Year 6 Newsletter 3.2.2023

Key Dates

Well being

Residential Departure Information

Saying goodbye on the morning of departure

We hope that you are as excited as we are about the upcoming Residentials.

If coming by private transport, please say goodbye before your child enters the year group.

Please do not wait outside the classroom.

Once children enter school for registration, there will be no further opportunities to hug or talk with your child.

Classes walk directly from their year group building or meeting room to board their bus.

There will be sign-posted areas for those parents who want to wait for the buses to depart.

Please note that parents will not be able to board or gather around the bus.

Please ensure that any snacks for the journey are completely nut-free.

Medicines can be given to our Nursing Team the week before departure or passed to the accompanying nurse in the bus park.

Bag Drop Off 

The map above shows where the Year 6 bag drop area will be for the residential.

Please drop your child's bag here first thing on Monday morning so that we can start to load the bags before the leaving time. 

Students should then make their way to the Year 6 building for registration at 7:30am.

Please be reminded that parents are NOT allowed to board the buses. Thank you for your support with this.

You will be able to follow residential updates via our Y6 Residential Blog

Arrival day back at school

Once buses arrive, please give the staff and children time and space to organise their bags and belongings.

When all children have been re-united with their belongings, the class teacher will give you an early leaving slip and you may then depart with your child.

I’m sure they will have many exciting stories to share.

Students who are not collected on arrival will be taken to the canteen and will join their year group for the afternoon.

You can collect your child before the end of the school day but please give an early leaving slip to the Security Guard when exiting the campus.

If your child is going home by school bus, please confirm with Transport.

Getting sick whilst on Residential

Children sometimes feel unwell whilst on their Residential.

When this happens, we will always contact you and agree next steps.

Our staff and nurses will take good care of your child, but it’s never good to feel sick when away from home.

If your child feels unwell before their departure date, they should not join the Residential.

This would include symptoms such as a fever (higher than 37.5), a cough, a sustained headache, vomiting and diarrhoea.

If they improve, and you can arrange your own transport, they are always welcome to join their class later in the week.

ECA

Monday 13^th February 2023 ECA programme commences

Friday 31^st March 2023 ECA programme finishes

Dance Camp Sign Up

Sign up is now open for Tiger’s Dance Academy’s February half term dance camp. Please find the details below and fill out the sign-up form as soon as you can to reserve the spot for your child! This camp is designed to boost learning in a fun filled environment with coaches offering a diverse range of styles and training in Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Latin, street jazz and some Afro grooves as well! Please read carefully before signing up

Form – Sign up form Deadline Friday 3^rd February.

Schedule - Draft Schedule

FEBRUARY HALF TERM – DANCE CAMP 2023

• The camp will be held over three days starting Tuesday 21^st February – Thursday 23^rd February at the Dance Academy for primary students with the option to sign up for either two days or all three days.
• For secondary students we are offering a one day only camp held on Thursday 23^rd February.
• The camp is taught by four dance academy coaches – Coach Aum, Nanzie, Mux and Boat.
• The number of spots available is 22 for each key stage to ensure quality learning. We will close the form early if spots get filled up before the closing date which is Friday 3^rd February.
• Cancellations after February 15^th will be charged in full.

Please note that for this to go ahead, we require a minimum number of students to attend. We will confirm this by the deadline date of Wednesday 8^th February.

Fun Day

PE 

Important reminder! All students will be learning Teeball in term 2, therefore football boots are required for this unit !

Volleyball and Sports Leaders = Patana PE kit and water bottle.

Teeball = Patana PE kit, sunhat and football boots (required)

Learning

Home Learning

Home learning is set every Friday on the class blogs - students are expected to complete their home learning by  Wednesday of the following week.

 Here is the link directly to the Year 6 blogs.

Global Citizenship

Events around the world

You can keep up to date with current events around the world by watching Newsround, an age appropriate news show. Being aware of current events will help your child to make connections with a range of themes when reading in class, and it is an ideal opportunity for you to model discussing your opinions and using experiences to draw connections between events and people.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

General Information

SFL and EAL Parent Presentation

Please see attached presentations that were shared last week at the parent presentations: