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Emergency
First Aid Course
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part of our policy to ensure that your children are safe at school, we
regularly update our emergency first aid qualifications.
The
following members of staff (teaching and non-teaching) completed a one-day
Emergency First Aid Course Tuesday 31st September 2004 and they will
be receiving their certificates shortly. Elaine Ramsey, Helen Martin, Deborah
Davidson, Sue Smith, Denise Anderson, Kathryn Grimshaw, Joanne Wilde, Ann
Robinson, Jane Wright, Sarah Harvey, Richard Beadnall, Colin Culley, Ruth
Pollard and Claire Brockway.
Trail-A-Bike
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ourtesy
of John Freeman ( NYCC School Travel Awareness Team) we have a Trail-A-Bike in
school which we would like to offer for use by parents who enjoy cycling and
who would like to cycle to school with their child. The Trail-A-Bike is built for children aged 2½ to 6 or up to 85
lbs. The bike fixes on to an adult bicycle and is a safe and sturdy way to
cycle with a young child. If you would like more details, please contact Mr
Culley.
Election
of House Captains
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the first week of school the pupils in Key Key Stage 2 held an election to find
their new House Captains. We are
delighted to report the results.
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Kirkdale: |
Adam Hymas |
Melissa Thompson |
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Farndale: |
Bob Mitcheson |
Zoe Spink |
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Newtondale: |
John Crutchley |
Jade Poppitt |
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Rosedale: |
Daniel Clark |
Sharna Stevens |
Apologies
to Daniel
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would like to apologise to Daniel Martin and Daniel Clark. In the Malton Messenger 184 we stated that
Daniel Clark had received the end of term award for effort when it should have
been Daniel Martin.
Harvest Festival Services
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e warmly
invite you to join us for our annual Harvest Festival services to be held in
the school hall on:
Tuesday 5th
October 2004
Key Stage 1
& All Foundation Stage
9.15 a.m. Guest Speaker:
David North – Elim Church
Tuesday 5th
October 2004
Key Stage 2
(Juniors)
10.00 a.m. Guest Speaker:
David North – Elim Church
Please note
that a collection will be held at the end of each service for ‘Harvest Help’.
Harvest Collection
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s has been our custom for some years, we no longer
collect produce and instead we send a donation to charity. This year we will be supporting ‘Harvest
Help’ (Registered Charity:298830). Established in 1985, Harvest Help provides practical support to rural
communities in southern Africa, helping them to improve their livelihoods
through sustainable farming and increased self-reliance.
Our target is to raise funds to purchase an assortment of agricultural
supplies such as seed packs, trees, goats, chicks, tools and training, to help
families For more information log on
to: http://www.harvesthelp.org/
Snippets
Walk
to School Week (6th to 10th
October 2004) Where and when possible we would urge parents to walk to school
with their children.
Residential
Trip for Year 6
Our
annual residential trip for Year 6 to Low Mill will be from 18th to
22nd October 2004.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never done anything
new” - Albert Einstein
Homework Policy
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e thought it would be beneficial for
parents, if we clarified our homework policy for this year. Please remember that it is getting children
into a ‘HOMEWORK HABIT’ that is of most importance. Your child will need somewhere at home that is quiet e.g. away
from the television, and that has a table where they can work. It is important
that parents check homework diaries weekly. Diaries form a regular and informal
line of communication with class teachers. Please sign them and add your
comments or questions when relevant.
Key Stage 1 Homework
(DfEE Guidelines (1998): 1 hour per week)
Reception Year (Butterflies & Ladybirds)
Literacy:
children will bring home a ‘Sound Book’ in order to practise writing and
recognising different letter sounds
Numeracy:
there will be no written work, but children may be asked to practise counting
items around the house or saying nursery rhymes which include numbers
Years 1 and 2
Homework
will be put into the children’s blue ‘Learn at Home’ books, and will usually be
as follows:
Literacy:
a short list of words to be learnt over the week for an informal spelling
test. This list will change each week
and will support the phonics being taught in class.
Numeracy:
each week there will be either some ‘learn by heart’ work, eg number names to
20; or a practical task, eg looking for shapes around the house
Science/Topic:
within the course of each half term there will be a variety of practical or
investigative activities, eg keeping a list of food eaten.
All
Key Stage 1 children will regularly bring a book home to share from our library
collection.
From
time to time children may also be asked to bring items such as postcards or
boxes into school: if this is the case, there will be a note about these in the
Learn at Home book
Key Stage 2 Homework
(DfEE Guidelines (1998): Years 3 & 4 1½ hour per week. Years 5 & 6, 2½hours per week)
All year groups will
receive homework on a regular basis following the general pattern outlined
below.
Daily
- Reading (Either
reading scheme or free choice book)
- Spellings –
Learning weekly list for test
- Tables/Number facts
Weekly
- Numeracy – One
piece of work connected with current numeracy learning objectives
- Literacy – One
piece of work connected with current literacy learning objectives
Half-termly
- One piece of
extended research work based on current topics or themes.
Children
may occasionally be given other tasks to complete or work to finish off that is
connected with their current schoolwork.
Homework
will only be set for weekends if there is at least one day either side of the
weekend for homework to be completed.
Homework
will be set consistently but days may differ from class to class. Details can
be found in the yellow spring-bound homework diary of each child. It is
important that parents check homework diaries weekly and sign and add any
comments they wish to make.
NB Homework will be set
regularly and consistently but on occasion the timetable may vary due to other
curriculum or school commitments.
Home
circumstances may not always be conducive to working quietly and in previous
years we have supported families by running a weekly homework club in school.
However, only a few children made use of this facility on odd occasions last
year. If you have difficulty in
providing your child with a suitable environment to complete their homework,
please discuss it with their class teacher.
Families
who do not have access to a computer are able to use the school ICT facilities
by prior arrangement. Please contact Mrs Wells the Key Stage Two Assistant
Headteacher for details.