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A message from Mr Sawyer

The Phoenix Flier

Issue 645 Friday 11th September 2020

The Yarm Preparatory School Newsletter

W hilst the new term has brought challenges, it has also presented us with the opportunity to develop in different ways. It is lovely to see our Prep pupils navigating Grammar School Lane with greater independence in the morning. It is also noticeable that our year group bubbles are developing stronger collaborative bonds through sharing designated play areas, dining

arrangements and bubble specific extra curricular offerings. Furthermore, our facilities developments, in the form of the outdoor classrooms and pastoral hub, present us with new areas to learn and explore pursuits such as speech and drama, whilst also offering a base for wellbeing and pastoral sessions. It is vital that we do not lose sight of the opportunities that have arisen of late - it is a valuable reminder to us all of the importance of adaptation.

You should by now have received a link via email with information regarding the year ahead for your child. If you are yet to view the short videos and information, it can be found here by clicking the following links: Nursery to Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6. We have also shared this week our updated plans for remote learning should it be required by any year group bubble within the School. Based on the valuable feedback we have received, any period of remote learning will include regular live form time sessions and a greater range of instructional videos from your child’s class teacher. We hope that remote learning will not be required, but if it is, we are ready to provide continuity and support to each child’s progress and development.

Bill Sawyer

Head’s Challenge: A

pen and ink pot together cost

22 pounds. The pen is worth

20 pounds more than the ink

pot. How much does the pen

cost on its own?

Photo of the Week: Our activities programme

kicked off this week with a

plethora of exciting

opportunities across the school.

As well as Lego coding,

journaling, mindfulness, dance

and Spanish, our Year 5

photographers were getting to

grips with the cameras. We look

forward to seeing more of their

work in future editions.

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5W have been putting together some school safety

advice, as well as working extremely hard in maths.

Year 5

Over in 5B, the children have been creating some

snappy and catchy healthy living campaign slogans.

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PE and Games News

There have been lots of Health Related Fitness (HRF)

activities taking place this week across the School in PE and

plenty of hockey, cricket and rugby during Games sessions

and our after school clubs. It is excellent to see the children

really applying themselves well to all tasks related to

developing their fitness. They are to be commended for the

effort and the determination they have shown when

pushing through challenging endurance work. The

teamwork skills they have displayed in the various sports

bode well for future competitive fixtures and will no doubt

help them in other areas of School life too.

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Tempest Photographs

The tempest proofs should be home with you by now. Please send any back into school by Wednesday 30th September,

as this will speed up the delivery of your orders.

Mr Stone

Year 3

Some love letters to the world from 3D!

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Our classroom is special

Happy children, kind teacher

Brilliant books,

Wide windows

Shiny tables, comfortable chairs

Twinkling lights, wonderful work.

Positive, impressive, creative

Learning, bonding, experimenting

Calculating, making, writing,

Drawing, thinking, reading,

Laughing, helping, sharing

Playing, reasoning, caring.

Our classroom is unique

Our classroom is our school family

We help one another

Our classroom is special.

Lots of hard work in maths this week with 3C! 3A have been working collaboratively to write some poetry.

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4P have been editing and marking their work in English

this week.

Year 4

4N have been exploring food chains in science this week,

as their work highlights.

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Autumn is…

Playful proud pigeons racing joyfully for their meal through

the Autumn winds,

The concrete, slate sky soaring calmly above us,

Elegant, aged trees swishing in the cool Autumn breeze,

Crunchy hazel leaves dancing from the towering trees,

Beautiful, majestic hawthorn trees offering its red, shiny

berries to the birds,

Bristly, coarse acorns losing their best hats as they carelessly

plummet to the ground,

Prickly, bronze chestnuts drooping lethargically from sky

scrapers,

Humming and buzzing bees graciously twisting and turning

around the obstacles of life,

Bitter cold breeze swaying the trees silhouetted against the

azure blue sky.

Ambitions for Year 6

Making new friends and welcoming new starters

Being the best I can be in my work

Increasing my independence

Trying my best and giving one hundred percent

Improving my times tables, maths and English

Opening my mind to new challenges

Understanding failure can be a way to improve

Staying positive and resilient.

Lucy M.

Year 6

4J have been learning about food chains, as well as working

hard to improve their written work.

6G have written a class poem about the start of the Autumn

Term.

Lucy M. (6L) has written about the school values for her

poetry this week.

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October Holiday Supervision

In order to assist with the planning of the October Holiday

Supervision, we are inviting parents to express their interest in

places for their child/ren.

The dates of the supervision are as follows: Monday 19th

October to Friday 23rd October. The booking application form

for attendance for the week can be found by clicking

here: https://forms.gle/aCgYX9Sja4aEBCaH7.

The cost of places are £25 per child per day. Payment will only

be accepted once places have been confirmed by myself via

email and will be taken via BACS only. Please note that

the supervision will only be open to Pre-Prep and Prep School

children.

The timings for the days will remain as usual from 8am to

5pm. At present no timetable will be sent out, as the activities

will be based at school and will be dependent on the weather.

All that we ask is that children attend in sports kit. An email

will be sent out if any specific clothing/equipment is required.

The deadline for applications is 3pm on Monday 5th October.

If there are any changes to your plans at any time, please

contact cjs@yarmschool.org.

Mr Simpson

Year 3 Monday Activities Carousel

Please note that swimming will not be starting for Year 3

children until after October half-term at the earliest, while we

wait for clarity regarding the COVID19 mitigation factors at the

pool complex. In the meantime, children who are due to

participate in the swimming activity will be enjoying some

fitness fun with Mrs Redhead-Sweeney and the team.

Mr Stone

Speech and Drama lessons

Speech and drama lessons with Mrs Ham-Ying will being week

commencing Monday 21st September.

Miss Ni Chaoilte

Chess lessons

Chess lessons will recommence on Monday 21st September.

Mr Marsh will also be running an after school chess club for

Year 3 on Mondays, as well as a chess carousel activity, also on

Mondays. In the meantime, if you are looking to keep your

chess sharp, there are a series of challenges available on the

CSC website, run by Mr Marsh. Click here to find out more:

https://www.chessinschools.co.uk/.

Mr Grundmann

After School Care

If you need to make any late changes to your after school

arrangements, please contact Miss Richardson or Miss Algate.

Mr Stone

After School Clubs

If your child takes part in after school gymnastics or dance, we

recommend they bring a pair of shorts as well as trainers,

which they can put on quickly prior to their club starting.

Mr Stone

After School Gymnastics Club

A reminder that there is no gymnastics club after school on

Friday 25th September (Year 6), Tuesday 29th September

(Year 3) and Friday 2nd October (Year 6). We would ask

parents to make alternative arrangements for their children

and only book after school care through Mr Stone as a last

resort.

Mr Stone

Headphones

Please could children bring in a pair of headphones or

earphones. These are to remain in drawers and be used when

children are working on particular activities on Chromebooks.

Mr Stone

Start of Term Reminders The answer to the Head’s Challenge from last time was: O

Parent Curriculum Information Site

http://bit.ly/yarmprepparents

The new parent curriculum information site will contain

overviews and guidance booklets for English and

mathematics, in addition to other links and curriculum

details. It will be updated regularly so do keep checking back!

We will also be placing our Parents’ Information Evening

slides here in the coming weeks.

Mrs Pawluk

COLLECTION TIMES FROM MON 7th SEPTEMBER

Nursery/Reception—3pm

Year 1—3.20pm

Year 2—3.30pm

Years 3/4—3.35pm

Years 5/6—3.45pm

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We awarded the form captain, vice-captain, house captain and

vice-captain badges in assemblies this week. Congratulations

to all of the children appointed to oversee their areas of

responsibility!

We also held our first values and endeavour certificate

assemblies of the school year last Friday. Our congratulations

to all of the children who have received an award!

We also handed out the Peer Mentor badges and notebooks

to our cohort of Year 6 mentors this week. Overall, 31 children

applied to become Peer Mentors at the end of the last

academic year. Such was the quality of all of the applications,

we decided to invite all of the children who applied to fulfil

the role this year.

Form Captain Vice-Captain

3A Joseph A. Hannah C.

3C George P. Erin G.

3D Daniel G. Ella L.

4J Lucy W. Jack S.

4N Amelia I. Dorothy W.

4P Louisa P. Beatriz G.

5B Ella F. Orson S.

5P Emily E. Neev S.

5W Felicia J. Jake D.

6G Sanju V. Charlie C.

6H Atsushi Y. Ruby K.

6L Marshall P. Lucy M.

Arkwright Freddie G. Minu P-M.

Brunel Seren A. Saatvik G.

Stephenson OIiver D. Natasha P.

Telford Spencer H. Mattia L.

Key Dates for the Autumn Term

Mon 21/9 Peripatetic lessons begin by this date

Pre-Prep after school clubs begin

Wed 23/9 School Council (1pm)

Fri 25/9 No after school gymnastics club

Sat 26/9 Virtual Open Morning

Tue 29/9 No after school gymnastics club

Thu 1/10 YPSSC (TBC)

Fri 2/10 Harvest assemblies

No after school gymnastics club

Mon 5/10 Prep Woodland Week

Wed 7/10 Curiosity Emporium (1pm)

Mon 12/10 Parent consultations via Google Meet this

week

Wed 14/10 Y5/6 Poetry Competition (1.40pm)

Thu 15/10 Pre-Prep Halloween Disco (TBC)

Fri 16/10 Half-term begins after school

After school care as usual

Mon 2/11 Pupils return

Wed 4/11 School Council (1pm)

Thu 5/11 Book Fair arrives

Wed 11/11 Remembrance Assemblies

Curiosity Emporium (1pm)

Thu 12/11 Book Fair departs

Fri 13/11 Flu immunisations for Y1-6

Mon 16/11 Anti-Bullying Week

Show Racism the Red Card—Y5/6 workshops

Awards and Celebrations Assemblies

Form Values Endeavour

3A Niall E. Ettie A.

3C Kamesh K. James A.

3D Satoshi Y. Daniel G.

4J Jessica M. Jessica F.

4N Arvind K. Josh B.

4P Beatriz G. Navina M.

5B Wilf D. Katie C.

5P Monica PH. Jude T.

5W Daniel H. Emma S.

6G Charlie C. Sienna H.

6H Erin J. Spencer H.

6L Luca S. Bella Y.

Peer Mentors:

Sarah A., Seren A., Alfie A., Janvi C., Noah C., Rose D.,

Connie D., Luke E., Kabir G., Saatvik G., Freddie G.,

Connie G., Spencer H., Ava H., Sienna H., Erin J., Jonah

J., Ruby K., Sam L., Tabitha L., Oscar L., Lucy M., Adam

P., Natasha P., Ava R., Amelie S., Luca S., Sanju V., Rosie

W., Banming Y., Bella Y.