Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Kitchen Table Discussion Questions

  Fri 28 Jan 2022

  Kitchen Table Discussion Questions

   

  Each term your child will bring home knowledge organisers to support their learning in school. This has key vocabulary which they will be using throughout their topic and an overview of the knowledge they will learn. There is also a 'Kitchen Table Discussion' question for you to  discuss as a family. Then your child will have opportunity in school to use these ideas to support their contribution to a class discussion.

   

  EYFS

   

  What foods should I eat to keep myself healthy?

   

  Name as many occupations as you can of people who could help you keep fit and healthy? 

   

  KS1

   

  Can I be healthy if I go for a walk and eat pizza every day?

   

  LKS2

   

  Project:

  Was the natural world a better place in the Stone Age than it is today?

   

  Science:

  Is chalk organic or inorganic if it is made up of the remains of living things?

   

  UKS2

   

  History:

  Should Alfred be known as “Great”?

   

  Science: 

  In our modern world, we should only use resources which are natural and can be recycled. Do you agree or disagree?

   

• UKS2 Visit to Towbridge Museum

  Fri 21 Jan 2022

  UKS2 Visit to Trowbridge Museum

   

  Last week Upper Key Stage 2 visited Trowbridge Museum to help start off their topic about Saxons. We added to our knowledge of the local story of Alfred and the Battle of Edington using “Waylander”- a costumed volunteer who helped us all prepare for battle. We also learned what Saxon Trowbridge was like and dressed as Saxon using clothes alongside the Saxon loom. A big thank you to the volunteers and museum staff for 3 great mornings!

   

   

   

  

• Pizza Day

  Fri 14 Jan 2022

  Special Pizza Day—Thursday 20th January 2022

   

  We are having a special pizza day on Thursday 20th January. If you have previously ordered the chicken fajita option for your child on the Aspens Select website, please can you delete it and re-book the pizza option.

  If you have not booked a lunch for your child the deadline for ordering is 4pm on Wednesday 19th January 2022.

   

• RSHE

  Fri 14 Jan 2022

  RSHE: Parents

   

  What is Relationship, Sex and Health Education in Catholic schools? A guide for parents

   

  Date: Thursday 3 February 2022
  Time: 7pm
  Length: 60 minutes
  Who?: Parents of children in Catholic schools
  Cost: £10/person

   

  In 2021, Relationships and Health Education became statutory in all      primary schools in England, and Relationships, Sex and Health Education became statutory in all secondary schools. A new curriculum will become statutory in all schools in Wales in 2022.

  What does this mean for Catholic schools and parents of children in these schools? Will sex education be forced upon children from a young age? Will schools have to teach values which go against the core values of  families who have chosen to send their children to Catholic schools? What rights do parents have to withdraw their children from this curriculum?

  Ten Ten is the leading provider of RSHE resources to Catholic schools in England and Wales. In this 60-minute webinar, we will provide facts about the new curriculum and share our experience of providing a Catholic curriculum which puts the dignity of the human person at the heart of the teaching.

   

   

   

   

   

   

• "Jackanory"

  Fri 07 Jan 2022

  This term we are excited to start our Friday ‘Jackanory’ sessions in the school library. Each   week a member of our school community will read   to a group of children to share their love of reading. This week, Mrs Poulter our Business Manager   chose to read from The Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, which combines her love of reading and cats. We look forward to sharing many more books with the children this term.

   

• Attendance

  Fri 07 Jan 2022

  Every term we carefully look at every child’s attendance. This week   letters have been sent out to those parents/carers whose child’s          attendance has fallen below 92%.

   

  Be assured that these letters are standard ones, and in most cases   are simply an ‘early warning.’ We are required to send them, even when we already know the reasons why a child has been absent. Therefore please don’t be offended if you receive one.

   

  On the other hand, if there are concerns about attendance, which aren’t explained by simple illness or other authorised absence, then we will set up an Attendance meeting, so that we can work together to support your child.

   

  If you have any concerns about your child’s attendance, please speak to either your child’s class teacher, or Mrs O’Mahony, our Inclusion Lead.