Morningside NewsletterMessage from Jo and Rachel It’s been another busy week in school. Our Reception children had a fantastic time at Forest School, exploring nature and building their confidence in the great outdoors. Year 4 represented the school brilliantly at Hackney’s first ever Dragon Ball tournament....
It’s been another busy week in school. Our Reception children had a fantastic time at Forest School, exploring nature and building their confidence in the great outdoors. Year 4 represented the school brilliantly at Hackney’s first ever Dragon Ball tournament. Although they didn’t come away with a win, they had a great time and showed real team spirit and enthusiasm. You can see pictures in the post below.
As always, we’ve celebrated our Stars of the Week and enjoyed sharing successes and achievements across the school.
Finally, we want to wish our wonderful Year 6 pupils the very best of luck as they take their SATs next week. We are incredibly proud of their hard work, determination and positive attitude – you’ve got this, Year 6!
Wishing all our families a restful and sunny weekend.
Jo and Rachel
Do you have a child who will turn 2 before the 31st of August this year? If so, applications are now open for our Rainbow Nursery (Children’s Centre) for September 2025. We have full time and part time places available (15 or 30 hours). Please state your preference on the application form. Places will be allocated using Hackney’s nursery admissions criteria. The closing date for applications is 31st May 2025. Any applications received after this date will be allocated if spaces are available. You can get a paper copy of the form from the Children’s Centre office. If you have any questions, or you would like any further information or a tour of the centre, please contact Simran in the Children’s Centre by emailing centre@morningside.hackney.sch.uk or calling on 020 8525 2400.
Saturday 17th May 11am to 4pm
Are there children in year 5 & 6 who aren’t yet confident swimmers? King’s Hall want to help support children to gain this important life skill! They are offering the opportunity for children to have one week of funded intensive lessons during May Half Term at Kings Hall Leisure Centre. The offer includes free costumes, goggles and swimming cap and child membership to the local pool funded by Sports England in partnership with Better and Hackney Council’s 10×10.
https://forms.office.com/e/9T5fcqKxHm
Places are on a first come first serve notice and families need to sign up their children by 11th May
Here is a google link to a recording with Better and the Swimming coach which explains how the 10×10 half term swimming programme works.
Please see the flyer below for the details of summer 1 events.
Attendance Class of The Week This week, we want to celebrate 6M who have 98.1% attendance. A HUGE congratulations and keep up the excellent work, it has a great impact on learning and progress. You can help your child’s class win the weekly fruit platter by making sure they are at school everyday.
Our next group of 100% attendance winners were very happy to receive their prizes today.
| RM | 1M | 2M | 3M | 4M | 5M | 6M |
| 87.4% | 95.2% | 92.4% | 97.8% | 94.6% | 92.5% | 98.1% |
| RS | 1S | 2S | 3S | 4S | 5S | 6S |
| 87.9% | 94.8% | 96.2% | 95.4% | 97.5% | 92.0% | 96.5% |
This week in year 2, we have been looking at houses in Chembakolli in geography. We thought about the different materials they use to build their houses and spoke about what we would make our houses out of if we lived there. Watch our videos......
Jigsaw Jenny helped Reception to talk about positive relationships. We drew pictures of people we care about and shared them with our friends....
In art, year 1 have been exploring paint using different objects to create interesting shapes and textures....
In writing, year 3 are comparing different explanation texts and discussing their shared genre features....
Year 4 enjoyed a fun day out learning how to play Dragon Ball. Well done in the Dragon Ball tournament!...
Year 5 were focusing on online safety in PSHE. We started by practising our calming breathing techniques, then we discussed the positives and negatives of online communities before ending with a team quiz about age restrictions for different activities....