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DELVES LANE NEWS July 2019 Issue 4
SUMMER READING CHALLENGE 2019!
Finding out about our teachers!
Lilly and Sandra have
interviewed two of our
teachers: Mr Jones, teacher
in Class 7 and Mrs Randell
teacher in Class 1
Turn to pg to read the
interviews!
“We shine together like the moon & stars”
Throughout this newsletter look out for inspiring
Space quotes and jokes!
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In this Issue of Delves Lane News:
Our Celebration Newsletter Team:
Our team of reporters are:
Sandra and Lily who will be
interviewing our teachers.
Charlie and Harry who will be
finding out all about our After School
Clubs.
Daniel who will be investigating what
is happening in various classes in the
Infants and Juniors.
CONTENTS
Page
3-4: All about the Summer Reading Challenge in your local library
5-6: Stars of the Week
7: Playtime Stars
8, 9 & 10: Pupil of the Year
11-14: Finding out about our teachers
15-18: Take a look at a book ready for next year!
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What time do
astronauts
eat?
At launch
time!
What is an astronauts favorite place on a computer? The Space Bar
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Consett Library Space Chase
Summer Craft Sessions 23rd July– 27th August
Every Tuesday 10am-11am!
23rd July– The Aliens Have Landed
30th July– Robots
6th August– Spacejunk
13th August– To Infinity & Beyond (Moon, Stars & Planets)
20th August– Blast Off! (Rockets & Spacecraft)
27th August– Spacejunk
Please book at the desk at Consett library. Tickets are £1 per child. Children under the age of 8
to be accompanied by an adult.
Can’t make any of those dates?
Why not try a different local library!
Library What? Date? Time? Cost?
Stanley Treasure Map
Competition
Throughout
summer reading
challenge
N/A FREE
Annfield Plain Spacecraft Thursday 1st
August
2pm-3pm £1 per child
Stanley Rocket Launch Friday 2nd August 10.30am-11.30am £1 per child
Lanchester Monday 5th
August
2.30pm-3.30pm £1 per child
Annfield Plain Space Bunting Tuesday 6th
August
10am-12pm FREE
Lanchester Monday 12th
August
2.30pm-3.30pm £1 per child
Annfield Plain Flying Rocket Thursday 15th
August
2pm-3pm £1 per child
Stanley Star Wars Friday 16th
August
10.30am-11.30am £1 per child
Lanchester Tuesday 20th
August
2.30pm-3.30pm £1 per child
Annfield Plain Space Mobile Thursday 22nd
August
2pm-3pm £1 per child
Stanley Floating Planets Friday 23rd
August
10.30am-11.30am £1 per child
Stanley Drawing
workshop
Tuesday 27th
August
11am-12pm £1 per child
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At the end of each week, every class teacher nominates a member of their class to be star of the week as a result
of their outstanding learning and/ or behaviour.
We invite parents to the school to see their children receive their awards in our “Celebration Assembly” on a Friday afternoon.
BREAKING NEWS– DELVES LANE STAR’S OF THE WEEK!
14th June 2019 Class 1: Chloe- For beautiful writing and being very polite in class. Class 2: Natalia- For being an absolute superstar with her reading and writing!
Class 3: Brooke- For her fantastic efforts in reading! Class 4: Eve– For her amazing Numeracy work and for making us all smile!
Class 5: Kenzie- For his improved attitude towards his work. Class 6: Brandon- For a fantastic effort in his learning. He has such a positive attitude. Class 7: Kacper– For working hard in every single lesson! Class 8: Owen– For having a positive attitude towards his work. Class 9: Amelia- For being an excellent role model to the other children.
Class 10: Esme– For being impeccably behaved at all times. Class 11: Jessica- For her fantastic effort in her writing. Class 12: Joshua– For a his positive attitude towards his reading in class.
Class 13: Alfie– For trying very hard with his writing, focus-ing on the short film Alma.
21st June 2019 Class 1: Lexi- For her amazing enthusiasm in everything she does. Class 2: Hayden- For brilliant reading and trying very ahrd to count in 2’s and 10’s in Maths. Class 3: Emilia- For her fantastic attitude towards her learning.
Class 4: Bently– For his amazing effort with his work. Class 5: Cody- For his hardworking attitude and excellent behaviour. Class 6: Heidi- For being such a great helper in class and being a really good friend. Class 7: Natasha– For being a kind and caring member of our class. Class 8: Zuzanna– For her excellent attitude towards her school work.
Class 9: Jason- For excellent knowledge of his times tables. Class 10: Emillie– For great wrok writing a diary entry. Class 11: Katie - For her fantastic effort recently to improve her work and presentation.
Class 12: Leon– For trying really hard with his writing. Class 13: Phoebe– For singing beautifully at our leavers cer-emony at Durham cathedral.
28th June 2019 Class 1: Robbie- For being an amazing role model to the other children in our class.
Class 2: Nieve- For always trying her best and for exceptional behaviour. Class 3: Emily- For always giving her work one hundred percent effort. Class 4: Nicole– For her amazing effort towards her work.
Class 5: Billyray- For excellent effort in all his work. He is a fantastic role model to others. Class 6: Riley- For his fantastic attitude towards his learning, he is a kind, caring member of our class.
Class 7: Madeline– For working incredibly hard. She is a sensible and wonderful member of our class. Class 8: Leah– For being a hard working member of our class. She is well behaved and a good listener. Class 9: Ethan- For excellent understanding of scientific vocabulary.
Class 10: Jasmine– For writing an excellent persuasive letter. Class 11: Corey - For fanstatic sportsmanship during our quick cricket tournament. Class 12: Harry– For a fantastic attitude towards his work. He tries hard with any task he is given.
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5th July 2019 Class 1: Leona- For being an amazing friend and role model to others. Class 2: Casper- For outstanding independent handwriting.
Class 3: Shay- For being so hardworking. He lights up the classroom. Class 4: Alfie– For always being kind and considerate to others. Class 5: Grace- For excellent effort in her work. She has tried hard to concentrate and do her best. Class 6: Logan- For continually trying his best.
Class 7: Tammy-Leigh– For working incredibly hard in her assessments.
Class 8: Caitlin– For being a helpful and hard working mem-ber of our class. Class 9: Aleksandra- For outstanding achievement in Mathematics. Class 10:Bailey– For great effort during assessment week.
Class 11: Daniel - For his consistently sensible attitude. Class 12: Grace– For her fantastic attitude and enthusiasm towards her learning. Class 13: Ewan– For putting his all in to everything he does. He has been a superstar in our leavers service.
12th July 2019 Class 1: Lana- For being an amazing reader!
Class 2: Silver- For her fantastic progress in her reading! Class 3: Molly- For working very hard in all her work! Class 4: Mia– For her enthusiasm towards her learning.
Class 5: Baylea- For being a happy, friendly member of class 5. She has exceptional manners. Class 6: Alfie- For a fantastic attitude towards his learning and for contributing some exciting vocabulary to our wall. Class 7: Ava– For being very helpful during transition week, volunteering for all sorts of jobs. Class 8: Bobbyray– For always trying his best in everything he does. Class 9: Evie & Abbie- For excellent determination when learning about classification keys. Class 10: Mason & Sophia– For great behaviour during transition week.
Class 11: Katie - For her fantastic effort in our recent assessments. Class 12: Charlie– For being a superb role model to other pupils. Class 13: Nyomi– For always being extremely helpful, nothing is too much trouble!
What do our parents think of our celebration
assemblies?
Great assembly!
Beautiful Assembly!
Such a lovely assembly. Very proud
parents. The children are always so well
behaved. A credit to the school.
Very good and very positive assembly!
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Playtime Stars
14th June 2019:
KS1– Noah (Class 6) For always being a kind and helpful friend to
others!
KS2– H arley (Class 13) For being resourceful and recycling items
in the poly tunnel and giving them to the nursery.
21st June 2019:
KS1– Amar (Class 1) For being a very kind and helpful member of
our school.
KS2– Owen (Class 8) For being a fantastic role model at line-up
time.
21st June 2019:
KS1– David (Class 6) For fantastic imagination in the water area.
KS2– Billy (Class 13) For being an amazing DJ!
5th July 2019:
KS1– Bently (Class 4) For being very kind and helpful to the
younger children.
KS2– Amelia (Class 7) For arranging a dance show for the year 6
children.
12th July 2019:
KS1– Leon (Class 6) For always helping younger children on the
swings.
KS2– Evan (Class 11) For helping Mrs Teneur pick up 15 bags of
feathers!
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Pupil of the Year 2019
Class 1: Martin For making amazing progress in all aspects of his learning. He is an enthusiastic member of our class who always has a huge
smile on his face! He has been a pleasure to teach this year!
Class 2: Jack For exceptional
Attitude towards His learning. Jack Always gives one
Hundred percent. He Is an amazing role model!
Class 3: Rayana For being kind and
Considerate towards all Children and adults. If
Anybody is stuck with their work, needs a friend or an adult needs a job doing, she is there!
She has a fantastic attitude towards her learning and will try her best with everything
she does.
Class 4: James For his growth in
Confidence, he is now willing to share opinions and thoughts
during whole class discussions. He has tried really hard this year and it has been lovely seeing his personality grow and him making some good
friends .
“Shoot for the moon, even if you
miss you will land among the stars!”
NAM: Lewis
For being an all round star In Nursery this year!
NPM: Leah For her amazing
Progress in all aspects of her learning this year. Her
confidence and language skills have come on leaps and bounds.
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Class 7: Lilly For her outstanding attitude to
school throughout the entire year. She has worked diligently
in all lessons and paid close attention to all instructions and
adults. Lily is kind and considerate.
Class 8: Lily
For her wonderful, Hard working attitude
Towards school. She is kind, Considerate and a good friend
to others.
Class 9: Milly
For showing fantastic Resilience in Literacy this year. She is always willing to take on
Advice to improve. She has a positive frame of mind and is an
excellent example to others! Class 10: Isabella
For always having a great attitude towards school. She
follows our school rules, is kind and helpful o everyone and always tries hard in lessons.
Class 5: Olivia For working hard in every
Lesson and always listening To advice. She has lovely
Manners and is always kind and Caring. Olivia has been a
Joy to teach this year.
Class 6: Bridie
For being a kind and caring member of our class. It has been
lovely to see how she has blossomed throughout year 2.
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Class 11: Luke
For being a consistent Model of good behavior at all
times and a fantastic role model for younger pupils. He puts
One hundred percent effort in To everything.
Class 12: Amelia For being an all round superstar and fantastic role model to all
the other children. She is a polite, hardworking pupil who is
enthusiastic to learn and challenge herself.
Class 13: Lucy For being extremely helpful,
always striving to help friends and teachers alike, nothing is
too much trouble! Lucy is a lovely girl and her behavior is
exemplary! She is a credit to our school!
Our Readers of the year!
Sapphire
John-
James
Georgi Thea
Brooke
Lizzie-
May
Robbie Bobi
Max
Oscar Ellie-Mai
Dion
Raigan Grace
Daniel
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For this half-term’s newsletter, Sandra and Lilly have been finding out all
about Mr Jones– Class 7’s teacher and all about Mrs Randell Class 1’s
teacher!
S & L: How tall are you?
Mr Jones: 192cms
S & L: What is your favourite colour?
Mr Jones: My favourite colour is royal
blue!
S & L: Is there anything you are scared
of?
Mr Jones: I am scared of getting stuck in a cave.
S & L: If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Mr Jones: I would be a dolphin!
S & L: Do you prefer travelling by boat or on an aeroplane?
Mr Jones: I prefer travelling on an aeroplane!
S & L: What is your favourite house team?
Mr Jones: It has to be Unicorn!
S & L: Do you prefer Science or History?
Mr Jones: I prefer Science.
S & L: Do you prefer tea or coffee?
Mr Jones: Definitely tea!
S & L: What is your favourite film?
Mr Jones: Donnie Darko is my favourite film
FINDING OUT ABOUT OUR TEACHERS!
Mr Jones
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S & L: What do you like to do at the
weekend?
Mr Jones: I enjoy catching up on sleep,
playing with my baby son and going out
for walks
S & L: What time do you wake up on a morning?
Mr Jones: Usually about 5.45am!
S & L: Do you prefer Infants or Juniors?
Mr Jones: Juniors!
S & L: McDonalds or KFC?
Mr Jones: KFC
S & L: What is your favourite dessert?
Mr Jones: My favourite is sticky toffee pudding.
S & L: Who is your best friend (teacher in school)?
Mr Jones: Mrs Stevens!
S & L: What is your favourite holidays?
Mr Jones: The Christmas holidays!
S & L: What is your favourite fruit?
Mr Jones: I love apples!
S & L: Where do you like to shop?
Mr Jones: Lidl is my favourite shop!
S & L: Do you have any pets? If so, what are
they are what are their names?
FINDING OUT ABOUT OUR TEACHERS!
Mr Jones
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FINDING OUT ABOUT OUR TEACHERS!
Mrs Randell S & L: How tall are you?
Mrs Randell: 5’1
S & L: What is your favourite colour?
Mrs Randell: Purple
S & L: Is there anything you are scared of?
Mrs Randell: I’m not really scared of anything…
oh no snakes, definitely snakes and clowns!
S & L: If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Mrs Randell: I would be a bird so I could fly to Disney Land.
S & L: Do you prefer travelling by boat or on an aeroplane?
Mrs Randell: I prefer travelling on an aeroplane!
S & L: What is your favourite house team?
Mrs Randell: Minotaur, although we never win!
S & L: Do you prefer Science or History?
Mrs Randell: History.
S & L: What is your favourite letter?
Mrs Randell: The letter x because it is also a kiss!
S & L: What is your favourite number?
Mrs Randell: Ooh 18 because I wish I was 18.
S & L: Do you prefer tea or coffee?
Mrs Randell: I prefer tea
S & L: What is your favourite Disney film?
Mrs Randell: That is a good question girls, it has to be Beauty and the
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S & L: What do you like to do at the weekend?
Mrs Randell: I enjoy going to the cinema.
S & L: What time do you wake up on a morning?
Mrs Randell: Usually about 6.30am.
S & L: Do you prefer Infants or Juniors?
Mrs Randell: Infants!
S & L: McDonalds or KFC?
Mrs Randell: McDonalds (while eating a McDonalds)
S & L: What is your favourite dessert?
Mrs Randell: My favourite is sticky toffee pudding.
S & L: Who is your best friend (teacher in school)?
Mrs Randell: I have four, am I allowed four: Miss Webb, Mrs Stephenson
& Mrs Moody!
S & L: What is your favourite holidays?
Mrs Randell: Christmas!
S & L: What is your favourite fruit?
Mrs Randell: Strawberries are my favourite
S & L: Where do you like to shop?
Mrs Randell: My favourite shop is probably Primark as it sells so much
Disney stuff!
S & L: What is your favourite story book?
Mrs Randell: That is a really tough one! I would have to say
The Gruffalo but there are so many I love.
S & L: What is your favourite song?
Mrs Randell: I find that really hard to answer but I would
have to pick Queen– Don’t stop me now!
Mrs Randell
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Take a LOOK at a book! During your Summer Holidays!
Here are the books each year group will be focusing on from
September to December!
Check out your local library to order the books with a green
rocket next to them and read them before September!
(Waiting lists may apply)
Nursery
The Little book of Nursery Rhymes
The children will learn a number for
nursery rhymes including: Hey
diddle diddle, Incy Wincy Spider,
Jack and Jill.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do
you see?- Eric Carle
This lovely book helps young
children associate colours and
meanings to objects.
Reception
Goldilocks & The Three Bears
A lively picture book of the classic
tale.
Owl Babies– Martin Waddell
A gentle tale of three baby owls
reassures children that mummy will
always come home.
Peace at Last– Jill Murphy
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Year 2
Reception
The Bog Baby– Jeanne Willis
When two small sisters go fishing to the
magic pond, they find something
much better than a frog or a newt.
They find a bog baby, small and blue
with wings like a dragon, the girls
decide to make it their secret. I won’t
tell if you won’t.
The Kiss that Missed– David Melling
The king is in a hurry and blows his son
a bedtime kiss… but it misses! The kiss
flies out of the window and a brave
night is sent on a fairytale quest to
bring it back.
Year 1
Little Red Hen
Using rhythmic text to help build
reading skills, combined with friendly
illustrations , the books in this series
offer quirky humorous retellings of
traditional children’s tales.
Beegu– Alexis Deacon
In this fresh and inventive second
picture book, meet Beegu, a beguiling
character with three eyes and long
floppy ears.
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Year 4
Voices in the Park– Anthony Browne
Four different voices tell their own
versions of the same walk in the park.
The radically different perspectives
give a fascinating depth to this simple
story.
Escape to Pompeii– Christina Ballit
Travel back in time to the days of the
Roman Empire.
Year 3
Iron Man– Ted Hughes
Mankind must put a stop to the dread-
ful destruction by The Iron Man and set
a trap for him, but he cannot be kept
down. Then, when a terrible monster
from outer space threatens to lay
waste to the planet, it is The Iron Man
who finds a way to save the world!
The Day the Crayons Quit–
Oliver Jeffers
Debut author Drew Daywalt and
international bestseller Oliver Jeffers
team up to create a colourful solution
to a crayon based crisis in this playful,
imaginative story that will have
children laughing and playing with
their crayons in a whole new way.
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Year 5
Journey– Aaron Becker
A lonely girl draws a magic door on
her bedroom wall and through it
escapes into a world where wonder,
adventure and danger await.
Secrets of a Sun King– Emma Carroll
A discovery from ancient Egypt…
A cursed package…
The untold story of a young pharaoh...
Year 6
Pig Heart Boy– Malorie Blackman
You’re thirteen. All you want is a
normal life. But most normal kids don’t
need heart transplants.
Rose Blanche– Ian McEwan
Rose Blanche was the name of a
group of young citizens who, at their
peril, protested against the war.