Morningside NewsletterYear 6 parent workshops We will be hosting workshops for year 6 parents over the next few weeks to support you with applying for a secondary school place and share information about the up and coming Kench Hill residential. Applying for a secondary school Date:...
We will be hosting workshops for year 6 parents over the next few weeks to support you with applying for a secondary school place and share information about the up and coming Kench Hill residential.
Applying for a secondary school
Date: Thursday 5th October
Time: 9.05am
Venue: Main office meeting room
Kench Hill
Date: Thursday 12th October
Time: 9.05am
Venue: Bottom Hall
This week we have hosted St John & St James for two tag rugby competitions. On Wednesday, our year 3 and 4 girls and boys both played a brilliant game of tag rugby. Unfortunately, the boys lost 1-4 and the girls lost 2-3. Excellent effort from both teams.
On Thursday, our year 5 and 6 girls and boys showed off their rugby skills playing another fantastic game of rugby. Well done to the girls team who won their game.
Meta requires users in the UK to be 16 or older to use the app.
However, children and young people still use WhatsApp to connect and communicate with friends, family and communities. While this can benefit children’s wellbeing, parents must take actions to make sure their accounts are safe. Risks include inappropriate content or contact from strangers.
A tip to keep children safe on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp’s privacy settings allow you to restrict who can see your child’s messages and locations. You can also block users.
Click here for a step by step guide on how to use privacy settings.
On the 10th October, we will be celebrating World Mental Health Day. One way we can support our own mental health is by getting close to nature.
We all live with worries and fears, uncertainties and losses that leave us sad, and pressures that make us feel stressed.
Nature can have a really calming effect on us. We have been living around other animals and plants for thousands of years. Some people say nature helps them feel calmer, more hopeful and less alone. Our research found that going for a walk was the UK adults’ favourite way of coping with stress during the pandemic in 2020.
Each week, we will share the class, who has the highest attendance. This week, we want to celebrate 3M, who achieved 100%. A huge well done and keep up the excellent work; it has a great impact on learning and progress. At the end of the half term, the class with the highest attendance will receive a special reward.
Jumpers and cardigans worn to school must be navy with either the school logo or plain. Please make sure you name each item of clothing.
PE kit, a white t-shirt and navy/black bottoms, must be worn on PE days. Now that it is colder children should wear their school jumper/cardigan on top of their PE kit.
Below are examples from Primark. £7.00 for two jumpers or £4.50 for a cardigan.
Measles has been spreading in London and high numbers of unvaccinated children means it
is more likely that measles could spread further as children return to school and start mixing
again.
Our NHS vaccination provider, Vaccination UK, is coming to our school to vaccinate those children still in need of these important childhood immunisations. This will be after school from 3.30pm on the 5th October.
Consent forms will be sent out next week.
Nursery have been learning to count to three. They have used concrete and pictorial resources to support their learning. They know it is really important to only count each object once. Ask them to show you how to count three objects at home....
This week, reception has been busy in the outdoor provision. They have been exploring a variety of materials through sensory play. They loved practising their mark making skills in the shaving foam. They are excellent at making different patterns....
This week, year 1 have been using their working scientifically skills in science by identifying which materials are transparent, translucent and opaque. They discovered that glass is transparent, paper is translucent and foil is opaque. They also visited King Henry’s Walk-Garden Classroom to learn about......
In science, year 2 carried out an investigation to test how flexible different plastic bottles are. After making predictions, we filled four bottles with water and measured how far they squirted the water. The washing up liquid bottle squirted the water the furthest: 5 steps!...
In maths, year 3 have been learning about 3 digit numbers. They started the week using concrete resources to represent different 3 digit numbers. They then moved on to using pictorial representations of 3 digit numbers to work out place value to the hundreds in......
In science, year 4 have been carrying out investigations to see which liquids will decay egg shells the most. The egg shell represents the enamel on our teeth. We made predictions and we will check the results in a few days....
In art, year 5 are continuing with the topic of portraits and learning about the artist Frida Khalo. They learnt she painted pictures of herself and her life, using bright colours and showing her feelings. She often painted her famous unibrow, colourful clothes, animals and......
In reading, year 6 analysed the poem, “The Language of Cat” by Rachel Rooney. They all now know what the word saunter means. They ended the lesson performing the poem to their partners. They focused on their oracy skills when performing and their partners gave......