Weekly Round Up

What a week it has been in school!

World Book Day was amazing! Your support in providing costumes and inspiration for the children to read more is incredible! The range of characters walking around school yesterday was unbelievable, and the excitement and book buzz in the building was a highlight of the term! Don’t forget all children will now have their free book token which you can redeem at all local bookshops and major supermarkets.

We also had some tremendously exciting news from Mr Williams and his team of Y5 entrepreneurs this week, who have been busy surveying children and making a pitch to try and secure funding for additional play equipment for school. The Y5’s had to present a Dragon’s Den style pitch, explaining how they would put any money they are given to good use and to support active bodies, active minds around the building. We are delighted to announce that the children were successful, and have secured £3000 in funding for additional resources – which should be with us in time for summer!

Next week sees some of our choir travel to London to sing at The Royal Albert Hall, so we look forward to reporting on that next week!

Enjoy your weekend!

Class Round Up

What’s the latest news from Year 1, Year 2 and Class B2? Let’s have a look and see.

Year 1

We have been really busy in year 1 so far this half term.

In our DT topic we have been learning how to build a stable bridge. We have been testing a range of materials to find the strongest one.

We have been folding paper in a variety of ways to see how we can make it stronger.

We sketched out our designs for our bridge and chose the materials and tools that we will need to make our bridge and have now started to make the bridges using our design.

Year 2

A mystery occurred in our classroom! We came into school to find that the classroom was covered in lily pads! Lily pads on the floor, on the tables and on the chairs! We looked at clues to investigate and had lots of interesting thoughts as to why this might be.

We thought that perhaps we’d had a visit from some cheeky frogs! This reminded Miss Clark of a story called ‘Tuesday,’ where some seemingly ordinary frogs from a pond go on a magical adventure throughout a city. We decided to use this unusual event to write a mystery narrative. 

In Design and Technology, our class has been engaged in a hands-on project of designing and making moving vehicles.

The children have been very creative in planning and constructing their vehicles, applying their knowledge of materials and mechanisms. It has been wonderful to see them working collaboratively throughout this topic.

Class B2

B2 have been enjoying doing ‘Dance’ in PE. We have been listening  to different genres of music and moving our bodies  in relation to the music. We chose the song ‘Murder on the Dance Floor’ and have created a movement sequence that coincides with the song.

In Art, we are studying Lucy Pittaway. She is a local artist. We listened to music and drew shapes in a style that matches Lucy Pittaway. We created a mood board and looked at warm and cool colours and created observational drawings from her marvellous art work.

We also enjoyed celebrating World Book Day. Our very own Snow White was poisoned by a pear! Luckily, she was ok!

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

37 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 223 children who achieved 100% Attendance for this week, which is Brilliant!

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.

Headlice

There would appear to be a problem with head lice in the academy.  Several parents have informed us that their child has headlice; obviously this must mean that there are other children who also have the problem. 

I have taken this opportunity to provide some up-to-date advice for treating headlice and I would ask every parent to please check their child’s hair tonight and every night and treat if necessary. 

It is not sufficient to simply shampoo your child’s hair; this will not get rid of the lice – parents should visit a chemist, supermarket or see their family doctor to purchase or obtain a prescription for headlice lotion and follow the instructions.  An alternative method, and one which does not involve the use of chemicals, is as follows: 

• Fill a sink with water 
• Wet the child’s hair 
• Apply conditioner 
• Comb (with a fine tooth comb or nit comb) the child’s hair into the sink.  If there are any lice they will fall out into the water. 

It is recommended that the above treatment be done for at least 4 days. 

If you know your child has headlice, please treat it as soon as possible and check your child’s hair every night.   

The school nurse can be contacted via school, if any further advice or information is needed

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

Next weeks choices will be Week 2

Nut Free Academy

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

Links to support our Children and Families

Actions for Happiness

What actions could you take to have a Mindful March.

Cost of Living

SEND Family Voice

World Book Day Story Writing Competition

To celebrate World Book Day and National Careers Week, Building our Future would like you to write a story, of a maximum of 500 words, that explains why it is important to know where we get energy, and how we use it.

We want you to create an “Energy Superhero” – we want a fantastic name for your hero, and they must have Super Powers – these are sources of energy, such as Wind, Solar, Tidal, Biomass….the list goes on.

What will happen to your Superhero? Why do they need to use their Energy Super Powers? Will they save the day or the planet?

The only limit is the number of words – we want the most creative, wonderful stories, and it can include illustrations.

Prizes will include a book voucher for the winning entry, and a class visit to the O&M Base for Dogger Bank Wind Farm, at the Port of Tyne.

The wind farm is being built in the North Sea, and will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world, with nearly 300 wind turbines. The cables that will transmit the renewable electricity from the wind farm and into the national electricity network to be distributed to homes and businesses are being buried right under our feet here in the Tees Valley.

Entries should be submitted to Jacqui Hutchinson, Primary Careers Co-ordinator, via the RCVDA Building our Future web page: https://www.rcvda.org.uk/2024/03/06/world-book-day-competition-building-our-future/ or via your school teacher.

Deadline for entries is Friday 12^th April (so you have the Easter holidays too to work on your story), and judges will include Equinor and SSE Renewables representatives from Dogger Bank Wind Farm, wind farm supply chain company Keltbray, Teesside Un

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

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Berwick Hills
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Weekly Round Up

We’ve had an extra day this week with the leap year – and classes have certainly made the most of it!

Year 4 have been out at a net and wall PE event with Redcar and Eston Sports Partnership. They did an amazing job, and Miss Hogarth was amazed by how well the children adapted to a range of sports and activities. We loved how well the children worked together, and the sports leaders were incredibly complementary of their behaviour and attitudes.

We have also had Paula McMahon from McAlpine visit KS1 to talk about her work in industry, and as an author! The children had the chance to listen to stories, and to ask questions about jobs and professions in the local area.

Next week is World Book Day!

We will be celebrating throughout the week, culminating on Thursday with the official day itself!

On the day we will be allowing children to come in fancy dress as their favourite book or story character, and staff will be putting on a range of fun activities for the children to enjoy.

At the end of the day, children will receive their book token for a free book which they can redeem in a range of suppliers.

We really look forward to seeing the children’s costume ideas – if you have any questions please ask at the gate or speak to child’s class teacher.

Class Round Up

Let’s see what Nursery, Reception and Class B1 have to show us.

Nursery

Over the past couple of weeks, Nursery have been enjoying the of story Jack and the Beanstalk and learning how seeds grow. 

The learning that has taken place has been fantastic, from measuring beanstalks, to counting seeds and even planting some of our own sunflower seeds. 

We are very excited to see the life cycle of a plant come to life by watching and observing them grow. 

We are also very lucky to be continuing our learning on life cycles and caring for plants and animals by welcoming some special, fluffy, feathered friends into Nursery next week. 

We look forward to sharing more of learning with you soon! 

Reception

This week in Reception we have been learning about healthy eating.

We used the story Oliver’s Vegetables to explore a variety of healthy foods.

We have enjoyed weighing, feeling, and trying new foods. Our class talked about healthy diets and what foods we shouldn’t eat lots of, we have all thoroughly enjoyed our learning this week!

Class B1

Since coming back after the half term, we have been busy learning the naming vocabulary for different parts of our body.

We started with our faces and used mirrors to look at and label our own facial features. We also created faces using different resources.

We then moved onto labelling our body parts. We used label plasters to stick on dolly and also labelled our own pictures.

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

21.5 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 224 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.

Headlice

There would appear to be a problem with head lice in the academy.  Several parents have informed us that their child has headlice; obviously this must mean that there are other children who also have the problem. 

I have taken this opportunity to provide some up-to-date advice for treating headlice and I would ask every parent to please check their child’s hair tonight and every night and treat if necessary. 

It is not sufficient to simply shampoo your child’s hair; this will not get rid of the lice – parents should visit a chemist, supermarket or see their family doctor to purchase or obtain a prescription for headlice lotion and follow the instructions.  An alternative method, and one which does not involve the use of chemicals, is as follows: 

• Fill a sink with water 
• Wet the child’s hair 
• Apply conditioner 
• Comb (with a fine tooth comb or nit comb) the child’s hair into the sink.  If there are any lice they will fall out into the water. 

It is recommended that the above treatment be done for at least 4 days. 

If you know your child has headlice, please treat it as soon as possible and check your child’s hair every night.   

The school nurse can be contacted via school, if any further advice or information is needed

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

Next weeks choices will be Week 1.

Also to celebrate World Book Day our kitchen staff have prepared a themed menu for children to enjoy

Nut Free Academy

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

Links to support our Children and Families

Actions for Happiness

New month, means new actions for a Mindful March.

Cost of Living

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

National Sleep Helpline

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

Childcare information

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

MAX Card

Weekly Round Up

We are back!

We hope everyone in our school community has had a wonderful week off, and that you are excited to see what the next half term brings!

All the adults in school have been amazed at how quickly children have settled back into work this week, and there has already been some superb successes in classrooms with wonderful work, exemplary behaviour and top teamwork on show!

The highlight of the week has got to be the incredible choir trip to Sheffield for Young Voices, which has become a highlight of our yearly calendar!

The children had a long but magical day – setting off bright and early on the bus before a day of rehearsals, pizza and singing, all in preparation for a showcase concert in front of thousands of parents. Mrs Smuk has done a fantastic job preparing the children, and was blown away by how well they did throughout the whole day – and you can see on our Facebook page a snapshot of some of the fun they got up to!

Whilst this half term is short, we have a huge amount to pack in – so keep an eye on parent mail and social media for more updates soon!

Class Round up

Let’s see how Year 5, Year 6 and Class B4 are getting on this week.

Year 5

We have had a super start to the term in Y5 and have really hit the ground running. We have begun a new writing genre which is a narrative based on a quest and in maths we have tackled some tricky problems involving decimals, fractions and percentages.

One of our favourite times of the week though is when Mrs Norris comes in to teach us violins, we are getting better each session, and we can even play an Imagine Dragons song! 

Year 6

This week Y6 launched Book of the Year 24!

Our head boy and girl visited all the classes around school to share the new stories, and to promote reading for pleasure.

They were amazing at inspiring the other children and sharing stories. The other children now have the 5 chapter books to read, so please talk to your children about what they are reading!

Class B4

What a short but fun filled term we’ve had. The children have written a great recount after our visit to Foxrush and problem solved their way through the four operations in maths. After discovering how many wives Henry VII had and what types of Biomes we have in the world, we are focusing on RE and the faith Sikhism understanding their belief around equality and the 5 Ks. After this we will be looking at creating a soft toy in DT and Jean -Michael Basquiat in Art.

The children debating if Henry should leave the church or not!

Sharing Jokes and riddles at Foxrush.

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

38.5 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 222 children who achieved 100% Attendance for this week, which is Outstanding!

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.

Headlice

There would appear to be a problem with head lice in the academy.  Several parents have informed us that their child has headlice; obviously this must mean that there are other children who also have the problem. 

I have taken this opportunity to provide some up-to-date advice for treating headlice and I would ask every parent to please check their child’s hair tonight and every night and treat if necessary. 

It is not sufficient to simply shampoo your child’s hair; this will not get rid of the lice – parents should visit a chemist, supermarket or see their family doctor to purchase or obtain a prescription for headlice lotion and follow the instructions.  An alternative method, and one which does not involve the use of chemicals, is as follows: 

• Fill a sink with water 
• Wet the child’s hair 
• Apply conditioner 
• Comb (with a fine tooth comb or nit comb) the child’s hair into the sink.  If there are any lice they will fall out into the water. 

It is recommended that the above treatment be done for at least 4 days. 

If you know your child has headlice, please treat it as soon as possible and check your child’s hair every night.   

The school nurse can be contacted via school, if any further advice or information is needed

Diary Dates and Reminders

*Can we please request only two adults per child attend parental engagements, thank you.

Lunch Menu

Next weeks choices will be Week 3.

Nut Free Academy

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

Links to support our Children and Families

Actions for Happiness

Eating Disorder Awareness

Cost of Living

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

National Sleep Helpline

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

Childcare information

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

MAX Card

Weekly Round up

What a whirlwind of a half term that has been!

We’ve had so many highs and lows, and we hope that you are all looking forward to a much-deserved rest.

This week reception have had lots of exciting fun on balance bikes, and have really impressed staff with how well they have developed, and how safely and responsibly they have behaved throughout.

Our Power of Women ambassadors have also been out this week, and represented school incredibly well at an event with other schools and industry professionals at Hartlepool College.

We hope our whole school community have a lovely half term, and enjoy pancake day, Chinese New Year and spending time together,

See you in a week!

Class Round up

Let’s see what Year 4 and Class B3 have been doing.

Year 4

Last week, Year 4 really enjoyed inviting our parents in to work collaboratively with them on various different science experiments, which focused on our topic, ‘states of matter’.

We also managed to showcase our geography learning of the water cycle. The children were able to discuss with their parents how water changes state throughout the cycle.

Class B3

This term B3 have been learning about Ancient Egypt. They have learnt about the River Nile and why it is important.

They have played an Ancient Egyptian game, made pyramids, written their names in hieroglyphics and used a map around school to find ancient artefacts.                   

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

60 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 205 children who achieved 100% Attendance for this week, which is Fantastic!

A huge WELL DONE to you all.

Can you get 100% when we return?

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.

Headlice

There would appear to be a problem with head lice in the academy.  Several parents have informed us that their child has headlice; obviously this must mean that there are other children who also have the problem. 

I have taken this opportunity to provide some up-to-date advice for treating headlice and I would ask every parent to please check their child’s hair tonight and every night and treat if necessary. 

It is not sufficient to simply shampoo your child’s hair; this will not get rid of the lice – parents should visit a chemist, supermarket or see their family doctor to purchase or obtain a prescription for headlice lotion and follow the instructions.  An alternative method, and one which does not involve the use of chemicals, is as follows: 

• Fill a sink with water 
• Wet the child’s hair 
• Apply conditioner 
• Comb (with a fine tooth comb or nit comb) the child’s hair into the sink.  If there are any lice they will fall out into the water. 

It is recommended that the above treatment be done for at least 4 days. 

If you know your child has headlice, please treat it as soon as possible and check your child’s hair every night.   

The school nurse can be contacted via school, if any further advice or information is needed

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

When we return choices will be Week 2, with Chinese

Nut Free Academy

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

Links to support our Children and Families

Actions for Happiness

New month means new Actions for Happiness to do every day.

Cost of Living

Keeping Children Safe online

National Sleep Helpline

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

MAX Card

Lollipops

You can also 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

Weekly Round up

This week has been incredibly busy!

Our choir children travelled over to Guisborough Church to practice with the other Trust schools in advance of their upcoming trips to Sheffield for Young Voices, and to London for their residential trip. Miss Lees was delighted with how well they performed, and the way they have worked with Mrs Smuk and Mr Nixon to learn the words to each song they will be performing at each event.

B4 ventured out to Foxrush to research their class projects, and had a great time exploring in the natural surroundings of the woods.

Y4 started the week with a visit from a career’s advisor, and kickstarted a project where they will be helping to design a product which will be used by multi-national company Anglo-American. The work they do will culminate in them being interviewed by the company, and pitching their ideas to real professionals.

The Y5/6 girls football team are also out as this post is written at their first competition of the year. We wish them lots of luck, and hope to be reporting about their triumphs next week!

Class Round up

Let’s see how Year 1, Year 2 and Class B2 have been up to.

Year 1

We have been very busy so far this half term in year 1. We have learnt about the 7 continents and 5 oceans in geography. We learnt the ‘seven continents song’. Click and play the song below and see if your child can sing along.

We have also ben writing instructions on how to get the Tiger Who Came to Tea to come for his tea. We decided to make our own jam sandwiches to help us learn exactly how to make them. This helped us to write clear and specific instructions.

Year 2

Year 2 have been learning about The Great Fire of London in their History lessons this half term. The children have shown lots of enthusiasm for this topic and are really enjoying their lessons!

We have been using lots of different historical sources to answer various questions, including how the fire started and what happened during the Great Fire.

This week, we had a very exciting thing happen! Some archaeologists discovered a bag containing some interesting objects: a piece of parchment, a quill, a candle, a bottle of wine and strangely, some cheese!

The archaeologists asked for our help to find out where it came from and who it might have belonged to. Because the bag was a little burnt, we decided that it could be from 1666, during the Great Fire.

The parchment and the quill made us think that it could belong to Samuel Pepys, as he wrote a diary at this time. Year 2 are working really hard in History – ask them to tell you some facts about what they have learnt!

Class B2

B2 Have been enjoying music with Mrs Norris. We have been singing songs about dinosaurs and doing actions as we sing.

Also, we are learning to play the glockenspiel. We have been learning the song ‘I’ve got this Feeling’ by Justin Timberlake.

We went on a material hunt looking for opaque and transparent materials around our school. We have been working collaboratively to complete jigsaws and play games.

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

55 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 212 children who achieved 100% Attendance for this week, which is Fantastic!

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.

Headlice

There would appear to be a problem with head lice in the academy.  Several parents have informed us that their child has headlice; obviously this must mean that there are other children who also have the problem. 

I have taken this opportunity to provide some up-to-date advice for treating headlice and I would ask every parent to please check their child’s hair tonight and every night and treat if necessary. 

It is not sufficient to simply shampoo your child’s hair; this will not get rid of the lice – parents should visit a chemist, supermarket or see their family doctor to purchase or obtain a prescription for headlice lotion and follow the instructions.  An alternative method, and one which does not involve the use of chemicals, is as follows: 

• Fill a sink with water 
• Wet the child’s hair 
• Apply conditioner 
• Comb (with a fine tooth comb or nit comb) the child’s hair into the sink.  If there are any lice they will fall out into the water. 

It is recommended that the above treatment be done for at least 4 days. 

If you know your child has headlice, please treat it as soon as possible and check your child’s hair every night.   

The school nurse can be contacted via school, if any further advice or information is needed

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

Next weeks choices will be Week 1

Nut Free Academy

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

Links to support our Children and Families

Actions for Happiness

New month means new Actions for Happiness to do every day.

Cost of Living

Keeping Children Safe online

National Sleep Helpline

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

Agency Coffee Morning

Just a reminder that the Multi Agency Coffee morning is taking place every Wednesday during term time for families who have a concern that their child may be autistic, have sensory processing needs, ADHD or FASD.  The following professionals will be there to answer questions; Neurodevelopmental team, SENDIASS, R&C SEN Team, CAMHS/SPOC, Carers Together, SEND Family Voice, Kooth, Inclusion.

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

MAX Card

Lollipops

You can also 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

Weekly Round up

What a week it has been at Dormanstown!

The week started with storms, but ended in sunshine – and we have had an incredibly busy few days with all our year groups.

We have seen parents visit for enrichment sessions, reception attend their first PE trip (more of which later), Year 4 begin their business and enterprise project with Jacqui and Helen from Anglo-American, Year 5 work with Teesside University to create some stunning animations as well as Phil from Aspire Judo provide taster sessions across the whole school – WOW!

It has also been a week tinged with sadness as we said farewell to two of our staff community. Mr Long is sadly leaving us to pursue further opportunities after 5 amazing years leading the school. In his time as head Mr Long has been instrumental in improving the educational offer we provide all our children, and he will be greatly missed. Mrs Bell is also moving on to pastures new. Mrs Bell has been an amazing support to all our children, and her work with individuals to support them through the challenges they face has been incredible – and we know the children have loved the time they have spent with her. We wish both members of staff all the luck in the world in the future.

Read on to find out what some of our year groups have been up to, and keep checking our social media and parent comms for the latest updates!

Class Round up

It’s been very busy for our Reception and B1 classes this week, let’s see what they’ve been up to.

Reception

Reception had a fantastic time developing their balance skills at the Sports Partnership balance festival. We completed obstacle courses, rode balance bikes and raced on scooter boards.

We all had such a great time. We are so proud of the children’s impeccable behaviour, determination and perseverance. 

Class B1

For last couple of weeks B1 have been learning about Birthdays.

We have looked at when our own birthdays are and we have planned a special birthday party for Miss Watkins.

We have written birthday cards, made birthday decorations and baked a delicious birthday cake.

At the party, we will be trying some tasty party food and playing party games. It is going to be lots of fun!

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

27.5 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 225 children who achieved 100% Attendance for this week, which is Fantastic!

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.

Headlice

There would appear to be a problem with head lice in the academy.  Several parents have informed us that their child has headlice; obviously this must mean that there are other children who also have the problem. 

I have taken this opportunity to provide some up-to-date advice for treating headlice and I would ask every parent to please check their child’s hair tonight and every night and treat if necessary. 

It is not sufficient to simply shampoo your child’s hair; this will not get rid of the lice – parents should visit a chemist, supermarket or see their family doctor to purchase or obtain a prescription for headlice lotion and follow the instructions.  An alternative method, and one which does not involve the use of chemicals, is as follows: 

• Fill a sink with water 
• Wet the child’s hair 
• Apply conditioner 
• Comb (with a fine tooth comb or nit comb) the child’s hair into the sink.  If there are any lice they will fall out into the water. 

It is recommended that the above treatment be done for at least 4 days. 

If you know your child has headlice, please treat it as soon as possible and check your child’s hair every night.   

The school nurse can be contacted via school, if any further advice or information is needed

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

Next weeks choices will be Week 3

Nut Free Academy

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

Links to support our Children and Families

Cost of Living

Keeping Children Safe online

National Sleep Helpline

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

Agency Coffee Morning

Just a reminder that the Multi Agency Coffee morning is taking place every Wednesday during term time for families who have a concern that their child may be autistic, have sensory processing needs, ADHD or FASD.  The following professionals will be there to answer questions; Neurodevelopmental team, SENDIASS, R&C SEN Team, CAMHS/SPOC, Carers Together, SEND Family Voice, Kooth, Inclusion.

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

MAX Card

Lollipops

You can also 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

Actions for Happiness

Weekly Round up

We’ve had another great week, with lots of fun and activity across the academy!

Snow briefly settled earlier in the week which caused great excitement in every classroom!

We have seen some outstanding efforts at our clubs with choir working tremendously hard learning words for their Young Voiced and London experiences.

Our footballers have impressed Miss Hogarth and Mr Williams with their skills – both teachers are sure we have some young lions and lionesses in our midst!

Headstarters continue to set a fantastic example, and are beginning to plan how they can make a real difference in our school community.

We hope you all have a fantastic weekend and look forward to another action-packed week next week!

Class Round up

Let’s see what Year 5 and Year 6 have been up to.

Year 5

We have had a fantastic start to Spring term in Y5. In writing, we are writing a mystery narrative based on the book ‘The London Eye Mystery’. It is a very interesting book and we were all left wondering where Salim could have went.

In Maths, we have been looking at place value  including looking at numbers all the way up to 1,000,000.

Finally in Science, we have begun our topic about Space. This week, we acted out how the planets orbit the sun and you can see some of us doing this in our pictures. 

Year 6

In year 6 we have been learning about electricity and circuits. We recapped what the components were that were needed for making a circuit.

To start with, we only had one wire, one bulb and one battery and we had to make the bulb light up. This was a challenge as many of us remembered from year 4 having more components.

Eventually we worked it out and got the bulb lit it! 

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

34 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 219 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.

Headlice

There would appear to be a problem with head lice in the academy.  Several parents have informed us that their child has headlice; obviously this must mean that there are other children who also have the problem. 

I have taken this opportunity to provide some up-to-date advice for treating headlice and I would ask every parent to please check their child’s hair tonight and every night and treat if necessary. 

It is not sufficient to simply shampoo your child’s hair; this will not get rid of the lice – parents should visit a chemist, supermarket or see their family doctor to purchase or obtain a prescription for headlice lotion and follow the instructions.  An alternative method, and one which does not involve the use of chemicals, is as follows: 

• Fill a sink with water 
• Wet the child’s hair 
• Apply conditioner 
• Comb (with a fine tooth comb or nit comb) the child’s hair into the sink.  If there are any lice they will fall out into the water. 

It is recommended that the above treatment be done for at least 4 days. 

If you know your child has headlice, please treat it as soon as possible and check your child’s hair every night.   

The school nurse can be contacted via school, if any further advice or information is needed

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

Next weeks choices will be Week 2

Nut Free Academy

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

Links to support our Children and Families

Cost of Living

National Sleep Helpline

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

Agency Coffee Morning

Just a reminder that the Multi Agency Coffee morning is taking place every Wednesday during term time for families who have a concern that their child may be autistic, have sensory processing needs, ADHD or FASD.  The following professionals will be there to answer questions; Neurodevelopmental team, SENDIASS, R&C SEN Team, CAMHS/SPOC, Carers Together, SEND Family Voice, Kooth, Inclusion.

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

MAX Card

Lollipops

You can also 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

Actions for Happiness