Are you up to date? All letters are posted on our

website. There is an expectation

that parents and carers will take

the time to check periodically that

they’re up to date with all things

Manor Green. All links below will

open the relevant letter.

Happy reading!

New this Week: Year 2 Timetables

Rockstars Letter (Posted 23/11/18)

FOMG Christmas Movie Night

(Posted 23/11/18)

Christmas Events at St. Mary's 2018

(Posted 23/11/18)

FoMG Update (Posted 15/11/18)

Reading Cafe (Posted 09/11/18)

Magic Breakfast (Posted 09/11/18)

Lunchtimes (Posted 05/11/18)

Nursery Permissions (19/10/18)

Parent Forum (18/10/18)

Dojo Rewards (18/10/18)

Dates Letter (02/10/18)

Farmers Letter (02/10/18)

Juniors' Seaside Trip (20/09/18)

Infants' Seaside Trip (20/09/18)

Y1 Reading Letter (14/09/18)

Year 3 Class Trip (14/09/18)

Happy Birthday

to You!

(19/11 – 25/11)

Happy Birthday to:

Adyan in Y3, Kohl in Y3,

Ava-Grace in Y5,

Nicholas in Y3 and

Cielo in Y3.

Have a lovely day!

Goodbye & Thank You

Mrs. Nichol, who has

been a valued member

of the Manor Green

team for over 27 years,

has taken the decision

to retire due to on-going

ill health. Amongst other

things, Mrs. Nichol will be

remembered for her

work developing

Modern Foreign

Languages at Manor

Green – including

twinning events with

Montigny-le-Bretonneux.

Staff, children and

governors, both past

and present, would like

to thank her for

everything and wish her

all the very best.

Manor Green Weekly – Our Academy Newsletter – Issue 12 - 23/11/18

At Manor Green, we care, we share, we are fair, we dare and we are healthy and happy.

Always Proud but

Especially Proud of…

Star of the Week – EYFS & KS1

Nursery

Demi-Leigh

Reception

Lucan H-G & Olivia L

Year 1

Billy C & Stanley J

Year 2

Lilly-Mae H-N & Keeley L

Captain’s Table – KS2

Year 3

Charlie W & Milly K

Year 4

Holly C, Chloe A & Poppy W

Year 5

Luca P & Ben T

Year 6

Scarlett Y & Benjamin Mc

If any parents or carers would like to

send a message of thanks to

Mrs. Nichol, please do so via the

academy office.

Welcome, Mrs. Hurst We’re pleased to welcome Mrs. Hurst to

the Manor Green team. Mrs. Hurst joined

us on Monday and will be teaching

Reception Yellow on a full-time basis.

Children have had a wonderful first week

with Mrs. Hurst and she’s looking forward

to a fun filled Reception Yellow year!

As you know…

Our staff work their hardest

for our children to ensure

that they are safe, happy

and work as best as they

can. Please be reminded

that our staff will not

tolerate abuse of any form

whether that is face to

face, over the phone,

through email or through

a public social media site.

We follow and are

supported by Focus-Trust’s

zero tolerance policy and

have the right to follow

any abuse up by seeking

legal advice from

Focus-Trust.

As we are

encouraging our

children to develop

their all-important

independence skills,

please do not

accompany them in to

the classroom in the

morning. Staff will

support children with

getting ready for the

day where they need

it. Many thanks.

Revolting! - @MrsRickettsMG ‘Year 1 Yellow had a great time inventing

a revolting teacher for our poetry day

(based around Roald Dahl’s ‘Revolting

Rhymes’) Scary!’

Super Nursery! @NurseryMGPA ‘Nursery want to be superheroes today so that is

what they shall be! We have Super Boy, Super,

Posie Panda, Super Girl to name a few.’

‘You’re a Superstar!’ We’ve added the dates of the next

Superstar Assemblies to our

‘Print Me, Cut Me, Keep Me’ list but,

to give as much notice as possible,

they are detailed below:

12th December

Rec. & KS1 Superstar Assembly – 9am

13th December

Years 3 & 4 Superstar Assembly – 9am

14th December

Years 5 & 6 Superstar Assembly – 9am

Proud of your Poetry - @MrMycroftMG

We’re very proud of Sophie and Dylan from 6G for their

wonderful sonnet based around our academy values. We were

so impressed that we turned the first line of their sonnet in to a

poster which is now on display in Mrs. Warren’s office and

around our academy.

Cooperative Learning -

@MGPAcademy ‘Fantastic Staff Development session

about Cooperative Learning

Structures this week.

Some fantastic ideas to use in class!’

Growth Mindset Growing -

@MrsOConnor3Y ‘Some children in 3Y have really got their

teeth into maths. We are doing column

addition and subtraction at the moment

and some children are choosing to do

extra work at home and are making up

their own calculations!’

Magic Breakfast! Magic Breakfast has been a big hit at

Manor Green! In addition to the free

bagel and cereal options, children can

still buy one of Annie’s Daily Specials.

See below for what you can treat

yourself to and when!

Monday: Sausage Sandwich – 60p

Tuesday: Cheese on Toast – 40p

Wednesday: Bacon Sandwich – 60p

Thursday: Beans on Toast – 40p

Friday: Sausage / Bacon Sandwich – 60p

Perfectly Fair Poetry - @MrM_6Yellow ‘This week, 6 Yellow has loved working together,

producing amazing sonnet poems about fairness.

Well done!’

#SpreadTheHappiness - @MGPAcademy This week we were delighted to host a

#SpreadTheHappiness event at Manor Green lead by

the amazing Shonette Bason-Wood. All staff were invited

to join the laughter filled twilight session and those who

attended, along with staff from other local schools,

thoroughly enjoyed it and certainly felt like happiness

had been spread! Thanks to Annie and the kitchen team

for the amazing Rice Krispie treats too!

Splish, Splash, Splosh! @NurseryMGPA ‘When it rains, why not have fun and jump in a puddle!’

Growth Mindset - @MrsOConnor3Y ‘GREAT GROWTH MINDSET! This young lady did 150

TTRS games this week for her homework! Excellent

attitude! Great role model!’

Goodbye and Good Luck! We would like to say to thank you very

much to Mr. Baines, who has been

working in Year 1 Yellow, and Miss

Fayyaz, who has been working in Year

2 Green. Mr. Baines and Miss Fayyaz

have been based with us as part of

their Teacher Training through the

Focus-Trust ITT programme.

Both have thrown themselves in to the roll, got involved

with all staff meetings, school events and will be missed.

Thanks for all that you have done!

Print Me, Cut Me & Keep Me

Please find below dates for your diary for the coming

weeks and months at Manor Green. Times and further

clarification will follow in due course.

28th November – Parents’ Evening

12th December – Christmas Lunch &

Christmas Jumper Day

11th December – FoMG Christmas Movie Night

See the letter from FoMG here.

12th December – Rec. & KS1 Superstar Assembly – 9am

13th December – Years 3 & 4 Superstar Assembly – 9am

14th December – Years 5 & 6 Superstar Assembly – 9am

17th December – KS1 Nativity at 10am & 2pm

18th December – EYFS & KS1 to the Panto

19th December – EYFS Nativity at 10am & 2pm

19th December - KS2 to the Panto - PM

20th December – KS2 Carol Concert at

10am, 2pm & 6pm

21st December – Party Afternoon & Non-Uniform Day

Poetry Fun - @MrNewmanMG ‘We loved reading, hearing and performing

@poetry4kids Kenn Nesbitt's poems today.

We are using his very funny poetry to inspire

us with our own ideas!’

Ball Skills - @MissWebbMG ‘This week, 4Y had a special lesson and learnt

how to use a hockey stick to control the ball.

It was great learning new skills.’

Remember that Reception, Year 1

and Year 2 finish at 3:15pm prompt

and should be collected from their

classroom door ready for you to

meet your Key Stage 2 children at

3:20pm. Thank you.

Digestive Drama - @MissWebbMG ‘We used drama to act out the journey of a

piece of chocolate through the digestive

system. Every person in the class joined in and

it made us giggle a lot! Afterwards, we

imagined we were the chocolate and wrote

a short story of our adventure.’

How amazing that poet Kenn Nesbitt

was so impressed with the work of

3G that he took the time to tweet

them! We’re not surprised that

Kenn was impressed with 3G,

they’re fantastic!

Picture News

In assembly

each Friday,

we introduce

the next

‘Picture News’

image to our

classes. The

image will

then be

discussed in

classes

throughout

the week.

We’re excited

to share

‘Picture News

at Home’ with

you so that

you can get

involved too.

Talk to your

children

about the

image and

they can feed

back to their

teachers.

Things to talk about at home…

• It’s often thought that men and women think differently, do you think this is true? Why?

• Do you think some jobs are better suited to men and others to women or do you think

that this is old-fashioned?

• Do you think older people have different views about this to you? Why do you think this

might be the case?

Encourage your child to talk to their teacher about your discussions at home!

Scientists conducting

the world’s largest

study of gender

differences in the

brain have recently

found men were more

likely to prefer “things”

and “systems”, while

women were more

interested in people

and emotions. It is a

heavily debated issue

as to why some jobs in

areas such as

engineering or

construction are

mainly chosen by

men, and others such

as beauty and caring

professions, are mainly

chosen by women.

British Values Matter at Manor Green

British values referred to at school up and down the country, not just Manor Green. British Values are:

democracy; the rule of law; individual liberty; mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths

and beliefs and for those without faith. Whether at school or not, we’re sure you can see the importance of

these significant values to today’s society.

Linked with our Picture News, we’ll share a British Value, and thought to reflect on, each week.

Small Steps - @MrMycroftMG ‘‘Every journey starts with a small step.

Where will your journey take you?’

Every child in our academy has

contributed to this display. Where will

your learning go today?’

Manor Green’s

Marvellous Menus

As you know, we’re

now working with

an exciting new

catering provider.

The children love

the new menu!

You can view the

menus here:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Next week

is Week 3

Massive Toy Sale A massive toy sale, in support of

the farm, has been arranged.

Please send in donations of

unwanted computer games, toys,

games, jigsaws etc that are in

good, clean condition in to us from

Monday, 19th November. The sale

will be held on Friday,

30th November throughout the

afternoon and after school. All

money raised goes directly to the

farm project. Thank you for your

continuing support.

If you can help on the day,

please let Mrs. Wren know.