Weekly Blog 11th October

Class Dojo

Do you know the school now uses Class Dojo? This is a great service for parents/carers to see what the children get up to daily at school.

It also shows parents/carers what the children have been getting points for, including being on time, working hard during class and good manners to teachers and their friends.

The children are also scored for meeting the Values we hold closely at Dormanstown Primary of Inspiration, Aspiration, Collaboration and Celebration

Also just a reminder that the Academy still uses School Gateway for any messages to be sent to the school. This includes Attendance, medical appointments and general questions.

Nursery

This week, Nursery went for a walk to Foxrush woods to explore the changes during Autumn.

We were fascinated by the leaves falling from the trees. We found pine cones, berries and leaves of different colours.

We could hear the rain drops falling on the trees and ground and birds singing as we walked. We even collected different leaves for Year 1. The best part was walking through the mud and puddles!

Class S1

This half term, S1 have been learning about people who help us. Today we had an exciting visit from our local community police officers.

We got to experience sitting in the back of the police van, dressing up in police officer uniform and sitting in the front seat with the siren on. The children were all amazing and absolutely loved the visit.

Attendance

Each week we have an ‘Awesome Attendance’ competition for the class or classes with the highest attendance. The class with the highest attendance will receive a letter and the first class to spell out ‘Awesome’ receives a treat for the whole class.

Which class will be the first to receive that treat?

This weeks winners are………

Missed Learning

40 days of missed learning occurred this week due to unauthorised absences. Unauthorised absences are for holidays, parents/carers not contacting the academy or any other unexplained absence. With most minor ailments, children can be in school, so we really encourage you to think about keeping your child at home.

100% Attendance

This week we had 201 children who achieved 100% Attendance for this week, which is Amazing!!

A huge WELL DONE to you all.

Can you get 100% next week?

Missed Appointments

We strive to accommodate parents/carers with appointment times within the academy. Unfortunately we have noticed that many appointments have been missed, occasionally this may be due to unforeseen circumstances. If you have to cancel and/or re-arrange your appointment, please ensure you contact the academy as soon as possible. Failing to turn up for an appointment and not contacting the academy to cancel it has an adverse effect on other parents/carers appointment times. This can also take valuable staff time that could have been utilised by other parents.

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

Next week’s choices will be Week 1.

The school will be holding it’s annual Halloween Lunch on Thursday 24th October. If your child is on packed lunch and would like a school dinner on this day, please inform the office. 

Nut Free Academy

A reminder to all parents we are a Nut Free Academy, please read below.

Flu Clinics

Pumpkin Forest

Pumpkin Forest | The Auckland Project

CEA Cinema Card

For those that aren’t aware, the UK Cinema Association has a discount card which enables a disabled cinema guest to receive a free ticket for someone to go with them when they are visiting a participating cinema. 

To be eligible the person must be 5 years of age or older and be in receipt of one of the following:

• Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• Attendance Allowance (AA)
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Adult / Child Disability Payment (ADP / CDP in Scotland)
• Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP)

Or hold:

• Severely Sight Impaired Registration (formerly Registered Blind)
• Sight Impaired Registration (formerly Partially Sighted)

Cards are valid from 1 year from the date of issue and there is a fee of £6.

For more information and/or to apply please visit the CEA webpage –  Home – CEA Card

Woods & Waves

Asda Cashpot for Schools

Asda Rewards – Cash Pots for Schools We have signed up to this brilliant scheme to get funding for our school. Every time you shop using Asda Rewards, Asda will donate 5% of your shop to our school. It’s easy to sign up. In your Asda rewards app – Opt into the Cash pot for schools campaign and select our primary school. We are already over the £100.00 mark!

Redcar Junior Parkrun

Redcar junior parkrun takes place in Locke Park every Sunday morning at 9.00 a.m. and is a 2km double loop of the park.  Anyone ages 4 to 14 years old can walk, jog and run the event and they welcome volunteers of all ages. 

Junior parkrun’s are family friendly, community events set up to encourage children and their families to enjoy exercising in open spaces.  It free to attend but participants are asked to register before they first come along at the parkrun website register | parkrun UK and bring a copy of their barcode to the event to receive a timed result.

Event Director Michelle Shaw is looking to expand the current pool of core volunteers and Run Directors and anyone who is interested in finding out more about what this entails should contact her at redcarjuniors@parkrun.com

Raring2Go!

The Autumn 2024 Raring2go! Teesside Magazine is now ready to view. Follow the link below to get the latest news and suggestions of places to visit.

https://magazines.raring2go.co.uk/teesside/autumn2024

Halloween Sports Camp

Actions for Happiness

Optimistic October is well under way, with lots of tasks to do to stay Optimistic. What will actions will you take next week?

Lollipops

You can get your children’s uniform here.

Lollipops have a preloved rail out on the shop floor with various items on including polo tops, trousers, sweatshirts/cardigans, shoes, plimsolls, summer dresses etc. All items on the rail are free for anyone to take, they just ask for customers to be considerate of others when taking items. There is a box for anyone who would like to make donations which we then add to the rail.

Facebook – @lollipopsmiddlesbrough

Twitter – @LollipopsMiddl1

Instagram – @lollipops_middlesbrough

Lollipops
20 Norfolk Place
Berwick Hills
Middlesbrough
TS3 7PA

Links to support our Children and Families

All our links and flyers to help our families can now be found here. https://dormanstown.teesvalleyeducation.co.uk/parents/mental-health-well-being/