Dear Parent/Carer,
This week has been an absolute
delight. I have heard some amazing singing, seen some astounding art work and
witnessed some very excited children bopping away to our visiting live
musicians. It has been Arts Week for KS1 and Year 3 this week and what a fun
time we have had. It’s been a pleasure visiting classrooms and seeing the
quality of arts learning produced. A huge thank you to our valued PTA (yet
again) for providing us with the funds to deliver this brilliant learning
experience. I would also like to say a HUGE thanks for all the funds that are
continuing to come in for the Tour de Robin Hood event last week which tied in
with National Sports Week. You are all very generous; I must make a special
mention to Joshua in Reception who raised a whopping £140! Thank you EVERYONE!
Teacher
Governor
I am delighted to inform you
that Mrs Steel has been appointed as Teacher Governor to join our Governing
Body. I know she will add great value to an already very strong and supportive
Governing Body.
School
lunches next year
It is already well known that
all children in Reception and Key Stage 1 will receive a paid hot school dinner
next year. Next year’s KS2 parents will have by now, received a letter asking
whether you would prefer your child to have a hot school dinner or a packed
lunch brought in from home. It is really important that we receive these
responses back as soon as possible so that we can finalise our lunchtime plans
for next year. Thanks.
Dinner money
Could
I please ask that all dinner monies due to the end of term are paid no later
than Wednesday 9th July. Thank you.
GMB
and Unison strike- 10th July
Official Union strikes
have been announced for 10th July in local authorities and schools. However
this strike action will be unlikely to affect our school and we are planning to
be open as usual.
Mrs Turpin
Lunchtime Supervisor,
Mrs Turpin will be leaving us at the end of the school year. Mrs Turpin has
built up wonderful relationships with the children over the years and I know
she will be missed. I would like to wish her all the very best.
Sports Day
Please
remember that it is Sports Day on Monday. Children are not required to wear any
particular colour this year (I can hear the cheers from here!) as our PTA will
be providing colour bibs. I hope you will be able to attend from 1:00pm to
cheer your child on and take part in the Parent’s race!
End of Term dates- REMINDER
Tuesday July 8th - Drama Club production for parents (3:30) Wednesday
July 9th- Golden Day- whole school Punch and Judy shows- Nursery and Reception Thursday
July 10th- Year 1 trip to Scarborough Y6 Fish and Chip lunch Y6 violin concert (2:30- 3:15) Year 6 prom (5:00- 6:30) Friday
July 11th - Year 2 Scarborough trip Year 6 Leavers assembly (Y6 parents only
please) Monday July 14th – Transition Day (Rec- Y5) Tuesday
July 15th- Reception graduation ceremonies (9:00-10:00 and 2:00-
3:00) Wednesday July 16th – Nursery Garden Parties (10:30-
11:30 and 2:00- 3:00) Poetry
Competition and June Wood award presentation
Thursday July 17th
– Year 3/4 trip to Sheffield- “Horrible Histories” SCHOOL CLOSES Thursday 17th July
Next year’s
assessment weeks
Please
observe the assessment weeks. It is highly beneficial that the children are in
school during these weeks in order to gain the support they need- w/b 13th October, w/b 1st
December, w/b 23rd March, w/b 15th June.Please note: Year 6 SATs will take place w/b 11th May 2015, Y2 SATs will take place w/b 8th June 2015
Books
Please
have a look at home for any reading or library books from school and return
with your child. With it being the end of the year, we need to gather our
resources ready to distribute effectively in September. Thanks.
PTA News
We are launching an Online, Robin Hood Lottery. It’s really easy
to join, £1 per week, paid by monthly Direct Debit with weekly prizes plus a
chance to win £25000! The more people that play, the more you can win – our
first draw will take place on 26th July. Your School Lottery
are going to join us at Sports Day to answer any questions & you can sign
up there – don’t need any money, just bank details! It’s a fabulous way to
raise residual funds for Robin Hood along with a chance to win big too!
Enjoy
the Tour de France if you are hoping to see it pass through- have a great
weekend, everybody!
Mrs Dale
Nursery Newsletter
This
will be the last Nursery newsletter for this year. We would just like to say a
huge thank you for all the support you have given your child; it really has had
a huge impact on the progress your child has made.
The
last two weeks are going to be very busy so we have put together a list of
dates for you. Please let us know if you are unsure of anything.
Next Week
Monday 7th
July – Sports day
Please
send your child into school in sports kit and trainers, the PTA are kindly
providing coloured bibs for the children to wear whilst they are in teams. You
are invited to come and watch your child in the afternoon from 1pm on the
school field. There will be a parent race as well so please bring your running
shoes!
Tuesday 8th
July – Inter form football competition
Again
please send your child into Nursery wearing sports kit and trainers. We will be
taking part in lots of football related activities all day.
Wednesday 9th
July – Golden Day
The
children will get to have a go on the bouncy castles and we will hopefully be
having a visit from the ice cream van. The PTA have provided funds for two
Punch and Judy shows – one in the morning for the Monday – Wednesday children
and one in the afternoon for the Wednesday to Friday children.
Thursday 10th
July and Friday 11th July – These will be normal days however in Nursery we will have a sports theme all day Thursday, so
please send your child in a sports kit and trainers.
Final Week
Monday 14th
July – Transition Day (two half day sessions)
Please
refer to your individual letters sent home regarding timings for both Miss
Lambert’s and Mrs Steel’s classes. If your child is not attending our
transition day then Nursery will be open as usual for the Monday to Wednesday children
Tuesday 15th
July – Graduation Day
This
is the last day full day for the Monday – Wednesday children and your child is
invited to bring in their own toy. Please make sure these are not too valuable
and are clearly named.
Wednesday 16th
July – Poetry Day
You
are invited to attend our Garden Parties and Graduations – IF you haven’t let
us know whether or not you are coming, please do so immediately. Children who
are returning to Nursery in September are also welcome in Nursery that day even
though they won’t be graduating.
Thursday 17th
July – Own Toy Day
This
is the last day of term and your child is invited to bring in their own toy.
Please make sure these are not too valuable.
Friday 18th
July – School shutdown day for the expansion.
Thank
you for your support
Mrs
Steel, Mrs Chin, Miss Fox and Mrs Beckwith
Reception Newsletter
This
will be the last Reception newsletter for this year. We would like to say a
huge thank you for all the support you have given your child; it really has had
a huge impact on the progress your child has made.
The
last two weeks are going to be very busy so we have put together a list of
dates for you.
Please let us know if you are unsure of anything.
Next Week
Monday 7th July –
Sports day
Please
send your child into school in their P.E kits. The PTA are kindly providing
coloured bibs for the children to wear. You are invited to come and watch your
child in the afternoon from 1pm on the school field. This will start with a
whole school performance of the big dance. There will be a parent race too so
please bring your running shoes! The children will need their sun cream, hats
and water bottles please.
Tuesday 8th July
– Inter form football competition
Please
send your child into school in their P.E kit or anything sporty. We will be
taking part in lots of football related activities all day. The children will
need their sun cream, hats and water bottles please.
Wednesday 9th
July – Golden Day
The
children will have a fun filled day with a selection of bouncy castles. We will
hopefully be having a visit from the ice cream van. The children will also be
watching a Punch and Judy show, which will finish our seaside topic off nicely.
Thursday 10th
July and Friday 11th July – These will be normal days so please send
their P.E kits in on Friday.
Final Week
Monday 14th July
– Transition Day
The
children will go straight to their new classes. Miss Pyatt’s Year 1 class will
go straight to the Year 1 classroom which is accessed through the Reception playground.
Miss Mees’ Year 1/2 class will go to the current year 1/2 classroom through the
door before Miss Pyatt’s Reception door. Please note the end of the school day
will be 3.10pm on this day.
Tuesday 15th July
– Graduation Day
You
are invited to come and see your child graduate from Reception. Miss Lambert’s
graduation will be in the hall from 9am-10am and Miss Pyatt’s graduation will
be in the hall from 2pm to 3pm.
Wednesday 16th
July – Poetry Day
The
literacy team have organised a fantastic poetry day and we will be having a
visit from a poet. There will be a reading breakfast on the playground too
(weather permitting) before school so please come and join us.
Thursday 17th
July – Own Toy Day
This
is the last day of term and your child is invited to bring in their own toy.
Please make sure these are not too valuable and are named.
Friday 18th July – School
shutdown day for the expansion.
Key Stage 1
How time flies when you are having fun! The
end of the school year is now drawing to an end so below are a reminder of some
important dates for your children in Key Stage One.
Important
Dates
Monday
7th July – Sports Day (Please make sure your child comes to school
in their PE Uniform) Parents are able to attend from 1pm. There will be a
parent race if anyone would like to take part in the competitions! J
Tuesday
8th July – Class football competition (Please make sure your child
comes to school in their PE Uniform)
Wednesday
9th July – Golden Day
Thursday
10th July = All of Miss Mees’s class and the Year One children of
Miss Pensom’s class trip to Scarborough
Friday
10th July
= All of Miss McSorley’s class and the Year Two children of Miss Pensom’s class
trip to Scarborough
Monday
14th July
= Transition Day
Wednesday
16th July
= Poetry Day
Thursday
17th July
= Key Stage One Seaside Party (More news to follow about this in next week’s
newsletter).
Golden
Day
On
this day please make sure your child comes to school with sun cream and a sun
hat if the weather forecast is sunshine. Children are allowed to bring a toy to
play with on this day. If your child chooses to bring in an electrical item
this must not have a photograph facility on it. All electrical items must be
fully charged at home and come to school in a labelled bag .If your child would
like to bring a DVD in this must also be rated as a 'U' rated and originals
only (no copies please). Please also ensure your child has a labelled water
bottle and labelled lunch box if they bring in their own packed lunch as they
will be eating on the field on this day.
Home
Learning
For the remainder of this half term Home
learning will be as follows:
·
Reading
at home each week to be recorded in reading records.
·
Practise
weekly spellings.
Please also feel free to continue to use your
child’s home learning logs to include any extra learning your child has
impressed you with at home. We have many children who use these logs and they
always receive praise and extra stickers for their hard work!
Assessment
information
Shortly, your child will be receiving their
end of year school report. We are so proud of all the children and how much
progress they have made in all areas of their learning. Throughout next week
you will receive a pack which will include; a piece of your child’s writing and
their most recent phonics reading and writing tests. Please look at any words
your child may need to learn and use these packs across summer. Your child will
be re-tested on them at the beginning of the new school year and any practise
of these words will really help them for when they enter in to their new
classes.
Arts
Showcase assembly
Thank you to all the parents and carers who
attended the Showcase assembly for this week’s Art Week. The children have
loved learning about all different forms or Art. The children have had so many
rich and purposeful real life experiences. This has included; a visit from a
band formed by children of Rodillian school, a fantastic singer and songwriter,
an amazing photographer and a ballerina. The children have learnt about
different forms of art and have learnt in detail about the people who have
visited the school. These experiences really are so important to the children
and give the children opportunities to enjoy different types of avenues they
may wish to pursue in later life. We thank Miss McSorley and Miss Thackeray for
organising such a fantastic organised week of learning! It really has been
amazing!
Our trip to Scarborough
Next
week the children will be visiting Scarborough and we know they are so excited
about this! Please ensure you provide your child with a ‘packed lunch that will
keep hunger locked up until tea time! It will be an action packed day of fun
and the children will be returning back to school for 5pm. If there are any
changes to the time of arrival back to school, the office will be notified and
you will be informed of this. The weather is due to be lovely but with good old
English weather we must make sure we prepare for all possibilities! All
children need to come to school in their uniform.
Other
items you may wish to include in your child’s bag are:
·
Suntan lotion (High factor) if the weather is
sunny.
·
Hat
·
Waterproof coat if it rains
·
Appropriate footwear and a change of shoes.
·
Extra drink/water.
·
A change of clothes.
Please
make sure your child arrives at school no later than 8.30am on the day of their
trip.
Have
a lovely weekend and let’s hope the sun stays shining!
The
Key Stage One Team
Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter
It’s
been another fantastic and busy week in Year 3/4 this week. On Monday, the Year 3’s began their activities
for the Arts Week and looked fantastic in their ‘artist’ fancy dress. Across
the week the children had the opportunity to work with various artists ranging
from actors, singers, musicians, photographers, ballet dancers and artists.
Everybody participated extremely well and showed a real interest in the various
arts that the world has to offer. The Year 4’s remained in class and spent time
writing biographies about their friends, solving tricky numeracy problems and
carrying out some fantastic scientific investigations related to forces.
Sports Day
Exciting
times are ahead! Sports Day is now just around the corner! Next Monday, 7th
July, pupils will once again enjoy another wonderful active day! Our fantastic
PTA have kindly supplied all classes with appropriate coloured bibs- so all
pupils should be dressed in their regular PE kit only. In case of warm weather,
can all pupils please have sun cream already applied, a labelled water bottle
and a sun hat. Parents are invited to come and enjoy the afternoon races from
1.00pm, where the afternoon festivities will be kicked off by a whole school
performance of this year's Big Dance. We look forward to seeing you there
(don’t forget to limber up for the parent’s race).
Y6 Leavers Assembly
Mrs Dale recently mentioned in the newsletter
that siblings of Year 6 would be able to join in the Year 6 Leavers Assembly
celebrations. All year 4 children will be expected to attend the final swimming
session next Friday, which is also the last play day. However, we will ensure that a space is saved
for any siblings of Year 6’s returning to school and that they enter the hall
immediately upon their return.
Home Learning
Although
we are coming to the end of the school year, we would still like to encourage
all children to take some time each night to read, even if it is just for five
minutes. We would also like to encourage children to continue to practise and
learn all times tables as well as the weekly spellings.
Numeracy
This
week, Year 4 children have been solving some tricky maths problems involving
using the inverse operation to find a mystery number, working out all possibilities
when buying ice cream and trying to identify number patterns. Examples of these
activities will be available to view on our blog.
Literacy
This
week in literacy the children having been writing biographies about each other.
They carried out interviews by asking appropriate questions and then grouped
their facts accordingly in order to write developed paragraphs. Using 3rd
person and the past tense, the children developed their ideas well and produced
some super outcomes that will be shared with their new teachers next year.
Spellings
These
Spellings will be tested on Monday 7th
July.
Group 1: taught,
caught, straight, weight, eight, tough, cough, rough, enough, through
Group 2: explosion,
corrosion, profession, session, discussion, passion, mission, contribution,
information
Science:
This
week, Year 4 children have been working in groups to design and make their very
own landing devices to help land a rover robot on the surface of Mars. After
watching clips about the rover and the surface of Mars, the children then
looked carefully at how parachutes are used in space as well as on Earth. These
ideas were then put into practise and the teams set about building their own
landing devices.
Reminders
·
Year 4 residential deposit must be returned
to school by 10th July– Thank You!
·
Sports
Day
– Monday 7th July. Children need to come to school in their PE kits
(white t-shirt, black or blue shorts).
·
Golden
Day
– Wednesday 9th July.
·
End of year reports issued – Friday 11th July.
·
Transition
Day
and meet new teachers after school – Monday 14th July
·
Last
day of term and Horrible Histories trip - Thursday 17th
July. Children should bring a packed
lunch and wear their school uniform.
Don’t
forget to check out our blog where you will find lots more information about
this week’s learning as well as important reminders and dates for forthcoming
events. http://year34rhps.blogspot.co.uk/
Have
a fabulous weekend!
Team
3/4
Upper
Key Stage 2 Newsletter- Week 5 Summer 2- 2014
Sports
Day
Exciting times are ahead!
Sports Day is now just around the corner! Next Monday, 7th July,
pupils will once again enjoy another wonderful active day! Our fantastic PTA
have kindly supplied all classes with appropriate coloured bibs - so all pupils
should be dressed in their regular PE kit only. In case of warm weather, can
all pupils please have sun cream already applied, a labelled water bottle and a
sun hat. Parents are invited to come and enjoy the afternoon races from 1.00pm.
There will be a drinks van to purchase refreshments and the afternoon festivities
will be kicked off by a whole school performance of this year’s Big Dance at
1.10pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
Golden
Day
Next Wednesday, 9th
July, pupils will be lucky enough to once again enjoy Golden Day! The day will
consist of fun activities; both indoor and outdoor. In anticipation of a sunny
day, can children please have sun cream applied before school and bring an appropriate
sun hat. For indoor activities, children can bring in toys to play with.
However, electronics are to be brought in at pupils’ own risk (the use of school
chargers and or games will not be permitted on this day). Please could we also
ask that children do not
bring in any electronics that have a photographs facility, due to pupil
safeguarding. We welcome pupils to bring in DVDs- however, these need to be 'U'
rated originals only (no copies please).
Finally, we ask that all
children come to school with a labelled water bottle and if pupils already bring
in their own packed lunch, ensure that this is also labelled.
Times
Tables Challenge
Last week saw the final
times table challenge of this academic year. The confidence and mental skills
of all finalists was once again breath-taking. Huge congratulations to all
children who have taken part in the challenge this year. However, a special
mention deservedly goes to Oliver in 5/6H and Danika in 5/6M, who once again
showed they have nerves of steel and ice cool heads, to come home as the year 5
and year 6 champions respectively! Congratulations!!!
Violin
performance
On Thursday 10th July, from 2.30- 3.00pm, our year 6 pupils
will be showcasing the wonderful progress that they have made in their violin lessons
this year. Mr Brown has been really impressed with our pupils and he has kindly
offered his time, so parents and carers can pop in and listen to their
beautiful playing skills. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday the 10th
from 2.30 - 3.00pm. Thank you.
Fish
and Chip Lunch
A Robin Hood Leaver’s
tradition is a fish and chip lunch for the year 6 children. The children have
already pre-ordered their lunch which will be on Thursday 10th July.
The Year 6 children do not need to bring in their lunch on
this day, or collect a lunch from the hall.
Dates
for the Diary:
·
Sports Day - Monday 7th July
(parents welcome from 1.10pm).
·
Football Inter-form day – Tuesday 8th
July (pupils to come dressed in their PE kit or football kit).
·
Fish & Chip lunch Thursday 10th
July.
·
Year 6 violin performance- Thursday 10th
July (2.30 - 3.00pm).
·
Year 6 Prom – Thursday 10th July
(5:00pm – 6:30pm).
·
Leaver’s Assembly – Friday 11th
July (2:00pm)
School
Captain Election:
The School Captain election
for the current Year 5 pupils is looming. The election will be held Thursday, July
10th. The children will be asked to give a short 2 minute
presentation to the rest of the phase and teachers, explaining why they should
get the job and what they can bring to the role. There will be six School
Captain places, two per term, which will enable more children to experience the
position. We cannot wait!
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