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Originally there wasn’t going to be a L’hebdo this week but we have had so many achievements from
our pupils that we thought we needed to celebrate them.
We have reached the end of a busy half term. We hope that all of the children have a good break and
that they come back well rested and ready to learn on Monday 4th November. Please can we ask that
when students come back after half term that they have a reading book and water bottle as always, as
well as a coat in school with them due to the change in season. If students are cycling to school, please
can you ensure that they have lights on their bicycles in order to keep them safe on the roads.
On the INSET day this Friday (25th October), staff are looking forward to some training from an
external speaker from Pivotal Education who will be focussing on the Paul Dix methodology of the
promotion of positive behaviour for learning.
Thank you to all of the Y5 parents that attended ‘meet the class teacher’ evening this half term. We
look forward to seeing parents of Y6, 7 and 8 on Wednesday 6th November.
We have analysed all of the questionnaires from the Y5 parents and discussed them at our Leadership
Meeting. Some parents had indicated that they would like to know more about what the students are
learning so we will be adding a section about curriculum and assessment to l’hebdo next half term to
address that.
Parents in all years will be invited in to a second Parents’ Evening in the spring term, when you will
have a chance to speak to all of your child’s subject teachers about their progress in each subject. A
written report will then be sent home in the summer term.
Happy half term holiday!
Regards
Mrs Frost
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Our Education Welfare Officer will be doing some LATE gate spot checks this term. We are
experiencing a lot of pupils still coming up the drive after the bell has gone at 8.45, consequently
missing lining up with their classes on the playground and start of registration at 8.50
Congratulations to all the Year 7 and 8 pupils who took part in the Bikeability Levels 2 and 3 and Fix
last Thursday and Friday. The course is aimed at ensuring the safety of students whilst riding their
bikes and we are delighted that all students passed. In addition, the Bikeability staff described them
all as a pleasure to teach and all students passed either level two or three, plus the Fix course in
bicycle maintenance. Well done Kayla Clayton, Ruby Lewis, Jessica Underhill, Harrison MacDonald-
Love, Freddie Melbourn, Jacob Dolphin, Fraser Hodges, Libby Lever, Lacey Keenan-James, Isabelle
Hodges, Sonny Carson, Jayden Watson, Joe Harvey, Finlay Howell, Isaac Payton, Evie Phillips, George
Aldridge, Todd Frost, Andrew Hill, Kieran McClurg, Jake Thornsby, Ellie Shore, Jonathan Birchill,
Aaron Heath, James Hodgkiss and William Preston.
After half term, the first week back, poppies and other items will be available for students to buy via a
donation for the annual remembrance poppy appeal. These will be available at break time and the
second half of lunchtime each day leading up to Remembrance day. Please have your child bring in
some money for this if you wish to donate to this appeal. Thank you. Mr Sutton.
If your child is on the SEND register, then an SEN support plan has been created for them. This
contains annual targets that will be reviewed at the end of each term by the class teacher. It will also
provide you with any intervention your child may be receiving. The 'Meet the new teacher' evening is
an ideal opportunity for you to see these plans and discuss targets. If you agree with them then the
support plan will be emailed to you.
If you would like to discuss your child's SEN needs with me then please contact school to make an
appointment.
Thank-you
Mrs Swift SENDCO
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‘tis coming up to the season to be jolly
During our Christmas Fayre over the last few years we have put together a wine hamper.
Unfortunately, at the moment we have no wine for the empty basket so was wondering if
maybe you have a spare bottle you could send in to school to make it look a bit more like a
wine hamper-not just hamper!
Also nearer the date we will be asking for items for our Raffle and cake stalls so please keep
watching this space.
Many thanks
Please remind pupils that any designs for personalised Christmas products must be returned on
Monday 4th November on the design sheet. Please have a look at the lovely products that make great
Christmas presents.
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Eva Abley from Year 7 competed at Worcester in the Disability Under 15’s Trampolining and won 2
Silver medals…. Well done Eva
Katie-Rose Sturgess and Lucy Axcell from Year 7 have been selected for the County Cricket Team and
we look forward to following their progress.
ABIGAIL McDONALD 5CWK CHARLIE RICHARDSON 6AG JESSICA HEAP 7JWD ABIMAE PHILIPS 8DH
JAYDEN STONE 5JB NOAH RALPH 6AP DONTAE CLARKE 7KM KIERAN McCLURG 8HE
JOSHUA WOOD 5LK CALUM PRESTON 6CA LEXIE WALKER 7RCT CAMERON KEARN-CRADDOCK 8JW
MIA ZMIKO 5RK ELIZABETH OWEN 6TG KIAN MURRAY 7LW BEN WARMSLEY 8SH
HARRY FORREST 5SE
CALAN CAMPBELL 8SS
TED COOPER 6AG HARRIET McDONALD 7RCT
EVA MINTON 5SE JOHN SPIERS 5CWK
ZACH HUBBLE 7 RCT
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for week 13-19th October
HANNAH BAKER 8HE HARRIET BALL 6AG EVIE BANKS 5RK
LAURA BIRKS 6AP JESSI BRADFORD 8SS JOE BRAMWELL 8HE
TOBIAS CALEY 6AP FAITH CLAY 8JW MATTHEW CLITHEROE 7KM
ELEANOR COWING 6AP LEAH CRADDOCK-FROST 6CA MAX DODD 6AP
GEORGE DYKE 8HE GRACE ELLAM 8JW RACHEL GUY 6TG
PHOEBE HARRIMAN 8JW AARON HEATH 8DH JAMES HUNT 6TG
TOBIAS HUSSEY 6CA CHARLIE JAMES 7KM CAMERON KEARN-CRADDOCK 8JW
SPENCER KIRK 8JW GRACE LAMBERT 5RK DARCIE LLOYD 5JB
JENNIFER MARSHALL 6AG ROMAN MAXFIELD 7LW KIERAN McCLURG 8HE
LEAH McEVOY 8JW HARRIET McDONALD 7RCT CHARLIE MILNER 6CA
EVA MINTON 5SE EWAN NEWMAN 8HE LUCY NIELD 8JW
HENRY PARTINGTON 8JW TODD PATON 5LK EMILY PUGH 6AP
RUBY RAINSBURY 5CWK ROSE SEDGWICK 6TG ELLIE SHORE 8JW
EVAN SMITH 6AP FRASER SMITH 8HE ELLA TAYLOR 5CWK
GRACE TURNBALL 6AP CARA WARD 6CA BONNIE WILLIAMS 6CA
LUCY WRIGHT 8JW
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Physical Education lessons information
I would like to remind all parents/carers/students that it is important to be organised with the
correct and appropriate kit and additional items (please see kit list in organisers and below
for next term’s modules) in readiness for a smooth Autumn 2 start. Your cooperation with
this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Please read the information below to see the activities that your child/children will be
learning after half term (Monday 4th November – Friday 20th December) and the kit
that they are required to bring to the lesson.
Boys
Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Lesson 1 Football Basketball Football Hockey
Lesson 2 Football Basketball Football Hockey
Y6 PE lessons will require their PE top, black fleece, black shorts (plain or with PMS
logo), PE socks (black with red band) and trainers.
Y5 and Y7 boys’ PE lessons will require their PE top, black fleece, black shorts (plain or
with PMS logo), PE socks (black with red band), shin pads and boots.
Year 8 PE lessons will require their PE top, black fleece, black shorts (plain or with
PMS logo), PE socks (black with red band), shin pads and trainers. A gum shield is
strongly advised for students to wear during the hockey module. The self-moulding
gum shields are advised over the ‘fixed’ shape ones. Protective padded hockey issue
gloves can be worn if students want to.
Girls
Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Lesson 1 Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics
Lesson 2 Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics Gymnastics
All girls’ lessons will require their PE top, black shorts (plain or with PMS logo), PE
socks and trainers.
Please note: From Monday 4th November 2019 to 3rd April 2020, the black socks with
the red band must be worn.
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Our students are participating in Word Mania;
the world's
leading word
building
competition!
For the next few weeks
we are asking all
students to get online and have fun with words. Through Wordmania,
students will improve their literacy skills by competing against schools from
across the globe in this fun and interactive competition. The Leader boards
will be published weekly on L’Hebdo and we can’t wait to see how each year
group does. Good luck to all – now go and get building those words!
Practice Round: 16th Sep - 3rd Nov
Competition Round: 4th Nov - 8th Nov
Finals Round: 12th Nov - 14th Nov
Week 3 results
Well done to all students for their enthusiasm. Keep-it-up!
National rank Global :
Skills
Global :
Participation
Year 5 21st 18th 50th
Year 6 33rd 25th 36th
Year 7 50th 26th 54th
Year 8 16th 10th 30th
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So, what are we reading right now?
Currently, Year 5 are deep within WW2 discovering
what life was like for evacuees in the much-loved text
‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. Will David ever
see his mum again? The children are unsure but can’t
wait to read on and find out.
Year 6 are adventuring through Daniel Pennac’s
magical tale of courage, friendship and loss. Students
are considering just how the main characters are
connected and how that came to be. Many theories
have been debated and we’re all desperate to be right!
Only time will tell.
Year 7 are spookily excited about Darren Shan’s ‘Cirque du Freak’ – the students
just can’t get enough of this gory and quite terrifying book! But will Mr Crepsley do
anything to Darren? And is he really a vampire?
And finally, Year 8 are about the step into Victorian Britain and meet Scrooge, the
miserly protagonist in the well-known novella written by Charles Dickens: ‘A
Christmas Carol’. We were impressed by how much students already knew about this
traditional Christmas tale and the students themselves have shown great enthusiasm
at the prospect of reading this text.
Reading is at the heart of our curriculum and we encourage all students to value the
tales in books; the stories in heritage texts and the knowledge in non-fiction. Across
all departments, teachers are bringing books to life and demonstrating not only the
necessity to read for academic success, but also for sheer enjoyment!
Reading regularly at home At PMS we want to celebrate every student’s adventure in reading. We want to hear
about what books they’re enjoying; what authors they’ve discovered and what
magazines they’ve tried and tested.
The expectation across the school is that students should be reading daily and
logging this in their planner.
e.g. I read Silverfin, pages 103 – 127.
Over the course of the week, we’d expect students to read to an adult at least
three times, whether that be to a parent, grandparent, teacher or adult helper
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in school. This time should allow discussion about the characters, themes and reader
predictions.
An adult should sign the planner to show they have heard the student read.
To celebrate our growing culture of reading, all class teachers will now be checking
planners for reading logs on a weekly basis and awarding positive points for those
who read regularly, and to an adult.
We are really looking forward to learning about what your children have been
reading and the books they’d recommend to us.
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Penkridge played a tough match against Walton High School on Monday and unfortunately
managed to come out on top once again with a win of 15-14.
The first quarter started off successfully with Penkridge scoring the majority of the goals and
helping the team go ahead by several points. The Walton attacking side had fast, agile
players by Alex, Abi ad Lydia were able to get some clean interceptions, which stopped the
opposition from scoring many points.
In the second quarter, Penkridge stayed safe and kept the score well above Walton. Maple
and Imogen were able to dodge away from their opponents and score several goals and
Rhianna got a numerous amount of interceptions and led the ball down to the other end of
the court. With Jessi and Millie making careful and strong passes down to the attacking end,
the team had high expectations in winning the match.
The third and fourth quarters suddenly became very challenging: Walton managed to pull
the score back and they were now only two points behind. Penkridge could feel the tension
and started to panic by giving away simple passes that cost them hugely, Walton pulled the
score back to 14 all. With only a few minutes until the end, Penkridge were able to score
another goal so that they were only one point ahead. There were a few seconds left, when
the Walton goal attack went to take the shot. Everyone on court knew what the score was
and both teams were eager to win. Then the whistle blew and the goal was unsuccessful
which meant that Penkridge had secured yet another win.
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Dear Parents/Carers
Year 6, 7 and 8 “Meet the Class Teacher” Wednesday 6th November 2019
We are holding a “Meet the Class Teacher” evening for parents of Y6, Y7 and Y8 pupils on Wednesday 6th November from 4 -7 pm. During this evening, you will have a five minute appointment with your child’s class teacher to discuss how your child has settled into their new year, and to strengthen links between home and school. You will also receive your child’s interim report which will have information from each subject teacher regarding how your child has started this year, what they could do to improve and also what their annual targets are for core subjects. Please return one slip to each child’s class teacher as soon as possible. Your child will be given a slip completed with your
actual appointment time. Yours sincerely Mrs N Frost …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Meet the Class Teacher Wednesday 6th November 2019
Child’s Name…………………………………………..… Class……………………………. I/We would like an appointment for Parents’ Evening. My/our preferred time slot is: 4.00-4.30 pm 5.30-6.00 pm
4.30-5.00 pm 6.00-6.30 pm
5.00-5.30 pm 6.30-7.00 pm I am sorry but I will be unable to attend Teacher’s use only: Your appointment time is:
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Meet the Class Teacher Wednesday 6th November 2019
Child’s Name………………………………………………..…… Class……………………….. I/We would like an appointment for Parents’ Evening. My preferred time slot is 4.00-4.30 pm 5.30-6.00 pm
4.30-5.00 pm 6.00-6.30 pm
5.00-5.30 pm 6.30-7.00 pm I am sorry but I will be unable to attend
Please give names/classes of your other children in Years 6, 7 and 8:
Teacher’s use only: Your appointment time is:
It is important that parents return a slip to school, for each child, as soon as possible so that appointments can be coordinated between teaching staff where appropriate.
Please give names/classes of your other children in Years 6, 7 and 8:
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Visit to Quarry Bank Mill 2020
October 2019 Dear Parent/Guardian We have arranged for the children in Year 6 on Thursday 30th January 2020 to visit Quarry Bank Mill as part of their studies in History. The National Trust team are experts at bringing to life our Y6 study of the Industrial Revolution. We are requesting a donation of £15 for each child which includes all transport costs, National Trust membership and the costs of the tour. Please pay by Parent Pay by Thursday 19th December 2019 or as soon as possible. As always, please also note that if we do not have enough donations to cover the cost of the trip, the visit will not be able to go ahead and we will incur charges from the bus company and visit provider for cancellation. The students will leave for Quarry Bank at 9.15am prompt and return slightly after the end of a normal school day at approximately 4pm, but this does depend on traffic. The students will need to bring a packed lunch for the day (which should not include glass bottles). All students will be expected to wear their school uniform and appropriate warm weather clothing for the time of year. As much of our day will be outside, students may wear appropriate alternative footwear such as walking boots instead of school shoes. Students should be aware that we are visiting a place open to the public and they will need to be attentive, sometimes silent and at all times respectful. Cooperation and good behaviour is paramount, not only for the reputation of the school, but also for the health and safety of the students. A medical form will follow in the new year once payments have been received. However, advance warning is needed of any participants with special medical or other needs to ensure all health and safety considerations have been made. Before and during the visit all students are expected to follow the school rules at all times and any failure to do so will result in them forfeiting their place on the trip. The deadline for completing paying £15 via ParentPay is Friday 19th December 2019. Thank you in advance for all donations that make it possible for this visit to run. Yours faithfully, Mr R Cole Head of Geography, History, RE & KS3
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