Weekly Update Thursday 11th January 2024
Mrs P Phillips - 11 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…
Reading Drop in time
There will be an opportunity for parents of children in Years Reception, Year One and Two to drop into school at 5:30pm -6 pm today. Mrs Pawson will be available to answer any questions you have or provide any further support you may need in reading with your child at home.
Starting school in September 2024
A reminder for anybody with a child due to start school in September 2024, the admissions deadline is Monday 15th January, please apply via North Yorkshire Admissions website.
Netball Club KS2 - Tuesday 3.30-4.30
Netball club is starting next Tuesday 16th January at 3.30pm, there will be 4 sessions until 6th February and then there will be a further 4 sessions from Tuesday 20th February until Tuesday 12th March 2024. This club is open to boys and girls from Year 3 upwards. Eight sessions will cost £40 (£5.00 per session) Payment will be via Parent Pay. There are still spaces for your child to join this club, please email admin.
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.
KS2 Reading
Next 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 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.
Please come along to our reading meeting at 4.30pm on 24th January 2024 at Kirkby Malzeard school to find out more.
Christmas Jumper Day
We raised a total of £56 for Save the Children, thank you to everyone who supported this very worthy cause.
Reminders…
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 12th January 2024 - Cedar Class
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 9th).
Safeguarding, Health and Wellbeing Updates…
No updates this week
News from the Wider Community…