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Head of School Update - Friday 28th May 2021

Fri 28 May 2021

Head of School Update - Friday 28th May 2021

Welcome to this week's weekly update, and the last of Term 5!

Thank you to all of our parents and carers who have joined us for Parents' Evening this week. It was really lovely to be able to welcome so many of you in to school, and I enjoyed talking with parents at the door. I really hope you have found it worthwhile to have the opportunity for face-to-face meetings. It's taken a great deal of effort and organisation but I do hope you have found it helpful and welcomed the chance to talk about your child's progress, and look through their books, with your child's class teacher.

Pupils in Year 6 have finished some fantastic publishing of their writing this week. The pupils were asked to design a modern, state-of-the-art vehicle and complete an explanation leaflet, describing the key features of their scooters and hover-bikes. The quality of the writing was excellent!

We celebrated our 'Star of the Week' and 'Star of the Term' awards this week.

This week's Stars of the Week are:

YRS - Rayan H. for Determination

Y1C - Bryan O. for Achievement

Y1H - Kirsty M. for Achievement

Y2B - Isla C. for Determination

Y2F - Emily P. for Achievement

Y3A - Evelyn S-S. for Determination

Y3R - Ariee C. for Achievement

Y4L - Kobie F. for Equality

Y4T - Millie M. for Equality

Y5K - Ashleigh-Mae A. for Achievement

Y5P - Emilia S. for Determination

Y6A - Leo H. for Determination

Y6P - Alex S. and Bowen J-G. for Achievement

The Term 5 'Stars of the Term' are:

YRS - Grace S.

Y1C - Matilda S.

Y1H - Licia E.

Y2B - Emma P-S.

Y2F - Adam P.

Y3A - Isaac K.

Y3R - Naomi N.

Y4L - Sophia J.

Y4T - Leo B.

Y5K - Benny R.

Y5P - Emilia S.

Y6A - Nia R.

Y6P - Max S.

Well done to all of our certificate winners this week!

Congratulations to Nicole W. in Year 5 and Henry M. in Year 6 who have become our first Word Millionaires of this year. They have read 1,000,000 words each, across the year. The pupils accumulate the words at the end of each book they read, when they take a quiz to check their understanding. When the quiz is passed, all of the words in the book are added to their individual accounts. Let's hope we will discover some more Word Millionaires before the end of the year!

I's like to take this opportunity to wish the whole Oakwood community - our pupils, their families and all our staff - a safe and enjoyable half-term break and I look forward to welcoming you all back to school for Term 6 on Monday 7th June.

Best wishes,

Mr Laker
Head of School

Head of School Update - Friday 14th May 2021

Fri 14 May 2021

Welcome to this week's Weekly Update!

At Oakwood this week, we've been joining the nation in raising awareness of mental health. This year's theme is 'Connecting With Nature'. During the week, children have been enjoying the outside environments, taking time to reflect, read or listen to nature. We've also been connecting with nature inside too, growing vegetables and creating observational drawings of plants and flowers. In Year 1, pupils have been looking up at the sky at the shapes of the clouds, creating playground art, and having their reading lessons outside, too.

We've all been working really hard on our writing this week. Pupils across Key Stage 1 have been practising their 'sentence holding' and presentation in books is looking great. During one of my learning walks, six classes in Key Stage 2 were all writing at the same time and I was incredibly impressed with pupils' focus and concentration, so much so that I had to come back with the camera to capture the fantastic writing. Some photos are below.

In today's assembly we celebrated our Maths, Writers and Weekly Stars. Here are this week's 'Stars of the Week'...

Well done to...

YRS - Ava-Rose W. - For fantastic concentration and improving her writing and phonics (Determination)

Y1C - Caiden C. - For being respectful and sensible (Equality)

Y1H - Oscar G. - For always treating others as her wishes to be treated himself (Equality)

Y2B - Seyanna W. - For brilliant determination in phonics (Determination)

Y2F - Adam P. - For fabulous respect to both adults and children (Equality)

Y3A - Tililah T. - For showing hard work in all areas of the curriculum (Achievement)

Y3R - Matthew M. - For achieving writing targets, writing by the margin, joining letters and finger spacing (Achievement)

Y4L - Tianna Mai C. - For showing determination to improve the amount she is writing (Determination)

Y4T - Leo B. - For showing great determination across all of his work (Determination)

Y5K - Kyle T. - For always being ready and demonstrating equality (Equality)

Y5P - Maisie M. - For always being ready and demonstrating equality (Equality)

Y6A - Lillia M-T. - For trying really hard to contribute more in class and improve partner talk (Equality)

Y6P - Hudson C. - For consistently contributing during class discussions (Determination)

We're excited about the plans for our new library! Work on new carpet, fixtures and fittings will start during the half-term break and we're really hopeful that this will be completed by the time children come back to school at the start of Term 6. At the bottom of the update is a photo of the proposed library plans.

Hopefully, you will have seen a copy of the letter inviting you to this term's Parents' Evening during the last week of term. This is an important opportunity for you to talk with your child's class teacher about their progress and their learning, and I am delighted that we are being able to hold these as face-to-face meetings in school. We have put in a number of control measures to help keep you and our staff safe. This is necessary to make Parents' Evening run smoothly and we are appreciative of your co-operation, here. We are really looking forward to welcoming you in to school across the four days. Meetings start from Monday 24th May.

Please check out this week's Bulletin for further information.

I hope you have a great weekend!

Mr Laker

Head of School

Head of School Update - Friday 7th May 2021

Fri 07 May 2021

Welcome to this week's Weekly Update!

We might have only had a four-day week, but we've still managed to fit so much in. As always, I'm very proud of all the pupils and their dedication to their learning.

Pupils in Year 1 have been trying their very best with their sentences this week. I'm always delighted to see the work that the children show me but more delighted with the pride that they have for themselves. Sentences were beautifully written, with fantastic finger-spaces and super spelling. Well done to all of the writers in Year 1 this week.

In Reception, our children have been closely watching the vegetables that have been growing in their classrooms. As part of their topic, the children have been asking the question, 'Are carrots orange?' The children have shown such great curiosity, watching as the shoots develop into long leaves and large plants. They are excited about a 'harvest' of all the things they have grown. But what will the answer to their question be...

Well done to all of our Stars of the Week. This week's winners are:

Reception - Leku G.

Year 1 - Daisy C. and Alycia T.

Year 2 - Billy M. and Adam P.

Year 3 - Miley W. and Harvey M.

Year 4 - Kirk C. and Tarhyn W.

Year 5 - Ellie-Mae J. and Jake P.

Year 6 - Lillia M-T. and Harry S-J.

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. I look forward to welcoming all of the pupils back to school on Monday!

With my very best wishes.

Mr Laker
Head of School