Author: Kayleigh Naylor

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Year 4 Spring Explorers – 17/04/24

Tomorrow, the children will be attending Chetwynd Deer Park to complete Spring Explorers Activities. This is a day run by the Volunteers at the Deer Park that includes pond dipping, nature activities and bug eating challenges!

The children will need to wear usual Forest Fun clothing and suitable footwear – not forgetting a small rucksack to carry a water bottle, snack and any waterproofs needed. Lunch will be eaten in school as normal and children will walk to the Deer Park with school staff.

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Summer Term Trips – Year 4

Good Afternoon,

Children should have brought home a letter today with details of two trips during the summer term (details below). Please be aware that the first of these trips is on Wednesday 17th April which is next week! We will send reminders out for both events.

On Wednesday 17th April – half day. The children will be attending Chetwynd Deer Park to complete Spring Explorers Activities. This is a day run by the Volunteers at the Deer Park that includes pond dipping, nature activities and bug eating challenges!  The children will need to wear usual Forest Fun clothing and suitable footwear – not forgetting a small rucksack to carry a water bottle, snack and any waterproofs needed. Children will walk to the Deer Park with school staff.

On Tuesday 4th June – All day; 8.30-3.30pm. The children be attending Lichfield Cathedral. The children will be exploring the theme of ‘Spirituality, Well-being and Courageous advocacy’ concepts which are found within spiritual development. The children will engage with interactive stations and explore what each theme means for people of faith as well as what it means for us in our everyday lives. For this trip, we will leave at 8:30am and arrive back at school for 3:30pm. Children will require a packed lunch for this trip and will need to be at school for 8:15am for a prompt departure at 8.30am. Any children who are in receipt of free school meals will have a meal provided for them from our school kitchen. Children should wear usual school uniform for this trip.

To attend these trips, we require a voluntary contribution of £11.00 to help towards transport costs which, along with permission, will be accessible via your ParentPay account.

Thank you for your support,

Team Year 4

69 days ago
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4N Rainforest Day

We have had such a fun day today learning all about the Rainforest from Dave -The Rainforest Man! After a very informative talk from Dave all about him and his family’s lived experiences, we got to hold a variety of creatures including a millipede, cockroaches, giant stick insects and the star of the show…. Amelia the tarantula. We have also completed observational sketches and made bead necklaces. The children were excellent ambassadors of NJS today and even Dave commented on their wonderful behaviour. Super proud of everyone today, including some children who used heaps of courage to face their fears.

Here we are with Amelia!

70 days ago
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Year 4 Rainforest Day Reminder – Tomorrow!!

Dear Parents and Carers

On Tuesday 20th February 2024, we are inviting Year 4 to take part in ‘Rainforest Day’ in school. This forms part of our Geography and Art curriculums and we are very excited and pleased to announce that this will be run by Dave and Sue Shaw, also known as ‘The Rainforest Couple.’ Dave and Sue are specialists in Primary School Rainforest workshops due to their lived experiences living in Costa Rica, Madagascar and Borneo to name a few places. Since returning to the UK with their daughters, Dave and Sue bring the magic of the rainforest into school with them and create a memorable day.

There will be some live rainforest creepy-crawlies coming along with them too to further add to the experience. This will be a chance for the children to see and hold in person some of the creatures that thrive in the rainforest. Children may be given the chance to hold these creatures if they wish. Please be reassured however, that no child will be asked to hold any insect if they do not wish to.

To enable this visit in school to go ahead, we will require a voluntary contribution of £6.00 and if there are not enough funds raised, then sadly the experience will not go ahead.

All permissions and payments have been made available via your ParentPay account.

As the Rainforest is known for its bright and vibrant colours, we are asking the children to dress up in bright clothing for the day, or as if they were from the Rainforest!

Thank you for your continuing support.

Mr M Mrs Parker Mrs Naylor Mrs Ollerenshaw