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Deputy Headteacher Update – Friday 13th October
Fri 13 Oct 2023Welcome to the penultimate ‘Weekly Update’ for the term.
This week started with the school learning about Black History Month that is celebrated across the UK in October. Children learned why this month is important and looked at a few achievements of black people from the past and today. Next week, children, in our Monday assembly, will learn more about the achievements of Marcus Rashford, in particular the work he did during the National Lockdown to ensure all children had access to food.
As always, the children have been completing lots of exciting learning this week. We have a class of cooks in Reception: this week they have been cutting vegetables to make their own vegetable soup which was enjoyed by all! In Year 3, they have been putting themselves in the part of a stone age hunter by imitating a diary about the event of a stone age family in English. Year 4 have gone back in time and learnt about the mummification process. The children even performed the ceremony themselves…. on a tomato. Year 6 have been developing their screen-printing skills using Andy Warhol as inspiration to begin creating their own piece of art.
Well done to all our children who were celebrated today in our Friday Celebration Assembly. This week’s Stars our:
Class
Child
School Value
Reason
Nursery
Effie-Raen E.
Achievement
For amazing name writing.
Year R Stephenson
TJ P.
Achievement
For super accurate counting.
Year 1 Nightingale
Zosha W.
Determination
For great effort and determination when reading DSR and in phonics.
Year 2 Roper
Eldhadh G.
Achievement
For a fantastic drawing of the Great Fire of London.
Year 3 Hewett
Leia S.
Determination
Leia has always engaged with everything we have been learning this week and has completed her work to a high standard and asked interesting questions.
Year 4 Logie-Baird
Bryan O.
Knowledge
For his love of reading and always having his nose buried in a book.
Year 4 Attenborough
Aya H.
Achievement
For excellent focus, hard work and quality work this week.
Year 5 Hamilton
Rubi R.
Determination
For demonstrating high levels of determination in her learning all week. She has made a great start to Year 5.
Year 5 Rashford
Arthur B.
Determination
For demonstrating high levels of determination in his learning, aiming to be better every day.
Year 6 Parks
Naomi-Nadia N.
Equality
For being very helpful and showing kindness to adults and children.
Year 6 Williamson
Joey F.
Determination
For being determined to always help his peers and try his best every day.
In our ‘Attendance Challenge’ this week saw Hewett Class gain the 10 points and close the gap on Stephenson Class. There is only 4 points between 1st and 2nd now! It’s all up for grabs. Well done to Ava-Rose in Year 3 who was the winner of our ‘Attendance Raffle’ this week with the number 232.
Will you have a child starting school in September 2024, or know someone that is? Our Open Evening is taking place on Thursday 2nd November 2023, from 4.30pm. We will also hold an additional Open Morning on Monday 6th November 2023, from 9.30am, and school tours are available. Tours of the school can be made by contacting the School Office.
Next week, all the children and staff are looking forward to welcoming families into school for our Curriculum Events. Whether you want to know about ‘Why squirrels hide their nuts?’ with our Reception children; learn more about the Great Fire of London in Year 2’s ‘Pudding to Pepys’ event or trying to work out ‘Who let the gods out?’ with our Year 6 children, then our Curriculum Events for this term is the place to be! We look forward to seeing you all next week.
Have an amazing weekend.
Mr Paramor
Deputy Headteacher
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Friday 6th October 2023
Fri 06 Oct 2023Welcome to this week's 'Weekly Update'.
Firstly, a huge 'Thank you' to the whole school community who contributed to this year's Harvest Festival Celebration. The donations were collected earlier this week and the Eastbourne Foodbank were overwhelmed by the amount of support you have shown and your generoisty. Thank you!
We've had a great week at school - some fantastic learning in Maths and Science, particularly. The children are preparing for this term's Curriculum Events, taking place in the last week of term, and are looking forward to sharing their learning with you. We have some arts and craft sessions and some workshops too; the full list of this term's Curriculum Events, as well as an overview of what you can expect, can be found on this week's Bulletin. We really hope you can join us!
We enjoyed a fabulous Celebration Assembly today. Some fantastic reasons for our Star Writers and Mathematicians. Our full list of Stars for this week can be found on the Bulletin. 'Congratulations' to Jacob in Year 6, who has become the first Word Millionaire of the school year. What a brilliant achievement!
In this term's Attendance Challenge, Year R Stephenson Class lead the way with 35 points - I am truly impressed to see such fantastic attendance for our youngest pupils. There is a four-way tie for second place with four classes on 23 points - Year 3 Hewett, year 4 Logie-Baird, Year 6 Parks and Year 6 Williamson! In this week's 100% Raffle, there were 218 children in the draw. The number 8 was drawn at random - 'Well done' to Caleb in Year 3, who was this week's winner!
As always, please see this week's Bulletin for further information!
Have a fantastic weekend!
Ryan Laker
Headteacher
