Welcome back following the Christmas break. We hope you all had a peaceful Christmas and are looking forward to the year ahead.
Please find the newsletter for this half term attached:
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Class Dragonflies News
Weekly Celebrations – 13.12.24
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 Charley for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Charley made a very appealing and functional phone case in DT this week. She persisted with the task after finding it tricky at first but ensuring she stuck to the design. Well done!
Year 5 Lucy for ALL of our school values! – Lucy is a superstar. She is a lovely, kind, hard-working member of Owl Class. She quietly gets on through every school day with 100% effort. She is a brilliant friend to everyone and embodies every school value.
Year 4 Oscar for ‘Friendship’, ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Oscar is a fantastic member of Dragonfly class. He is always on task, listening and eager to help others. Well done!
Year 2 Freddie for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Freddie has matured into a hard-working, conscientious Year 2. He takes great pride in his handwriting now. Keep up the hard work Freddie!
Year 1 Harriet for ‘Respect’ – Harriet is a super sensible member of Rabbit Class. She always follows our class rules and she is a fantastic role model to others. Well done Harriet!
Reception Kirra for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Kirra has been trying incredibly hard in all her learning and has been able to do fabulous independent writing this week.
Bumblebees Benjamin for showing ‘Respect’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Ben works hard to show respect to his peers and perseverance in all new things. Keep up the good work Ben!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
GOLDEN BOOK AWARDS
Congratulations to the following Golden Book winners (from class work and stars)
Oscar, Olly, Laith, Darcy, Rupert, Thalia, Millie, Charley & Tilly
Other achievements…
Hallie has brought in her Rainbows sash with all the badges she has earned – she could remember everything she had to do to achieve them. Great job Hallie!
Freddie has achieved her Level 2 Learn to Swim certificate. Well done Freddie!
An earthquake in Dragonfly class!
As part of our Geography topic this term ‘Earth Matters’ we have been learning about Earthquakes and how they happen. Yesterday we learnt that the magnitude of earthquakes are measured on the Richter scale which indicates the amount of energy released at the earthquakes source. We also had a look at a seismograph and learnt that it is an instrument used to detect and record ground motion caused by seismic waves that are generated by earthquakes. So to consolidate our learning we had a go at creating our own Earthquakes and measuring their seismic waves on our home made seismographs!
Dragonflies trip to Xplore!
Yesterday, in Dragonflies we had our trip to Xplore! We had a fantastic day exploring the different hands on exhibits, as well as an excellent workshop all about light and sound. We learnt all about refraction, the dangers of UV light, shadows, and an excellent demonstration to consolidate our learning about how light travels in straight lines! The children all had a fantastic time and represented our school fabulously.
No Pens Day In Dragonfly class
On Wednesday we had a lovely day looking at other ways to communicate other than using pens or pencils! This was a chance for children to put their pens down, talk, listen, and take part in lots of pen-free activities.
We had a go at communicating through Morse code, where we used pasta and cubes to represent the dots and lines to make messages for each other to work out what they meant. We also had a go at communicating in Makton to some of our favourite songs as well as finally acting out a play in groups without words focusing on our actions and expressions. A great day was had by all!
Snow Day November 2024!
What a fantastic time we’ve had playing in the snow together this week! It’s been wonderful to watch the children sharing such an exciting experience together and having so much fun!
Children in Need Bake Sale
A huge thankyou to everyone who baked, brought or donated money towards our cake sale in aid of Children in Need this week. We have enjoyed lots of yummy cakes! We will let you know how much we have raised soon.
Our star bakers are…
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- Darcie
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- Rosie
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- Harriet, Ruairi & Wilf
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- Blake
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- Percy
It was a very hard decision, we had lots of fantastic bakes to choose from…
An extra special thankyou to our fantastic Courageous Advocacy council members who set up and ran the cake sale.
Fire Safety
This morning, Dragonfly class had a visitor from Shropshire Fire and Rescue! Firefighter Barry came to give the children a fire safety talk. We learnt about what we should do in the event of a fire, how we know if there is a fire and what to do if we catch fire. The children asked some excellent questions, we really enjoyed the visit!
Cut your Carbon
Dear Parents,
Your child will be taking home a checklist today with information about cut your carbon. Our Owl Class eco warriors council talked about how important it is that we protect our greenhouse layer and reduce carbon emissions. So, on the sheet there are 6 things which you can do to help. It is not expected that you do all 6, but each one will make a small difference. I will be collecting completed checklists and will send them off for our school to enter a competition. Best of luck everyone!
Mr Arthur 
Look at the Book
We were very excited to welcome our “Look at the Book” volunteers back for the first time this term. Today, they told the story “Daniel and the Lions”, focusing on our school value of the month; “Trust”. Thank you to our lovely volunteers! We look forward to seeing you all again in a few weeks!
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