This week Birches learned about why men signed up to the army at the beginning of World War One. We watched interviews with old soldiers and looked at posters that helped persuade men to join, then used 2Publish to create our own posters.
This week Birches created their own abstract art after looking at examples. We chose a pencil portrait and traced it, selecting certain lines to create an abstract effect. We’ve been quite impressed by the results!
Maples have had a brilliant first week back and as a reward for their hard work the children got to take part in some sensory/messy play which they thoroughly enjoyed. Throughout the week the children have completed phonic and math’s jobs as well as starting our new topic Magnificent Monarchs.
South Tyneside Attendance Team have informed school of the changes to Penalty Notice fines from 19th August 2024.
Our school will be implementing these changes, in accordance with LA and Governmental policy from the above date.
The main changes are –
• the number of unauthorised absences to 10 unauthorised absences (5 days) in the most recent 10 school week period.
• the number of penalty notices that can be issued to a parent in respect of the same individual child to 2 within a 3-year period.
• It increases the amount of the penalty notice from £120 to £160 (if paid within 28 days) and £60 to £80 (if paid within 21 days) for the first penalty notice issued to a parent in respect of the same individual child in a 3-year period.
• It sets the amount of any second penalty notice issued to the same parent in respect of the same individual child within 3 years of the date the first penalty notice was issued to £160 to be paid within 28 days. No discount is offered.
• Further absences will proceed for prosecution in the Magistrate Court for the same parent in respect of the same child within 3 years of the date of the first penalty was issued.
Further information can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/
Or you can email [email protected]
We’ve completed a few different Easter activities this week in Birches but our favourite is always the Easter egg hunt! We were a bit worried as it was a bit rainy at the beginning of the day, but that soon cleared up and we were able to do our hunt outside. Everyone found an egg with some chocolate in and had a great time!
Birches had a great Red Nose Day dressing in red and sharing toys from home.
Birches were very excited about World Book Day! Some of us wanted to dress up, others preferred their usual clothes, but we all had a great day and loved looking at what everyone else was wearing!
Birches took part in a workshop with Kirsten from Newcastle University today. we looked at flags, where we see them and what they represent. We then designed our own flag with pictures of things that represent us. Kirsten was very impressed with our knowledge and enthusiasm.
In Birches today we tested different materials to see which one was the most reflective. we had to make predictions first and explain our choices, then investigate to see if our prediction was correct.
For Internet Safety Day Birches thought about everything they know about keeping safe online, then used it to write acrostic poems. It is really important to be able to keep safe online, so it’s great that they’ve remembered so much.
