What a week it has been. It has all passed in a blur and we are now at the end of the academic year. They do say that as you get older time passes by more quickly and I am sadly at that stage in my life where I find that is certainly true. It really does feel like it was just a couple of weeks ago when it was September and the beginning of term. 

It has certainly been a lovely and busy week to end the year with though. On Tuesday the PTA had their Summer Fun Day and it was enjoyed by everyone who attended. They managed to raise an amazing £1749.88 which will certainly help to support the school in the coming year. I would like to thank everyone who supported the event and to our wonderful PTA who organised the fun day. Without this support Little Heath would certainly not be such a well-resourced school.

Many of us will be looking forward to a holiday but we are also sad at this time of year as our Year 6 are leaving us and will not be returning in September. They have had a fun and action packed week. Firstly, they performed their leaver’s show, ‘I’m am 11 Year Old – Get Me Out of Here’ to the school and their families.  They all performed it very well and everyone who watched it found it very entertaining and enjoyable. They then took part in the annual ‘Teachers v Year 6 Rounders Game’ and, I am sad to say, that the staff were beaten again. CBBC then came in to do some filming with them regarding how artificial intelligence is being used in educational programmes and I know they are looking forward to being on television in the autumn. They ended the week with their Leavers Assembly this morning which was both a happy and sad occasion in equal measures. We do hope that they have enjoyed their time with us and are taking many happy memories with them. We also hope that they feel well prepared for the next stage of their education and that they can all achieve their dreams in the future. They have another fun event to look forward to as they are having their Leavers’ Party later this evening.

As it is the end of term I have been very fortunate to receive some lovely gifts from parents and I would like to thank everyone who has sent me a gift. I hope you all have a great holiday and I look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday, 4^th September for the start of what I hope is going to be another wonderful school year.

 Even though the energy of some children is starting to flag it has still been a good week in school. We had a lovely start to our week with an assembly presented by Mr Boleto who as well as being one of our parents is also a CBBC presenter. He did an amazing assembly on keeping yourself safe on social media including how to look out for fake information which can now look very real thanks to the advancements in artificial intelligence. The presentation totally engaged the children and they certainly learnt a lot. I would like to thank Mr Boleto for coming into school and giving the children such an informative assembly. He may be returning to the school next week with his CBBC team to do some work with some of the children for a future BBC programme.

The children met their new teacher this week. Although some of them are sad to be leaving their old teacher they all appeared happy in these sessions. We also had our ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions during this week so that parents know what is in store for their child in the coming year. I hope you all found these sessions useful but do remember that if you have any concerns about your child’s learning you can contact the class teacher or myself to discuss them. Very often these concerns can be dealt with very easily and it is better to get them out in the open rather than worry about them in isolation.

We had a lovely end to the week with a piano assembly this morning and a non-uniform day. In the piano assembly all the children who have been having piano lessons in school presented some of the pieces they have been learning to the whole school and their parents. It was a lovely event although there was some sadness because Maria, the piano teacher, is leaving us so she can return to her home country to be with her extended family. The parents have all been very happy with how she has inspired their children to learn the piano and after listening to the music this morning I can see why they have been so happy to have Maria as their teacher. I am sure you will join with me in wishing her every success for the future.

As I wrote earlier it was a non-uniform day which made the children very excited. They were allowed to not be in uniform as they were all bringing in items for our Summer Fun Day which is on next Tuesday from 3.00pm -5.30pm. On behalf of the PTA I would like to thank everyone for being so generous with their donations.

Next week is also another action packed week in school. As I have already mentioned we have the PTA Summer event on Tuesday and then on Wednesday we have the annual Teachers versus Year 6 Rounder’s match. For the last couple of years, the teachers have lost so we are hoping for a victory this year. As it is the Year 6’s last week they are putting on their final show which they are going to perform to both the school and then their parents. We will then end the week with the Year 6 Leaving assembly in the morning and their leaving parade at the end of the day.

With such a busy week we will also need to have a restful weekend to make sure we have enough energy to get to the end of the week. Please remember that as it is the last day of term we do finish at 2.00pm next Friday.

 

Week ending 7th July 2023

 Hello Year One,

This week we have been working on halves and quarters of quantities in our maths lessons.

 We have been writing rhyming poems and descriptive poems about tigers. Year One know some amazing adjectives now!

For science we looked at the four seasons and wrote about the changes between the seasons and the reasons why the environment changes. We talked about the movement of animals and birds in each season.

We travelled to Africa for our geography lesson and explored the country Kenya. The children were able to write and draw in detail following our research.

Today was fabulous because we had a 'circus skills' workshop. The children loved it! 

Spellings

I do apologise that I forgot to give the spellings out today. I will do so on Monday.

Next Week

English

We will be mainly working on sentence structure and handwriting next week. The children will also be writing about their experiences in Year One and their hopes and goals for Year Two.

Maths

We will be working on number next week. This will include using number lines, partitioning tens and ones and exploring greater than and less than.

RE

I will be asking the children what or who they believe 'God' is. Their creation stories were very interesting, so I am sure this piece of work will be too.

Geography

Next week we will travel to North America and be exploring  famous landmarks.

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

 I am sure that you have all heard but ‘the circus has come to town’ or, to be more precise, ‘Little Heath’ this week. The children have all had their chance to practise a variety of circus skills such as juggling and balancing. They all found it highly entertaining and very enjoyable. It was a lovely thing for them all to take part in as we approach the end of term.

As I mentioned in my first paragraph the end of term is nigh and I know you will be all looking forward to the summer break and having a rest. However, while we are in school we still have to follow all the same practices that we have followed all year so I was a little disappointed when my site manager informed me that people are starting to ignore the cones and are trying to drive up and park in front of the school to drop off their children. We deliberately arrange the cones so people cannot do this so as to create a pedestrian zone which makes it safer for the children to walk into school. Some people have been making the excuse that they do not want their children to be late for school but people need to get themselves organised so that they are leaving early enough to park up and give their children enough time to walk to school if necessary. We do not want an accident to happen for people to respond to this request.

As it is the end of term we have another action packed week in school. We have our new starters visiting us next week and most of our Year 6 will be visiting their new secondary school on Thursday. Children who are remaining in school will be spending some time with their new class teacher and then on Thursday evening parents (with the exception of the current Reception parents) can come in school to meet their children’s new teacher and find out about the year ahead. These sessions are for parents only but Mrs Robinson and myself will be in the hall running a crèche for any children that you cannot find childcare for. We will be showing a film during this time. Reception parents will be able to meet their new teacher in early September. We are ending the week with a ‘mufti’ day for the PTA when children can come into school not wearing their uniform as long as they bring in a donation for the PTA event the following week.

With all that going on I think it is just as well that we are breaking up for summer the following week. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend – I enjoy watching tennis so some of my time will be definitely spent watching Wimbledon. I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday.