Weekly Update Thursday 18th January 2024
17 Jan 2024
Our Vision
We believe that our children should have the aspiration and opportunity to ‘Live life in all its fullness and ‘Shine like stars in the sky’.
New this week…
Collective Worship
On Tuesday 23
rd January 2024 at 9am Nidderdale team parents are invited to join Collective Worship at Kirkby Malzeard school.
Meeting for Parents - Residential Trip to Bewerley Park
On Wednesday 24th January 2024 at 3:30pm there will be a meeting for parents of Year Three, Four, Five and Six parents at Kirkby Malzeard school about the forthcoming Residential visit.
Parent meeting for Reading
On Wednesday 24th January 2024 at 4.30pm at Kirkby Malzeard parents are invited to attend a meeting to look at our new Key Stage 2 reading programme, which the children have started and enjoyed in school this week. Our new programme looks very different to how reading has been taught previously. Please come along to find out what we are doing and to ask any questions you may have.
Parents' Forum on Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
Many thanks to all those parents and carers across the federation who offered help to review our RSE Policy at last term's meeting about our PSHE curriculum. Those of you with eagle eyes may have spotted that a date next week had been posted on the school website but has now been removed. This is because Miss Mandelson (Federation PSHE Lead) has training scheduled in February which will help with this work. Therefore, the meeting has been postponed until after the half-term break. More information will follow in due course.
Royal Academy of Arts Competition - Calling all artists!!!
We have an exciting opportunity for any of our budding artists...we have registered our federated schools to take part in the 'Young Artists' Summer Show'
-YASS-Digital-Poster.pdf-
Now in its sixth year, the Young Artists’ Summer Show is a free, open submission exhibition for students aged 4–19 studying in the UK. Artworks are judged by a panel of artists and arts professionals, with selected artworks displayed online and on-site at the Royal Academy of Arts. There is no theme or restraints...just get creative and see where it takes you! Have a look at the previous exhibitions on their website to give you some inspiration. This an optional competition and if you wish to register, follow the steps below:
- Create your art work
- Ask a parent to submit your art work by the deadline of 27th March
- Visit https://youngartists.royalacademy.org.uk/ to register an account
- Submit your artwork which includes a brief description/explanation or your inspiration and meaning (there is further guidance on how to do this on their website)
- That's it! Time for the judges to admire your work and wait on the results.
If you enter, please do let your class teacher know...we would love to celebrate in school with you!
Height and weight checks for children in Reception and Year 6
Every year in England, school children in Reception and year 6 have their height and weight checked at school as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). Letters and guidance will be sent out separately to parents of children in Reception and Year 6.
Reminders…
Forest School Wednesday - Oak Class
This term Oak will have their forest school sessions on a Wednesday. Oak Class should bring their forest school kit to school with them to change into on these days. Please see a full forest school kit list below.
PE
Acorn class will need to come to school in PE kits ready for their lessons on Wednesdays this half term. Cedar should bring their kits to change into on a Wednesday with Palm class bringing theirs each Monday.
Forest School Friday
To support our Golden Thread further, Helen will be running a morning forest school session for each class on a Friday morning based around Life Long Readers. Please see a full forest school kit list below.
Dates are as follows:
Friday 19th January 2024 - Palm Class
Friday 26th January 2024 - Acorn class
Change of Date
KS2 Leavers Play will now take place on Wednesday 10th July at 2pm and 5.30pm (previously scheduled for Tuesday 9
th).
KS2 Reading
This week we will be starting to use our new learning to read resources in Key Stage 2. This is a new approach for readers in KS2 and will be in line with the approach currently used in EYFS and KS1. Children across the key stage will be reading in small mixed age groups closely Today matched to their learning to read needs. This approach to learning to read includes not only decoding but fluency, prosody, comprehension, connection to reading and on building confident readers with a life-long love of reading.
Children will closely read a book in school over a two-week period, after this time the book will come home for a couple of nights to celebrate and enjoy. It is important to return the books when asked so that the next group of children can begin reading (this day will be recorded in your child’s reading record). At home please encourage your young reader to read a wide range of books, magazines, comics and graphic novels as part of their Reading for Pleasure practice.
Safeguarding, Health and Wellbeing Updates…
The Sleep Clinic
Need help with your child’s sleep - Sleep clinics for families of children aged 12 months upwards in North Yorkshire, please see link below for more information.
SC-0049NYFlyer.indd (hdft.nhs.uk)
Online Gaming - Roblox
Online gaming can be great fun for our children and we teach widely in school about how to be safe when playing online. A game we know many of our children (across the school) enjoy is Roblox. This site can be suitable for a wide age-range but needs to be managed carefully with support from adults at home. Please see the following website for specific information and advice to support you at home:
www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-safety-blog/roblox/
News from the Wider Community…
Cricket Coaching will be starting on the 2
nd February at Pateley Bridge Sports Centre. The Cricket Club run U9, U11 and U13 teams during the summer. See poster below for more information.
-Coaching Poster 2024.pdf-