Dear All,
Welcome back and Happy New Year!
As always, we have a busy term ahead of us with lots of exciting activities to challenge your child to reach their full potential.
As with last term we have two school priorities: Reading and Oracy
Every classroom has a new reading corner with a range of new books and resources. These will be added to over the term and we are encouraging pupils to read every night. Reading diaries are checked every Friday and prizes given. In Oracy we are focusing on how we can develop our language to understand and will be completing a project with the University of Wolverhampton.
We will be working with the charity Bedazzle, to further help pupils develop their learning resilience. They will be working with classes and groups, and leading assemblies.
Some highlights and dates for your diaries
Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th January: Year 5 Stem Workshops: Aeronautics.
Monday 14th January: Family Learning Craft Qualification (letter out this week)
Thursday 24th and Friday 25th January: Money week with Natwest Money Sense- they will be working with all classes to teach them about money.
Friday 1st February: Year 3 Fire safety
Friday 1st February: OPEN AFTERNOON @1:30. Come in and see your child’s work and complete some art activities with them.
Friday 15th February: Last day of half term
Monday 25th February: Return to school
Friday 8th March World Book Day – more information nearer the time.
Monday 1st April 310- 550: Parent Teacher Meetings.
Tuesday 2nd April 1:15- 5: Parent Teacher Meetings.
Wednesday 10th April: Easter Concert 1:30 with Year 4 leading.
Friday 12th April: break up for the Easter holiday.
RETURN for Summer Term on Monday 29th April
Further ahead: Year 6 SATS
Monday 13th May: English grammar, punctuation and spelling papers 1 and 2; Tuesday 14 May: English reading; Wednesday 15th May: Mathematics papers 1 and 2, and Thursday 16 May: Mathematics paper 3
We look forward to an exciting Spring term and hope to share further successes with you as the term goes on.
Mr Fox
Donnington Wood Church of England Junior School 