England shirt from League Of Their Own Team Captain, European Champion & Queen of the Jungle, Jill Scott!

The raffle is now live on ParentPay and tickets are £1 each. There is no limit on ticket purchase however only one transaction can be made so please ensure you purchase all your tickets at the same time.

The raffle will close at midday on Thursday 6th June and will be drawn in assembly on the afternoon of Friday 7th June. All funds raised will go back into school to help subsidise trips, events & experiences for our children.

Healthy Lifestyles Week will take place in school from Monday 3rd – Friday 7th June. All children to wear their PE kit everyday that week.

Good luck everyone!

 

 

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 22nd May 2024 by

Year 1 Trip To Dudley Zoo and Castle

Tomorrow, we are off to Dudley Zoo and Castle.

In the morning, please drop your child in the usual place at 8:20am. Your child will need to have a small backpack with their water bottle, and packed lunch if you have opted for this. Your child must have a waterproof coat with them! Your child will be walking around the zoo and castle all day so may wish to wear suitable trainers instead of their school shoes.

We will return in time for normal dismissal.

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2 years ago
Posted on 21st May 2024 by

RHSE Update

Dear Families,

In our curriculum, we continue to use PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) programmes across our school called 1decision and Respect Yourself, a programme devised by the curriculum committee of Shropshire Council. These programmes include elements of Relationships Education, Health Education and Sex Education.  We shared our policy with parents and carers in the Autumn Term of 2022 and adjusted it according to feedback.

We give notice to families each year that the RSHE lessons will be taught during the Summer Term. We let you know so that if children want to talk to you about what they have been learning, you are ready to set aside some time to listen to their thoughts and feelings and help them to understand.

In every year group, the theme includes two or three lessons to help children understand the human body, including the changes that take place during puberty, and how human reproduction happens. There is a very serious safeguarding aspect to this work and obviously the younger year groups are not looking at these issues directly and explicitly but rather learning correct terminology for body parts and doing the foundation work for later year groups. Upper Key Stage classes look more fully at puberty and human reproduction.

We hope you will agree that this work is vitally important for children, that it needs to be done age-appropriately and that the 1decision and Respect Yourself programme gives us a secure framework in which to do this.

It is your legal right to withdraw your children from Sex Education that is outside of the National Curriculum for Science. Relationships Education and Health Education is statutory for all primary schools.

You may be aware that the government are consulting on changes to the statutory guidance on teaching relationships and sex education, and Health education.  This may affect the delivery of our programme next year and we will keep you informed.  There are no changes to our programme this year.

Please talk to us if you have any questions.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Cook

2 years ago
Posted on 21st May 2024 by

Y1 trip this Thursday

There will be no PE on Thursday. Children to wear normal school uniform.

Please remember to send your child with a rucksack to carry their lunch and a water bottle.

Children will need to arrive at 8:20pm at their classroom door.

Thank you

Year 1 team

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2 years ago
Posted on 17th May 2024 by

Finance and Personnel Governors Involvement Update

The Finance and Personnel Governors met today and held discussions around our Early Years offer, with an update from our fantastic new nursery teacher. Governors were reassured that the standard of provision remains high. The enthusiasm demonstrated from the nursery teacher was very evident and it was great to hear how this is shared across the team. Governors were impressed with the early identification of SEND within the Nursery and could see how this supports children as they move into Reception.

Governors had an update on pupil premium expenditure and the impact of the sports premium. They could see that a lot of thought had gone into expenditure and that impact was evident.

Governors were happy to see that the staffing structure remains solid across all year groups as we plan ahead for the next academic year. The governors had an in depth look at the budget for 2024-2025. They acknowledged that school budgets are tighter than normal and were reassured that any savings that had to be made would be minimal.

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2 years ago
Posted on 14th May 2024 by

Stamps Needed!

This half term, we have read the story ‘The Jolly Postman’ by Janet and Allan Alhberg. The children have loved learning all about the life of a postman and are working so hard with their writing in literacy.

To finish the unit, we would love for the children to write a postcard to post home about their trip to Dudley Zoo and Castle. Please can you provide your child with a stamp to attach to their postcard so that we can take the children to the post box to post. Please can you send the stamp into school with your child by Wednesday 22nd May.

We know the children will relish the opportunity to write to you and to post their own postcard home – it will give them a real, exciting purpose to their writing.

Thank you so much for your continued support,

Year 1 Team