Sandiway Primary School Newsletter
Newsletter 19
Newsletter 19 Wednesday 16
Wednesday 16thth February
February 2022
2022
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School Clubs
I am pleased to advise that after school club bookings are
now available, via School Gateway, for after half term.
Please find attached letter with instructions and timetable.
Red Nose Day – Friday 18th March
We are delighted to be taking part in Red Nose Day this year;
I know the children enjoy the activities the day brings and it
is such a worthy cause. We will have limited Red Noses on
sale in school to support our donations, but they are also
available from many other sources. The suggested minimum
donation for a nose is £1.50. We would like to make the day
a ‘non-uniform day’ where children can choose their own
clothes – they may also wish to dress all in red or as a super
hero (because we are all super heroes in our own way!). We
aim to make it a fun day in school. We ask for a £1 donation
per child, which we will send off on your behalf.
Threadworms
I have had a few cases of threadworms reported to me – this
is actually a very common condition that children have,
especially in primary schools. It is also one that is very easy
to treat. If you suspect your child may have threadworms,
please visit this NHS website for more information and how
to treat.
Reading activities
Last week, you received some information about reading
activities that we would like children to get involved with
over the coming weeks – these will really help to make sure
that reading stays at the front of our mind as one of the most
important things we learn in school. During the half term
holiday, there are 9 suggested activities for the children to
get involved in – each being relatively easy to do – we look
forward to hearing all about it after the holiday!
Time to focus on time…
As part of our recovery mathematics curriculum over the
past 18 months, we have been ensuring that our children are
secure in the fundamentals of number as recommended by
the Department for Education. Although it is our aim to
cover all areas of the curriculum by the end of this academic
year, there are some areas that have not been covered in
depth due to the school closures and our focus on number.
One of these areas is TIME and we would like to ask you to
support us with developing this area as part of our
homework during the rest of the Spring Term and over the
Spring Term
Spring Term 2022
2022
Easter holidays. We will be teaching your child their time
objectives as part of our teaching in the Summer Term;
however it would be useful if you could support your
child(ren) with the objectives in the previous years, e.g. if
they are in Year 5, are they secure with the activities in Years
3 and 4? This will enable them to be able to work at their
year group level as quickly as possible when they reach this
area of the curriculum. Teachers will still track back to
address any gaps in learning as part of their planning and
teaching.
We have outlined the time objectives for EYFS – Year 5
(There are no National Curriculum Time objectives in Year 6).
We hope that lots of these objectives can be consolidated at
home through the day-to-day conversations and activities
that take place but there are online activities, videos and
worksheets available for you to use if your child would prefer
this. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any
further questions.
Marathon running
Apologies for using the school newsletter with my own news,
but I know that there will be a number of parents interested
and would like to support. My wife, Toni, is running the
Manchester marathon on 3rd April – this is the first marathon
she has ever run and has spent the past month training and
preparing. She is inspired (in part) to support Cancer
Research as we unfortunately lost her dad to cancer just
before Christmas. Cancer is touching more and more people
and we are keen to do what we can to support families in
similar situations. Myself and other family members are
taking it in turns to run 10k alongside her as support – but
Toni definitely has the harder job! If you would like to
support Cancer Events and Dates
Research, you 18 Feb Break up for half term
can donate 28 Feb Children return to school
through this 1 Mar 3.30pm Y2 Fox Howl briefing
link. 2 Mar Dental check-up for 5-year-olds
2-4 Mar Y5 on Conway Residential
Happy Half 8 Mar 3.30pm Y4 Ironbridge briefing
Term Holiday 16 Mar Parent’s Meeting (2-5.30pm)
We hope you 17 Mar Parent’s Meeting (2-5.30pm)
have a good 18 Mar Red Nose Day
holiday week 21 Mar-1 Apr Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel
with your 29-30 Mar Y2 on Fox Howl Residential
families and we 1 Apr Break up for Easter holiday
look forward to 19 Apr Children & staff return to school
welcoming the 20-22 Apr Y4 on Ironbridge Residential
children back 2 May Bank holiday
9-10 May Y3 on Burwardsley Residential
to school on
27 May Break up for half term
Monday 28th
6 June Extra ‘Bank Holiday’ for school
February 2022.
(Queen’s Platinum Jubilee)
7 June Children & staff return to school
Chris Priddey 28 Jun – 1 July Y6 on Keswick Residential
20 July Children break up for summer