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Dear Parents
I had one of those magical days this Thursday which I would like to share with you. One of those days when you wish you were back at school as a child or if that's not possible there is no better job than being a Headteacher!
We started the day with a senior assembly taken by Mrs Grosse's Year 3 class in which we were all part of a live investigation into the popularity of the new ketchup dispenser! We all voted and our results were tallied on the interactive TV by the children and everyone had their say. Democracy in action!
I then headed to the Year 4 hatchery to get an update on the chicks which are currently providing so much learning and excitement in Year 4. Valuable lessons about life cycles, dealing with disappointments and responsibility for a living creature.
Mrs La Farge, Head Teacher
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| EYU have fun making jewellery and bunting |
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| The children thoroughly enjoyed celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday on Monday. Reception and EYU joined in with lots of fun activities; jewellery making, bunting designing, gingerbread soldier decorating and drink making. |
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| Reception enjoy celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday |
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| What a fantastic start to the week celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday. Reception enjoyed making some bunting, their own Union Jack flags and even making some scrummy fruit punch and decorating gingerbread biscuits. The children all thoroughly enjoyed performing ‘Sing’ with the rest of the school for you all to watch and enjoy. |
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| Year 1 thoroughly enjoy a tour of Peterley Farm |
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| On Thursday Year 1 were lucky enough to be invited to have a tour of Peterley Farm. Farmer Roger and Mrs Coldwell welcomed us and we set off on our tour. We were shown the fields where the crops such as pumpkins were grown. |
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| Year 2 learn about the history of Punch and Judy |
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| Year 2 have had a super week. We started off the week celebrating the Queen’s 90th Birthday. There were so many amazing activities for us to participate in and we learnt lots of interesting facts about the Queen. |
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| Year 3 discover how sound is made on different instruments |
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| This week, Year 3 have been getting to grips with how sound is produced on a range of musical instruments. Having recapped that sound is cause by vibrations, the children then looked at a variety of instruments and discussed how the sound was created and manipulated. |
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| Year 4 visit the British Museum |
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| Last Friday, Year 4 enjoyed a trip to The British Museum in London, where we discovered many fascinating facts about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Everyone enjoyed examining a range of artefacts, especially those from the amazing Anglo-Saxon ship burial found at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. |
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| Year 5 take part in Lego 'WeDo' workshop |
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| On Thursday the Year 5 children were broken into 2 groups to take part in a Lego 'WeDo' workshop. The activity involved building a device designed to pull a heavy load. Once they had finished building, it was connected wirelessly to an Ipad and then the children had to write a program to control the device. |
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| Year 6 reflect on fabulous trip to France |
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| 'It was a fun filled week in France at Château du Broutel. There were activities from canoeing to fencing and stacking crates. The highlight of the week for me was canoeing and falling out of the boats a lot of laughter was shared. Amazing food, great to taste frogs legs!! Yum yum.' |
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| Walk to School Week |
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Next week is Walk to School Week and we are hoping for good weather! Any short walk would be appreciated and, as usual, stickers will be given out at the Link Road Car Park, the front door and back gate.
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| Celebrating the Queen's Birthday |
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| On Monday we celebrated the Queen's birthday in true British Picnic Style......in the rain! Fortunately the children did not let the poor weather dampen their spirits. In the morning the children enjoyed royalty themed lessons. Our picnic lunch was changed to an indoor picnic. |
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The chicks have hatched! |
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We have had a very exciting few days in T1 as 23 of our eggs have hatched into beautiful, fluffy chicks. On Tuesday at 3;47 p.m little Una struggled from her shell; a wet, slimy scrap. By Wednesday morning she was a yellow ball of down and joined in the incubator by 3 playmates.
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Reading Cloud |
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Following a successful trial with 'Reading Cloud' we have now decided to continue with this for the school library. Years 3 - 6 all have an individual log in to access this from home. This will be extended to the current Year 2 children in September. I do hope the children are continuing to use this resource to inspire them to read more.
This week children will have borrowed their last library book for this year. Please could books be returned to school next week as the stock needs to be audited. The children's library days are as follows:
R - Thursday
Year 1 - LO on Thursday, SK on Friday
Year 2 - EH + RA on Thursday, SL on Friday
Year 3 - Wednesday
Year 4 - JC on Thursday, LK + JE on Friday
I will give the class teachers a list of outstanding loans the following week. If the book on loan has been lost or damaged a replacement can be purchased. A 'used' copy from Amazon is the best option.
Mrs Goodchild
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1 High Street, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 9AA
Tel: 01494 862 407
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