Wow! Look at our weekly certificate winners, who received their awards in Worship on Friday! Haughmond pupils will receive theirs on Monday!
Weekly School Newsletter
English
If you would like to know more about how we teach English at our school. You can find documents on the website (Click on the icon learning, curriculum, lesson planning)
These documents share with you how we teach speaking and listening, reading and writing. We also go through the schemes we follow to teach phonics and how we teach spellings. Each class teacher has their own way of testing spellings, but the children will always have spellings to learn at home.
If you have any questions about anything we teach at school, please speak to your class teacher.
#wakeupwednesday – The Dangers of Vaping
The Dangers of Vaping
They’ve helped thousands of people successfully quit smoking; in laboratory tests, they’ve been found to be up to 95% less harmful than cigarettes; and they’ve been hailed as “a game changer for public health” by one independent review. So why exactly are vapes and e-cigarettes still regarded by many experts as controversial and potentially dangerous?
In terms of young people, the issue is availability. Vapes (containing nicotine) aren’t supposed to be sold to under 18s: a fact at odds with the rising number of school-age users and the products’ colourful packaging and child-friendly flavours. This #WakeUpWednesday guide summarises what trusted adults need to know about the potential dangers of vaping for young people.
Reading Rocks
Today all of the classes received their exciting new deliveries of Reading Rocks books. Each class will receive two books per half term. All of the children will get a chance to read these new books. If your child does bring them home, please take care of them and return them back to class when finished with, for another child to enjoy.
We would like to thank Battlefield Farm shop for purchasing these for our children. Thank you
Super Certificates!
Huge congratulations for our certificate winners this week!
#wakeupwednesday What Parents and Carers Need to Know About WhatsApp
WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging platform on the planet, with over two billion users (forecast to become three billion by 2025), across more than 180 countries. The majority of those people (70%) open the app at least once a day – but what exactly are they seeing? Contact from strangers, fake news and convincing scams are all among the service’s well-documented hazards.
According to Ofcom, WhatsApp is used by more than half of 3- to 17-year-olds in the UK (including one in three from the 8–11 bracket), despite its 16+ age restriction. If your child hops onto WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends or family, our updated #WakeUpWednesday guide to the service contains the key details you’ll need to support them in doing it safely.
Certificates!
Look at our certificate winners this week! Well done for your excellent work!
#wakeupwednesday – Setting Boundaries Around Gaming
setting-boundaries-around-gaming
This free online safety guide looks at the benefits of setting boundaries around video gaming to help young people learn healthy online habits.
Behind video-sharing platforms (like YouTube) and streaming TV shows and movies, gaming is the third most popular online activity for children in the UK. In fact, according to recent data from Ofcom, an overwhelming 89% of children aged 3 to 17 play video games. Of those, more than one in five (22%) talk to other players online who they don’t know outside the game.
The risk of contact from strangers is just one of the reasons that many parents are concerned about their child’s gaming: increased screen time, inappropriate content and in-game spending also figure among the most frequent fears. Agreeing on some rules around your child’s gaming activities can certainly help, and our guide has some useful tips for establishing these boundaries.
Roald Dahl Day!
As a school we are celebrating Roald Dahl day, dressing up, listening to stories, singing songs and various story related activities.
Everyone looks amazing!
Grinshill Timetables
Year 3s
You should already be fluent with x2, x5 and x10 (If not then extra practise please)
We are learning x3 starting this week.
This website is great
https://www.timestables.co.uk/games/
Year 4s
You should know x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x8, x10
We are learning x7, x9, x11, x12 this year.
Starting with x7
Thank you
