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Class Dragonflies News
Forest Schools
Dragonflies and Owls enjoyed another brilliant session at Forest Schools with Kris. With a science focus, the children had a session learning about identification of invertebrates and using keys. They found a Scarlet Elf Cup Fungus amongst many other fascinating species!
Weekly Celebration Assembly
It’s been a busy last week of term at St John’s: Forest Schools, football matches, Maths Focus Day, Languages Taster Day, North Shropshire Netball Championships, Open the Book and a scrumptious Valentines lunch! We shared our work in these areas whilst celebrating the following….
Golden Book
Children earn their place in the Golden Book following an accumulation of classroom stars / awards.
Xenia – 12th Award
Acorns
Lily (Hedgehogs) – for great effort writing
Bella – for great maths
Arthur D – for persevering and problem solving in maths
Bella – lovely topic leaflet, well done!
Abbie – for overcoming her worries and playing her first football match
Charlie P – for staying positive this week & being a great help in football
Reuben – perseverance and teamwork of school football
Liam – for determination in school football
Football
Our football teams were celebrated for their participation the match against Myddle on Wednesday. Several of our children represented the school for the first time and overcame their worries to enjoy a super evening of sport.
Forest Schools
Owls and Dragonflies had a great morning at our Forest School site creating shelters with our leader, Kris.
The Dragonfly Camping Challenge
As part of our Polar Explorers topic and Mental Health Awareness Week, Dragonfly Class were challenged to overcome an unusual team mission: could they work together to construct a tent? Perseverance, patience and determination were the key values of the day – the children also had a glimpse of just what it takes to be a polar explorer like Captain Scott, with many agreeing that his mission was far trickier than they first realised!
Thank you to the Collins and Beddoes families for lending the tents.
Weekly Celebration Assembly led by Worship Council
Acorns
Rhys V – for careful effort in maths, striving for the correct answer!
David B – for consistently good homework, repeating his My Maths homework until he understood it
Lily (Hedgehogs) – extra effort
Harvey D- for much neater work
Reuben – for good problem solving
Alfie GP – for good effort in RE work
Zac – for practising spellings
James T – for good computing work
Han C – Maths progress
Lottie – for progress in maths
Showing Values
Amelia – showing trust and honesty
Luana, Eva – caring for Bella when she was hurt
Golden Book
Elsa – 15th Award
Jess M – 23rd Award
New Dinner Equipment
Our brilliant school cook, Paula, presented the children with their new plates and bowls for Dragonfly and Owl Class, with thanks to the Friends for this donation. The children can’t wait to use them!
Tag Rugby
The Tag Rugby Team were celebrated for their brilliant achievements this week, coming 2nd in the large schools Tag Rugby competition.
Next week: football vs Myddle and North Shropshire Netball Competition.
Weekly Celebrations 11th January
Worship Council led our first Celebration Assembly of 2019 this morning.
Acorn Awards
Our Acorn Tree is ready to be filled with all the achievements of the children in the Spring Term ahead. Congratulations to Coton Blue Team who won the House Points Award for Autumn Term and enjoyed a ‘Tob Table’ dinner before Christmas. Who will win the Spring award?
This week’s winners…
Amelia & Alex (Hedgehogs) – for super writing
Andreas – for being helpful
Toby – for setting an example with his work
Abbie – for confidence and great progress this week
Dominic – for being such a hard worker all week
Arthur L – for fantastic, hard work in spellings each day
Ellie G – for a wonderfully positive attitude in all aspects of school life
Luana – for showing friendship and helping four friends with their coats at Forest Schools
Ella – for showing wisdom and hope, creating a Rabbit Class New Year’s Resolution poster
Esmer – for persevering in completing her work quicker
Children in Need
Fun & Games School Council celebrated receiving a certificate from Children in Need following their fundraising efforts in Autumn Term. It confirmed a whopping £292.15 had been raised! Well done to all the children for a great effort.
Happy New Year Dragonflies!
Welcome back to our new term; I hope you’ve had a relaxing and fun-filled Christmas holidays. We have a jam-packed term ahead – please see our new plan below which shows the breadth of learning we will be doing through our in-depth exploration of this term’s topic: Polar Explorers.
Today we’ve welcomed a new pupil to class, Jack, who all the children were excited to meet. In other information for the term, PE will continue to be on a Monday and Tuesday but please ensure kit remains in school for the week. As a reminder, homework is usually given out by Wednesday each week and is due in on the following Tuesday. Daily reading at home with an adult and daily multiplication tables practise is invaluable to every child’s learning and both will be a focus Spring term. Thank you.
Food Bank Donation
Thank you for all the donations of party food for our Christmas Party this year. We are very proud of our children who have requested that left over food gets donated to the Food Bank for Christmas.
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