Message from the headteacher 13.01.2023
I am extremely proud of year 6 this week. Those at Arthog have demonstrated incredible team work, maturity and resilience. Those in school have also worked as a team, demonstrating independence and initiative. They are all fantastic role models.
We’ve had a lot happening in school this week, Our year 4 and 5 children have enjoyed the start of their swimming lessons, I’ve seen some amazing learning, including history in Year 5, and Big write in Year 1 and Year 3. Bonnie has been on site again visiting classes and doing trick training. The way the children have taken on board how to treat her and look after her is amazing. Bonnie is such a positive part of our well being support across the whole school and we love having her on site.
Well done to everyone who received a headteacher award this week:
Neve S, Zayn K, Louie P, Georgia W, Amelia R, Charlie S, Roman F
Sophie O, Penelope H, Isla Di C, Peter C, Jaiden M, Ollie D,
Victoria N, Lilly H, Ben C, Esme C-E, George McI, Ruby H,
Alex M, Shujat M, Elna T, Kade S, Sydney G, Lillie-Rae M
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
Mrs E Smith
Reminder about SMART Watches and toys from home
Please remember that the children are not allowed to wear SMART watches in school. A fitbit or similar gadget that counts steps only is fine, but any smart watches/device that is able to send/receive calls or messages or take photographs is treated the same as mobile phones and are not allowed to be used on site.
Please also remember that children are not allowed to bring in toys or footballs from home. We have had a rise in this happening since Christmas and it is beginning to cause issues/distract children and staff are having to waste time dealing with these issues which are completely avoidable. If a child requires a transition object for a particular SEND or Emotional, Health and Wealth Being need then this needs to be arranged with the class teacher or senco so that it can be managed successfully.
Thank you for your continued support.
Base 2 Forest School 12.01.23
Base 2 read the book Goldilocks and the Three bears and then went to explore the forest school area to gather and sort materials which were either hard or soft.
Shropshire Beam: Virtual workshops for parents and professionals – starting 18th January
Shropshire Beam are pleased to provide the next timetable of virtual workshops for parents and professionals, starting in January 2023, which includes a workshop on understanding and responding to self-harm as this has been requested by popular demand.
The details needed are provided in the chart below, please click on link at the appropriate time of chosen workshops. All workshops will be done via MS Teams, though please note that we are unable to record sessions for those unable to attend. The workshops are designed to be informative and engaging, so please be willing to participate during them. All sessions have an average duration of 1 hour.
There are four workshops, which will be rolled out to the end of February 2023, at various different times to enable more people to attend:
- Supporting Children and Young People with Anxiety
The aims and objectives of this session are to look at psycho-education within the topic followed by practical suggestions of methods and techniques to help support the youth experience and their issues with anxiety.
- Wellbeing Planning
This is a workshop which explains and provides a tool for children and young people to support their general emotional health and wellbeing. It recognises triggers and promotes self-awareness, which can also be used as a relapse tool to support resilience.
- Sleep Support
This session aims to look at psycho-education within the topic followed by practical suggestions and advice which includes methods and techniques to help support the children and young people having difficulties with getting to sleep and staying asleep.
- Understanding & responding to Self–Harm
The aims and objectives of this session are to look at psycho-education within the topic followed by practical suggestions of methods and techniques to help support the youth experience issues with self-harm.
The timetable is as follows:
| Date & Time |
Workshop Name |
Booking Link |
Wednesday 18 January 2023
9am start |
Sleep support |
Microsoft Teams meeting
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 394 159 833 28
Passcode: M5xLty |
Monday 23 January 2023
5pm start |
Supporting children and young people with anxiety |
Microsoft Teams meeting
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 388 094 657 346
Passcode: HfMH5w |
Wednesday 1 February 2023
1pm start |
Understanding and responding to self-harm |
Microsoft Teams meeting
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 393 316 915 63
Passcode: uyw8NH |
Wednesday 8 February 2023
2pm start |
Wellbeing planning |
Microsoft Teams meeting
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 319 622 846 575
Passcode: TZacjt |
Wednesday 15 February 2023
11am start |
Sleep support |
Microsoft Teams meeting
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 386 217 310 594
Passcode: 7Ezoto |
Wednesday 22 February 2023
9am start |
Supporting children and young people with anxiety |
Microsoft Teams meeting
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 313 589 969 716
Passcode: REG5D7 |
Times Table Rockstars 13.01.2023
This week’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd top users for each year group are:
Year 1: Hukam M, Oliver W, Blake R
Year 2: Ivan K, Oscar W, Habibah K
Year 3: Annabell G, Amelia E, Gabby U
Year 4: Sunainah T, Macey-Mai M, Riley W
Year 5: Megan YTL, Alyssa H, Jacob K
EYFS Making Porridge 11.01.23
This week we are reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We enjoyed following instructions to make porridge!
Artist Research 10/1/23
The children explored the work of their new artist of the term, Roy Lichtenstein. They discussed what they could see in his piece of artwork called ‘Wham!’ and gave their opinion about his work. They mind mapped their thoughts – what great team ant skills!
Lunchtime Supervisor Awards 13.01.2023
Congratulations to the following children who have received a Lunchtime Supervisor Award this week. This week’s children have been nominated by our wonderful Lunchtime Team:
Josh Y, Edward B, Logan B, Zara K, Jesse S, Ella-Rose L, Rabia A, Ismay S, Tali-Sian D
Hope T, Saphire K, Jacob K, Logan B, Betsy S-E, Carter W, Joshua Y
Well done to everyone who received an award this week!
Measuring in Maths 11/01/23
Today Base 3 learned how to use a ruler accurately and measured some items around the classroom in centimetres.
