Year 6 Newsletter 26.3.21

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Upcoming Events

Learning

3 Way Conferences

We are looking forward to our upcoming 3 Way conferences, after the Songkran break.

 Please ensure that your child knows on which day their conference/meeting is and how they are going home each day (on the bus, with you, a relative or nanny);

There is no child supervision for your child/ren after 2:30pm, so please remember to make arrangements for your child to be collected from school at 2:30pm each day unless they are going home on the bus or going to a selective ECA (see list below)

ECAs and Transport during 3 Way Conference week (20th, 21st and 23rd April):

Primary Music at the Three Way Conferences

The Music team would love to see you during the 3-Way Conferences. Ms Rachel, Ms Lisa and Mr Charlie will be available to discuss any aspect of music in the Primary School. If you would like to find out more about the Music curriculum, Music ECAs, instrumental lessons or upcoming performances please come along to the Blue Area (next to the 25m pool) at any time during the conference days, no appointment is necessary. There will even be a piano/guitar on hand for some live performances.

PE Blocks from 22nd March

Blogs

To find out more about your child's learning please visit their class blog which can be found by following the link here

Junk Modelling

Next week, please can your child bring in any spare items from home that otherwise would be thrown out, that we can use for junk modelling. For example; empty cereal boxes, finished toilet rolls, empty milk bottles etc...

Recycling Bottle Tops

Year 6 are recycling all bottle tops in conjunction with Precious Plastics. It's a project we started in Term 1b that we would like to continue. Please send your child in with any unwanted bottle tops and they can be recycled outside 6C.

Well being

Digital Citizenship

Please continue to monitor your child's online behaviours. Students can use MS Teams to communicate respectfully with their peers; however, chats should be monitored by parents when this platform is used at home.

Preventing the spread of Gastro-intestinal Infections

When several children are absent due to vomiting and/or diarrhoea, it is highly likely due to the spread of a gastro-intestinal (GI) infection.

Clusters of children from the same class or friendship group may become ill and display the same symptoms.

Symptoms may include:

• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal (stomach) pain
• Tiredness
• Flu-like symptoms

Most common stomach and intestinal infections are infectious, especially between younger children.

GI infections may be caused by a virus, bacteria or parasite.

Preventing the spread of GI infections

Hand washing

We teach the importance of hand washing at school to reduce the spread of infection.

Please model thorough hand washing at home and school, especially after visits to the toilet and before eating any food. This will help to stop the infection from spreading.

Don’t allow children to share snacks

Although we encourage sharing of toys and resources, the sharing of snacks makes it easy for infections to pass from one child to another.

Keep children at home if unwell

Children should only return to school once they are well.

Whilst at home, they need lots of rest and fluids, mainly water, to prevent dehydration.

If symptoms become more severe, the family should seek medical attention.

Returning to school

Children should only start back at school when they are completely free of symptoms.

If a child returns to school still unwell, the parents will be asked to take their child home.

FS children (Nursery/FS1/FS2)

Should be kept at home for at least 48 hours from the last bout of vomiting and/or diarrhea.

Y1 – Y6 children

Should be kept at home for at least 24 hours from the last bout of vomiting and/or diarrhea.

RSE - Relationship and Sex Education parent presentation

We would like to invite you to attend our parental presentation on 11th May in the Primary Hall. During the presentation, we will share the Year 5 and 6 curriculum learning objectives and the material that we will share with students.

Global Citizenship

Musician of the Month

As you know, each month in Music we focus on a particular musician and listen to/discuss their music. The musicians are chosen with consideration to diversity of gender, nationality and music style. This month is Evelyn Glennie, a Scottish percussionist and composer who lost her hearing as a young child.