Weekly Update ☀️
All the children have experienced transition into their new classes this week, and we hope this has reassured them about the organisation and routines in the next school year.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Reception New Starters meeting on Thursday. It was lovely to welcome you all to Acklam Whin, and we look forward to your children starting them with us in September.
We had a great turnout for the Nursery Sports Day on Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed seeing your children having lots of fun with the lovely range of activities.
It was a busy week for Year 5 who attended the Middlesbrough Book Bash on Thursday, hearing from authors MJ Leonard, Neil Cameron and Mike Edwards, as well as musician Sara Dennis. It was a fun packed morning!
A Y5 group also attended the STEM Net Zero event in Darlington on Wednesday and enjoyed the workshops focusing on how local businesses look at their carbon footprint.
On Wednesday, Y3 and Y5 were also lucky to have Music Workshops, led by TVMS. We also had a fantastic concert on Tuesday afternoon, led by all the children who have had instrument tuition from Music Monsters this year. We had some amazing piano performances to many familiar songs and stories – a huge well done to everyone who took part and to Sarah and Lauren from Music Monsters.
Have a lovely weekend and try and stay cool!
Class Round-Up
Reception
Nursery
Attendance Matters
It is so important that we see your children in school every day as any missed days means missed learning.
There are our attendance figures for this week:
Overall 96.3% (great again!)
Well done to the 10 classes who got 96% or above – a great achievement.
Let’s keep it up for the final week of term.
Reminders
*We are having a lot of children who are bringing Labubu toys into school which are causing some distractions and children muddling them up. We would be grateful if these could be left at home to avoid issues occurring.
*Please label all children’s uniform, especially jumpers/cardigans as with the hot weather we have a lot that we have found unnamed and can’t return to its owner.
*On non- P.E. days, children should be wearing full school uniform, including black school shoes.
*Children with pierced ears should only wear a small stud for school and these should be removed for P.E. lessons please.
*Nail varnish should not be worn in school for safety reasons.
We thank you for your support with uniform expectations.
*Please can parents/carers make sure that we have the most up to date information on our system. If you have moved house or changed your telephone number or email address, please let the office know.
Links to support our parents and children….
Bring It On Summer activities are attached. Children on Free School Meals can book up to 16 sessions over the summer holidays. There are also some paid activities for families who aren’t eligible for FSM. The activities will be gradually added over the coming weeks and links go live on Monday 7th July.
HeadStart
Please follow the link to the latest HeadStart Newsletter:
https://wakelet.com/wake/nZDydKc6b_KXKQj_bcAGX
Lunch Menu
Action for Happiness
Wellbeing is so important in our day-to-day life. Let’s find ways to Bounce Back in our Jump Back Up July calendar.
