Morningside NewsletterBlack History Month October is Black History Month. This week, all classes have been learning about how Black history is a vital part of Britain’s history. We want our children to know the past in order to shape the future. Focus Book Country Nursery Identity...
Black History Month
October is Black History Month. This week, all classes have been learning about how Black history is a vital part of Britain’s history. We want our children to know the past in order to shape the future.
| Focus | Book | Country | |
| Nursery | Identity
Bob Marley |
One Love by Cedella Marley | Jamaica |
| Reception | Windrush
Floella Benjamin |
Coming to England by Floella Benjamin | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Year 1 | Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks |
Rosa Parks: Little People, Big Dreams by Lisbeth Kaiser | Ghana |
| Year 2 | Underground Railroad
Henry Box Brown |
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine | Somalia |
| Year 3 | Roamans
Septiumius Severus |
Empire’s End: A Roman Story by Leila Rasheed | Libya |
| Year 4 | Tudors
John Blake |
Diver’s Daughter – A Tudor Story by Patrice Lawrence | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Year 5 | Georgians
Mary Prince |
Two Sisters: A Story of Freedom by Kereen Getten | Jamaica |
| Year 6 | Victorians
Fanny Eaton Sarah Forbes Bonetta |
Son of the Circus: A Victorian Story by E L Norry | Nigeria |
On Thursday, we enjoyed a delicious meal cooked by our talented kitchen team. We enjoyed eating jollof rice and peas, jerk chicken and plantain, with puff puff and Senegalese dumplings for dessert.
Over the last few weeks all classes from year 1 to 6 have visited Hackney Museum to participate in Black History Month workshops. They learnt about three countries in Africa; Congo, Kenya and Ethiopia and how people from these countries have contributed to their communities. They explored how African heritage individuals have shaped Hackney to be the borough it is today.
Hackney Council has organised a number of free events over the month of October and November to celebrate Black History Month.
Click here to find out more.
This week has seen the introduction of some new playground equipment that the children have been able to play with. The new buggies and babies have been a real hit, even with some of our older children. The children have enjoyed dressing up as superheroes and have loved wearing different face masks. Children also created obstacle courses for each other.
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.
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.
We are pleased to announce that our first parents evening this year is on Monday 6th November 2023 from 3.40 – 8pm in your child’s classroom. 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.
To sign up for a slot you will need to use Arbor. This can be done through your Arbor App. If you don’t have a login for Arbor please speak with the office.
This link has a good video explaining how to do this: https://support.arbor-education.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020147458-Getting-started-Log-into-the-Parent-Portal-and-the-Arbor-App#what-is-the-parent-portal–0-0
Appointments will not go live until after the October half term break. You will be able to book an appointment from Monday 30th at 9:00am.
If you have any questions, please contact our office staff.
The NHS flu vaccine team will be visiting on Friday 3rd November 2023 and returning on Tuesday 28th November 2023 (for anyone who missed the first date).
The nasal spray will be offered to all students from Reception to Year 6. The nasal flu vaccine is painless and quick. Side effects are uncommon and generally mild.
To give consent for your child to have the flu vaccine, please click here: https://london.schoolvaccination.uk/flu/2023/cityandhackney
Each week, we will share the class, who has the highest attendance. This week, we want to celebrate 2S, who achieved 98%. 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.
This week, Nursery have loved drawing shapes on pumpkins and scooping out the seeds. Look at their amazing creations. In maths, they have been learning to subitise numbers to 6. Subitising is when you are able to look at a group of objects and realise......
Reception had a lovely time on a walk to the local park. We looked for signs of autumn. We sorted leaves and even saw squirrels collecting nuts. When we came back to school, we wrote a list of all the things that we had seen....
Year 1 have been showcasing their creative skills this week creating collages. This week they have created landscapes taking inspiration from the two artists they have studied this term, Matisse and Beatriz Milhazes. They used their skills of cutting and tearing to make different shapes......
Year 2 went on a brilliant trip to the Neasden Temple, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir. The temple is a traditional place of Hindu worship. The children gained knowledge of Hinduism that could not have been achieved in the classroom. The temple and the gardens were......
This week in maths, year 3 have been using their knowledge of place value to represent three digit numbers in different ways. One way was to use a Gattegno chart. The children partitioned the number into ones, tens and hundreds. For example, the number 342......
Year 4 had a fantastic time at the Woodberry Wetlands. They learnt about different animal habitats and closely observed some different creatures. Activities include pond dipping – using nets and trays to explore aquatic habitats; minibeast hunting – looking in the woodland habitats to discover......
This week, Year 5 have begun to write their informal persuasive letters. They are inspired by Floella Benjamin’s experiences on ‘Coming to England’ in the 1950s. She experienced relentless racism from the other children in her school and was extremely unhappy. Year 5 are writing......
Year 6 went to the Woodberry Wetlands and really enjoyed spotting different birds. They were great with binoculars and found some really interesting things! We have also been working hard in maths, using cuisenaire rods to represent multiplicative and additive relationships....