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Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
Wed 11 May 2022We are going to be celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in school on Friday 27th May. Children are welcome to come to school dressed in red, white and blue for the day and they will be taking part in fun activities throughout the morning, finding out about Queen Elizabeth's amazing 70 years of service to her country. The children will be creating a special personalised tea towel to mark the occasion that will be available to purchase as a special memento of this year. Further information about this will be shared shortly.
In the afternoon, we are inviting all parents to come into school to join us for a special jubilee picnic on the school field. The children will make some sandwiches and treats that we will share in the afternoon, but you are more than welcome to bring a picnic of your own to enjoy in school with your child.
The afternoon will begin at 1.30pm and the picnic will be opened by the children singing a special song for parents that they have been learning. Following this, we will all sit on the school field together and hopefully enjoy a lovely afternoon in the sun! It would be helpful if you could bring along a blanket or two to sit on. For safeguarding reasons, parents must arrive before 1.45pm as the gates will be closed and we will be unable to open them after this time.
Please note that the special event is subject to fair weather so fingers crossed it doesn't rain! We really hope as many of you as possible will be able to come and join us for this special event.
Thank you for your continued support.
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Transition Plans
Mon 09 May 2022As we head further into the summer term, I wanted to share with you plans for transition for all children this year. As you are aware, the COVID restrictions over the past two years have meant that children haven't been able to properly complete transition visits to their new classrooms and this has been completed when we returned to school in September.
I am pleased to confirm that we are planning to return to our usual transition model this year, where children will be able to spend time learning and playing in their new classrooms before the end of the summer term. This will allow them to get to know their new surroundings and the members of staff in their class; hopefully alleviating any worries or concerns they may have before the summer holidays. Due to us having a mixed Y1/Y2 class in KS1, we mix the F2 and Y1 classes each year to create five new classes for Year 1 and Year 2. Before we begin to group our children into their new classes, we will ask them to choose two friends they would like to be with. Our aim when creating new class groups is that they will always be with at least one of their friendship choices when they move into a new class. We do find that they are normally with a small group of their friends, but we cannot guarantee they will be with everyone they want to be!
Please find below the key dates and information about transition:
Friday 8th July
Record of Achievement
Each child will come home with their Record of Achievement, which will detail their end of year assessments, attendance record and a class 'Pen Portrait' will also be included so you and your child are aware of the new class staff team.
Wednesday 13th July - Friday 15th July
Transition visits
All children in school will move up to their new class for three full days. You will bring and collect your children as normal and we will organise them into their new classes once we have taken the register in their existing classroom. Children will then return to their class at the end of the day ready for collection at home time.
Wednesday 13th July - 3-4.30pm
Parent Walkabout
Parents are invited into school to speak with their child's class teacher if they have any questions about their Record of Achievement, as well as spend time visiting their child's new classroom.
Year 2 children
Please note that if your child is in Year 2 and is leaving Sitwell Infant School in the summer, there will be a letter sent home tomorrow with full information about transition for you and your child to Sitwell Junior School.
We hope you find this information useful. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Thank you for your continued support.