Newsletter Friday 21st May 2021
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Witheridge Church of England Primary Academy Fore Street, Witheridge, EX16 8AH Tel: 01884 860518 [email protected] ‘Encourage One Another and Build Each Other Up’ 1 Thessalonians 5: 11 Thankfulness Compassion Perseverance Forgiveness Courage Friendship Newsletter – Friday 21 st May 2021 Dear Parents and Carers, I hope this newsletter finds you well. It has been another soggy week at school this week! The children have once again been brilliant when coping with wet playtimes and changes to the normal routines. Thank you to all parents and carers who have remembered coats this week. It is so important that the children are able to go outside, even if it is just for a short while and under the shelter. This week would have been our Year 6 SATS week. This year, we have postponed our end of year assessments until the end of this term to insure the children have been given ample opportunity to cover missed learning from the lockdowns. Next week, our Year 6s are off to The Ultimate Adventure Centre for their Year 6 Residential! We hope they all have a wonderful time, and we will be keeping our fingers crossed for better weather for them! Year 5 will also have their activities week next week. It is so good that we are able to offer trips and residentials again. Tomorrow, our Exmoor Challenge group were due to complete their second practise walk. Unfortunately, this has been postponed due to the weather warning which is in place across most of Devon for Saturday and Sunday. We hope to reschedule this walk to a school day after half term. We managed to go ahead with our first walk 2 weeks ago. The children did a fantastic job and worked really well together to complete their walk on the Tarka Trail. Well done to all the children. After half term, on a Friday, children will be able to bring in certificates, trophies or medals that they have won at clubs out of school to share at our Celebration Assembly. This is something that we have really missed during our strict COVID measures. You could also email in a photo which we will be able to share instead. I hope you stay dry and safe this weekend! As always, if you have any questions or comments, please email ([email protected]) or phone (01884 860518) the school. Best wishes, Miss Ratcliffe
Transcript of Newsletter Friday 21st May 2021
Witheridge Church of England Primary Academy Fore Street, Witheridge, EX16 8AH Tel: 01884 860518
‘Encourage One Another and Build Each Other Up’
1 Thessalonians 5: 11
Thankfulness Compassion Perseverance Forgiveness Courage Friendship
Newsletter – Friday 21st May 2021
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope this newsletter finds you well. It has been another soggy week at school this week! The children have once again been brilliant when coping with wet playtimes and changes to the normal routines. Thank you to all parents and carers who have remembered coats this week. It is so important that the children are able to go outside, even if it is just for a short while and under the shelter. This week would have been our Year 6 SATS week. This year, we have postponed our end of year assessments until the end of this term to insure the children have been given ample opportunity to cover missed learning from the lockdowns. Next week, our Year 6s are off to The Ultimate Adventure Centre for their Year 6 Residential! We hope they all have a wonderful time, and we will be keeping our fingers crossed for better weather for them! Year 5 will also have their activities week next week. It is so good that we are able to offer trips and residentials again. Tomorrow, our Exmoor Challenge group were due to complete their second practise walk. Unfortunately, this has been postponed due to the weather warning which is in place across most of Devon for Saturday and Sunday. We hope to reschedule this walk to a school day after half term. We managed to go ahead with our first walk 2 weeks ago. The children did a fantastic job and worked really well together to complete their walk on the Tarka Trail. Well done to all the children. After half term, on a Friday, children will be able to bring in certificates, trophies or medals that they have won at clubs out of school to share at our Celebration Assembly. This is something that we have really missed during our strict COVID measures. You could also email in a photo which we will be able to share instead. I hope you stay dry and safe this weekend! As always, if you have any questions or comments, please email ([email protected]) or phone (01884 860518) the school. Best wishes, Miss Ratcliffe
PE Kits We have noticed that some children are wearing the incorrect uniform for PE. Our PE kit is:
School PE T-Shirt in your child's House colour. (These can be purchased from the School Office, some sizes are on order)
Black shorts
Black joggers or leggings to wear over shorts
Trainers (Preferably in white or black)
Children do NOT need to bring a separate top to wear for PE, they will wear their school jumper.
For any children that have incorrect PE kit, or do not bring a PE kit, parents will be contacted and asked to bring in the correct items. It’s a want! We are looking for wooden crates and tyres for our playground. If you have any or are able to get hold of some, please drop them into school when convenient. Many thanks!
School Dinner Menu week commencing 24th May 2021
Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Main Pasta
Bolognaise Chicken & Noodles
Roast of the day Toad in the
Hole Fish in
Breadcrumbs
Vegetarian Quorn
Bolognaise
Cheese & Tomato Pizza
& Wedges Vegetable Roast
Vegetarian Sausages
Vegetable Nuggets
Sides Crusty
Bread, Peas and Carrots
Seasonal Veg
Roast Potatoes, Mash Potatoes, Seasonal Veg &
Gravy
Creamed Potatoes,
Seasonal Veg & gravy
Golden Fries, Salad, Veg or Baked Beans
Dessert Fruit & Yogurt
Meringue & Fruit
Fruit Platter Lemon Drizzle
Cake Brownies
Also available every day: - Jacket Potato with Tuna, Cheese and/or Beans. Fruit Yogurt or Fresh Fruit.
Pre-School - £1.80 per meal. Reception & KS1 children – Universal Free School Meals, KS2 children £2.35 per meal. Payments for meal to be made via Parent Pay.
Witheridge Church of England Primary Academy Fore Street, Witheridge, EX16 8AH Tel: 01884 860518
Gardening Club News
Despite the wet and windy weather, we still managed to get out and carry out some much
needed work in our gardens.
The pupils made some coconut bird feeders and have hung them up in the outdoor learning area.
Then it was all hands to help weed our raised beds. This wet weather we have had has certainly
brought the weeds up. The pupils were amazed at the size of some of them.
We have moved outside a yellow courgette plant, some broccoli and leeks all into pots.
Let’s hope we have some warmer weather!
Celebration Assembly
Well Done
For receiving a
Certificate of Achievement
Work
Pre-School – Libby for trying hard during snack time thinking about our phonic sound of the week and our shape of the week. Libby always show willing to have ago Class 1 – Declan for fantastic lunchtimes all week and trying lots of new food and vegetables. Class 2 – Lily-Sue & Abbie for their fantastic reading! Abbie because she is trying really hard with her AR reading. Lily-Sue because she is continuing to make amazing progress! Well done to both! Class 3 – Lily for showing a fantastic attitude to upscaling sentences. Lily is always eager to edit and improve her writing and sets a brilliant example to the Year 3s. Class 4 – Henley for sharing his predictions confidently with the whole class.
20 Merits
Class 2 – Talayla-May, Emily, Scarlett & Harry Class 3 – Ben & Austin Class 4 – Robert & Zac
40 Merits
Class 2 - Graeson Class 3 - Cruize Class 4 – George
House Points
Discovery 52 Endeavour 27
Enterprise 47 Voyager 48
Key Dates for the Summer Term 2021:
Friday 21st May Deadline for consent on Parent Pay for Year 5’s Activities Week Saturday 22nd May Year 6 Exmoor Challenge Practice Walk ** CANCELLED ** Monday 24th May Year 6 Ultimate Adventure Centre Residential Tuesday 25th May Year 5 Activities Week – Killerton House Trip Thursday 27th May Class 3 Group 1 – Gardening Club Thursday 27th May Year 5 Activities Week – Beach/Surfing Trip Friday 28th May Last day before Half Term Monday 31st May to Friday 4th June – HALF TERM
These dates are intended as a guide and you will be notified of any changes.
Witheridge Church of England Primary Academy Fore Street, Witheridge, EX16 8AH Tel: 01884 860518
Community Events:
Positive People’s Free 8-week Empowering Women Course
– NOW OPEN
This is now open to any women across
Devon who are 25+ and currently out
of work/economically inactive.
Devon County Council are offering a free course to women who are over 25 and currently out of work. If you
are interested, please speak to Miss Ratcliffe about this.
