1. Newsletter Number 14 Friday 10th June Sport Assessment
Skipping Day
We thoroughly enjoyed our skipping day in school before half term and all the children got chance to learn new skills with a skipping rope. We had a good show of talent in the afternoon where we watched each others performances.
Year 5 / 6 residential
Year 5 & 6 thoroughly enjoyed their weeks residential at Winmarleigh Hall. A whole range of activities were undertaken including raft building, abseiling, giant swing, archery & quad biking. A great time was had by all and most came home exhausted but happy with a bag full of dirty and wet washing!
Sport
There are lots of sporting activities happening this term including football, cricket & tennis. Well done to all those children taking part and we are grateful to all who give up time voluntarily to coach and support our children. We have coaches coming into school during the day too and this really helps in skill development and practice.
Assessment
Our Year 2 and Year 6 children have now completed their statutory assessment tests (SAT’s) and we are extremely proud of the effort they put in. All children will be assessed this term in preparation for moving classes and this information will be shared amongst teachers to ensure smooth transition.
Wood
If anyone has any pieces of
wood , plywood etc (large ones, planks etc) that they don’t need please let us know as we have a couple of projects going on that we could use the wood for.
Dates – reminder
17th June – French Day
11th July – Class 1 & 2 trip
13th July – afternoon performance of Class 3 & 4 plays
14th July – evening performance of Class 3 & 4 plays
20th July – School walk
22nd July – end of term school closes at 1.30pm
Auction of promises
If anyone has not sent in a ‘promise’ and would like to do so please see Mrs Huddart. Thanks
Questionnaires
Please find with this newsletter a questionnaire. I thought it timely as my first year at Dean is nearly complete and to think about future development and improvement I would welcome your opinions and thoughts. Please return to school by Friday 1st July if possible. Thanks
Reports
Reports will be sent home in early July with teachers comments on progress through the year.
Sports Day Reminder
Sports day will be held on Wednesday 15th June. Parents are invited to watch the afternoon events and proceedings will start at 1pm. It would be really helpful if parents could bring garden chair / rug, if you have any suitable, as timings are tight getting through lunch and setting up for the afternoon. Thanks
Use of photographs
Parents are welcome to take photographs at sports day of their children but can I ask that photographs are used for your own purposes only.
There is much debate at the moment about the use of ‘Facebook’ and I would ask that photographs taken are used sensitively. Thanks