Newsletter 04.04.2025

Eid al fitr

It was lovely to see the children in their Eid clothes on Wednesday. Many of them were telling me about the lovely time they had celebrating Eid.

Attendance

Overall this term, the class with the highest attendance is Y4P Red Fox Class.

They will get their non uniform day on Friday 25^th April.

Whole school attendance this week is 91.93%.

These three classes met the target of 96% this week.

Punctuality

Mrs Hardman’s Y6 Class all arrived on time this week. Well done!

Over the half term, the Rec Chick Class have had the fewest number of lates and they will get their non-uniform day on Friday 25^th April.

Please ensure all children are in school by 8.50am

Holiday Learning

Over the next two weeks, we want your children to have fun and some of you may have fun activities planned. If there is some spare time, children can make use of the online programmes that we provide such as Maths Whizz, Nessy, Times Tables Rockstars, Purple Mash and Numbots. (Not all children have access to them all). Children who keep some skills ticking over find it easier when they return to school.

Another very useful activity would be colouring and/or drawing. I am aware that a great number of children in school need to work on their handwriting, and colouring is a great way to develop these skills. They could use a pre-made colouring book or design pictures of their own.

Benefits of colouring and drawing:

Colouring requires precise movements, which strengthens the small muscles in the hands and fingers, making it easier to hold and manipulate a pencil or pen for writing

Colouring encourages attention to detail, as children focus on staying within lines and creating patterns, which can translate to better letter formation and neatness in handwriting. 

Children might like to make a short comic strip using a series of 6 pictures and captions. I would love to see any creations after the holiday if children are able to do any colouring or drawing over the next two weeks. Some of the Reception children have drawn me some lovely pictures recently.

Clubs

Clubs will resume from Wednesday 30^th April (please note that this is the second week back).

Children should have brought home a slip with the name of the club they have been allocated.

Events and Awards

Winning Team – children in Years 1- 6 are all in a team. They collect team points each week and each half term the winning team have an extra playtime. Today the Calder Team had their treat.

Sue Dean Writing Award

Nominations for the Sue Dean Writing Award were given out to a child in each class today. The overall winner of the award is Alayna Hussain in Y4P.

Reading For Pleasure Awards

Each half term we pull out a name of children who have taken part in the awards. This half term Rayyan Y6 and Sumayyah Y1 won a £10 book voucher. There will be another draw in May.

Attendance Prize

All of the children will 96+% attendance have been entered into a draw to win a prize. The lucky winners this term were Muhammad Azan Y1, Muhammad Zarrar Rec, Tooba Y6, Aliza Y5, Faryal Y6 and Asra Y3.

Attendance Treat - Children with at least 96% attendance from 13^th January to Thursday 3^rd April watched the magic show from Taz today.

Key Dates

School Closure

School will be closed from Monday 7^th April for the Easter break.

It will reopen on Tuesday 22^nd April.

·         Y3 Eid Assembly – Families of children in Y3 invited to the assembly at 2.30pm on 23^rd April

·         Bank Holiday – School will be closed on Monday 5^th May for a national bank holiday

·         Y6 SATS test will take place from Monday 12^th May to Thursday 15^th May.

·         Eid  School will be closed on Monday 9^th and Tuesday 10^th June.

·         Y4 Times Table Check will take place between Monday 2^nd June to Friday 13^th June

·         Y4 Eid Assembly - Families of children in Y4 invited to the assembly at 2.30pm on 18^th June

·         Phonics Screening Check for Y1 and some Y2 children to take place from Wednesday 11th June to Friday 13^th June.