Weekly Newsflash! Friday 10th February 2023
Homework Information Evening Reminder
Remember to come along to our homework information evening at 4pm on Wednesday 22nd February at Askrigg School, if you can. We will be explaining changes to our homework expectations / provision and will be on hand to answer your questions. Please don’t worry if you are not able to come: the presentation and multiple resources will be made available to you after the session.
Zones of Regulation
We are delighted to be launching a whole-school approach to self-regulation: supporting children to develop skills in the conscious regulation of their actions. We hope that this, in turn, will lead to increased control and problem solving abilities.
All children will have access to a toolkit, displays, and vocabulary to develop these skills and some children will have a more focussed programme of sessions with a small number of peers. If your child is going to access this package, they will be bringing more information home with them over the next few weeks. If you have any questions at all, please contact me (Miss Harper) directly.
Structure for Next Year
We are delighted to announce that we are able to maintain a very similar structure for next year’s class, albeit with an additional class to support larger numbers taught at Askrigg. Miss Collins, having had a huge impact on our curriculum development over the course of this year, will return to the classroom and we are delighted to be able to keep Miss Telford for another year.
Although we are not in a position to announce which staff are where just yet, the following classes are confirmed:
- EYFS (nursery and reception) at Bainbridge
- Y1 at Bainbridge
- Y2 at West Burton
- Y3 at West Burton
- Y4 at Askrigg
- Y5 at Askrigg
- Y6 at Askrigg
Junior Bake-Off Opportunity
Hi there,
My name is Hannah and I’m a Casting Researcher at Love Productions; the company behind The Great British Bake Off, The Great British Sewing Bee and The Great Pottery Throw Down.
We are delighted to say, that we have recently opened applications for the 9th series of Junior Bake Off; a Channel 4 programme that celebrates the culinary talent and ambition of the younger generation in Britain.
We are looking for young budding bakers between 9-12 years old.
Filming would take place from July 2023, but our applications close on Sunday 12th March 2023.
Interested bakers can apply online at – www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk
Please do feel free to contact us on 0207 067 4833, should you have any questions regarding the above.
Best wishes,
The Junior Bake Off Team
enquiries: [email protected]
S9-APPLY-FOR-JBO-FLYERTeacher Strikes
You will have realised that our schools were not affected by the national NEU strikes on 1st February. Please note the remaining strike days which could still potentially affect us. In the event of strike action within our schools, we will take all reasonable steps to keep our schools open for as many pupils as possible in order to minimise disruption to children and families. In the unlikely event of any disruption to our teaching arrangements on any of these dates, we will of course inform you as soon as is practicably possible.
- Tuesday, 28 February (Northern, North West, and Humber regions)
- Wednesday, 15 March (England and Wales)
- Thursday, 16 March (England and Wales)
Parent Carer Voice
ParentCarerVoice are the recognised Parent Carer Forum for North Yorkshire, supporting families with children and young people (0-25 years old) with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). Their vision is to inform, empower and represent the collective voice of families with SEND in the region. For more info, contact Meg Pickard at [email protected] or find out more information here.
Domino Drive
If you’re free on Valentine’s Night, why not pop down to the Domino Drive at Stalling Busk? It starts at 7pm on the 14th February.
Calendar
Did you know you can synchronise our calendar with our school calendar? Click here to visit the calendar and click the link at the bottom of the page that says ‘subscribe to calendar’ – this will enable you to push events out to your personal calendars.
Term Dates 2023/24
The academic calendar for 2023/24 has been released, for your convenience you can find it here.
Robins
The Robins had a fantastic morning singing their hearts out about love, they followed it up with a penguin drawing session – aren’t they fantastic?!
Owls
In History, the Owls have been learning all about the Great Fire of London this half term. This week, they retold the story using puppets. The children have loved learning about the Great Fire of London. In Geography, the Owls did an experiment this week! They looked at how water vapour condenses to become rain. Some of the children have even had a go at the experiment at home which has been lovely to hear about!
Swallows
The Swallows have had a fantastic trip to Newby Hall to see Gyles Brandreth’s teddy bear collection and the dolls’ house collection. The Swallows were fascinated by the history of the teddy bear and loved finding famous teddy bears such as Paddington, Winnie the Pooh, Rupert Bear and their favourite – Mr Bean’s bear!
Kingfishers
Last week in History, the Kingfishers visited the Dales Countryside Museum. The staff at the museum kindly lent us a box of Roman artefacts and objects for the children to look through. They really enjoyed looking through all the different items and discovering what they were used for. If you are not too squeamish, you might like to ask your child what the ‘sponge on a stick’ was for! In Science, the Kingfishers have been looking for patterns in the way the size of shadows change.
Ask the children some questions about their learning:
What happens when the puppet moves closer to the light source?
What happens if it moves further away?
Why did we use black card to make our puppets?
Why wouldn’t we use a transparent material?
Golden Eagles
The Golden Eagles have been looking at extreme weathers in geography; this week, they were identifying the features of a stratovolcano.
Merlins
In PE, The Merlins headed out to the MUGA and looked at a range of skills for dodgeball! There was a wonderful child-led collective worship delivered by the some of the Merlins this week. The children were very well organised and all knew their responsibilities within the collective worship on perseverance. In English, the Merlins did some reading comprehension work looking at developing their skills for retrieval and inference. Following on from last week the Merlins did some more work on their mixed media landscapes in art, experimenting with different materials to create different effects and textures.
This Week’s Awards:
| Pupil of the week | |||||
| Robins (Nursery) | Charlie for making great choices all week in his learning and his play. | ||||
| Robins (Reception) | James for super independent writing – some excellent planning for your polar expedition. | ||||
| Owls (Y1) | Ben for great listening in all subjects- particularly Art which has led to a beautiful watercolour painting. | ||||
| Swallows (Y2) | Theodore for developing a real enjoyment in writing across all subjects. | ||||
| Kingfishers (Y3) | Elsie for effort and enjoyment in all that she does, always with a cheery smile! | ||||
| Golden Eagles (Y4) | Harry for effort and enjoyment in P.E. | ||||
| Merlins (Y5) | Jo for effort and enjoyment. Taking our learning in school and furthering her knowledge of Africa independently. | ||||
| Merlins (Y6) | Grayson for effort and attitude towards our SATs booster sessions, making good progress particularly in Maths. |
| Headteacher’s Awards | |
| Bainbridge | Oscar H for effort in maths, showing improved confidence within lessons |
| Askrigg | Albert K for choosing to write during independent learning, making a house point certificate for his friend, carefully forming his letters to spell their name. |
| West Burton | Beatrice QB for effort and progress in French. |
| Good Samaritan Awards | For courage, care, compassion (for the children, from the children). | Nominated by |
| Robins | Ruby for helping tidy up. | Joshie |
| Joshie and Ronnie for helping him with his shoes. | Charlie | |
| Owls | Both Ada and Rosie nominated Ben. Ada – for always letting everyone join in his games. Emma – for helping Aimee tie her shoelace. | Ada & Emma |
| Swallows | Aidan for helping with her water bottle when she had full hands. | Rosie |
| Martha and Rosie for playing with her when she had no one to play with. | Lizzy | |
| Archie for helping him when he fell over playing football. | Aidan | |
| Kingfishers | Riley for helping her with her music stand. | Ellie |
| Golden Eagles | Rory nominated Tristan for letting Rory join in his game. | Rory |
| Merlins | Toby for helping Martha when her coat was broken. | Martha |
| Other | |
| Best Learning Space (classroom) | Owls |
| House Point Winning Team | Otters (208) |
| Best Class Attendance | Swallows (100%) |
