Dear Parents/Carers

Yet again another busy week in school: we’re blowing away the winter wet weather with each year group participating in a range of fabulous activities.

Nursery – Yoga

Reception – Being a Chinese Dragon and wrapping up to participate in W.O.W (Willows Outdoor Workshop) on a rainy Friday morning

Year 1 – visits to Brampton Museum and becoming cyclists following involvement in Bikea-bility

Year 2, 3, 4 and 5 – Glow sports (Y1 and 6 to have a go next week)

Year 5 involvement in Manchester Camerata Orchestra workshop in preparation for a per-formance at Staff County Showground next week

6TH Reading Champions treat – visit to Pizza Express

Y6 – Safe and Sound workshops at Hanley Fire Station

I can’t believe that we only have one remaining week in this short half term before our break. However, the children are working exceptionally hard in school and family time is equally important, so a holiday period will be beneficial for all. We have planned a quieter week in school, but look forward to watching the Year 5 dance days. Have an enjoyable weekend.

Mrs S Thursfield

Head Teacher

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Spring Term Newsletter - Week 5 08.02.19

Attendance and Punctuality

Whole school - 96.3%

Reception

RSC - 93.6%

RKM - 98.1%

RJT - 93.3%

KS1

1ES - 95.3% 2AA - 96.7%

1WG - 96.1 % 2LJ - 97.2%

1SR - 94% 2SS - 94.2%

KS2

3EB - 97% 5JH - 98.6%

3TC - 95.3% 5HR - 97.8%

3HP - 98.9% 5RW - 96.7%

4BB - 95.8% 6CF - 96.4%

4KB - 89.1% 6AJ - 96.7%

4PB - 97.2% 6TH - 98.6% To report your child’s absence you may e mail Mrs

Burgess at jburgess11@willowsprimary.com by 9am.

Thank you

Exciting News!

We are now proud to be a National School Breakfast

Programme School.

The NSBP is funded by the Department for Education and delivered by a

partnership of two charities, Family Action and Magic Breakfast. The

programme is built around a simple core aim: to ensure that no child is

too hungry to learn. Together, we can remove hunger as a barrier to

learning for every child in school.

It is proven that a healthy breakfast leads to improved concentration,

behaviour, punctuality and attendance.

What will The Willows be offering?

After half term we will be running ‘Classroom Bagel Breakfasts’. Children

will arrive in their classrooms at the usual time and help themselves to a

portion of a warm, buttered bagel on arrival (EYFS and KS1 are offered a

¼ bagel and KS2 ½ bagel).

PLEASE NOTE: Classroom bagels are not replacing your child’s breakfast

as children are still expected to have their usual breakfast at home.

Running late for school one day? Don’t worry as there will be a basket of

warm bagels in the main reception area should your child need one.

You will be receiving more information about ‘The Willows Breakfast

Bagels’ in a letter next week.

Stars of the Week

Well done to the following children who have been chosen by staff this week!

Nursery:

Badgers: Edie Fenton Squirrels: James Jones-Keeling Foxes: Alexander Tams

Hedgehogs: Truly Allport-Vyse

Rights and Respect Certificate: Marleigh-Mae Brown

Reception:

RSC: Zainab Aktar RKM: Amelia Harrington RJT: Aoife O'Connor

Rights and Respect Certificates:

RSC: Ruby Cliff RKM: Lexie-Mae Pyatt RJT: Savannah Lowe

KS2:

3EB: Liarna Jones 3TC: Daisy Yeo Wheeldon 3HP: Jahmal Williams, Sam Ward & Daniel Howle

4BB: Angel Ellis-Dale 4KB: Esme Stone 4PB: Kayci Burton

5JH: Alex Gardipunchihewage 5RW: Masa Nour 5HR: Samuel Elliott

6AJ: Lily Toner 6CF: Charlie Shaw 6TH: Blake Bould

Reading Champions

KS1

1ES - 86% 2AA - 87%

1SR - 83% 2LJ - 83%

1WG - 81% 2SS - 90%

KS2

3EB - 96% 5JH - 100%

3TC - 97% 5HR - 93%

3HP - 100% 5RW - 90%

4BB - 97% 6CF - 93%

4KB - 94% 6AJ - 96%

4PB - 93% 6TH - 100%

Reception

RSC - 73%

RKM - 87%

RJT - 87%

Children must read at least 5 times a week at home

to become a reading champion - reading to an

adult in school is not counted in this total.

Reception celebrated Chinese New Year on

Thursday. They learnt a dragon dance and tasted

traditional chinese food. A big thank you to

Yu-Ma-Mi for the donation of prawn crackers.

Brainbuilders

Completing homework activities gives you an idea of the expectations of your children and it

really helps reinforce learning that takes place in the classroom. We expect all of our children to

complete their homework on a weekly basis - here are the class results for last week’s homework.

93% of children across the school completed their Brainbuilders last week.

KS1

1ES - 83% 2AA - 80%

1WG - 93% 2LJ - 97%

1SR - 100% 2SS - 97%

KS2

3EB - 96% 5JH - 100%

3TC - 97% 5HR - 93%

3HP - 100% 5RW - 93%

4BB - 97% 6CF - 84%

4KB - 87% 6AJ - 93%

4PB - 93% 6TH - 97%

Sports Days 2019 Please see our planned sports day dates and times, as ever we like to give you lots of advanced

notice. Hopefully we will be lucky with the weather again this year and won’t need the reserve dates.

Tuesday 4th June:

Nursery & Reception - 9.15am

KS1 - 1.30pm

Wednesday 5h June:

Y3 & 4 - 9.15am

Thursday 6th June:

Y5 & 6 - 9.15am

1st Reserve Dates:

Monday 17th June:

Nursery & Reception - 9.15am

KS1 - 1.30pm

Wednesday 19th June:

Y3 & 4 - 9.15am

Friday 21st June:

Y5 & 6 - 9.15am

2nd Reserve Dates:

Wednesday 3rd July:

Nursery & Reception - 9.15am

KS1 - 1.30pm

Thursday 4th July:

Y3 & 4 - 9.15am

Friday 5th July:

Y5 & 6 - 9.15am

Blog of the week

6TH Pizza Making!

willowsprimary.primaryblogger.co.uk/2019/02/07/6th-

making-pizzas/

Diary Dates for February

Tuesday 12th 5JH Dance Day performance to parents 2.30pm

Wednesday 13th Valentines discos

Thursday 14th 5RW Dance Day performance to parents 2.30pm

Friday 15th Y2 Enchanted Wood dress up day

5HR Dance Day performance to parents 2.30pm

BREAK UP FOR HALF TERM

Monday 25th SCHOOL CLOSED - PARENT CONSULTATIONS

Tuesday 26th School opens for children

Wednesday 27th Class photos

Diary Dates for March

Tuesday 5th Y2 visit to West Midlands Safari Park

Friday 15th Etruria Museum (3HP) a.m visit

Thursday 7th World Book Day (information to follow)

Monday 18th Dance 2019

Wednesday 20th Etruria Museum (3TC) a.m visit (3EB) p.m visit

Wednesday 27th Victoria Hall Recorder Festival, 12.30-1.30pm performance

Friday 29th Reception ‘Mothers’ Day’ coffee morning 9.15am

Diary Dates for April

Monday 1st Y6 Bikeability L3

Tuesday 2nd 2LJ Class Assembly 2.15pm

Y6 Bikeability L3

Wednesday 3rd 2SS Class Assembly 2.15pm

Y6 Bikeability L2

Y1 visiting Chimes to perform Easter songs, 9.45am

Friday 5th 2AA Class Assembly 2.15pm

Monday 8th Y5 Bikeability L1 and L2

Tuesday 9th Nursery Easter Bonnet Parade (information to follow)

1WG Class Assembly 2.15pm

Y5 Bikeability L1 and L2

Wednesday 10th Y5 Bikeability L1 and L2

Thursday 11th 1SR Class Assembly 2.15pm

Friday 12th 1ES Class Assembly 2.15pm

BREAK UP FOR EASTER

Monday 29th SCHOOL OPENS FOR CHILDREN

Y4 Learn To Ride L1

Tuesday 30th Y3 Residential ‘Fire and Flint’

Y4 Learn to Ride L1

RSC Dance Day performance to parents 2.30pm

Diary Dates for May

Wednesday 1st Y3 return from residential visit

RJT Dance Day performance to parents 2.30pm

Thursday 2nd SCHOOL CLOSED FOR VOTING DAY

Friday 3rd RKM Dance Day performance to parents 2.30pm

Monday 6th SCHOOL CLOSED FOR BANK HOLIDAY

Wednesday 8th Y4 residential ’Wilderness Academy’

Thursday 9th Y4 return from residential visit

Monday 13th Y6 SATs week

Wednesday 15th 4BB Class Assembly 2.30pm

Thursday 16th 4KB Class Assembly 2.30pm

Friday 17th 4PB Class Assembly 2.30pm

Saturday 18th Willows Fun Run

Friday 24th BREAK UP FOR HALF TERM

Diary Dates for June

Monday 3rd SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STAFF TRAINING

Monday 10th Y6 Holland visit

Tuesday 11th RSC Class Assembly 2.30pm

Wednesday 12th RJT Class Assembly 2.30pm

Friday 14th RKM Class Assembly 2.30pm

Y6 return from Holland

Tuesday 18th Music Extravaganza - details to follow

Tuesday 25th Photos - Teams and leavers

Thursday 27th Northwood

Friday 28th Summer Games

Diary Dates for July

Tuesday 9th Sports Awards Night

Tuesday 16th City Sports - Northwood

Wednesday 17th Nursery—Y5 Discos

Thursday 18th Y6 Leavers’ Disco

Friday 19th July SCHOOL CLOSES FOR SUMMER