Deanshanger Primary School Parent Portal - Newsletters 2022-23 8th July 2023

Thank you very much for joining us this week for our two sports days. Whilst Tuesdays one was a little damp, it didn’t spoil the fun in any way and the children shone brightly with their sporting skills. Congratulations to the red team for getting the most points and having the opportunity to lift the cup proudly the end of the morning.

In the KS2 event, we again saw more great sporting spirit and talent as well as a plethora of eager volunteers - former DPS students and students and staff from EWS! Thank you so much.

Again, at the end of the morning when all the points had been counted, the red team lifted the cup!

Huge thanks to Mr Paragreen for comparing both events, to Mr Peel and Mr Taylor for the planning, the whole DPS team for keeping it running so smoothly and to you all for cheering the children on so wholeheartedly and joining in the adults races! It was even more impressive that we didn't have any injuries as you raced along the track!

The KS1 gallery is already on the school website. The KS2 one will be there next week.

Many thanks to Julie Atkinson and Jim Waddington for joining us on Wednesday and telling us all about the Summer Reading Challenge. The theme this year is sport and they used this theme brilliantly to motivate us all.

Summer Reading Challenge2023 Ready, Set, Read!

Deanshanger Library, along with libraries across the UK, have partnered with The Youth Sports Trust to deliver Ready, Set, Read!

You need to read 6 books over the summer holidays. Aimed at 4-11year olds, to keep them reading.

It is free. However, you need a library card; remember to bring a grown up, what ever your age, when you come to join.

At Deanshanger Library you can sign up from Wednesday 12^th July.

The Superstar Team, are 6 friends that love being active, sport, games, play, participation/taking part and reading!. The Superstar Team need your help! So can you read 6 books over the summer holidays. Any 6 books, big ones, tiny ones, fact ones, fiction ones, silly ones..!

Absolutely any book you want!!! You get stickers for every two books read. Stickers collected help The Superstar Team complete their obstacle course.

What do you get if you complete the challenge? A medal and a certificate.

As always Deanshanger Library will be holding lots of fun activities based around Ready, Set, Read!

Every Wednesday afternoon 2pm-4:30pm there will be crafts and activities for you to take part in, squash and biscuits! Crafts include split pin dinosaurs, upcycling t-shirt bag, phoenix wings and skate board design. However, that is not all the fun things going on!

They are all FREE! Under 8’s must bring a grown up.

Each week over the summer, during normal library opening hours, there will be extra activities in the library. These include a selection of board/puzzle games, very mini golf and soft ball games.

Please see Library social media for full details.

There will be a very special and important event on August 2^nd as the library will host a magic show. You must book and there are only 30 places available. It is FREE but you must have a ticket. Every one will receive a balloon model to take home!

Please join up it is so important for you, your school and your village library

Please have a good look at home to see if you have any school class or library books. It would be great to have these back in the school library.

Thank you very much in advance.

Updates from the PTA

The PTA Colour Run and raffle raised a staggering £1400. Thank you so much for being part of this whether planning or joining in. The Colour Run will most definitely be on the calendar again next year.

It was lovely to see new parents join the PTA meeting this week. New members are always very welcome. A date for your diaries – the PTA AGM is on Wednesday 20th September @ 7pm. Please come and join us if you are able.

Don't miss the forthcoming discos

Friday 14th July

The discos are outside in the courtyard - please dress according to the weather. We will obviously go inside if it is very wet.

3.30-4.30pm for Reception and KS1 (£3)

5.00pm - 6.30pm for Years 3,4,5 and 6 (£5)

Sign up is via Arbor

Thank you very much for taking the time to fill in the annual family survey - it is very much appreciated. 105 surveys were completed.

We will analyse the results and these will be shared with you. The results will also help drive our development plans for the new school year.

Accelerated Reader

We are almost at the end of the academic year and there have been some incredible reading results and reading! Well done to everyone who has participated in Accelerated Reader this year! It is an enormous team effort!

These are the overall individual reader leader board at the current time:

Mia McCleod - Year 6 Bear Class
Izzie Heap - Year 6 Sherlock Holmes Class
Iiyaz Lajux - Year 5 Where's Wally Class
Harry Maynard - Year 6 Bear Class
Euan Sharp - Year 6 Bear Class
Sacha Muretti Robinson - Year 6 Sherlock Holmes Class
Finley Pearce - Year 6 Bear Class
Kamram Miah - Year 3 Clifford Class
Alana Hockings - Year 6 Bear Class
Solenn Ruff - Year 5 Hedwig Class
Jameson Burgess - Year 4 Manny Heffley Class
Tiago Edwards - Year 4 Roddrick Heffley Class
Abbie Corbett - Year 5 Hedwig Class
Poppy Bailey - Year 3 Clifford Class
Emile Muretti Robinson - Year 4 Roddrick Heffley Class

We still have some time left and there are quite a few people close to becoming word millionaires. You will be able to use AR until Friday 25^th August or you may want to save your tests until your child enters their new class.

The class with the most words is Year 6 Bear with an amazing 17,203,503 words. The class that has sat the most tests over the year is Year 3 BFG with 1,146 tests.

You may have noticed that the interface for Accelerated Reader has changed as you will see from below. You should be able to access your account using the same username and password. We will talk with the children in class how they can access details about their account, books they've read and word totals. Book suggestions are also now given. There are also articles that you can read and take AR quizzes on. If you have any queries, please email your child's class teacher.

Safeguarding

Keeping children safe is everyone’s role. If you see something that doesn’t seem quite right with you at any time, please always pass it on. Thank you to the various families that have supported safeguarding in the last few weeks.

To ensure that children across the school, know how to keep themselves safe and how to get support if needed, we have been engaging with the NSPCC school materials.

This week the NSPCC team joined us and led sessions in Y4, 5 and 6.

Feedback from the NSPCC team was very positive - they said that our children knew a huge amount already and could share lots of valuable information.

PE kit and ties

Please be reminded that children in Y3,4,5 and 6 in September 2023, will come to school in their regular uniforms every day (from September) and change for PE in school.

For children in Reception, Y1 and Y2, they can wear PE clothes for the whole of a PE day and will not be changing in school.

For the current Y5s - ties are available for sale from the school office for £5.

Thank you very much to the very talented drummers for showcasing their amazing talents on Thursday – it was very inspiring!

We will be sharing the videos shortly.