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Phoenix Flier 594 1st February 2019 The Phoenix Flier The Yarm Preparatory School Newsletter Issue 594 Friday 1st February 2019 L ast week was rounded up by 5P’s class assembly which was about looking after all members of the community. They took their inspiration from a recent TV documentary, Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds, and wrote a very entertaining script indeed. The sentiment behind the short play was heartfelt and reminded us all just how important looking after each other is, and how much we can all gain by doing so. It was very clear that the pupils relished performing to the audience and had grown in confidence since their last public performance of this nature. Our class assemblies are always enjoyable and allow the pupils the opportunity to collaborate and showcase their many talents. I genuinely look forward to each and every one. Judging by the smiling faces in the audience, I am not the only one! All pupils from Years 3 - 6 will have come home this week with their Yarm Prep Baccalaureate documents specific to their year group. The aim of the Baccalaureate is to celebrate and encourage wide involvement in school life whilst fulfilling our School Values. Please spend some time with your child reviewing this document and which projects they would like to address first. I am confident with their Growth Mindset approaches our pupils will achieve many of the tasks and projects this year and enjoy the process. Bill Sawyer It is 3:00 am, the doorbell rings. Unexpected visitors have arrived! It's your friends and they have come for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, bread and cheese. What is the first thing you open? W: yarmschool.org T: 01642 781447 E: [email protected] Photo of the Week: It has been a busy start to term for the Under 11 netball teams, who have enjoyed a string of matches in January. The most recent games were against RGS Newcastle. A report can be found inside. @HeadPrepYarm, @MrStoneYarm, @YarmPrepGames Head’s Message Head’s Challenge

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Phoenix Flier 594 1st February 2019

The Phoenix Flier The Yarm Preparatory School Newsletter

Issue 594 Friday 1st February 2019

L ast week was rounded up by 5P’s class assembly which was about looking after all members of the community. They took their inspiration from a recent TV documentary, Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds, and wrote a very entertaining script indeed. The sentiment behind the short play was heartfelt and reminded us all just how important looking after each other is, and how much we can all gain by

doing so. It was very clear that the pupils relished performing to the audience and had grown in confidence since their last public performance of this nature.

Our class assemblies are always enjoyable and allow the pupils the opportunity to collaborate and showcase their many talents. I genuinely look forward to each and every one. Judging by the smiling faces in the audience, I am not the only one!

All pupils from Years 3 - 6 will have come home this week with their Yarm Prep Baccalaureate documents specific to their year group. The aim of the Baccalaureate is to celebrate and encourage wide involvement in school life whilst fulfilling our School Values. Please spend some time with your child reviewing this document and which projects they would like to address first. I am confident with their Growth Mindset approaches our pupils will achieve many of the tasks and projects this year and enjoy the process.

Bill Sawyer

It is 3:00 am, the doorbell rings. Unexpected visitors have arrived! It's your friends and they have come for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, bread and cheese. What is the first thing you open?

W: yarmschool.org T: 01642 781447

E: [email protected]

Photo of the Week:

It has been a busy start to term for the Under 11 netball teams,

who have enjoyed a string of matches in January. The most

recent games were against RGS Newcastle. A report can be

found inside.

@HeadPrepYarm, @MrStoneYarm, @YarmPrepGames

Head’s Message

Head’s Challenge

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You will hopefully have seen the new Yarm Prep Baccalaureate booklets brought home this week with your child. The YPB is

an opportunity for the children to:

Develop new skills,

Stretch themselves; and

Recognise their talents and achievements.

Every child in the Prep School can do it! The overall aim is to encourage and

recognize pupil involvement in their school, with a clear focus on our School

Values. There are also elements of Education for Social Responsibility within

the tasks set—all of which are age-appropriate and achievable based on the

year group of each child.

What do the children need to do?

Each page of the YPB covers one of our School Values. On each page, a child needs to complete five TASKS and the PROJECT.

These need to be dated and signed by a teacher. Form time will be used to do this. There are also lunchtime clubs on

Tuesday and Friday for children to do this with Mr Stone.

What are the tasks?

The tasks are based around each School Value and offer a mix of those that

can be achieved in school and those that will need some support at home to

complete. Some will be completed during day-to-day life at school (and at

home!), so we are encouraging children to look for these first before exploring

and tackling some of the more challenging tasks.

Five tasks need to be completed from the 7/8 under each School Value. They

need to be dated and signed by a teacher.

What are the projects?

The projects are designed to promote the School Values. All your child has to do is record how they have demonstrated each

value—on one side of A4 paper—and present it to their teacher or Mr Stone.

Some examples might include: demonstrating ‘Safe’ by

producing a poster for Safer Internet Day; highlighting

how they are being ’Resourceful’ by drawing some

diagrams of how an old item was fixed; or showing how

they are ’Ambitious’ by putting together a report and

pictures of an assembly/event they took part in.

What do parents need to do?

Discuss and share with your child what they are

doing.

Work with them to complete each of the projects

(and sign them off!)

Encourage your children to come along to the

lunchtime clubs on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Make sure that the YPB booklet is kept safe and

secure—both at home and at school!

DON’T FORGET TO COME ALONG TO THE LUNCHTIME

CLUBS EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY!

Mr Stone

Yarm Prep Baccalaureate

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Our assembly was all about bringing old and young people together. No matter

what age you are, you can always enjoy life.

Paddy K.

I enjoyed our assembly because it was very funny. My favourite part was when

Michael 'Mobility Scooter' Mattarazi won the egg and spoon race.

Jack M.

It was a good opportunity to improve our acting skills. We were all a bit nervous

at the start, but by the end we were all having lots of fun up on the stage.

Mara M.

It was really, really fun! I thought it was a great way to get the message across

that older and younger people should spend more time together.

Gracie R-H.

5P Class Assembly

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The Disco was an incredible experience. The funniest part was probably when

Matthew had to hop on one leg with me on his back for the newspaper challenge.

My favourite song was Shotgun which all of my friends sang to. I will really miss

these Discos when I am in the Senior School.

Tenuk M.

The disco was amazing. The photo frames and excellent games made it special for

me. I would like to thank my mum and her friends for organising it!

Olivia M.

This year’s disco was the best of them all! I really enjoyed the games and the

music.

Alexander C.

This year’s New Year disco was amazing! I enjoyed the music the most.

Ayan T.

The most recent New Year’s disco was fantastic! I thought the best parts of it

were just being with my friends, and enjoying the music.

Charlie L.

Prep New Year Disco

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I liked doing the ‘floss’ and ‘orange justice’ really quickly and I ate the cupcake

before my mum could take a bite!

Matthew L.

Gabe made a conga line and we all followed: pointing our fingers to the ceiling

and waving them around.

Henri M.

The Disco was great. Jake, Joe, Harry and I followed Gabe doing an epic conga.

Ben M.

I saw some great dance moves from the teachers. Mr Conroy is a fantastic

dancer.

Pippa B.

The Disco was great and we all had an amazing time. Thank you to all of the

people who planned it and made our Friday night special.

Lucy M.

Our thanks to the YPSSC for organising the disco. A fun night was had by all!

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Year 5 Cracking Codes! 5P have been exploring different types of codes and encryption in

computing lessons recently. This includes Morse, semaphore and

substitution ciphers.

Last Friday, they explored Caesar Cipher and were enciphering and

deciphering different messages written by Mr Stone and each

other.

They have left some messages for readers to try and decipher,

along with the key. If you can decipher any of them, let Mr Stone

know!

Mr Stone

How to decrypt Caesar cipher:

Caesar code decryption replaces a letter another letter by

using an inverse alphabet shift key.

For example: Decrypt IFMMP with a shift key of 1.

To decrypt I, take the alphabet and look one letter before: H.

F becomes E.

M becomes L.

P becomes O.

Therefore IFMMP is HELLO!

(KEY 11): ESP HZCO OTYZDLFC NZXPD ESP RCPPV WLYRFLRP LYO XPLYP EPCCTMWP WTKLCO.

Mara M.

(KEY 8): EM IZM TMIZQVO EMQZL KWLMA QV KWUXCBQVO

Ivy A.

(KEY 21): YJ TJP GDFZ OJ MZVY?

Grace B.

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In 6G we have been investigating microbes and the effect of

microbes when making bread. Last week we made our own

bread to investigate how yeast makes bread light and fluffy.

The yeast is a non-harmless microbe we use everyday to help

in the making of bread. The yeast is in a dry dormant state

until it is mixed in with other ingredients: flour, warm water,

oil and salt when it comes back to life and rapidly multiplies

and 'rises'.

Once placed in the oven the yeast then dies in the extreme

heat. The ethanol and carbon dioxide the yeast has given off

as a waste product creates air bubbles in the rising bread,

making the bread fluff up and giving it the classic light

honeycomb texture. The cooked bread was delicious to eat!

Zeph A-T.

In 6G, we have been learning about microbes. To

demonstrate some of the good things that they can do, we

made bread using yeast. First, we mixed some flour, salt and

yeast in a bowl. Then we added water and oil. Then, we

kneaded it and made it into our shapes, before we baked it.

The reason that we use yeast in bread is because it feeds on

the flour and releases carbon dioxide. When we bake the

bread, the CO2 is trapped, forming bubbles in the bread. The

heat kills off the yeast, and evaporates the water, which

freezes the structure of the bread. This is how the light and

fluffy texture of bread is created.

Samuel C.

6G Making Bread

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winning by a

score of 8.5-3.5.

Meanwhile,

Stephenson

knew they had

to try and beat

Telford to keep

the momentum

gained by last

week’s victory

going. This was a very close match, but Stephenson managed

to win by a score of 10-8.

Stephenson’s captain, Ajay Selvan, was in trouble against

Tenuk Mendis, the Telford captain, but he somehow

managed to turn the game around thanks to his extra

experience. Natasha Pointon was this round’s top scorer with

three magnificent wins and Daniel Howell played very well to

win two games. Adam Paul, Kate Howell and Sabeeh Qureshi

all added to Stephenson’s tally but it was still very close, as

Edward Lamb led the counterattack for Telford with two

great wins and Tenuk, Mustafa El-Sherif, Dhruv Wadehra, Ben

Meager and Amelie Sawyer all won points for the team too.

What a sensational round of chess this was! Stephenson and

Brunel are the two leaders and they have to play each other

in the final round! Stephenson have a very slight edge on

board points and will take the title if they can win the final

match or if it is drawn. The message for Brunel is quite clear –

they have to win at all costs.

Meanwhile, Telford and Arkwright will play each other to

decide third and fourth place. Arkwright need to win the

match to seize third place but a draw will be good enough for

Telford.

The children are all very excited as we head towards the final

round and I know the captains are busy sorting out their

teams and strategies. Expect a few more twists and turns

before the title is decided!

Mr Marsh

Sam C. (6G) wrote this poem about ‘Community’ as part of

our work during World Religions Day last week.

Community:

It isn’t just a word, it’s a way of living life,

Helping other people, ending all the strife.

Meeting people, greeting people, even just saying hi,

Simply giving up two seconds of your time.

It makes all the difference.

If you want to try it, next time you are out,

Give a complete stranger a shout:

Just say hello.

You may never see them again,

But they’ll go home knowing then,

That they are part of the community.

The second round of the House Chess Championship brought

high drama as the title was reduced to a two-horse race.

Brunel’s team

played an

excellent match

to defeat

Arkwright in

convincing

fashion. Noah

Coulman and

Avanish Batra

won two games

each and further points were added by George Forshaw,

Samuel Shawcross, Shlok Arcot and James Goodall. The last

game to finish was a fabulous draw between the captains,

with Aditya Paul and Aryan Nalawade fighting almost to the

bare kings.

Arkwright fought hard but ultimately found themselves

outgunned.

Nevertheless,

Isobel McGlade,

Shola Afolabi and

Aradhya Dharani

all scored fine

victories to

narrow the gap,

but they couldn’t

prevent Brunel

House Chess—Week Two

Community

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Boys’ Sport

Pictures above are from the

cricket club training sessions that take place in the Senior

School nets every Thursday.

Under 10 Hockey

Last Friday, we took two teams on a short journey to play

Teesside High. On the day all of the boys played well,

showing great improvement from the previous fixture

against Cundall Manor.

We played with a greater use of width and passed the ball

with greater conviction. In addition to this, our shooting

improved greatly, but there still has room for improvement

in the aspect of the game. There were a number of fantastic

goals scored from a number of different players. Henry B also

kept his second clean sheet in two games.

Mr Simpson

On Friday the under 10 hockey A team played Teesside High

School. Everyone had an equal amount of game time in the

away fixture. It was a great game for Yarm, but not so for

Teesside as the score was 12-0. Both goalkeepers pulled out

some unbelievable saves. Everyone played really well for

Yarm.

Paddy K. and Deacon H.

On Friday we

played Teesside

High in an Under 10

hockey match. We

enjoyed a good

game and won 12-

0. I also kept my

second clean sheet

in a row, with the

help of the defenders.

Henry B.

Under 11 Hockey

On what turned out be an extremely fair contest, the U11A

and U11B teams faced and very skillful Red House teams.

The pitch, being smaller than the Yarm boys were used to,

meant the boys had to quickly develop their close quarter

stick skill.

Intelligent movement was required in this game with Red

House leading the way. It didn’t take long for all the boys to

follow suit and the games quickly developed into exciting

end to end attacking and defending. In the end both teams

earned a solid draw in what was a fair result.

Well done to all those involved.

Mr Underwood

On Friday 25th, the U11 As and Bs went to Red House to play

hockey. It was very enjoyable and we all had lots of fun. At

the start they went 1-0 up by a fantastic chip, over our

keepers head! But we swiftly got back on track and finished 3

-3.

Joseph B.

On Friday 25th January the U11 B's played a hockey fixture. It

was a tight match with a great performance from everybody

in the team. After a whole-hearted first half, the team

realised that the second half would be just as challenging as

the first.

With great goalkeeping from Gabe D. and some excellent

midfield play we were able to get back in the game. The final

score was 3-3. Well done to all the team.

Ashton F.

PE and Games News

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On Friday the 25th January the A and B team went to Red

House for a great game of hockey. We fought and fought

going from 2-2 at half time to a whopping 5-5 at full-time. It

was a very close game throughout the match and they were

quite a well-drilled team. I really enjoyed it and it was a great

day.

Cameron M.

Girls’ Sport

Under 11 Netball

It was great to be able to involve every girl in the games

against Leeds Grammar School on Friday. All of the games

took place on the Paddock courts at the Senior School and it

was lovely to have some support as well. The four teams

played well and showed improvements. Moreover all games

were competitive with both schools enjoying success. Well

done all.

Mrs Redhead-

Sweeney

Last Thursday,

Year 6 travelled

to RGS

Newcastle to

play a netball

fixture.

Everyone on the

A team played

extremely well,

with the final score being 21-4 to us. RGS played really well

and despite the score, their defending was amazing. The A

team had a great time and would like to thank all of the staff

who organized the fixture, as well as Miss Bradley for her

outstanding umpiring.

Lola V.

I had been thinking about cutting my hair for a long time.

Eventually I decided to take a risk and do it. I stepped out of

my comfort zone and tried something new.

Then I started to wonder what would happen to the hair that

was cut off. I researched places to donate hair to and found

the Little Princess Trust. They use donated hair to create wigs

for people aged 16-24 affected by hair loss. Then needed

clean hair 7 inches or longer.

I went for the chop and my ponytail measured 8 inches long.

We carefully packaged the hair and sent it off. A week later

later I received a certificate so I know that my hair will

hopefully make someone else happy.

I would recommended the Little Princess Trust if you are

Pippa Cuts Hair for Little Princess!

Remember to check the noticeboards and the Yarm

School Sport website for details of fixtures and team

selections.

http://www.yarmschoolsport.org/

Follow us on @YarmPrepGames on Twitter to keep up to

date with the department.

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thinking about cutting and donating your hair.

Pippa B.

Next week we are holding a STEM week in school. In

education, the acronym STEM stands for the disciplines of

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

We have planned an exciting opportunity for the children to

access these subjects through an integrated approach; one

that offers hands-on and relevant learning experiences. A

challenge will be set for each year group following an

assembly on Monday, and the focus for the whole week will

be on the topic of ‘Bridges’.

Throughout the week we have a number of guest speakers

joining us, to share their expertise, give an insight into

careers linked to STEM subjects and to provide exciting

events and activities for the children to take part in.

On Tuesday 5th February, we are looking forward to

welcoming Kjartan Poskitt, an author and TV presenter who

is best known for writing the Murderous Maths children's

series of books.

He will be delivering workshops at Pre-Prep, Prep and the

PAA throughout the day, followed by an opportunity for the

children to purchase discounted, signed copies of ‘The Magic

of Maths.’ These will be available to purchase at the Prep

School from 3.15pm – 3.45pm.

If you would like your child to purchase a book, please send

£5 in a named envelope.

On Thursday, we are being joined by The Problem-Solving

Company, who provide maths based challenges in the style

of a traditional ‘Escape Room’. All children from Years 3 to 6

will be taking part in the fun; working in small groups to crack

codes, work out riddles and solve puzzles to gain access to

the next level.

These experiences are only a couple of highlights from what

promises to be an insightful and information-packed week.

We hope the children come home buzzing with enthusiasm

and ideas and tell you all about their experiences, challenges

and achievements.

Mrs Shepherd, Mrs Pugsley and Mr Grundmann

To ensure that you receive all emails sent from us at school,

please look to put Yarm School on your ‘safe senders’ list.

Details on how to do this for various email providers can be

found here: http://bit.ly/yarmsafe. In particular, we would

recommend adding [email protected] and

[email protected] to ensure you receive key emails.

As published in the Parents’ Handbook, parents must inform

reception around 8.30am if your child is going to be absent

because of illness or other unavoidable causes, including

medical appointments. This can be by telephone 01642

781447 (a messaging service is always available) or via email

to [email protected].

If emailing teachers, please ensure you copy your email to

[email protected]. Please do not be concerned if the

School Nurse or Deputy Head tries to make contact with you

if your child is ill.

The school calendar on the website has been updated to

include all events taking place this term. To access this,

please visit: yarmcalendar.org.

Calendars can be synched with your own personal calendars,

as well as sorted by school department. The School Sports

website also feeds directly into this. As and when events are

confirmed, they will be placed on to this. Term cards will no

longer be produced.

Please remember to check the back page every week for

any new events or changes to details. If there are any late

event cancellations (including activities), parents will be

contacted by email. The online calendar will also be updated

as and when changes occur. If you have any questions, do let

Mr Stone..

Calendar

Absence Reminder

Emails from School

Mathletes of the Week

STEM Week

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Please ensure children are coming suitably dressed for

school, with warm school coats a necessity over the next few

weeks.

We will always look to remain open regardless of the

weather but if conditions are particularly bad, please keep an

eye on the school Twitter feeds for any change in opening.

The proofs of the class photos should be with you by now.

We would be grateful to receive all orders by the end of

Thursday 14th February, as this allows us good time to get

these processed and returned to you by the end of term.

Mr Stone

Class assemblies are coming thick and fast in the calendar

now! Parents are always invited along to these. If it is your

child’s class on the calendar, please come along to the Prep

Hall for a 10.20am start.

Safer Internet Day is on Tuesday 5th February this year.

There will be a couple of publications coming home on the

day for families to share, as they will provide you with plenty

of information regarding how children are taught to be safe

online.

Our Digital Leaders will be working with their peers from

other local primary schools over the coming weeks to

develop some resources to share with you which will explain

precisely what they do online, as well as how they stay safe

on the internet.

Mr Stone

As part of our topic on becoming a Global Caretaker, the

children in 4P discussed the effects of greenhouse gases on

our environment and decided to make a carbon footprint

pledge.

Mrs Pugsley

My carbon footprint pledge…

…is to spend less time in the car and recycle more. I would

also like to try and even do more gardening.

Ava R.

…is to recycle more and reuse things.

Amirah A.

Class Photographs

Winter Weather

Safer Internet Day

Class Assemblies

…is to turn off the

socket of my TV

instead of leaving it

on standby.

Luca S.

….is to eat locally

produced foods

because we

normally eat

Chinese food so I

will persuade my parents to eat local foods.

Bella Y.

…is to say to my dad to set the washing machine to 30

degrees not 90 degrees and to turn the TV off at the plug,

not leaving it on standby.

Oscar L.

…is to use bags for life because we always throw them away

and buy new ones.

Tabitha L.

…is to have a cooler wash when washing my clothes and to

buy a composting bin to put my food waste in.

Sofia O.

...is to buy LED lights which use less energy and to ask mum

to turn the washing machine down to 30 degrees.

Alfie A.

As part of the philosophy lesson 4P discussed this question:

What is the meaning of life?

The children thoughtfully considered if they really had a

purpose and if that purpose gave life a meaning. Here are

some of the great ideas they shared with each other.

Mrs Pugsley

The meaning of life is that everyone needs to learn life and

enjoy it. Everybody has a purpose because God wouldn’t let

anyone touch his world unless it was someone he trusted.

Ava H.

The purpose of life

it to live and learn.

Life would be

boring if we didn’t

live.

Marshall P.

Not everybody has

a purpose in life.

4P Carbon Footprint Pledges

The Meaning of Life

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What matters is how you would like to live your life.

Mattia L.

The meaning of life is my family because they mean the

world to me, nothing would be the same without them. The

purpose of life is to learn and always have fun.

Bilal R.

The meaning of life is that we live so that the world is not

plain.

Cooper N.

The meaning of life is to have a purpose. I have two: to learn

and to be happy.

Charlie C.

My purpose in life is to have a family. My meaning is to be

happy.

Hadi Y.

My meaning in life is to find the purpose of why we have

friends and family. Our community helps us to learn.

Minu P-M.

On 29th January, the Chamber Choir went down to the

Senior School for the Primary Schools Singing Day, organized

by Mr Gooding and Miss Ni Chaoilte. I really enjoyed learning

different types of songs from different countries. Overall I

had lots of fun and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Chloe P.

Primary Schools Singing Day

This year’s Telford charity event is on Wednesday 13th

February. We would like to support the charity AgeUK,

specifically our local branch. AgeUK is a registered charity

providing care and support to the elderly.

In Telford house meetings the children have decided to run a

variety of activities to help raise funds for this wonderful

charity. All children in the school are invited to wear silly hats

or wigs for the day and bring in a £1 coin to do so, which will

be given to their form teacher on the morning of the event.

There will be alternative fundraising ideas (such as guess the

name of the cuddly toy) costing around 50p a go, and these

will be taking place during break and lunch time for all

children to participate in. Telford Year 6 pupils will be leading

these events on the day and hoping to raise as much as

possible for this great cause!

A representative from AgeUK will be coming into assembly

soon after the event to explain to the children how our

fundraising will help the elderly in our area, along with

presenting a number of prizes.

Please help us to support this worthwhile cause by sending

your child to school with a small amount of change on

Wednesday 13th February.

Miss A Ní Chaoilte

Telford Charity Day— 13th February

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Wednesday 24th April - 7:30pm

Join us for a very special occasion in the Princess Alexandra Auditorium for a fantastic evening on Wednesday April 24th, as we

are proud to announce that we have Judy Murray and Football Pundit John Hartson visiting us on the evening. This will be a

formal Black Tie Dinner commencing 7.30pm with drinks and canapés in the lounge followed by a 3 course meal.

Tickets: The single ticket price is £60pp and can be purchased by emailing Mike Dixon at [email protected]. Or if

you would like to organise a table of 10 or 12 with friends the price will be £600 or £660 based on 10 or 12 people. These

group tickets can be purchased online.

Tickets available at: https://www.thepaaonline.org/whats-on/npl-black-tie-event/

Online.org/r Call: 01642 792587

Black Tie Event at the PAA

To be confirmed

based on

interest. Please

contact the

number below!

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Name: Izzy

Friends: Pixie, Sophie, Lola,

Evie B., Evie S., Hannah M.,

Alice, Ella.

Favourite lesson: Games

Favourite chocolate bar:

Snickers

Best thing about school: The

choices of activities.

When I grow up… I want to be

a bone doctor like my dad.

The most exciting thing that has happened in my life so

far: Going to Majorca because there was a massive blue

dome that you could jump off into a large pool. It was

amazing!

Izzy has been nominated by some of her peers this week,

who commented to us that she has been really kind and

supportive of the Pre-Prep children at lunchtimes. She is

usually found leading a game, or holding hands with some of

her younger friends!

Values Endeavour

3D Waleed A. Eleanor W.

3P Wilf D. Satya S-L.

4A Jake W. Freddie G.

4J Myles B. Jose B-S.

4P Ava H. Cooper N.

5L Kate H. Henry B.

5N Lily C. Aryan N.

5P Grace B. Keziah S-L.

6B Shola A. Alice W.

6G Sam P. Shehab S.

6H Neve B. Grace C.

6R Christian G. Chloe P.

Head Teacher Awards:

Year 3: Will F.

Peer Mentor of the Week

Celebration Assembly Coming up Sun 3 Charity Dance Show (PAA; 6pm start; Prep

children involved will have been notified by Mrs Dunkley)

Mon 4 STEM WEEK

Stephenson House Duty

Activities Carousel 4 begins

U11 Cross-Country Invitational at Terrington Hall (1.30pm start, 5pm return)

Tue 5 Kjartan Poskitt author visit (presentations and talks taking place throughout the day)

U8 Netball and Hockey workshops with Ashville (away; 2.15pm start, 5pm return)

Nursery Woodland session with Kids 1st

Wed 6 Years 2 and 3 STEM Challenge event (am only)

Thu 7 Maths Escape Room Day (Y3-6)

Fri 8 U10/11 A-C Hockey v Pocklington (away; 2pm start, 5.15pm return)

U10 Netball v Ashville (away; 2.15pm start, 5pm return)

U11 Netball v Ashville (home; 2.30pm start)

Mon 11 Telford House Duty

Internet Safety Workshop with local primaries (plus Y5 Digital Leaders; Prep Hall; 10am-2.30pm)

Tue 12 Stockton Swimming Gala (Thornaby Pool; selected U10/11; 8.45am-12.30pm)

U9 Football v GSAL (away; 2pm start, 5pm return)

Wed 13 *NEW EVENT* In2Hockey—U11 Regional Qualifier for boys (Prep Astro; 2.30-4pm)

Telford Charity Day

U10 A/B Netball v Durham High (home; 2.30pm start)

Thu 14 U9 Netball v Cundall Manor (home; 2.15pm start)

Half-term begins (after school)

After School Care runs as usual

Fri 15 Staff INSET (no children in school today)

Mon 25 Pupils return

Arkwright House Duty

Wed 27 U9 Hockey v Cundall Manor (home; 3pm start)

U11 Netball v Durham High (away; 1.30pm depart, 2.30pm start, 4.30pm return)

U9 Netball v Queen Mary’s (away; 1pm depart, 2.15pm start, 4.30pm return)

Thu 28

IAPS U11 Netball (Uppingham School; 7am depart, 6pm return)