Weekly Round Up

Another busy week has passed, and whilst we have had sunny moments, we are all hoping that the summer weather is on its way! It has been lovely to open up the field at play time this week, and we all have our fingers crossed it can stay open until the end of the year!

Our after-school clubs have been a hit this week, with dancing, sporting activities and Year 6 booster sessions springing up across the academy. The commitment of the children and staff to these sessions has been a joy to behold!

Year 4 loved their cricket parental enrichment, and the sense of healthy competition was evident throughout! The children have improved their striking and fielding skills a lot this half term, and it was amazing to showcase their skills with their families!

TVED Book 24 is coming towards a close in the next few weeks, and children will be asked to pick their favourite books from the shortlists they have been reading. Ask your child about Nabil Steals A Penguin, Valentine Crow, Lily Grim and more!

We wish our whole community a happy long weekend – don’t forget school won’t be back until next Tuesday!

Class Round Up

It’s time for Year 5, Year 6 and Class B4 to show us what they’ve been up to.

Year 5

We have been very lucky in year 5 this term as we have been working with the poet Bob Beagrie to create some poems all about life as a child. The children took part in two workshops to create our poem and practice performing in in a poetry slam.

We were even more lucky as we got to create animations to go alongside our poems with our own voices narrating. All of this work culminated in a celebration even where parents got to come in and watch our poems and the animations. 

Year 6

Year 6 have been amazing this week!

The lead up to SATs is a very tricky time, when we finish our learning and revise all the work the children have completed in Key Stage 2. The children have tackled their final revision push incredibly, and have been showing fab progress in all areas!

We are very proud of their hard-working attitudes, and the application they have shown.

Well done Year 6!

Class B4

B4 have had a wonderful start to the term. We have enjoyed writing about the myth and legend of George and the Dragon, drawing upon the description of our chosen monster. The children have worked hard in maths focusing on Place Value and number, whilst in science investigating materials and their properties through separation, dissolving and checking materials allow electricity to pass.

 Geography has given us more of an understanding of the North East, looking the physical and human features which will lead to map reading. History takes us to the other side of the globe, leading us through the amazing accomplishment of the Mayans.

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

65.5 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.

Diary Dates and Reminders

Lunch Menu

Next week’s 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

It’s Meaningful May, what actions will you be taking over the Bank Holiday weekend?

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

Cost of Living

Healthier Together

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

Wellness Through Art

Soft Play Sessions

National Sleep Helpline

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

Max Card

Weekly Round Up

We have had a lovely week this week, although the weather has not always felt as Spring-like as we would like!

Our Y3/4 football teams represented our school beautifully this week, playing against schools from across Redcar and Cleveland. They tried their best and played as a team, and even though not every result went our way all staff were proud of the teams’ efforts.

Our Y6 children were incredibly proud of themselves this week, as they had some amazing results in the practice math’s SATs they have been attempting this week. We had some incredibly high scores, and every single student smashed their previous best scores – well done Y6!

We would like to thank you all for your support with children’s learning this term, and for the efforts you go to in order to help your child – particularly in reading at home. Can we remind our community that we run competitions in school to see which classes are reading the most at home, with prizes for the best class each week. For your child to help their class, they need to have read a minimum of three times with signatures in their reading record. Please ask your child’s teacher if you would like any support with this.

Enjoy your weekend!

Class Round Up

Time to see what Year 1, Year 2 and Class B2 have been up to.

Year 1

In year 1 the children have started to learn some ball skills.

So far, the children have learnt how to pass a ball to a partner using control. They have been practicing a bounce pass and a chest pass.

The children have also been learning how to dribble bounce a ball with one or two hands. This was very tricky but the children worked really hard to do this well.

Finally, the children have started to play simple passing games in a small group where they stop and pass the ball when tagged by someone from the opposite team.

Year 2

In Year 2, the children have had lots of fun learning all about the weather. We even had the chance to make wind streamers to see how the wind moves! We looked at sunny days and investigated how shadows change throughout the day. 

We have also been keeping a weather diary. Recording the weather conditions each day is helping the children to understand different weather patterns. 

Class B2

In B2 we cannot believe that is our final term. We have enjoyed settling back into our routine and have been doing some lovely learning.

In PE we are improving our ball skills. We have been rolling, throwing, catching and bouncing. We even tried bouncing the ball and walking. We are having so much fun.

In English, we have been reading The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have acted out the story and we all did an excellent job of remembering the story line. From this, we plotted it onto a story map and now we are retelling the story in writing.

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………

And huge congratulations to Class B2 who are Awesome!

Missed Learning

48.5 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 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

Year 5 would like to invite their parents to attend a Celebration event on Tuesday 23rd April at 1.30pm.

Lunch Menu

Next week’s 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

More than halfway through April, what actions are you taking for Active April?

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

Cost of Living

Healthier Together

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

The 4 T’s of Diabetes

Wellness Through Art

SEND Family Voice

Soft Play Sessions

National Sleep Helpline

CAMHs

Families Drop In

Online Courses for Parents

Access to Research

Max Card

Weekly Round Up

It’s Easter!

We have made it the holidays – thank you to everyone in our community for their efforts this term – it has been incredibly successful!

This week we have seen beautiful services at church, where families were dazzled by violins, singing, xylophones and readings by children across KS2.

Year groups have also been opening their doors for parental engagement sessions – a particular well done to the Y4/5 parents who braved the cold for our PE session.

The bonnets and easter eggs brought in for our design competitions this week were incredible – and the team judging the entries all commented how difficult it was to choose between such incredible entries!

It seems like a long time ago, but we are also grateful for the excellent attendance at parents evening this week. We love sharing the children’s hard work with you, and the support we have from families at home to keep driving forward the children’s learning.

We wish you all a safe, happy Easter and look forward to the final term of the year! 

Class Round Up

Let’s see how Year 5 and Class B4 have gotten on with a guest appearance from our Nursery Class.

Year 5

Although it has been short, we have had a very busy half term. We have completed lots of interesting writing pieces such as a quest narrative, a recount and a set of instructions of how to be a monarch. In Maths, we have been looking at time, converting measurements and the four operations. Possibly most exciting of all though we attended our first netball tournament. The children represented the school impeccably and some even came home with medals! 

Class B4

Another fun packed half term. We have created some fabulous art work with Jean-Michel Basquiat as our focus and made some wonderful teddies as part of our textiles strand. The children have worked so hard this term- I am so proud of all their efforts – Enjoy a well deserved break B4!!!

Easter Bonnet Parade

Morning and afternoon nursery enjoyed participating in the Easter Bonnet Parade. We had some amazing creations from home and some very worthy winners!

Well done Nursery!

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

31.5 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 219 children who achieved 100% Attendance for this week, which is Brilliant!

A huge WELL DONE to you all.

Can you get 100% when we return after Easter?

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 from 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

Headstart

Happy International Day Of Happiness. 😊

This edition we have some fantastic content from our HeadStarters who will certainly put a smile on your face sharing what happiness means to them and demonstrating what they had been learning around managing their mental health and wellbeing.

https://wakelet.com/wake/WVu3J29PvKhtg0uaCOXoZ

Raring2Go!

The latest issue of Raring2Go! is available to read and can be found here

https://magazines.raring2go.co.uk/teesside/spring2024/

Easter Holiday Activities

Hope Netball Club

Actions for Happiness

What actions will you take over Easter to finish off Mindful March.

Cost of Living

SEND Family Voice

Further information for Clubs over the Easter holidays can be found in the brochure you can download.

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

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

This week we have heard all about the amazing London trip our choir attended – everyone in school has been amazed by the experiences our singers had, and we hope you enjoy reading further about the event later in this week’s blog.

We have also had success with our Y5 netball teams, who represented the school amazingly at their cluster event, with one team bringing home silver medals from the competition. Mr Williams was full of praise for how well the children played, showing teamwork and resilience in abundance!

We have had an artistic week in all classes, with beautiful creations taking shape, inspired by a range of contemporary painters, sculptors and textile manufacturers. We look forward to seeing the children’s work up on the walls in time for parents evening next week!

With one more week to go, and so much to pack in, we can’t wait to share more news and events with you all next week!

Class Round Up

Let’s see how Year 3 and Class B3 have been getting on the last couple of weeks.

Year 3

Year 3 have completed their art work inspired by Guiseppe Archimboldo. This has followed on from our amazing work in our parental engagement last week. 

We have also had lots of fun and laughter in our comedy show for Red Nose Day.

Class B3

We have enjoyed World Book Day sharing lots of stories and visiting the school library. Our parents came in for parental engagement to help us make a fruit salad, it was delicious!

We also celebrated Red Nose Day. We all dressed in something red completed a quiz, shared jokes in a comedy assembly and created our own red nose posters.

Prom Praise

On Monday, 9 girls from Year 5 and 6 represented Dormanstown as part of the Tees Valley Education trip to Prom Praise in London. 

We had a very busy couple of days sightseeing the capital. On Monday, we arrived in London and went straight onto the London Eye where we spotted Buckingham Palace! Then we walked to the Houses of Parliament where we got a private tour and even got to go and watch live debates in the House of Lords and the House of Commons. We finished of a busy day by going to watch Back to the Future at the theatre, which was amazing! 

On Tuesday, we went to Shrek’s Adventure, which was Shrek-tacular. Ms. Lees had to go into Shrek’s toilet and look for gold, which was pretty disgusting! Then we went to the Royal Albert Hall for Prom Praise. The theatre was beautiful and it was such a fantastic experience to be part of. Everyone sounded amazing!

On Wednesday, before we went home, we went to Harry Potter Studios where we got to see behind the scenes and we even got to ride a broomstick and catch a snitch, as well as learning how to wand duel!

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

42.5 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 221 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

Actions for Happiness

What actions you be taking over Easter to have a Mindful March.

Cost of Living

SEND Family Voice

Further information for Clubs over the Easter holidays can be found in the brochure you can download.

Exploitation week seminars

Webinar information for parents and carers

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

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 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.

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Twitter – @LollipopsMiddl1

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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

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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