Summer update!

What a marvellous yet busy start to our 'Healthy Lifestyles' week!!  Both Year 4 classes have enjoyed a taster session of Karate this afternoon.  A leaflet will be sent home later in the week for anyone interested
in attending sessions over at the Community Centre - keep a look out for it!

Super healthy smoothies will be available to Year 4 on Wednesday.  Simply bring in 50p and buy one
at break time for a different morning healthy snack.

Homework Project for this term - you should have received a note giving details of our research project linked to produce we are attempting to grow in school.  Projects need to be handed in no later than Tuesday 3rd June.

Commando Joe Thursday - make sure you are here on time to take part in the playground warm-up sessions   at 8.55 am with Commando Joe!  Lucky Year 4 will also get another opportunity on a Thursday to work with him playing a range of team building games. Do make sure full outdoor P.E. kit is in school at all time please as now the weather is improving we hope to get outside a lot more.  Children who have full attendance during the term will get the chance to go on the huge inflatable!!

Newstead Abbey Camp will soon be upon us.  Please check your list and make sure you're ready and prepared for the excitement to come!

Guitar performance coming soon!  The children will have the opportunity to perform in front of the school showcasing their talents on 17th July.  This will be a wonderful finale to their very hard work and effort throughout the year.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY!

Monday 2nd June - INSET Day
Friday 27th June - Summer Fair
Wednesday 16th July @ 1.30pm - KS2 sports day
Thursday 24th July - Last day of term

New year, new start, new goals!

A happy new year to you all and we hope you have had a positive start. The children have settled well into the new term and we are keen for them to continue on this positive drive! The Spring term is a vital time for the children to be trying their best and working hard to achieve their potential. We will be challenging them everyday in the classroom and encouraging them to meet these challenges with a positive attitude! Hopefully by now you have received the newsletter and are up to date with the activities that will be happening this term in Year 4. Please see the 'Upcoming Activities' section if you require any further information. We are very much looking forward to working with Miss Green in our PE lessons on a Friday and are certain that the children will benefit greatly from working with an outstanding PE specialist - a real treat! Finally, the children have all been thinking hard about a new personal target for this half term. Please ask your child what they have decided on and what they are going to do to ensure they achieve it. The class budget (for each class) for the Autumn has been rolled over to this term as the children decided they would like to save the money and spend it at the end of the year!

Children in Need On Friday 15th November we will be trying to raise as much money as possible for the charity Children in Need. The theme this year is ‘Be a Hero.’ We would love to see the children dressed up as either their favourite superhero or maybe someone they look up to or admire. Please send in between 50p and £1 if your child is dressing up. We’re also planning to fill a giant Pudsey Bear with loose change so if you have any spare coins then dig them out and send them in – thank you for your support with this. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Once again we will be filling shoeboxes for the charity Samaritan’s Purse. Your child has now brought home a letter – please browse it and see if you are able to help by sending in anything listed on the leaflet or a cash donation. We appreciate this is an expensive time of year so are most grateful for any support you can give.

Latest update

Mr Stink arrives in 4B and 4N!! Wow!! We're so lucky to have Bigwood School visiting us every Monday afternoon for the next 4 weeks. They're reading the hilarious book 'Mr Stink' and we're very busy working on activities linked to it. HOMEWORK - Each week we will be asked to complete various tasks linked to Mr Stink and bring the booklet we have been given back into school for the next session on a Monday afternoon. Investors in Pupils Each half term the children are set targets. Why not ask your child about their target and how they think they're going to reach it. Is there anything they could be doing at home to work towards their target? Each term the classes are given a budget of £30 which they can then decide how to spend. We will be talking together about how to spend this money either at the end of each term or save it until the end of the year. Christmas Play This year we will be performing 'The Button Box.' Year 4 will be taking the parts of 'sailors' and we'll be in touch shortly about any costumes that will be needed.

Welcome to our Year Four update!

What a busy few weeks it has been – already we have managed a visit to the E-Learning centre over at Top Valley where we used an amazing ICT programme called Grid Magic!  This was linked to our Tudor topic and the children produced images based on portraits of well known Tudors.  Watch this space for photos coming soon..!

Our Wider Opportunities programme is well under way with Mr Hull steering us all in the right direction!  We are very much looking forward to showcasing our talents later on in the year.  Meanwhile, we are working hard to learn the basics such as remembering the rhyme for the order of the notes on the guitars – Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears (EADGBE)!

Thank you is the theme of our Harvest this year; the children have performed a wonderful Harvest poem to the rest of the school, with both Year Four classes working together.

Finally, just a quick reminder about our Tudor homework project!  The children need to research an aspect of the Tudor’s and present it in an interesting way.  This could be in the form of a poster, a PowerPoint presentation, an artefact or anything you would enjoy making – use your imagination and have fun!   The Tudor’s is a wide topic so we suggest you may want to narrow it down.  For example, you may want to research clothes, food, Henry VIII, Shakespeare, explorers, the list is endless!  The project is due in by Monday 14^th October and the children will be able to present them during that week.

Summer Homework

This half term we are asking the children to prepare a lesson.
What hobby/skill/talent can they share with the other children?

The children will need to create a short lesson plan, resourse it and then teach. It's as simple as that!

More information to follow.

Healthy Eating at School

On a serious note, at Rise Park Primary, we are proud of our reputation as a 'Heathy School' and of our Healthy School Accreditations. Unfortunately, in recent times we have seen an increase in unhealthy snacks at break times and unsuitable lunches provided for some children.

Examples of what we have seen in lunch boxes:
- Family sized crisp packets.
- Multi-pack of penguin bars.
- Fizzy drinks
- Cinema sized bags of skittles/malteasers.


I'm sure you all agree that the above examples are disappointing and not appropriate to have in school. Like you, we want the best for the children and for them to grow up healthy, making good lifestyle choices. It is therefore important that together home and school set good examples to the children. Treats are fine, a chocolate lunch is not! Thank you for your support with this issue.