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 This week, Year 2 enjoyed their residential visit in Delamere Forest.

 They walked, built shelters and art work, waded through streams,

built a campfire and toasted marshmallows...more overleaf!

 As the weeks progress, they seem evenmore filled with exciting activities for thechildren. On Monday, we had thepleasure of watching the Reception andYear 1 children enjoying performingtheir traditional country dances to theirparents. The children have had lessons

over six

weeksthis term(fundedthroughthesportsgrantthat allschools

receive). They have loved the teamwork, exercise, the routines and wholeexperience. We were delighted that somany parents came to the performance- this really helped the children rise tothe challenge.

There are just a few more days to join inwith the Easter ra!e with the possibility

of winning the large egg on display inthe school o"ce. For just £1, thechildren can buy a square on the cardin each class. There are prizes for eachclass and for the whole school. Profitswill be split between The Vale RoyalRotary and our school.

We hope that you can spare the timeto come to our information eveningtomorrow (Thursday) night. Theevening starts at 7.00pm in the hallwhere I will give an overview of thenew National Curriculum and itsassessment. You will then be invited tocontinue the presentation in the sevenclasses to find out more specificsrelated to the year groups. This willinclude information about the newassessment arrangements for Year 2and Year 6. The evening should finishby 8.00pm. I hope this will prepare you

for the parents’ meetings next week.

Tuesday/Wednesday 22nd/ 

23rd March

Parents’ Evenings

 At this meeting, your children’s

books from September will be

available for you to look through.

One of the best ways of measuring

progress is to look at the work from

September compared to the work

more recently undertaken. We hope

that you will see the progress in

terms of spelling, handwriting and

quantity of work. However,

importantly, there should also be a

big di#erence in terms of the quality

of the work. Please consider the

depth of the language and the

depth of mathematical

understanding and reasoning. I am

very proud of the achievements of

the children and I know the

teachers have been working very

hard to prioritise the progress of

children’s work. There is always

more that we can do - part of the

conversation with teachers next

week will be to celebrate successes

through the year and agree what

needs further work next term andinto the following year.

We would like you to make a further

comment in the children’s maths

and English books - please look out

for the stickers after the last pieces

of work. We will enjoy reading what

you have written.

Thank you.

Thoughts from the week

 L o o k i ng   a h e ad

SANDIWAY PRIMARY

SCHOOL

Number 23 Spring Term 2016 Wednesday 16th March 2016www.sandiway.cheshire.sch.uk [email protected] 01606 883298

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 Y2 Fox Howl

In our school, Year 2 is the first year that we o#er a

residential visit. Many schools do not o#er a visit for

children of this year,

however, as a

school, we greatly

see the benefits ofsuch an

opportunity. I am

delighted that every

Year 2 child

attended the

residential and

enjoyed staying over. The

visit is held at Fox Howl, on

the edge of Delamere Forest.

This is a lovely part of the

forest, not busy with

members of the public. There

are lovely spaces for the

children to enjoy and step

out of their comfort zone a

little bit. This year, the children walked, waded through mud,

splashed through a stream, built natural sculptures using

forest materials, took part in team building games, built ashelter, helped chop down a tree, built a bonfire, toasted

marshmallows, sang into the evening...all in just two days.

Thank you again to the sta# who supported Miss Jardine on

this visit. They helped the children to bed, made their

breakfast for them and got them ready for the activities.

I know that all the parents would be very proud of the

children - with their independence, team work, ability to try

new things - and in some cases staying away from home for

the first time.

Sport Relief

Don’t forget that this Friday we will all be taking part in a

continuous run around the school’s Golden Mile. All day,children will be trying to run as many

laps as possible to raise money for

Sports Relief. Please send children into

school wearing a sports kit and

trainers, which they can stay in all day.

Keep an eye on Twitter - we will tweet

our progress through the day. Thank

you in advance for the sponsorships

that you are collecting with the

children.

We would be very happy to collate the sponsor money on

your behalf and take this to the bank in one amount. Please

send money in before the deadline of Wednesday 24thMarch which is when we will take the money to the bank.

Please make cheques payable to ‘Sport Relief 2016

(schools)’. Please make sure that you send in the completed

sponsor forms so that they can also be processed. If you

miss this deadline or you still have sponsor money to collect,

you will need

to send the

money to the

charity

yourself. The

form gives

details of how

you can do thisin person or by

post.

Sta!ng

Update

In a further

update, I am

now in a

position to

inform you that

Mrs Gatiss has

decided to take a break from teaching for a time.

Mrs Gatiss will continue to teach Year 5 until theend of the school year. Governors and Senior

Leaders are continuing to work to appoint new

teachers to the school to start in September.

Safe Routes to School

 As the weather improves, we are beginning to see

more children walk to school or use bikes and

scooters. We are very keen to encourage these

means of getting to school, but ask that you help

the children to be as safe as

possible. Children should

wear cycle helmets and we ask that they

do not ride their bikes/scooters on

school paths and on the playground for

the safety of parents and children who

are walking. If any of our older children

are able to walk home on their own, we

require you to speak to a member of sta# 

(class teacher) so we know what the arrangements are. Thank

you.

Earth Hour

This is the world’s biggest environmental event: at 8.30pm on

Saturday 19 March, hundreds of millions of people all across

the world will be switching o# their lights to show they care

about protecting our amazing planet. WWF’s Earth Hour is a

symbolic and spectacular lights out display with a big

message –

we want to

protect the

future of our

planet. As

an ECO-

school, we

are proud to

show our

support and

hopefully

inspire ourchildren to

live more sustainably. To join us and for more information

please visit http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/earth-hour/  - why not

tweet us your pictures of your candlelit hour @SandiwayPS

and use #sandiwayearthhour