Monday’s assembly was based on Random Acts of Kindness Week, and we asked children and staff to really demonstrate how they could show kindness to others. We wanted this to be replicated every day and not just for this week. Our Character Education theme continued with respect.   

This week, our featured classes are 1M, 2T and B2S, so enjoy reading what they have been up to.

Thank you for your support this half term and let’s hope, that as we move into spring, we can look towards more settled times again.  We hope everyone has a lovely, restful holiday, and we look forward to seeing everyone back in the academy on Monday 28^th February.

New Main Entrance

As of Monday, 28th February we will have a new Main Entrance into school. This is located at the old Community Entrance and should be used for parents requiring the school office.

Power of Women

Our two Ambassadors, alongside Mrs Sherwood, represented the academy at Teesside University to launch this important project.  They undertook lots of activities with children from the other academies as well as speaking in front of a large audience about why they chose to be an ambassador and what they hoped to achieve for themselves and others in the academy.  We were so proud of the contributions they made.

World Book Day

On the first Thursday back after the holidays, it will be World Book Day, celebrating its 25^th Anniversary. The children can come dressed in their favourite book character and bring the book to school with them.

Mellors are also putting on a special World Book Day lunch menu to further celebrate characters from children’s literature:

School Day and PE KITS

We thank all parents/carers who are getting their children to school at the correct time. If you have had to complete a late slip, please set off a few minutes earlier or work with your child to get them there on time. If you require any support, please contact Mrs Sherwood or a member of the pastoral team. Please remember that the start time for all children after the holidays is 8.40am. Children should enter school through their normal doors, Price Road gates will be locked at 8:45am and Plaza doors will close at 8:50am. After this time, children need to enter through the new Main Entrance (old Community Entrance).

Dates for your Diary

Celebrating Class Achievements – OUR NEW FEATURE

1M

This week our children learnt how to programme a beebot, instructing it to move forwards and backwards. We also enjoyed reading in the library. This was a class treat for getting the highest percentage of home reading AGAIN!

2T

Year 2 have had a very busy week. In English, we have been writing our own poems liked to ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ week.  As a class, we created a kindness acrostic poem. In maths, we have been measuring. We have used the balance scales and metre sticks to weigh/ measure classroom objects. Lastly, in Art, we have been colour mixing. It has been a very busy week!

B2S

What a busy week we have had in B2S! 

On Monday we went on a bus to Pennyman Primary Academy for our Easter Service Choir Rehearsal. We enjoyed singing lots of Easter songs with Mr Nixon and other children from our Trust Academies. It was great to come together and learn some actions to our new songs. 

In maths this week, we have looked at measuring using non-standard units of measure. The children were very busy measuring around the classroom using pens, scissors, cubes and counters. 

As part of Mental Health Awareness week, the children enjoyed finding out about healthy eating. They made a wonderful fruit salad which they throughly enjoyed eating!

Today we have had a fantastic afternoon in class enjoying our Pizza Party for achieving 100% attendance for 7 weeks which spelt out AWESOME. Well done, B2S. 

Lunch Menu

Please see below for your new menus, starting Monday 28th February. We will start on week 1!

Attendance

Congratulations to B1R who have won our Awesome competition this week.

Please remember to phone the academy if your child is going to be absent and remember the importance of excellent attendance at school.

Times Table Rockstars

Practicing times tables is so important in improving maths and is a huge part of number work from Year 2 upwards. Please encourage your child to use their account to get as fast as they can which will help them be able to apply their knowledge to different areas of maths.

Congratulations to the highest coin collectors this week!

1st – M White
2nd – L Pattison
3rd – A Jones

Spelling Shed

Top Spelling Groups this week!

1st – B3G 8,497,021
2nd – 1M 7,375,376
3rd – 5H 7,066,208

Top Spellers this week!

1st – E Trewhitt 4,582,072
2nd – L Hoyle 3,519,406
3rd – J Balam 2,946,510

Please continue to stay safe and look after each other.

Monday’s assembly was based on Children’s Mental Health Week, and our Character Education theme was respect.  We also promoted Safer Internet Day as well as welcoming the author, Helen Rutter, into the academy.

We are looking forward to some of the children from our base classes attending a choir rehearsal at Pennyman Primary on Monday, to sing with other children from within the Trust.

Each week we will be celebrating the work of 3 classes in school on a rotation, so all classes will be covered over a month. This week we are featuring Nursery, RB and B1R.

Safer Internet Day

On Tuesday, we promoted Safer Internet Day with the theme of ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. Each class undertook activities to support the children in being aware of how they should respond to situations online when accessing games and other activities.

National Obesity Week Competition

To mark National Obesity Week 2022, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council’s Health Improvement Team, in Partnership with Everyone Active, are launching a competition open to all children of primary school age throughout Redcar and Cleveland. Please read the letter below to find out more details.  Please get entries in by the 17^th February.

School Shoes

If your child is wearing the incorrect shoes they will be changed into plain black plimsolls.

Dates for Your Diary

Celebrating Class Achievements

Please enjoy seeing what classes have been up to:

Nursery

This week in Nursery we have continued our topic of Winter. We have explored animals of the Artic and Antarctic and completed some fun ice melting experiments in science! We’ve also been practicing dressing ourselves for the cold weather.

RB

Children in reception have been learning about cleanliness.   We did an experiment where we used pepper to represent germs.

The children put their finger in the pepper and the pepper stuck to their finger like germs. 

They put soap on their finger and were amazed to see that the pepper did not stick.  

We also opened our toy museum and explored old and new toys.  We learned what kinds of  materials they are made from, how they are made and how they move.

B1R

This week in B1R, we have been working on our fine motor skills. We have used our fine motor skills to thread cereal onto pipe cleaners to make some yummy bird feeders, and we have made patterns using the pegs and peg boards. We have also been reading the story Little Red Riding Hood. The children have been using the puppets from our story tray to help them to retell the story. 

Children’s Mental Health Week

We celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week by starting the week with an assembly to promote the theme of “Growing Together”. In class, we undertook activities such as mindfulness, yoga and other activities that made us look after ourselves.

Behaviour Support

Lunch menu

The menu for week beginning 14th February is Week 3. Please see below

Attendance

Congratulations to B2S who have won our Awesome competition this week with 100% attendance.

Please remember to phone the academy if your child is going to be absent and remember the importance of excellent attendance at school.

Times Table Rockstars

Practicing times tables is so important in improving maths and is a huge part of number work from Year 2 upwards. Please encourage your child to use their account to get as fast as they can which will help them be able to apply their knowledge to different areas of maths.

Congratulations to the highest coin collectors this week!

1st – M White
2nd – L Pattison
3rd – A Jones

Spelling Shed

Top Spelling Groups this week!

1st – 5H – 20,774,604
2nd – B3G Stage 2 – 6,962,882
3rd – 1m Group 1 – 5,927,891

Top Spellers this week!

1st – A Bonner – 5,234,296
2nd – E Trewhitt – 4,381,480
3rd – A Kent – 4,263,304

Please continue to stay safe and look after each other.

Monday’s assembly was based on Motivation and Drive, and we continued with the Character Education theme of fairness.  

Next week we will be undertaking activities linked to Children’s Mental Health week theme of Growing Together, as well as Safer Internet Day on Tuesday.

Chinese New Year

On Tuesday, our kitchen staff supported the children to celebrate Chinese New Year with a special lunch menu and decorations in our servery area.

Safer Internet Day

Prepare for Safer Internet Day with Cleveland Police Cyber Connect Webinar

Our colleagues at Cleveland Police Cyber Connect have developed a Safer Internet Day parental workshop that they are encouraging parents to join and gain key knowledge and skills on how to keep your children safe online. Follow the link below to book a place on the webinar on Tuesday 8^th February.

Safer Internet Day Tickets, Tue 8 Feb 2022 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Dates for the Diary

Action for Happiness

This month’s theme is Friendly February – it is important to reach out to connect with others and doing our best to be a good friend.

Behaviour Support

Lunch Menu

Attendance

Congratulations to 56M with 98.33% who have won our Awesome competition this week.

Please remember to phone the academy if your child is going to be absent and remember the importance of excellent attendance at school.

Times Tables Rockstars…

Practicing times tables is so important in improving maths and is a huge part of number work from Year 2 upwards. Please encourage your child to use their account to get as fast as they can which will help them be able to apply their knowledge to different areas of maths.

Congratulations to the highest coin collectors this week!

1st – C Jeff
2nd – L Pattison
3rd – L Etherington

Spelling Shed

Top Spelling Groups this week!

1st – 1M Group 1 – 14,699,522
2nd – 3S – 11,579,234
3rd – B3G Stage 2 – 9,392,626

Top Spellers this week!

1st – A Bonner – 7,341,816
2nd – P Slater – 5,812,960
3rd – J Rayson – 3,575,440

Please continue to stay safe and look after each other.