Morningside NewsletterFamily Fridays It is always lovely having so many parents in for family Friday. Parents are reminded not to use their mobile phones whilst in the classrooms. You will be asked to put them away if they are out. Thank you for your support. On...
It is always lovely having so many parents in for family Friday. Parents are reminded not to use their mobile phones whilst in the classrooms. You will be asked to put them away if they are out. Thank you for your support.
On Friday 10th November, we would like to invite in all parents from Nursery to year 6. This week parents from reception to year 3 had the opportunity to experience what playtimes are like at Morningside. We would love to share this experience with parents with children in year 4 to 6. All parents should go into the classrooms as usual with their children. At 9am, we will invite parents from year 4 to 6 to come out into the playground and explore what is on offer.
The Reading Champions were invited to Hackney Town Hall where they had the opportunity to meet other representatives from across the borough and were given their own reading packs to begin their reading project at Morningside. The reading champions have decided to reward classes who are consistently engaging with home reading. This means classes who are reading daily and writing in their home readers will be rewarded with new books for their reading area. You can help your child by listening to them read every night and helping them fill in their diary and bring it to school daily. They will be sharing lots of reading initiatives throughout the year.
Monday 6th November is parents evening from 3.30 – 8pm. This is a great opportunity for you to meet your child’s class teacher, hear and see what your child has been learning in class and discuss your child’s next steps. You will need to book a time slot to meet your child’s teacher. This needs to be done using the Arbor app. If you are having any difficulties doing this please speak to the office staff.
This year the school council are working on a number of projects alongside their role as the voice of the pupils. They have decided that we will be supporting two charities this year, Shelter and St Joseph’s Hospice; they will be organising fundraising events in support of these. They will also be running an anti-littering campaign to improve our local neighbourhood. They hold a class meeting fortnightly and report on the views of the pupils on aspects of school life such as lunches and the playground.
The Sustainability Squad is a group focused on the school’s environmental impact. They have undertaken a ‘green’ audit of the school and have decided to focus on the use of electricity. Look out for their ‘Switch Off’ campaign. They wish to encourage everyone to switch off lights and computers which they are not using in order to prevent global warming. The Squad will be running awareness events and assemblies to promote their message. They will also be running another Eco-Swap event soon.
Please find below three flyers from the Family Coach service that all parents can access:
Raffle Tickets will be on sale from Friday 1st December from the school office. We are still seeking donations from local businesses. If you know anyone who may be able to donate a voucher or prize, please speak or email the school office. We are thrilled to have received a donation of scooter accessories from Micro Scooters. Renowned for revolutionising the school run, Micro Scooters make getting from A-B quicker, cleaner, greener, healthier, and more fun. We have 10 helmet, character head and bottle holder sets to give away in the raffle, each worth £40.
At Morningside, we believe that for children to achieve their full potential they need to attend regularly and punctually. Children should be at school, on time, every day the school is open, unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable.
Please note that we do not authorise holidays in term time under any circumstances. Parents & carers need to ensure that they do not book holidays or flights before term ends or after term has begun. In recent years we have seen the number of requests for time out of school to visit seriously sick elderly relatives rise massively in the last weeks of July and the first weeks of September. It is impossible for us to distinguish between a true family crisis and those seeking cheaper flights.
If you book holidays during term time you risk being fined.
All children are expected to come to school in either our school uniform or school PE kit. Children are expected to wear a navy jumper or cardigan, yellow t-shirt and black, navy or grey trousers or skirt.
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.
Please make sure all items of clothing are labelled with your child’s name.
Jewellery
Parents/Carers are reminded that children should not wear any jewellery to school. If your child has pierced ears, small studs may be worn.
Nail polish
No child should wear nail varnish in school. If you have attended an event and your child has worn nail varnish, this should be removed before they come back to school.
Fleeces and jumpers
There have been increasingly more children wearing bright coloured jumpers to school. You are reminded that navy jumpers only should be worn.
Celebration assemblies
Every Friday we have a celebration assembly for the children in year 1 to 6. Each week teachers choose a star writer, reader, mathematician, timetable champion and a Star of the week.
Click here to see all the children who received awards last term.
Each week, we will share the class, who has the highest attendance. This week, we want to celebrate 3S, 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.
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Year 2 have taken inspiration from their learning about the Great Fire of London for their writing. They have been re-immersed in the events of the Great Fire of London in preparation for their second diary entries in writing. They discussed what happened in the......
Year 3 had an amazing trip at the British Museum. They gained more knowledge about the Ancient Kingdom of Benin. They explored the Museum and identified some elaborately decorated Benin Bronzes. They were ecstatic when they spotted Benin Bronzes, ivory carvings of Queen Idia, and......
In reading, year 4 have continued with their class text ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.’ They have been reading fluently and clearly with their partners; taking it in turns to read each page; summarising what was read, and then working together to find answers......
In maths, year 5 have been learning how to find change using the most efficient and reliable strategy when purchasing several items. They understand how money is made up, how to add and subtract multiple amounts to find their change and solving real life problems....
Year 6 have showcased some of their fantastic writing skills. This week they were focusing on using topic sentences, with conjunctive adverbs, to link to previous concluding sentences. Conjunctive adverbs are cohesive words or groups of words that connect one sentence to another. They can......