Newsletter: 19th April 2024

Posted on April 19, 2024 | By Mr Cole | Leave a response

Welcome Back!

I hope you had a lovely Easter holidays and, despite the start of the summer term feeling more like winter, everyone is ready for an exciting four months!

We have lots going on this term (see the list at the bottom of the Newsletter!), from residentials to trips out, exciting topics to learn about and many music, sports and outdoor learning events planned.

PE Achievements

Mini Marathons

Virtual gymnastics competition results

Mrs Morrison

Mrs Morrison will be leaving Woolsery School at the end of term to take up a new appointment in South Devon. Mrs Morrison came to us as a Trainee and secured a permanent teaching position with us three years ago. We wish Mrs Morrison every success in the future.

The advertisement for her replacement is currently out and we will let you know as soon as a new teacher has been selected.

Story Bears

Story Bears, who have regular slots for pre-Preschool children at Little Stars at the Milky Way Adventure Park, are coming to Orleigh, Foxdown and Sunflowers on Monday to run a session with our youngest children. I am sure the children will love the whole experience – as always, any feedback from your children next week would be really useful.

Eden Project Visits

As you’re already aware, all three schools will be visiting The Eden Project late rin the term to support their Science curriculum. The cost of this visit is being heavily subsidised by both school and FOBBS, FOPS and FOWS. The remaining element, which is a Parental Contribution, is now on ScoPay for you and we’d be grateful if you could make the payment as soon as possible so we can check whether the parental contribution levels are high enough for the trips to go ahead. Thank you.

FOWS News

Well done to everyone who has received a Headteacher’s Awards in assembly today! As usual, our awards are given in recognition of achievements relating to our six learning animals which represent for children the qualities needed to be a good learner. They are:

Orleigh: Leo H (Spider)  For identifying ‘bossy’ words in English learning and using them when sequencing a set of instructions to plant a seed; Sophia  (Dolphin)  For making imaginative choices about materials and composition when creating sculptures of caterpillars in the outdoor area.

Tythecott: Jensen (spider) – for making links and connections using fluency in maths during our mass sequences; Matilda (dolphin) – diving into her learning to use exciting vocabulary for her ‘Panda’ story.

Gorwood: Aubri (dolphin) – for making a huge effort in her descriptive poetry particularly when using personification; Jayden (spider) – for making links and connections in his maths to work out the area of compound shapes

Foxdown: Darcey (tortoise) – Darcey spent time working through a misconception when learning to count in 2’s. She is now counting with confidence; Ettie (dolphin) – Ettie was fully engaged with our science experiment around spinners. She followed the instructions to make one with ease!

Melbury:  Olivia (dolphin) – A fantastic diving dolphin, working very hard this week, putting lots of effort into all her work; Tyler (cat) – A very curious cat, sharing his scientific ideas and knowledge.

Goldworthy: Elodie (spider) for continuing to show a mature attitude to your learning, when challenged and making connections with previous learning; Molly (owl) for showing an excellent attitude towards her learning and understanding that making mistakes is part of the learning journey.

Sunflowers:  

Cranford: Keitija (tortoise) for trying really hard to work independently in phonics; Elsie (dolphin) for making and labelling a flower.

Burscott: Ielizaveta (spider) – reading independently using her phonics to blend new words. Amazing progress!; Milo (spider) – for using excellent vocabulary in our work on Human and Physical geography this week

Stroxworthy:  Elsie (dolphin)  – for diving into her learning: always producing superb quality homework every week and consistently achieving 10 out of 10 in her weekly spelling test. Well done Elsie; Jenson (tortoise) – for being resilient and continuing to foster his positive approach to learning together with constantly improving his attitude in the school environment. Well done Jenson.

Alminstone:  Lyonie (bee) – sharing some of her ideas in English this week. Great thinking on how to describe the rainforest; Archie (tortoise) – focusing hard on his writing, really working hard to join carefully. Keep it up, Archie.

Ashmansworthy: Harry (dolphin) – for working really hard to include all the correct SPAG in his writing; Lyla (dolphin) – for tackling all her learning with enthusiasm and determination

• 29th April – 1st May: Year 5 London Residential
• 3rd May  Sunflowers and Cranford Classes to Bridge Mill
• 9th May – Tempest Photos (Whole School and Class Groups) at Parkham
• 13th – 17th May – Key Stage 2 SATS Week
• 14th May – Burscott Class to Burford Woods
• 16th May – Melbury Class to Burford Woods
• 20th May – Cranford Class to Burford Woods
• 21st May – Stroxworthy Class to Burford Woods
• 22nd May – Tythecott Class to Burford Woods
• 23rd May – Big Sing at the Big Sheep
• 27th May – 7th June – Half Term (2 weeks)
• 9th – 14th June: Year 6 Adventure Bude Residential
• 10th – 14th June – Year 4 Multiplication Checks
• 17th June – Professional Athlete Visits for all schools
• 18th/19th June – Bikeability for Y5 (Parkham)
• 21st June – Eden Project Visit (Woolsery)
• 24th – 27th June – GTS Transition Week
• 27th & 28th June – Transition Days for Atlantic Academy and Bideford College
• 27th June – Eden Project Visit (Buckland Brewer)
• 28th June – Eden Project Visit (Parkham)
• 1st-5th July – Science Week
• 10th July – Sports Day (Woolsery)
• 11th July – Sports Day (Buckland Brewer)
• 12th July – Sports Day (Parkham)
• 25th July – Last Day of Term

Mr Cole’s planned schedule

Monday	all day
Tuesday		all day
Wednesday			all day
Thursday	all day
Friday

With best wishes,

Matt Cole, Headteacher

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