John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery Parent Portal

Friday 18th March 2022

ISSUE 14

Celebration Children

Congratulations to the following children who have made us proud this week!

Reception - Thomas has been chosen this week for being a fantastic mathematician! He is able to subitise confidently and understands about the composition of numbers.
Year 1 - Lois has been chosen for having a 'can do' attitude to everything she does in school.
Year 2 - In Year 2 Thomas has been always showing us the three R's in school, he is ready, responsible and respectful. Well done!
Year 3 - Davin has been chosen for being very focused in class and concentrating brilliantly during writing.
Year 4 - In Year 4 Bobby has been working incredibly hard in every single lesson this week. We are all very proud of how hard he has been working. Well done.
Year 5 - The person chosen this week in Year 5 is always working conscientiously in class and giving care and attention to her work, especially presentation.
Year 6 - Georgia has been chosen this week for being an excellent role model in all areas of school life. She is a great member of our class and the school.

Headteacher Awards

Every week Mrs Kerr will present code of conduct certificates in our celebration assembly to children who have been caught being responsible, being respectful and being ready!

Be Responsible

Well done to the children who have been responsible this week.

James (Yr 4) for tidying away the hockey equipment every day without being asked.

Be Respectful

Well done to the children who have been respectful this week.

Nancy (Yr 2) for always listening carefully and speaking politely to all the adults she meets in school.

Be Ready

Well done to the children who have been ready this week.

Sienna and Hannah (Yr 6) for being ready and prepared for their dance competition outside school this week - good luck!

Curiosity Corner

Take a look at what our children have been curious about this week in their learning!

18 Mar 2022

Nursery Learning

Children in Nursery have been learning about healthy eating and oral hygiene this week. They have helped to prepare snacks, they were really sensible cutting fruit and laying the table, and persevered with washing and drying the cup and bowls afterwards. We talked about the importance of...

18 Mar 2022

Outdoor Learning

In outdoor learning this week KS1 children have been looking at the life cycle of frogs. Children enjoyed a story called 'how to grow frogs' and looked at some frogspawn. We made a safe area for the frogspawn to grow, where the children can also observe their development.

18 Mar 2022

Year 3 Maths

This week Year 3 have been working really hard on learning how to do column addition. We used dienes to help us work out the sum.

18 Mar 2022

Marvellous Mechanisms

This week year 3 have started our DT project on mechanisms. We worked together to maker sliders and levers.

18 Mar 2022

Reception News

This week Reception class have been working collaboratively to create large pictures of fruit. We looked closely at different types of fruit and decided which ones to add to our pictures. We have also started making some fruit out of clay. The children used tools to create texture on the c...

16 Mar 2022

The Great Wave

This week Year 2 have been looking at seascapes. We really liked A Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai and decided to create our own versions. We used what we have learned about warm and cool colours and foreground and background to create some amazing images!

Meet the Staff

Name: Steph

Year Group: Nursery

Likes: Spending time with family, watching Neighbours and getting early nights!

Dislikes: Cauliflower and driving on the motorway.

Favourite subject at school: Science

Fun fact: I'm going on my first cruise in a couple of weeks.

Sports News

17 Mar 2022

P.E this week

All classes have been very busy in P.E this week. Reception class explored being ‘cyclists’ by participating in games that were bike themed. These games involved different ways of travelling in space by using their bodies to create different movements as well-being aware of their su...

We are very pleased with how enthusiastic the girls have been about playing football following their success in recent sports events and competitions. We have been in contact with a local football club, Spartans, who have informed us that they have an under 9s and under 11s girls teams and would welcome new members. You can find more information on their facebook page.

In the News

Every week Key Stage 2 children have the opportunity to discuss a current affairs topic in our picture news assembly. Here is this week's topic:

Upcoming Events

Bronze Ambassador lead Breaktime Kurling Club

10:30am – 11:00am

March

YR6 Sports coach lead Girls Football lunchtime club

12:30pm – 1:00pm

March

Bronze Ambassador lead Breaktime Kurling Club

10:30am – 11:00am

March

YR6 Sports coach lead Girls Football lunchtime club

12:30pm – 1:00pm

March

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