THE LANE

“Si hortum in bibliothe-

ca habes, deerit nihil”

Miss Woods, Year 4

“I’m taking Harry on an

adventure”

Miss Carr

Ancient Civilizations On Tuesday we went to Segedunum to learn all about the Romans. We went back in time and entered Roman soldier training! Everyone learnt to march like soldiers, had Latin lessons and even dressed like soldiers. We found out lots of fascinating facts. Did you know a Roman soldiers metal ring mail vest was made from 50,000 rings of metal? We had a tour of the Roman fort and discov-ered lots of interesting things about the Romans who would have lived there. We even saw part of the original Hadrian's wall. We finished our day with a fierce battle on Hadrian's wall between the Barbarians and the Romans, with the Romans victorious of course!

Staff Car Park

In the last few weeks, there has been a sharp rise in the number of parents parking in the staff car park. This has resulted in a number of near misses for children, increased difficulty for staff parking and inappropriate use of disabled spaces. We are lucky to have lots of spaces on our school site unlike many other schools, therefore we insist that parents park in the designated visitor areas regardless of the time of day children are dropped off. Finally, there has been a rise in the number parents letting their young children out of cars to make their way into school. In the interests of safety, please ensure you chil-dren are brought into school/playground during drop-off.

Easington Lane Primary School Newsletter Issue 18 - 15th Feb 2019

Next Week

Monday—Tag Rugby

Tuesday— Y2 SATS

meeting for parents,

Gymnastics Club

KS1

Wednesday— Y4

Parent in school

WOW Week, Tri-Golf

Club Y3/4,

Thursday—Year 6

Parent in school,

Dance Club KS2

Friday– Change 4Life Plenty more photos on the website!

Love is in the Air Happy Valentines! This week we have been busy celebrating Valentine ’s Day in lots of different ways in nursery. We have been thinking about the people we care for and making cards to give to our friends. Our ‘Bestie Booth’ was super fun with us all piling in for selfies with our besties.

We’ve been busy making hearts in the playdough and gluing areas and enjoyed giving them to our friends. Writing Valentine ’s Day cards is the perfect opportunity for us to practice our names although some of us chose to remain anonymous and filled our cards with kisses instead!

Attendance Rewards That’s another half term over and done with and we are delighted to say that over 130 children in our school have achieved 100% attendance since the Christmas break! As promised, children with receive a sweet reward during the first week back after half term.

As we are now half way through the school year, every parent will also receive a letter providing an overview of your child’s attendance since Sept 2018. The letter also provides context about how your child’s attendance compares locally and nationally.

School Shoes We have a few pairs of new children’s school shoes left in school namely sizes 7, 8, 11, 1 & 2. These shoes are free to a good home but it is a first come, first serve basis. Just pop round the main office if you would like to see them.

Year 6 WOW Week Miss Goldsmith’s class will be itching

to get back into school after the half

term as their WOW week kicks off from

Monday.

Year 6 will be taking a trip to South

America to sample some delicious

snacks, creating some South Ameri-

can music vibes and absorbing the

culture.

Parents are invited to join us in school

on Thursday 28th February from

9:30am. Please bring your creativity

and artistic flair with you as you will be

crafting South American Dream catch-

ers with your children!

More Parents Roman the Halls... Year 4 had a fabulous morning this

week working alongside our family mem-

bers. We shared lots of photos of our trip

to Segedunum where we were put

through our paces as new recruits in the

Roman Army, we got our hands dirty

making clay amulet necklaces and we

designed our own mosaic patterns. Lots

of fun was had as we went on to create

our own versions of traditional Roman

catapult weapons (the Scorpion and the

Ballista). We then tried out our creations

aiming for various targets! Photos of

both the visit to Segedunum Roman Fort

and our WOW morning are on the

school website so log on to see what we

got up to.

Now trying marching in it!

Smile! You’re in the Besty Booth!

Awards

We reward our children

with a VIP award every

week for good behaviour,

excellent attitudes, and

being kind amongst many

others things. The VIP

award means children get

to go first for lunch and

take a friend with them!

We also have our X Fac-

tor award which is given

out to one child in each

class for an extra special

event that makes us go

WOW!

See how your child’s

house is doing for attend-

ance this week.

This week’s awards above

School Attendance

RAH: Frankie Suwan—for an amazing life cycle

of a penguin

REK: Lennon Bond—for amazing Chinese writing

KS1NC: Connor Turnbull—for trying hard to write

his own story

KS1KG: Charlie Nicholson—for really improving his

handwriting

KS1HB: Whole class —for a tremendous WOW

Week

3SJ: Jacob Marsh— for fantastic Maths

4HW: Maizie Anderson—for fabulous ideas for

her Boudicca fact file

5RO: Billy Metcalfe—for working hard in all les

sons, especially Geography

6LG: Ruby Bell—for excellent work in Maths

95% 96% 95% 96%

Phoenix Pegasus Griffin Triton

Indi-Rose Carty —for being a kind friend

Mia Hewitt —for being a great friend

Thomas Thirwell Jones —for working hard all

week

Leighton Rose—for being a great team player

Lily Coulson —for working hard in Maths

Logan Rose —for being kind to one of his

classmates

Faith Crannage—for being a sensible member

of the class

Taylor Lloyd—for a lovely, friendly attitude

Grace Grocott—for an excellent attitude

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Houghton le Spring

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Keep an eye out for more updates in next week’s edition.