This week saw the school choir head out to Sheffield Arena for the amazing Young Voices concert 2023! It was a long, long day but an incredible memory for them all.
They were part of a huge ensemble of 5000 children as they performed to thousands of parents as part of a show featuring violinists, beatboxers and multi-million selling artist Heather Small!
We are very proud of each and every single one of the children for their behaviour and positivity all day, and would like to thank Mrs Smuk for organising the choir – not just for the event but every week in school too!
There has been a buzz of reading around school all week, as children start to get stuck into this years Book of the Year texts. Debates around blobfish, matchstick girl and birdsong can be heard along the corridors, as children start to think about which book is their favourite.
Beautiful pictures and paintings have been taking shape in all classrooms, as our art focused continued this week. Basquiat, Pittaway, Hockney and Thorpe inspired masterpieces have been popping up on display boards and in corridors, shedding a splash of colour across school.
Finally, this week sees a fond farewell to Miss Hill, who leaves us after three years teaching in KS2. Miss Hill has been a fantastic support to our older students, and has also led the way in setting up sporting events and clubs in the academy. We wish her all the best as she moves into work with the NHS.
Class Showcase
This week it is the turn of 1T, 2C and B2S to show what they have been up to.
1T
On Tuesday 17th January, 1T had a fantastic day at the Royal Navy Museum in Hartlepool.
We explored the Royal Navy Ship called HMS Tincomalee.
It helped us to understand what life on the ship would have been like for Captain Cook and his crew.
2C
2C have been enjoying exploring local Middlesbrough artist Mackenzie Thorpe during our Art lessons this week. Mackenzie Thorpe often includes hearts in his paintings to represent hope and love.
We used water colours and poster paints to create our own hearts, each with different designs.
We even made our own heart-shaped prints out of polystyrene! These will be included in our final piece of Mackenzie Thorpe style artwork.
B2S
Recently, B2S went on a trip to Hartlepool Museum as part of our History topic. We have been finding out about Captain Cook and why he was famous.
We were able to go on a ship that was very similar to the ship Captain Cook sailed on. We had a good walk around and found out lots of information about what life was like on board a ship.
In Art, we have been looking the work of Lucy Pittaway and have had a go at using pastels because we have never used them before. We drew lots of different types of lines in preparation for our own art work which will be inspired by Lucy Pittaway.
The children have been really enjoying OT and PE sessions. We have been practicing our climbing, balancing, dancing and jumping skills.
Awesome 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
22.5 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.
Diary Dates and Reminders
Lunch Menu
Next weeks menu choice will be week 3
Links to support our children and families
Cost of Living
Uniforms
As we are all being affected by the cost-of-living crisis, we have a small stock of preloved uniform and coats/jackets that parents can come and purchase, all we are asking for is a donation. This will be open for you to come and have a look on a Tuesday & Thursday between 08.50 – 09.15 and 14.40 – 15.00 via the main office.
Community School Clothing
A North East based organisation offering a range of free, non-branded school uniform to families. Please follow the link below for more information:
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
We’ve had a great week at school, with lots to share and celebrate across the whole academy!
Reception headed out to a balance festival, and amazed their teachers with their skills. They had the chance to use a whole range of equipment including beams, bikes and obstacles to improve their stability and movement.
All classes have made an amazing start to their new art topics, and the school has been awash with colour, as the children explore paint, texture and images with a diverse range of artists as inspiration.
In Year 3/4 we have held football trials for our boys and girls teams, giving children the chance to show off their soccer skills. It has been an incredibly difficult decision to pick our teams, but every child can be immensely proud of how well they competed.
This week also saw the first of our parental coffee mornings, as we introduced early reading using Read, Write Inc. We are very grateful to all the parents and carers who attended – watch this space for more events coming soon!
Class Showcase
This week is the turn of Nursery, Reception and B1R classes to show what they’ve been doing.
Nursery
In Nursery this week, we have been learning all about the Lunar New Year and have joined in with some fun, exciting activities. We now know how the Lunar New Year is celebrated.
We have tried dragon dancing, prawn cracker tasting and Chinese writing.
We can’t wait for next year.
Reception
This week reception had great fun at the sports festival, we tackled challenging obstacle courses on the balance bikes and worked together as a team to complete the other activities.
The children were extremely well behaved and showed great determination.
They particularly enjoyed learning to ride their bikes around the mini round about and zooming down the fast lane on their bikes.
B1R
For the last couple of weeks, B1R are have been learning about how Chinese and some Asian families celebrate Chinese and Lunar New Year.
On Monday, we role-played being a Chinese family. We cleaned and tidied our home area ready for the celebration. We decorated the home area with lanterns and other Chinese decorations and prepared a Reunion dinner for our friends.
We then tried some delicious Chinese food and took part in a dragon dance. It was lots of fun!
Awesome 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
13 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.
Diary Dates and Reminders
Lunch Menu
Next weeks menu choice will be week 2
Packed Lunches
We have noticed that some packed lunches are containing a high proportion of sugary items. Please can we ask that if you are putting a treat in your child’s packed lunch, then this is limited to one item?
We do not allow Prime or sugary drinks such as Coke, Dr Pepper, Fanta and other brands to be brought into the academy.
Links to support our children and families
Cost of Living
Drop in Flu Clinics
Please note all clinics are drop ins & open for appointments, apart from the clinics that state APPOINTMENT ONLY. If your child is having an injection, can you please call the number below to book an appointment.
*These clinics are for Primary School children (reception to year 6.) Children who attend a SEND school from reception to the day before their 18th birthday & for Secondary School children (Year 7, 8 & 9 only)
Uniforms
As we are all being affected by the cost-of-living crisis, we have a small stock of preloved uniform and coats/jackets that parents can come and purchase, all we are asking for is a donation. This will be open for you to come and have a look on a Tuesday & Thursday between 08.50 – 09.15 and 14.40 – 15.00 via the main office.
Community School Clothing
A North East based organisation offering a range of free, non-branded school uniform to families. Please follow the link below for more information:
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
It’s been a chilly week this week, but that hasn’t stopped the fires of learning at Dormanstown!
Our Year 1 class had a fantastic day out at Hartlepool Marina – experiencing what life would have been like onboard HMS Trincomalee! The children returned to school eager to share what they had learnt and full of facts about sailing!
Our Power of Women students were also out this week, heading to GB Bank for the day. They did a tremendous job representing the school, and even came back with some free signed books from one of their activities!
Football club braved the chilly weather this week to put in some valuable practice. It is great to see how skilful the children are, and also how well they play as a team. We are hopeful that some of our children will be representing the school in competitions in the upcoming weeks.
Starbooks launched on Tuesday this week, with parents and carers coming into our library to share stories together with their children. Don’t forget this is now a weekly event, and there are prizes to be won for filling your child’s bookmark!
Keep an eye out for more dates and exciting events coming soon!
Class Showcase
This week, our featured classes are 5H and 6A, so please enjoy reading what they have been learning about.
5H
This week year five have been reading Firebird by Saviour Pirotta. They have been fully engaged in this book and some great discussion has been taking place. We did get into a rather heated debate (as you can see from the photos) when Prince Ivan is given three paths to choose from.
The options he must choose from are:
Take the middle road and you will suffer hunger and cold.
Take the right road and you will live, though your horse will die.
Take the left road and you will die, though your horse will live.
What would you choose?
6A
To kickstart our new history topic, we had the pleasure of a Maya archeologist, Vanessa, come into school and tell us all about her work. We learnt about how the Maya people dress, how they made food, what their houses were like and how they traded. We also looked at and compared coprolite (poo!) to see what they ate and why.
Power of Women
Finally, 3 of our children attended their first POW session yesterday and had a fantastic time meeting inspirational women from different areas of industry.
Academy Council
Some of the academy council representatives were invited to attend a Local Academy Committee meeting where they shared their ideas to improve different aspects of the academy. They articulated their priorities very well and answered questions in depth. Following this, they received a card and a gift voucher to support priority one of their action plan; which is to rejuvenate the flower/vegetable plots on school site. Watch this space, as they may ask for your support too!
Awesome 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
24.5 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.
Diary Dates and Reminders
Lunch Menu
On Monday there is a special ‘Chinese New Year’ themed lunch menu, this is open to all children, even those who normally have packed lunches. Otherwise next week will be week 1
Links to support our children and families
Cost of Living
Childcare Choices
Daisy Chain
Max Card
Community School Clothing
A North East based organisation offering a range of free, non-branded school uniform to families. Please follow the link below for more information:
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
Welcome back to our first full week of 2023, and what a week it has been!
Our Year 4 and B3G classes visited both the RNLI and Lifeboat museums in Redcar to support their history topic, and had an amazing time learning about the history of the coastguard in our region (as well as dress up their teachers in nautical kit!)
The whole school has been buzzing with number this week, as we launched our new Winning With Numbers program, which is designed to help children develop their mental skills when solving maths calculations – it has been a big hit!
After school clubs have been tremendously well attended all week, and our choir, KS2 football and netball and KS1 cooking group have all had a great time – with all adults reporting how well each group has been performing.
Many of our Y2 children have been diving into a new reading approach this week – and have loved working on the book The Fox And The Star – which has caused great discussion amongst all the pupils involved.
We are looking forward to letting you know more dates for this term as the diary starts to fill up, so keep an eye on the diary dates below and School Gateway messages for more events coming up over the next few weeks.
Class Showcase
This week, our featured classes are 3L, 4H and B3G, so please enjoy reading what they have been learning about.
3L
3L have returned from Christmas and have settled straight back into learning well. This week in maths we have been focusing on place value. They have been using base 10 and part- whole models to help them partition numbers in different ways. Well done Year 3 keep it up.
4H & B3G
What a fantastic start to the year. The children have been amazing. Their focus and hard work is really shining through which was see in this week’s History trip.
As part of our History focus we are looking at ‘Why the Zetland lifeboat is important?’ The children have been in awe of watching what happens at sea during those wild storms and how this was dealt with, over 200 years ago.
We have also ventured out to Redcar to visit The Zetland Museum and RNLI. We enjoyed going back in time and hearing how the drummer boy would beat his drum when a boat capsized and how lifejackets were made out of cork.
The children were also excited to see how lifeboats have developed and how important the role of a Lifeboat guard is.
They enjoyed cheering on the teachers as they attempted to put on the dry or wet suits in 30 seconds and celebrated the arrival of Storm Stan.
Awesome 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.
Diary Dates and Reminders
Lunch Menu
This weeks Lunch menu will be week 3
Links to support our children and families
Cost of Living
Headstart Newsletter
Here is the link to the latest Headstart newsletter
Middlesbrough Council Community Learning are hosting a Hospitality Job Fair on 19th January at Middlesbrough Town Hall between 9:30am and 12:30pm. The aim of the event is to support local new and existing businesses with their recruitment and with 100’s of positions available, it will be a great opportunity to snap up a new job for 2023!
Attendees include the new esports and gaming venues, Wired Lobby and Level X, as well as some popular and established venues across Middlesbrough recruiting for a variety of roles.
Daisy Chain
Max Card
Community School Clothing
A North East based organisation offering a range of free, non-branded school uniform to families. Please follow the link below for more information:
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
We hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas and new year. Just a short blog this week.
The children have been working hard already and showing great efforts in their classes.
The after school clubs will resume next week starting with Football on Tuesday 10th
There is no Class Showcase this week, they will resume next week.
Awesome 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?
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.
Diary dates and Reminders
Lunch Menu
This weeks Lunch menu will be week 2
Links to support our children and families
Hospitality recruitment event
Middlesbrough Council Community Learning are hosting a Hospitality Job Fair on 19th January at Middlesbrough Town Hall between 9:30am and 12:30pm. The aim of the event is to support local new and existing businesses with their recruitment and with 100’s of positions available, it will be a great opportunity to snap up a new job for 2023!
Attendees include the new esports and gaming venues, Wired Lobby and Level X, as well as some popular and established venues across Middlesbrough recruiting for a variety of roles.
Cost of Living
Daisy Chain Coffee Mornings
Max Card
Community School Clothing
A North East based organisation offering a range of free, non-branded school uniform to families. Please follow the link below for more information:
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
What a last week of the year it has been at Dormanstown!
Even though the weather has been freezing, we’ve had lots of Christmas cheer to keep us warm including a beautiful KS2 trip to All Saints Church to celebrate Christingle – where our choir and Y6 children lead the service – thank you to all the parents who attended, we are sure you will agree the singing was magical.
KS1 dazzled their parents and carers with their nativity at the start of the week, they were a credit to the academy as they showed of their acting, singing and performing skills to packed halls of loved ones.
Our kitchen staff cooked a delicious Christmas dinner on Tuesday, which was enjoyed by all the children and staff in their Christmas jumpers. The Turkey was juicy, pigs in blankets divine and the sprouts… well they tasted like sprouts!
This week was also a chance to reflect and say goodbye. Miss Lowrie, who has been a ray of sunshine since joining school leaves us to move to a school closer to home and we wish her well.
Mrs Wilson, who has served the communities of Teesside for over 28 years through both Dormanstown and our fellow trust schools also said farewell this week. She has made a huge difference to our school, and supported children, staff and communities with passion throughout her time. Mrs Wilson will be greatly missed by us all.
We would also like to thank Mrs Jackson, one of our lunch time supervisors, for the hard work she has done for the academy; we want to wish her all the best in the future.
We wish all of our families a warm, safe and happy Christmas, full of love and celebration. May the holiday season brighten each and every day for you.
Merry Christmas!
Class Showcase
This week, our featured classes are 1T, 2C and B2S so please enjoy reading what they have been learning about.
1T
1T have had an incredibly festive few weeks in school.
First of all, we had the pleasure of decorating the tree in the entrance hall.
Then, we put our heart and soul into learning dances, songs and lines for the Key Stage 1 Christmas Nativity – Lights, Camel, Action!
2C
2C have had a great time learning about the artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser. We have been enjoying developing our skills, using a range of media to express ourselves in this artist’s playful and imaginative style. We have practiced drawing Hundertwasser trees and buildings and have been looking closely at patterns to use when we create a final piece of artwork, inspired by Hundertwasser. Thank you to parents who came into school to help us create an amazing, large scale Hundertwasser Dormanstown!
B2S
Over that past week, we have been reading The Jolly Christmas Postman and The Christmas Story. We have talked about all the bad characters that are in The Jolly Christmas Postman and understand why they are bad. We have enjoyed writing our lists to Santa Claus and writing tips on how to find the great man himself. In DT, we designed and made a heathy smoothie- it was delicious! Also, we have a new ‘Class Pet’ Children have been enjoying taking Benjie home and looking after him for the night. We made our Christingle and had our own little Christingle Service in the classroom and to top it off we had the best party ever! B2S would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. See you in 2023.
Reindeer Run
We would like to thank everyone who sponsored the children for the Reindeer Run last Wednesday, we raised a MASSIVE £2837.44 for Teesside Hospice!! Well done to all our children for such amazing work.
Pots of Gold
Every week we celebrate the children who demonstrate the core values of the academy and now we would like to invite the parents of the winners in to witness their children being celebrated.
We will send a message via our school gateway app on Thursdays inviting the parents of those children in with the times for the assembly.
Remember to keep this secret, we want to surprise the children who win.
Awesome 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?
Missed learning
39 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.
As you will be aware we are using an app service called School Gateway to communicate with parents. You can now report your child’s absence through the app. If we have not heard from you, we will be sending out attendance messages which you can reply to, which will come directly to the team.
MFC Foundation Competition
We need your help in designing a new warm up t-shirt that sends out a simple message that ‘Football is for Everyone’.
We want to see your creative side and design a warm up t-shirt for the players during our River-Side-By-Side game against QPR during Pride History Month (February).
The chosen winner will not only win tickets to the game but all see their t-shirt come to life and professionally made so that the players themselves can wear these during warm up.
The competition will close Sunday 18th December, this Sunday!!!
No lunch menu next week school is closed. When we return it will be week 1 on our new menu
Links to support our children and families
Cost of Living
Flu vaccine dates
Just in case your child has not had the influenza vaccine yet, and you would like them to have one, there is a drop-in clinic at the following address on the date and time shown.
Frozen Water
Daisy Chain
Max card
Community School Clothing
A North East based organisation offering a range of free, non-branded school uniform to families. Please follow the link below for more information:
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
We have got fully into our Christmas activities this week and have been so pleased with the support given to all the children.
On Monday, choir sang at the Trust Carol Service at St Nicholas’ Church, Guisborough, and we were very proud of the part they played with retelling the Christmas story.
EYFS performed their Nativity to packed audiences on Thursday and Friday, and the confidence of many of the children in their first Christmas performances to a live audience was amazing. There were lots of emotional moments for parents and carers.
We were absolutely blown away by the support we received on Wednesday at our first Reindeer Run! A wonderful time was had by all, and the children loved chasing the Santa’s! Thank you to everyone who was patient waiting in the queue for refreshments, and what a lovely atmosphere we had in the hall prior to the main event where choir entertained us.
B3G and B1R also had their parental engagement afternoons and 4H were lucky enough to have Seymour Engineering in school who brought in a digger simulator as part of a career project they are undertaking. The children were all able to have a go and they have also designed safety posters that are going to be displayed at the building site on the seafront where a new crazy golf course and playground are being built. Our children will be having the opportunity to visit to the site in the new year!
See below for another final week of term with lots more activities coming up!
Class Showcase
This week, our featured classes are Nursery, Reception and B1R so please enjoy reading what they have been learning about.
Nursery & Reception
Nursery had a wonderful time at their Bear Hunt themed stay and play. We took the parents on an exciting adventure and finished it all off with a performance from the children!
RB have been extremely busy rehearsing their beautiful lines for our Christmas Nativity and we can’t wait for you all to watch it!
B1R
At the beginning of this term, B1R were learning about how fire fighters help to keep us safe in our community. We were very lucky to have a visit from the fire fighters from our local fire station. They showed us some of the equipment they use and we got to see one of their amazing fire engines! It was a very exciting afternoon.
Pots of Gold
Every week we celebrate the children who demonstrate the core values of the academy and now we would like to invite the parents of the winners in to witness their children being celebrated.
We will send a message via our school gateway app on Thursdays inviting the parents of those children in with the times for the assembly.
Remember to keep this secret, we want to surprise the children who win.
Awesome 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?
Missed learning
28 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.
Attendance Reporting on School Gateway
As you will be aware we are using an app service called School Gateway to communicate with parents. You can now report your child’s absence through the app. If we have not heard from you, we will be sending out attendance messages which you can reply to, which will come directly to the team.
MFC Foundation Competition
We need your help in designing a new warm up t-shirt that sends out a simple message that ‘Football is for Everyone’.
We want to see your creative side and design a warm up t-shirt for the players during our River-Side-By-Side game against QPR during Pride History Month (February).
The chosen winner will not only win tickets to the game but all see their t-shirt come to life and professionally made so that the players themselves can wear these during warm up.
Next weeks Menu will be week 1. Don’t forget it’s Christmas lunch on Tuesday
Links to support our children and families
Flu vaccine dates
Just in case your child has not had the influenza vaccine yet, and you would like them to have one, there is a drop-in clinic at the following address on the date and time shown.
Max card
CAMHs Training
Community School Clothing
A North East based organisation offering a range of free, non-branded school uniform to families. Please follow the link below for more information:
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
Over the last two weeks the children in the academy have been undertaking assessments, and we would like to say well done to them all for their focus and concentration to showcase their learning.
It was lovely to welcome parents and carers from 4H to support their children with a Christmas sewing task as well as those from morning and afternoon Nursery who enjoyed their parental engagement afternoon. We were also proud of 3L undertaking their class assembly to an enthusiastic audience. B3G have also had a successful week with their swimming afternoons.
Our EYFS and KS1 classes have been busy practising their Christmas Performances, so please look out for letters on the School Gateway to book tickets.
Next week, we look forward to the Trust Carol Service in Guisborough on Monday, our exciting Reindeer Run on Wednesday as well as the EYFS Christmas Performances on Thursday and Friday mornings, panto visits for both key stages and more parental engagement afternoons! It’s going to be a busy couple of weeks!
Keep an eye on the diary dates below and School Gateway messages for updates on events.
Class Showcase
This week, our featured classes are 5H and 6A so please enjoy reading what they have been learning about.
5H
Last week, Year 5 presented their performance to their parents. The children based this on the book they have been reading titled Shackleton’s Journey.
This is a non-fiction book about Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 expedition to the Antarctic. As a whole class we worked together to deliver the performance to the best of our ability, working on loud voices, changes in tone and emphasis as well as calming any nerves.
On the day the children performed excellent with the love for the book really coming across. Well done 5H!
6A
In Year 6, we have been studying the work of Henry Moore in art. We created sketches using his techniques and then we moved on to looking at his abstract sculptures.
We then designed and created our own clay models. First we created an abstract model of a person in the London Underground during World War II, then we created a tile which was the face of someone from the war.
Pot of Gold
Every week we celebrate the children who demonstrate the core values of the academy and now we would like to invite the parents of the winners in to witness their children being celebrated.
We will send a message via our school gateway app on Thursdays inviting the parents of those children in with the times for the assembly.
Remember to keep this secret, we want to surprise the children who win.
Pantomime visits important information
As you may be aware the children from KS1 & KS2, are going out to see pantomime shows next week.
We must mention how important it is for us to have consent for the children to visit the theatres, if you have not already given consent, can you please do so via the school gateway app as soon as possible.
If you are having any issues please come into the main office.
We will send messages out if there are any changes to return times due to traffic on the days of the trips.
Awesome 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 5H, congratulations.
Attendance Reporting on School Gateway
As you will be aware we are using an app service called School Gateway to communicate with parents. You can now report your child’s absence through the app. If we have not heard from you, we will be sending out attendance messages which you can reply to, which will come directly to the team.
Reindeer Run
We would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday 7th December at 12.30pm for tea/coffee and a mince pie, before watching the children take part in a sponsored Reindeer Run for Teesside Hospice. Your child will bring a sponsor form home today, please do not feel obliged to raise lots, every little helps.
The academy choir will also provide some Christmas cheer.
Please see attached our poster for all of the information.
We hope to see you there!
MFC Foundation Competition
We need your help in designing a new warm up t-shirt that sends out a simple message that ‘Football is for Everyone’.
We want to see your creative side and design a warm up t-shirt for the players during our River-Side-By-Side game against QPR during Pride History Month (February).
The chosen winner will not only win tickets to the game but all see their t-shirt come to life and professionally made so that the players themselves can wear these during warm up.
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
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
Despite the rainy weather this week, classes have been out and about in the community. 3L went to Redcar Leisure Centre to undertake an invasion games competition and 4H visited the Dormanstown library as well as having a successful week swimming each afternoon.
We welcomed parents and carers into the academy for parental engagement activities in 2C where the children enjoyed sharing their art skills with their parents/carers. 5H also performed their class assembly based on a text they had been reading called Shackleton’s Journey.
On Tuesday, we held a coffee morning for parents/carers to promote the Power of Women project and the importance of raising aspirations; many thanks to those people who attended.
Keep an eye on the diary dates below and School Gateway messages for more events coming up over the next few weeks.
Class Showcase
This week, our featured classes are 3L, 4H and B3G, so please enjoy reading what they have been learning about.
3L
Year three have been enjoying gymnastics in our PE sessions for the past two Fridays. They have been learning how to warm up and stretch their muscles using some gymnastic techniques.
Year 3 have been amazing at practicing their balance, concertation and body strength to perform obstacles.
4H
This week, Year 4 visited Dormanstown library where we had the pleasure of meeting the author Robin Bennett! We had lots of opportunities to ask questions about what it means to be an author. Robin gave the children an insight into life as an author and what it takes to write a book.
Year 4 left feeling very inspired by Robin’s work.
B3G
What a fun packed few weeks! B3G have shown Racism the Red card with Rich and Richie, celebrated being different by wearing odd socks and helped raise money for Children in Need through donation. I’m so proud of what they have achieved in class.
Our focus on electricity is ‘How does a circuit work?’ The children have explored how to connect components and complete a circuit so their bulb lights up and played pass the squeeze to understand the flow of electrons.
A HUGE thank you to Nishani Reed who joined reception today to read her fab new book Nabil Steals A Penguin, and show the children how to create their own! The children loved hearing the story - and perfecting their penguin waddle - which was incredibly fitting given the weather outside today! ... See MoreSee Less
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We are so proud of our diamond standard winners for autumn term! They have shown courage, curiosity, care, creativity and commitment in abundance - and the hard work they all do every day has been noticed by everybody in the academy! We can’t wait to see more winners in Spring! ... See MoreSee Less
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⭐A huge congratulations to our Pot of Gold winners this week! Keep up the great work!⭐ ... See MoreSee Less
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Well done all.