Super Science – Good Work

As part of National Science Week, we have held a special Science Week in school which began with a special launch assembly on Monday led by Mrs Hayward and the Green Team. Their focus was 'rocket science' as the team have applied to the RHS for rocket seeds, which have been stored in space and looked after by Tim Peake. It is hoped we will be successful and carry out a controlled experiment to discover if microgravity has an effect on seed growth.

In the meantime, Green team have devised their own experiment to discover whether freezing seeds for 24 hours has an effect on growth. Each break time and lunchtime, they have been planting rocket seeds with all of the children in school.

The Green Team and Mrs Hayward were also proud to announce that our school has been awarded the Eco Schools Bronze Award in recognition of all of the work they have been doing in school – well done to the Green Team and Mrs Naden for this fabulous achievement! Mrs Naden and Mrs Howard have been busy talking to classes about how they have used science in their jobs and both have been impressed with the children's interest and enthusiasm as well as their super questions about this work.

Sapphire class shared an entertaining and engaging assembly with their relatives on Thursday. They told their audience all about 'Aliens Who Love Underpants' and it was a delight to see how enthusiastic, confident and proud of their work they were!

Amber and Amethyst classes have been enjoying more outdoor learning during the week – they have used our grounds to learn a range of skills and clearly enjoyed their sessions!

Mrs Hayward, our school cook, treated us to a special themed lunch on Wednesday. The 'Easter Special' was a great success and staff and children thoroughly enjoyed all of the dishes!

Our Wonderful Worship Leads led our Assembly on Tuesday by sharing the story of Palm Sunday with the whole school. They reminded us of how people were jealous of Jesus and role-played the story confidently and enthusiastically – it was wonderful to share! They also launched an Easter competition for all classes.

KS2 children are invited to create an Easter acrostic poem and EYFS/KS1 children have been asked to design an Easter egg showing the story of Easter on their design. Our Wonderful

Three children represented our school at the Cheshire Inclusive Games on Wednesday morning. They were wonderful representatives for school and thoroughly enjoyed their experience. Here are a few things they had to say about taking part:

• 'It was the best day ever! I really enjoyed the ball game because I am good at throwing and catching.' – Edward
• 'We had lots of fun. My favourite sport was the athletics' – Kelsie
• 'I didn't know I was so good at javelin – I can't wait to go again!' – Connor

PCSO Nick held one of his regular lunchtime drop in sessions for children to discuss anything they were concerned or worried about yesterday. As always this proved very popular and it was great to see so many children taking the opportunity to talk to him.

This week's Praise Book children are:
Mrs Hayward's Class – Florence Meredith
Miss Danha's Class – All of Sapphire class
Mrs Richardson's and Mr Morrey's Class – Oliver Quigley
Mrs Stoker's Class – William Reade
Mr Perry's Class – Lucy Huntbach
Mrs Bird's Class – Kory Bebbington
Congratulations to you all!

Well done to Harry Wilson (Diamond class), Spencer Wright and Faye Cottrell (Amethyst class) who were awarded with our Lunchtime Superstar Awards on Friday. These children have impressed Mrs Hayward, Mrs Jones and all of our Mid-Day Assistants with their wonderful manners, good appetites and politeness at lunchtimes throughout this term.

Congratulations also go to Max Youle (Diamond class) who has been awarded our new Fair Play Superstar award today after being nominated by our MDAs for his fairness in playground games.
We have counted up the final tallies for our Team Points this term and I am pleased to announce that Alder team have managed to win overall for Spring Term. They have been enjoying their team reward on Monday afternoon next week. Please look out for a note in school bags if your child is in this team. Well done to them all!

FASA
Many thanks for all of the chocolate and bottle donations for prizes for the Tombola stall sent into school yesterday.
FASA's Easter Fair will take place next Wednesday after school from 3.15pm – 5pm. FASA would welcome cake donations towards our cake stall for the Fair, cake plates for donations are being sent home in school bags today.
Please send all cakes into school on Wednesday morning.
In addition, FASA would also welcome donations of any unwanted, new gifts, toys or toiletries for their Easter Fair.
Please send all donations into school. Thank you for your continued support with this important fundraising work.
Don't forget! As part of this special event, FASA are also holding a special Easter Bonnet Parade competition – entries from all age groups welcome!

ABC Childcare
Lynsey Taylor, Manager of ABC, has sent this message to all families:
'We are very grateful for all the support the community has shown us so far. We feel very settled in Audlem and that is due to your warmth and loyalty. Our out of school club is thriving and our pre-school is growing too.

'We have a team of Early Years Professionals, including a Qualified Early Years Teacher who provide a nurturing environment and well planned educational programmes to suit our Nursery children's learning and development. We work closely with the EYFS team in school to ensure transitions run well. We look forward to meeting new children and families over
the coming weeks and months and continuing to provide high quality Nursery and childcare provision for Audlem.

'To book your child into our Nursery (as spaces will be limited) or to arrange a visit, please call 01270 748081.'

Staffing Update
We have welcomed Mr Capewell to school this week as he begins his final teacher training placement in Sapphire class.
He will be working alongside Miss Danha throughout the remainder of this term and the majority of summer term as he completes his course.

Morgan & West – TAVA
TAVA are delighted to be welcoming Morgan & West back to Audlem, following their last performance which sold out.

The show will take place on Friday 15th April and the recommended viewing age is 7+. TAVA believe it will be a fantastic and affordable family evening out: 'The dashing duo of deception Morgan & West are the world's finest time travelling Victorian magic act. Morgan & West enjoy nothing more than performing stage shows stuffed to the brim with laughs, gasps and audience interaction, all presented in four glorious dimensions.'

Parent Forum
Minutes from our last meeting will be sent home to all families next week. One of the requests from parents in this meeting was for an overview of end of year expectations for year groups linked to children's target cards used in school.

These overviews were shared with parents at the Meet the Teacher meetings at the start of this academic year and are available on our school website (under info and parent handouts) along with the presentations used as part of these meetings.

As a follow up to our promotion of Parentview at our parent/child/teacher reviews this term, it was suggested that parents might welcome a reminder of the link to this site for them to add their views. Parentview can be accessed
via: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/login?destination=give-your-views
Once registered, parents and carers can search for our school and complete 12 questions online. I trust you find this information helpful.

Finally
This will be my final newsletter before our Easter break, I wish you all a Happy Easter and look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Monday 11th April.
R Jewitt

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