A splashing start!

Mr. Farrington was very impressed at the enthusiastic start Year 4 made to their first swimming lesson this school year! Well done!

As promised, the poster advertising the post of playtime warden is up and I have already had 5 letters of application!

Job Description: mediating  and helping to sort out play time "fall outs" between friends, assisting the adults, helping children that might be sad or lonely at playtimes by either cheering them up, starting a game or finding them a friend to play with, guiding children in to the toilet and encouraging them to go straight outside to play afterwards so that no one is left in the cloakrooms.

If you think you have the skills or qualities to do this job then please apply by writing Mrs. Johnson a letter explaining why you would be good at it. It needs to be in by Monday 15th September and interviews will be next week!

This is a VERY important job and we need you! It would be lovely to have as many of you apply as possible. You will only be on duty for one day a week.

We have launched into our WW2 topic with great excitement and interest - some people have brought excellent books in from home and have also carried out some independent, self initiated home learning already! Wow! A particular well done to Eliza and Amy!!!!

We also began our clarinet lessons today which was brilliant - I know some of you were concerned about the clash with football club - Mrs. Reeves, the teacher, has kindly agreed to move the lesson to 1:30, so everyone will be happy!

Unfortunately I had to speak to the class today about some of the behaviour that I witnessed during this lesson, where several children did not demonstrate very good listening skills or respect for the teacher and I was quite surprised - I reminded the children of the class rights and responsibilities that they had chosen and agreed upon and that all people, including adults, deserved to be treated kindly and with respect. We will be focussing very closely on attitudes for learning and general behaviour over the next couple of days and I would appreciate it if you could reiterate this at home!

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Long