These downloadable curriculum leaflets outline the minimum end of year expectations for each year group.
Parent Leaflet – Reception
Parent Leaflet – Year 1
Parent Leaflet – Year 2
Parent Leaflet – Year 3
Parent Leaflet – Year 4
Parent Leaflet – Year 5
Parent Leaflet – Year 6
As part of the ‘Food, Glorious Food’ project Kingfisher and Peregrine groups are visiting ‘Chocolate by Design’ in Chesterfield on Thursday17th March to learn all about chocolate and take part in a chocolate making workshop, designing their own chocolate lollipops. See separate letter for information / slips etc. Check out the website for photos later in the week.
As part of the KS2 topic ‘Food, Glorious Food ‘ and linked to our ‘Healthy School communities’ work we have organised visits to Clay Cross Tesco for a behind the scenes look at food production/ presentation.to learn about a varied diet as part of a healthy life style and to sample some foods.
Monday 1st February – Peregrines and Kingfishers
Tuesday 2nd February – Woodpeckers.
Please see separate letter for details and permission slips. There is no charge for the workshops and we are asking parents to organise to transport their child to and from TESCO. Thank you. Each day staff will meet children outside at the main entrance at 9.15am to be registered.
On Wednesday 7th October the year 2 and 3 children took part in a fun run at Tupton Hall and the year 4, 5 and 6 children took part in the cross country competition.
All together over 300 children were at the event with 26 coming from Stretton Handley! Our best ever turn out! The cross country course was very muddy and nearly 2 miles long! The fun run course was also very muddy and nearly 1 mile long!
All the children did very well and completed the course and had fun doing so (including the odd bit of mud and conker collecting!).
Overall 11 schools entered the competition and Stretton Handley came 9th. Individually in the Y456 event, TM came 27th out of all 89 girls and MB came 31st out of all 99 boys. In the fun run event, LR and LH were the first two children back for Stretton Handley.
Well done and congratulations to all that took part!
Rehearsal dates
The schools are divided into three choirs for rehearsals. Stretton Handley are part of Choir A and Choir A rehearsals are at Holmgate Primary school this year.
Mrs Dunbar will meet the children at the main entrance of Holmgate Primary or Tupton Hall on rehearsal days at 9.10 am after the start of the school day and children are collected from main entrance at finishing time to be returned to school.
16th September 2015 9.15 am – 10.30 am Holmgate Primary School (CHOIR A)
23rd September 2015 9.15 am -10.30am Holmgate Primary School (CHOIR A)
30th September 2015 9.30 am -12.00pm Tupton Hall (All choirs) (Mrs Dunbar will meet children at the main entrance at 9.15 am. Please park in top car park and walk children down to the main entrance. Please collect from main entrance at 12.00pm to return children to school for lunch)
7th October 2015 9.30 am -12.00pm Tupton Hall (All choirs) (Mrs Dunbar will meet children at the main entrance at 9.15 am. Please collect from main entrance at 12.00pm to return children to school for lunch)
14th October 2015 9.30 a.m. – 2.30 pm. Winding Wheel, Chesterfield – Dress rehearsal Meet and collect in ‘donut’ carpark at 9.15 am to walk to Winding Wheel and collect at carpark at 2.30pm. (Packed lunch required. Children may go straight home at 2.30pm)
Performance – Thursday 15th October Winding Wheel – 6.15 pm for children (Concert 7.00 – 8.30 p.m. approx. Tickets for the performance will be available from school nearer the performance date – details to follow.
Quad Kid Athletics 17th July – Tupton Hall
KS2 children are again invited to take part with cluster schools in the Quad Kids Activity day at Tupton Hall on Friday 17th July. Children should wear their school PE kit as this is a school event and also please remember suncream and water bottle. Please see separate letter for further details and permission slips. Younger children may be collected from school before the end of the school day in order for parents to get to Tupton Hall to collect older siblings. Thank you.
SHADOW PUPPET WORKSHOP for KS2
The children has a great time working with ‘Dark Star puppets’. Children made shadow puppet characters, learnt all about different techniques and at the end of the day presented a shadow puppet story to the rest of the school. Well done everyone!
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary school in Derby diocese has won the national MyCofESchool competition. The contest invited pupils at Church primary schools to celebrate what their school means to them, in a three minute film.
The Christian ethos is at the very heart of our school at Stretton Handley. In the video the children wanted to show how Christian values weave through our daily lives and why this makes our school a really great place to learn, laugh and have fun!
The Peak District winning team will join the Bishop of Oxford, Chair of the Board of Education, for tea in the House of Lords.
The Bishop of Oxford congratulated all the entrants: “We were delighted to see the wide range of entries in the competition. The children’s enthusiasm for their schools and the values they find there are inspirational. Their entries are a tribute to the staff, parents and governors and all those who have helped lay the foundations of our church schools over the centuries. My congratulations to the children for their hard work and imagination creating their entries. It’s always hard to pick one winner but I’m very much looking forward to meeting pupils from the winning school over tea in the House of Lords.”
The video can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU-zAvwhiGE&feature=youtu.be
Clay Cross and District Music Festival rehearsals.
Rachel Wilkes has already been into school to introduce some of the songs for this year’s festival. We would like as many of our KS2 children – September Year 3, 4 , 5 and Year 6 to take part as possible. Please return permission slips to Mrs Dunbar or the school office.
We are part of Choir A and, this year, the first rehearsals in the autumn term are being held at our school – Stretton Handley, so there is no need to organise transport. However parents will need to organise to transport their children to and collect from the two rehearsals at Tupton Hall and the dress rehearsal and performance at the Winding Wheel in Chesterfield. Last year many parents shared transport between themselves. See details and further information on separate letter.
Wednesday 24th September 9.15- 10.30am Stretton Handley
Wednesday 1st October 9.15- 10.30am Stretton Handley
Wednesday 8th October 9.30 – 12.00pm Tupton Hall.
Wednesday 15th October 9.30- 10.30am Tupton Hall
Wednesday 22nd October 9.30 – 2.00pm – Winding Wheel , Chesterfield
Thursday 23rd October – evening performance at Winding wheel. Tickets available soon.
RED CARPET MOVIE PREMIERE – Thursday 26th June 2.00pm
Parents of all children in school are invited to bring their cameras and join us for the ‘movie premiere’ on Thursday afternoon. This is the exciting culmination of several weeks work and we would like all children to join in by coming to school in their smart clothes (or getting changed at lunchtime).Boys might like to wear a tie or dickie bow and girls their party dresses.
At 2.00pm parents will be able to come into the hall and photograph the children as they enter from the classrooms and walk down the red carpet to present their work.
Y4, Y5,and Y6 will be sharing/ presenting the work from their Arts Award Project. This joint project with Ashover Primary has been funded by a grant from ‘Mighty Creatives’. Sara Giddens from’ Mighty Creatives’ will be joining us during the afternoon to see the children’s work and to meet with staff to evaluate the project.The children have taken part in various workshops including film, animation and photography. They have then worked in groups to plan and make either a short film, animation or photographic slideshow. These have been edited together into a short film presentation to be shared on Thursday afternoon. (We are hoping the DVD will be available for parents to order their own copy at £3.80 each) We would like to thank Howard Pratt and Tupton Hall School for sharing their ICT facilities and resources and Tupton Hall students who supported the animation ‘Inspire’ workshops on 6th June.
Rec/ Y1, Y2 and Y3 will also be sharing their short film which is being entered into the National Society Church of England competition. The theme is about what makes a church school distinctive. The children talk about their learning and the christian values that underpin our school ethos eg creativity, perseverance. (After the competition has been judged in July, the film will be available to view on our school website.)
After the presentations there will be refreshments and a chance to look at the children’s Arts Award log books which record the Y4,5,6 children’s Arts Award journey. Children may go home with an adult after the presentations. Any children who do not have a parent attending will stay in school to be collected as usual at 3.30pm. Please let us know in advance if your child will be leaving early with another adult. Thank you.
We look forward to seeing you on the 26th at 2.00pm.
