A reminder for parents and carers of children in 4N…
Tomorrow afternoon, 4N will be spending time in Beech’s Base. Children can come to school dressed in their Beech’s Base clothing, along with a change of footwear and a change of clothing if you wish.
Many Thanks,
Mrs N 🙂
Dear parent/carer,
As part of our commitment to make maths exciting and high profile in our school, we are taking part in a friendly competition involving schools in England. The competition runs from 07:30 Tuesday 14th November 2023 to 19:30 Thursday 16th November 2023. It’s all done online on TTRS.
Children can play in any gamemode with every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, earning themselves, their class and the school a point. The Times Tables Rock Stars platform will calculate the class average (the number of correct answers per pupil in the class who play during the competition hours, subject to a daily 60-minute limit (see below)). Winning classes in the school and in the competition as a whole will be the ones with the highest average.
To support player wellbeing, there is a daily time limit of 60-minutes per player. In other words, each player can earn competition points for up to 60-minutes between 07:30 Tuesday 14th November 2023 to 19:30 Thursday 16th November 2023. Once the player goes beyond 60-minutes of play on that day, they will still earn coins but will no longer earn points towards the competition.
In the spirit of the competition, please don’t play on their behalf but by all means encourage and support them to the extent that it doesn’t cause high stress levels or impact on family plans.
In Military Kids Club today, we had an introduction to orienteering. 9 flags were placed around the school grounds and children had to stamp their cards with 9 different patterns. We will build on this during the coming months with the aim of being able to read a map and use a compass accurately!
Next week, we will be going to Beech’s Base to complete some team building activities and make s’mores. Please can your child bring a spare set of clothing or at the very least, a pair of wellies.Â
The children in 4OP are coming home with a letter to explain about a violin performance on Wednesday 29th November at 10am.
We hope to see you there! The children are so excited to share what they have been doing in their weekly violin lessons.
Miss Lockwood and Miss Smith kindly took 4M to Beech’s Base today, where the children continued with their Roman topic, making Roman porridge and moved on with their Science topic – Sound – making their own musical instruments from recycled bottle tops, sticks and string!
4M had a great morning with a Be Bright Be Seen workshop! The children looked at how to stay safe with the darker evenings and mornings.
They conducted an Science experiment to test which fluorescent colour would be the best to wear! After the investigation, the children concluded that fluorescent yellow was the best. After such a great workshop, the children have all been given a pair of bright gloves to wear during the darker season.
4OP had a great morning with a Be Bright Be Seen workshop! The children looked at how to stay safe with the darker evenings and mornings.
They conducted an experiment to test which fluorescent colour would be the best to wear! After the investigation, the children concluded that Pink was the best. After such a great workshop, the children have all been given a pair of bright gloves to wear during the darker season.
Well done 4OP!
Just a reminder to all the parents of children in 4M – we have Beech’s Base with Miss Lockwood on Tuesday 7/11. All children can come to school in their forest clothing.
We have a “Be Bright, Be Seen” travel workshop first thing, followed by Literacy after break, with Beech’s Base in the afternoon.
Many thanks
Mr M
Morning Parents
Before half term I sent home parts of the children’s work for typing up and submitting for The BBC 500 Words Competition, which is something all children at NJS have been involved in preparing for across the last half term. The closing date is approaching and we need parental help to submit entries before the closing date of Friday 10th November. At present 4M only have two stories entered!!
Details about the competition and where to submit cab be found via this link:
The children have their stories planned and written – they just need to type it up and then submit – with your help – to the website above.
Ideally I would also like to receive copies of their stories and the certificates they receive for entering, so I can put them into their English books here at school.
Please support your child where you can or let me know and I can get a laptop for them to use one lunchtime!
Many thanks for your support
Mr M
Newport C.E. Junior School
Avenue Road,
Newport,
Shropshire
TF10 7EA
Tel: 01952 386600​
Head Teacher: Mrs Nicola Moody
School Business Manager: Lesley Green
