Woodpecker’s trip to Medieval Britain

Toasting the home made bread
Toasting the home made bread
Digging the hole
Digging the hole
Enjoying the campfire
Enjoying the campfire

Last Thursday, the Woodpeckers travelled back in the TARDIS to Medieval Britain. They braved the cold weather and went into the school grounds to learn what it was like to live during the Medieval times. They learnt that life wasn’t easy for people living in 1200 AD and that it took a lot of time and hard work to do something simple like toast a piece of bread. They swept the ground of leaves, dug a hole, collected stones to mark out the edge of the fire and gathered wood to burn.  Once the fire was lit the children toasted their home made bread by the fire. They all had a fantastic time but understood just how hard work it must have been to live during the Medieval times.

Uni Hockey afternoon Years 3,4,5 Nov 22nd

To further develop our school PE , Sport, physical activity and well being provision and to enable others to share our good outdoor facilities, Mr Cooke has organised for children from Holy Trinity C of E Primary to visit us on Friday to share our outdoor grounds and take part in a friendly afternoon session of uni-hockey. Please remind children to have their outdoor PE kit at school. (Have indoor kit as well, just incase the weather is very bad).

Children in Need Day – Friday 15th Nov

PYJAMA DAY to raise funds for Children in Need.

Bring £1.00 on Friday 15th to raise funds for Children in Need and come to school on Friday wearing your pyjamas! Remember to bring a jumper or dressing gown too and ‘Teddy’ might like to come with you! KS2 are going swimming and there will still be outdoor breaks so everyone will need a coat and sensible school footwear.

Woolley Weather Goes Live!

We’ve had a weather station running in our Learning Garden for around a year now although we have only been able to upload data to the web site intermittently. Today it was finally hooked up to an old computer which allows us to upload the latest weather information to our Woolley Weather pages every 10 minutes. (A link to Woolley Weather can  be found down the right-hand side of our home page.) While short term data is displayed on the web site, full historical data is stored at school.

weatherstation

Wildlife Hotel – WOW!

wildlife hotel

The children have had a great time working on the Insect Hotel with support from the Wild life Trust. The final product looks great and many parents who collected children at the end of the day were able to go and have a look and admire the children’s efforts.Thank you for all the donated items; pallets, bricks, canes etc. Remember each child can bring in an item to place on top eg. shell, stone, piece of pottery etc. We look forward to seeing what creatures take up residence over the next few days and weeks. Mrs Mahadevan will be posting some photographs soon so keep a look out on the web site.

‘Parent View ‘ on-line Ofsted questionnaire for parents

Thank you very much to everyone who went on-line to complete the questionnaire on ‘Parent View’ in time for the Ofsted inspection 24/25th September. There are now enough responses for a full summary report to be available to view. The results are overwhelmingly postitive and 100% of parents who took part would recommend our school to other parents. Fantastic! Thank you very much for your support.

Whole school trip November 26th

Whole school visit Derby Open Centre / Places of worship

                                   Tuesday 26 November 2013

            (Open Centre, mosque, Sikh gurdwara, Hindu temple, Baptist church.)

Please check your child’s bag for information, contribution details and slips about the visit to Derby Open Centre and places of worship on 26th November. 

As a Church of England school, we are keen to develop in our children Christian values of tolerance, understanding , respect etc. Each term we choose to focus on a different value and to recognise these in action in school and out.

It is also important for children to realise that other faiths and other Christian denominations eg Catholic, Methodist, also promote these values and that there are many similarities as well as differences in places of worship and ways of worship.

Children will need a packed lunch (no glass bottles please). If your child receives free school meals – please let the office know if you would like a free packed school lunch on this day. Children should wear school code of dress, sensible footwear and a coat as we will be walking between some of the buildings. Everyone must wear TROUSERS and have some form of respectful HEAD COVERING eg scarf or hat (not base ball cap). Shoes and socks may need to be removed in some places of worship. No spending money is needed as we will not be visiting any shops.

 The coach will depart from school at 9.00am prompt (register 8.45am) and we will return to school for 3.30pm.  Children will need to be collected as usual by an adult. 

 Please return slips to school as soon as possible. Thank you very much.

Ofsted Inspection 24th to 25th September

Inspection of Stretton Handley Church of England Primary School by Ofsted

We have just been informed that our school will be inspected  on 24–25 September 2013. The lead inspector will be Michael Phipps. The inspector would like to know what you think about the school. Please take a few minutes to read the leaflet and letter which are coming home tonight – Monday 23rd Sept. It explains why schools are inspected, and what happens during an inspection.

Your views about the school are important to us

If you are a registered parent or carer of a pupil at the school  you can tell Ofsted your views about the school by completing Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, at: http://www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk.

Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school, including the progress made by your child, the quality of teaching, dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. The inspectors will use the online survey responses when inspecting your child’s school.

To register your views, you will need to provide your email address, which will be held securely. It will not be used for any purpose other than providing access to the online survey. Neither schools nor Ofsted will have access to any email addresses.

Please complete the online survey by 11am on 24 September 2013 as this will give the inspection team more time to consider your views. However, we will consider all online responses that are completed during the inspection. Should you wish to provide written comments these should be sent to the school in a sealed envelope, marked confidential and addressed to the inspection team.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the online survey.

Wonderful Woodpeckers!

Since adopting the name of ‘Woodpeckers’, the Infants have been creating some fabulous artwork. Last week they painted some Great Spotted Woodpeckers to decorated the entrance to their classroom. During computer class they used Dazzle 03 to produce these fantastic pieces of digital artwork.

 

T’ai Chi after school club

The children enjoyed a free T’ai Chi taster session on Tuesday and we have now organised an after school club run by Snap Dragon T’ai Chi. This will take place on Thursdays after school starting Thursday 19th September 3.30 to 4.30pm. Sessions will be £1.00 per child per week. The full cost will be subsidised by the school. If your child is eligible for free school meals then there will be no charge. If your child would like to join the after school T’ai Chi sessions please read the letter sent out on Thursday 12th and return slips by Wednesday 18th September. Thank you