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AUTUMN TERM ISSUE 5 FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2020

Lothersdale Primary School Friday Newsletter of 11

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Thu 5 Nov 2020 - Whole school flu vaccinations Thu 5 Nov 2020 - Bonfire Lunch in school ~ details to follow next week Wed 11 Nov 2020 - Class 3 Viking Day at Murton Park, York

Mon 12 Oct 2020 - Please bring in remaining Harvest Donations ~ see below Sun 18 Oct 2020 - Deadline for submitting online consent for the flu vaccinations

EXTENDED SCHOOL’S ACTIVITIES ~ w/c 12 October 2020

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Soccer Tots 3.15 – 4.15pm

Get Groovy 3.15 – 4.15pm

Drama KS1 3.15 – 4.15pm

Art Club 3.15 – 4.15pm

Y5/6 Football 3.15 – 4.15pm

Y3/4 Football 3.15 – 4.15pm

Drama Club KS2 3.15 – 4.15pm

Supersports 3.15 – 4.15pm

Please do not come onto the school playground - the member of staff/activity provider will unlock the main gate and bring the children out at the end of each session to ensure a safe handover to parents/carers. Please

remember to keep your distance.

This week’s

have been awarded to:

Reception ~ Piper Year 1 ~ Maisie Year 2 ~ Jude Year 3 ~ Maxi

Year 4 ~ Spencer Year 5 ~ Isla P Year 6 ~ Alice

YEAR 6 AWARD This week’s Year 6 Award goes to

NEL

Deadlines & Reminders for w/c

12 October 2020

It would be really helpful if requested reply slips/payments etc. could be returned by the stated deadlines to enable us to process the paperwork effectively this week.

Save the Date!

Please note there may be circumstances in which these dates are subject to change. More information will follow at a later date about events listed below:


Health & Safety Update!

Admittance to School Premises May we remind all parents/carers that the school cannot currently allow visitors/parents/carers onto the school premises (playground and buildings) unless directed otherwise, in line with our current Covid health and safety guidance and procedures. If you are unfamiliar with the procedures regarding access to the school site, please refer to the Full Opening Information Booklet for Parents September 2020 which can be found on the Noticeboard on the school website and the School Office Covid Information 2020 which is located under Info, School Office, Attachments. There has been a significant rise in Covid infections in the area and it is important that we all continue to manage the risks and we thank you for your support in keeping our school ‘Covid’ free. Traffic Management Outside School We have received several complaints this week about a minority of parents/carers who are ignoring the ‘Keep Clear’ and ‘Zig Zag’ markings outside school and using them as parking spaces. The school has worked together with the Parish Council to help support the local village community to ensure traffic is able to move freely at school drop off and pick up times and the creation of these white keep clear road markings and yellow zig zags are there for this reason. We would therefore ask that parents please refrain from parking on these clearly marked areas when dropping off and picking up children from school. At school pick up today a parent’s parked car was unfortunately hit by another vehicle, causing wing mirror damage and distress to the owner. We will be contacting the Community Police to ask them to help us ensure cars are parked responsibly and would be grateful for your support in helping to keep everyone safe and traffic moving at peak times. Extended Schools – Pupil Attendance It is important that school is made aware of any children not attending an Extended Schools’ Club. We understand that it is not always possible for a child to attend a club after school, however please ensure you inform the school office so that the absence can be recorded on the club register. This will help avoid any possible safeguarding issues. Many thanks for your support.

Dear Parents/Carers I cannot quite believe that five weeks have passed since we re-opened our doors to all your wonderful children in September. Another week has gone by where, thankfully, nobody in our school has been ill or had to self-isolate, and our attendance is still >98%, which is tremendous. At this time of year, we would normally be planning to invite you all in to meet the teachers and to learn how your children have settled in to the new school year. Unfortunately, we cannot do that this year, but we are very keen to provide you with feedback about your children. After half term we will be sending out a short, written report for each child which will detail their academic progress over the term as well as letting you know how well they are getting along socially. We will then offer parents the option of a telephone consultation with their child's teacher. Please keep your eye on the Friday news over the next couple of weeks for further details.

Headteacher Updates

from Mr. Grogan

Please find detailed below headteacher updates for your information. If you have any queries regarding any of the content below, please contact the school office.


Please remember that if you have any concerns about your child's progress or wellbeing in school, you are welcome to phone school to discuss or you can always have a chat on the playground with the class teacher. We would always rather know straight away if you have any concerns; please don't think your concerns are too trivial to trouble us with as we genuinely want to know. This is the time of year when we welcome prospective parents/carers to school, and show off all the wonderful things that we have to offer. Whilst the usual visits during the school day cannot take place, we are able to invite parents/carers to visit the school out of hours. If you have a child who is due to start school in September 2021, and would like to visit school, Mrs Bateman and I will be available to welcome visitors on the following dates: • Tuesday 3rd November 2020 • Wednesday 4th November 2020 • Tuesday 10th November 2020 • Wednesday 11th November 2020

Visits will take place at 4.30pm after all the children have gone home. Visitors will be asked to wear a face mask and to observe social distancing rules whilst in the building. Unfortunately, children will not be allowed on these visits as we have to ensure that nobody touches anything whilst in school; it would be unfair to ask 3-year-olds not to touch the toys and resources in Class 1, but we will ensure that they have plenty of opportunity to visit school before they start next year. Have a lovely weekend.

Best Wishes

COLUM GROGAN

Harvest Festivals ~ Donations for Keighley Women’s Refuge Thank you to all those parents/carers who have been able to provide Harvest donations for Keighley Women’s Refuge this week. If you still wish to donate to this worthy cause, please ensure donations are placed in the boxes in the Parent Shelter at Monday drop off at the latest. Christ Church are having their Harvest Festival on Sunday 11 October and will be delivering all items donated by school and church on Monday 12 October 2020. Please see the flyer at the back of this newsletter for further details and a list of essential items required by the refuge. Thank you for your support. Whole School Flu Immunisations ~ 5 November 2020

The Immunisation Team will be in school on 5 November 2020 as part of the annual programme to vaccinate children against influenza. All children with consent will be vaccinated therefore please ensure that you have given your consent via the website as per the instructions on the letter emailed to all parents/carers on 18 September. The

deadline is Sunday 18 October 2020.

General School

Updates

Please find detailed below general updates for your information. If you have any queries regarding any of the content below, please contact the school office.


Class 1 have been busy and thoughtful this week. We have begun to learn our school Golden Rules. We have shared stories about being kind, gentle and helpful. The children spotted when characters in our stories were behaving well and when they were not!

We have been very impressed by the kind acts of friendship we have seen this week and hope to see many! As part of our learning about friendship we shared the story While We Can't Hug. The children talked about the ways Hedgehog and Tortoise showed they were friends.

Class 1 also enjoyed watching the short video story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnnFrPaRgY. We have been impressed by the beautiful, colourful rainbows the children have painted this week (just like Hedgehog and Tortoise). Wednesday morning was chilly and there were big puddles in the park again but that didn't stop us from going out. ALL of Class 1 are becoming safe and thoughtful when we cross the road to go to the park and they now make the decision when to cross (under our very close supervision!) by saying our special words,

STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, THINK… is it safe? We hope they can show you this safety knowledge when you cross the road with them at the weekend. Once in the park, we walked through the

woods and football pitch collecting beautiful autumn leaves and made mini decorations to hang up at home. In preparation for our first visit to Lothersdale Church next week (weather permitting), we have also been learning about

Harvest, saying thank you for the delicious food we all enjoy. During our Candle Time, a chance in Class 1 for quiet reflection and discussion, the donations for Keighley Women's Refuge have helped the children understand that we can

show love and care for others by sharing. Thank you for the donations we have received so far. Please add to this very good cause if you can. Keep impressing us Class 1, we are very proud of you.

Class 1 Updates from

Mrs Bateman

Please find detailed below Class 1 updates from Mrs Bateman. If you have any queries, please contact the school office in the first instance ([email protected]).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PnnFrPaRgY


Another brilliant week in Class 2. The children are continuing to work very hard in every task we give them. This week they have really enjoyed learning lots of important information about The Great Fire of London. We have learnt what and who caused the fire, what it would have felt like in London during the fire, how the fire was extinguished and why a fire like that is unlikely to ever happen again. I have been so impressed by how well they have retained a lot of the key knowledge. In Class 3, we start learning about Roman numerals in maths. This learning will continue as the children progress through school. We like to make learning as fun and practical before moving onto the trickier concepts ~ this helps to ensure the children have a deep understanding of them and this week we enjoyed Roman numeral yoga.

Class 3 Updates from Miss Gallagher

& Mrs Daniell

Please find detailed below Class 3 updates from Miss Gallagher & Mrs Daniell. If you have any queries, please contact the school office in the first instance ([email protected]).

Take a look at some of the ways the children built the letters. They were really

impressive! Can you figure out the numbers the children had to make?


Mr Craven

Please find detailed below Class 2 updates from Mr Craven. If you have any queries, please contact the school office in the first instance ([email protected]).


This week for our mindfulness journal we focused on yoga. We used a story to help us clear our minds and visualise the adventure and included a range of poses. In class, we discussed when we could use yoga to help us at home too. A huge thank you to all the children who completed the additional baking homework this week. The photos have been added to our display board for our instruction topic. Take a look at some of the yummy cakes the children made and the fun they had making them. Spencer explained that his tasted just like Soreen; delicious!

Viking Day ~ Wednesday 11 November 2020

A letter and consent form will be emailed shortly to all parents/carers regarding the Class 3 Viking Day visit at Murton Park near York on Wednesday 11 October 2020. Please ensure the completed consent form is emailed to school, and the contribution paid via ParentPay, by Friday 30 October 2020.

We have continued to work on negative numbers this week, applying our knowledge to problem solving situations, involving comparing, totalling and finding the difference between temperatures presented on a line graph – an excellent opportunity to study continuous data. The recount writing in English is well underway, the children focusing on the use of expanded noun phrases and modal verbs to help to build a clear picture in the mind of the reader. Year 5 have continued to work hard to learn the balance of words from the Year 3/4 list; check-ups will take place when children feel confident and ask to be tested by an adult in Class 4.


Mrs Fawcett

Please find detailed below Class 4 updates from Mrs Fawcett. If you have any queries, please contact the school office in the first instance ([email protected]).


Likewise, Year 6 are working through the Year 5/6 list in the same way. Year 5 spelling sentence pattern homework will be sent out as usual on Monday, and Maths CGP books will be given out to Years 5 and 6 this Friday. From next week, if it is more effective for your child, there will be the option to complete Reading Plus sessions in school on a Monday and Friday morning from 8.30am. Please email the school office if your child would like to attend either session so provision can be made for them – thank you. Following our visit to Murton Park last week, much enthusiasm was evident as we started our study of World War 2 this week. Discussing the Treaty of Versailles and the reparations Germany faced following their surrender in World War 1, the events that preceded the outbreak of World War 2 became clear. We will study the terms Axis and Allies and locate the countries that fell into these categories at the start of the war, identify their national flags and learn important information about each country’s leader. As is evident in the photograph below, we thoroughly enjoyed eating toast spread with the delicious butter we made during our visit to Murton Park! We hope you have a fabulous weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday for the penultimate week on the first half term – haven’t the last five weeks flown by?

Primary School Admissions ~ September 2021 Online applications can now be made via the Local Authority for reception places at Lothersdale Primary School for September 2021. The online common application form must be submitted by no later than Wednesday 15 January 2021. Letters from North Yorkshire County Council regarding applying for a school place will be issued early next week to all those families who are on the school’s pre-admissions list for September 2021. If you are the parent/carer of a child, or know of a child, who is eligible to start primary school next September and whose name is not on the school’s register of interest, please contact the school as soon as possible.

School Office Information

If you have any queries regarding any of content below, please contact the school office ([email protected]).


Pre-admissions Register of Interest List The school Pre-admissions Register of Interest List for a potential reception place at Lothersdale Primary School has filled up quickly for next year’s September 2021 admission group. It is important that parents/carers register their interest for a reception place for their child as soon as possible (even if you live in the village) to enable us to determine potential numbers and the impact it will have on the future school roll. Please be aware that entering your child’s name on this list does not constitute the offer of a Reception place.

Admission Year

Entry Date

Date of Birth Range

No. of Places Available

Registrations of Interest Received to Date

2021/2022 Sept 2021 1.9.2016 to 31.8.2017 15 13

2022/2023 Sept 2022 1.9.2017 to 31.8.2018 15 9

2023/2024 Sept 2023 1.9.2018 to 31.8.2019 15 (TBC) 1

2024/2025 Sept 2024 1.9.2019 to 31.8.2020 15 (TBC) 2

If you have not yet registered your interest for your child on any of the above school lists, please download a copy of the school’s register of interest form available from the school website (INFO/Admissions/Prospectus & Register of Interest then scroll down to the bottom of the page for the form) and return to the School Office via email on [email protected] as soon as possible. If you have friends or relatives of children who also fall within the above categories, we would be grateful if you could pass on this information. Friday News

School Events:

Fri 23 Oct 2020 - School breaks up at 3.15pm for half-term Sat 31 Oct 2020 - Deadline for online submission of application for a secondary school place for

September 2021 Mon 2 Nov 2020 - School re-opens Wed 11 Nov 2020 - Class 3 Viking Day at Murton Park Fri 15 Jan 2021 - Deadline for online submission of application for a primary school place for

September 2021 Community Events:

Sun 11 Oct 2020 - Harvest Thanksgiving (Christ Church Lothersdale)

Food Allergy Warning Please remember Lothersdale Primary School is a Nut Free Zone

School Website Updates

Remember to look on our School Website for further information on what is happening around school! New postings on our website this week are listed below:

Diary of Events

If you wish to promote a community event in our diary below, please contact the school office. Please note there may be circumstances in which these dates are subject to change:

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