Newsletter 57 - Brompton & Sawdon Community Primary School

Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School
Number 57 May 1st 2015
5th
September 2014
Dear Parents and Carers,
It’s almost that time of year again when we make our final preparations in school for the
Summer Term tests, which includes SATs for children in Year 2 and Year 6. The tests take
place during the week beginning May 11th and this year we have some exciting developments
to share!
All children in Y6 are invited to attend our FREE breakfast club from Monday
11th May to Thursday 14th May, where they can enjoy a hot breakfast and
some calm and quiet time with Mr Cooper to alleviate any last minute
`wobbles’.
We hope this will give our children the best possible start to the day and help them to really
`show off’ their skills.
There are more helpful hints about preparing for SATs week over-
leaf.
This week our school choir have been out on
tour again! They travelled to St Catherine’s
Hospice
Wykeham
in Scarborough with friends from
School,
where
they
delighted
patients with their latest offerings, including
well-known favourites from `The Lion King’
and a very funny `Bus Stop’ song complete
with actions!. They brought everyone lots of
smiles and were swiftly invited back for
another visit, which we are already looking
forward to.
We have a few reminders to share for our fund-raising projects and thank you to everyone
who has already sent in donations. We are still collecting Sainsburys `Active Kids’ vouchers,
which last year enabled us to buy a picnic bench for the Early Years playground. We would
like to send off our `Readathon’ sponsor money next week,
so if families would kindly
gather those funds in and send them to Mrs Allen in the office, in an envelope marked
`Readathon’, we would be very grateful.
And finally, thank you so much to those parents
who have already kindly donated sponsor money to Mrs Isaac for running the Manchester
10k in aid of the Y6 London Trip. Donations should be sent in a sealed envelope please.
SATs
If you have a child in Year 2 or Year 6, they will be completing their SATs (or
Standard Assessment Tests) during the week beginning 11th May.
Children are tested in Maths and English so that the Government can get a clear picture
of what standards look like across the country.
SATs also help parents to compare their
child's progress with children of the same age nationally.
Your child has been working really hard to prepare for the SATs tests. It is only natural
that they might feel nervous or concerned about what the week will hold, but here are
some top tips on how to help at home:
1. Explain to your child that this is their opportunity to "show off" all their hard work and
preparation. We are going to call the week “show off week” in school!
2. Reinforce that your child cannot fail... The most important thing is that they do their
best and remember all the things they have been doing in class and in booster lessons
recently.
3. Talk to your child about any anxieties or concerns that they have. Which papers in
particular worry them? Is there anything you can do at home to help them feel better
prepared?
4. Keep in touch with the school and your child's teacher.
Explain any worries or
concerns your child might have.
5. Do something fun the weekend before the SATs tests to take their mind off them.
Don't overdo the revision or practice - it is important your child feels fresh and ready to
tackle the tests on Monday morning.
6. Make sure your child has a good night's sleep before each test.
7. Make sure your child has a healthy breakfast each morning (remember there will be a
free breakfast for all Y6 children each day).
8. Send your child to school with some healthy snacks to have in between or after the
tests and a drink which they can have available at all times.
9. In the evenings of SATs week, keep any work you do at home short.
10. Make sure your child is in school every day of
SATs week. If they are feeling unwell it is important
that they still come to school and try to do the test.
If you are concerned that your child is feeling unwell
during this week, please contact school as early as
possible.
11. Make sure your child is in school on time every
day - the tests start first thing in the morning.
Y2 SATs timetable:
Monday 11 May 2015:
Reading Test, Spelling Test
Tuesday 12 May 2015:
Writing
Wednesday 13 May 2015:
Maths
Thursday 14 May 2015:
Spelling (2)
Y6 SATs timetable:
Monday 11 May 2015:
Reading Test (60 mins)
Tuesday 12 May 2015:
English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test (60 mins)
Wednesday 13 May 2015:
Maths Paper 1 (45 mins)
Thursday 14 May 2015:
Maths Paper 2 (45 mins)
(Children in Y6 do not take a specific writing test. Year 6 teachers assess pupils'
writing themselves.)
During SATs week, children in Years 3, 4 and 5 will
complete our own school’s assessments.
Good luck to all of our children with their assessments!
Cricket News...
We are thrilled that our children are enjoying
their cricket sessions with Matthew Curran,
under the `Chance to Shine’ programme. Even
Alex, the German Bear, got in on the action
recently!
As part of the programme, we have 50 tickets
available
for a
Headlingley
Yorkshire
CCC
game at
so our children will be choosing
which match to use the tickets for and may
well invite some mums and dads to an evening
of sport during the summer months!
Initially, these tickets will be allocated to
children in Class 3, with any surplus tickets being offered subsequently to children in Class 2.
Snainton Cricket Club would
love to hear from children
interested in taking part in
their club coaching sessions.
They have teams entered into
the local junior league U11s
and U9s.
The club are currently running
coaching sessions at Snainton
Playing Field on Wednesday
evenings, from 6pm.
Children
in Year 3 and above are
welcome to turn up and join
the sessions.
For enquiries
about younger children joining,
please contact first:
Matthew Davies
Co-ordinator):
(Junior
Tel: 01723 850812
or 07583 051548
Farewell Miss Nuttall!
Children in Class 1 said a
fond
`farewell’
to
Miss
Nuttall this week.
Since
her
November,
arrival
Miss
in
Nuttall
has been a firm favourite
with children and staff!
We wish her the very best
in
her
future
teaching
career and thank her for
her
hard
work
and
dedication.
Dojo Request...
Whilst we love the Dojo system for encouraging and praising our children for all
the excellent things they do in school, we have now discussed as a staff the need
to review the exchange of information through the system.
During school hours, the best way to contact staff is to see them at the beginning or at the end of the
school day. Alternatively, a phone call to the school office might be helpful. However, we will no
longer use the Dojo system to receive messages as this is not the most effective way of contacting
staff. If there is a need to contact school out of hours, please email the `headteacher’ email address:
[email protected]
Thank you for your help with this matter.
School Photos…
The next appointment with
our school photographer
will be during the afternoon
of June 17th. This will be
for class photos only.
Party Invitations...
Please
hand
any
party
invitations to your child’s class
teacher, for distribution at the
end of the day. This will help to
avoid any potential upset at the
start of the school day.
Children and their families needed for a new
CBBC show!
Hallo Alex!
Wie geht’s?
Alex, the German Bear, has helped Class 2
children make new friends in a school in
Germany this term. Wonderfully assisted by
Mrs Gruber, our children wrote letters to
the German children, which included details
about their appearance and their families and this was all written in German!
They
also learnt how to sing a German song.
Alex came all the way from Kaufbeuren and
will be spending 3 weeks with Class 2, finding
out as much information as he can. When
he returns home he will have lots of extra
memories to share with the children in
Germany
as
he
has
attended
cricket
sessions, made journey sticks in the forest
and even helped to make some forest
perfume!
We would also like to send him
back with some sweets and we would be
very grateful if children in Class 2 could
each bring in a small item please.
Many
thanks
to
Mrs
Gruber
for
her
enthusiasm and hard work with the project!
Electronic Calendar
School Dinners
We
a re
c on ti n ui n g
to
d ev el o p
our
w eb si te
(www.bromptonsawdon.n-yorks.sch.uk)
and
have
recently
addedWeek 1)
Monday 16th March to Friday 20th March (Menu
an electronic calendar to help our families keep up to date with
events in school. The calendar can be accessed from the home
page by clicking on the tab at the top. There are handy `print’
and `save’ functions available on the calendar too. We’d love to
hear your comments on this latest addition.
May 2015
Monday
4th May
Tuesday
5th May
School Closed
(Bank Holiday)
Clubs
Monday
Homework Club
3.30 - 4.30pm
Class 1 Forest School
Please remember kits!
Tuesday
Gardening Club
3.30 - 4.30pm
Thursday
7th May
Teaching Interviews
NO PE
Class 2 and Class 3 Forest Schools
Monday
11th May
Monday
11th May
SATs Booster
SATs week begins
Breakfast Club Y6 only
(Y2 and Y6)
8 -9am
Class 2 and Class 3
Choir
RE visit to All Saints Church
Tuesday
10th May
Class 1 Forest Schools
Wednesday
13th May
Class 1
3.30 - 4.30pm
Thursday
No Club
Friday
Sports Club
RE visit to All Saints Church
NO CRICKET
Thursday
14th May
Wednesday
Class 1
Educational Visit to Falling Foss