Through respect and friendship we achieve
excellence / GreatOuseburnCommunityPrimary School
Main Street
Great Ouseburn
York
YO26 9RG
Telephone 01423 330296
Executive Headteacher Elaine Dixon
Associate Headteacher Gillian Hart
April 19th 2013
Dear Parents
CHILDREN’S LEARNING
Easter baby!
We are delighted to announce that Henry, John Marsden was born on Easter Sunday weighing 8lb 2oz. Our congratulations and best wishes go to Mrs Marsden and her family.
Reception classroom bid - Success!
In the Autumn term, the school put in a funding bid to North Yorkshire to completely renovate and overhaul the Reception classroom and adjoining area. We heard last week that we have been successful! After a feasibility study later on in the year, we hope that the work will start in the Summer holidays of 2014.
Class Topics for Summer term
Unicorn Class (Reception/Year 1/2)
Potty about plants is the topic this term. The children will be learning all about growing plants and how to care for them. They will also be making bird feeders to sell at the Spring Festival. In art they will be studying the artist Andy Goldsworthy and making their own pictures in his style. Later on in the term they will be visiting HarlowCarrGardens.
Phoenix Class (Year 3/4)
The Phoenix class will be Nature Detectives, investigating climates and how humans affect their local environment. Also the children will be learning about how animals move and grow and how their bodies adapt as they become older. Included in this term’s topic are days out to HarlowCarrGardens and attending Countryside Day at the Yorkshire Showground. Finally, Phoenix class will be researching the art of Balthasar van der Ast, who was famous for painting plants and insects.
Griffin Class (Year 5/6)
This term the Griffin class will be ‘down by the river’. Through fieldwork and research they will be investigating rivers and the effects they have on the environment. They will be looking at the importance of the water cycle which will lead to experiments in evaporation, condensation, dissolving and filtering. The children will also be creating clay times and electronic factbooks on rivers. Of course, the children will be looking forward to their residential trip to BewerleyPark.
KIRFs
This half term’s KIRFs. If you have any queries, please ask your child’s teacher. Ideas for KIRF games can be found on the school website under Useful Information.
Count in 10s. / Know all addition and subtraction facts for all numbers between 0 and 10. / Know all addition and subtraction facts for multiples of 10 to 100. / Know all addition and subtraction facts for:Multiples of 100 to 1000
Multiples of 5 with a total of 100
Number pairs that total 100. / Know all pairs of multiples of 50 with a total of 1000. / Know all pairs of factors of numbers up to 100. / Know the tests for divisibility for 4 and 6. / Know the decimal and percentage equivalents of the fractions ½, ¼, ¾, ⅓, ⅔, tenths and fifths
Gardening Club - help and plant donations needed
After the fantastic work at the end of last year clearing the front of the school, we now need to re-plant. We would like to have a short garden working party on the morning of Saturday 27th April to mulch and plant the new flower beds. If anyone has any spare plants for this area, please let us know. If you can volunteer for an hour or two; or have spare plants, please chat to Mrs Hart or Fiona Slight. Thank you very much.
St George’s Day School Dinner
In honour of our patron saint day - Tuesday 23rd April, Mrs Tulley will be cooking a traditional English dinner of:
Beef Pie and gravy, vegetable medley and potatoes with a St George’s day muffin for dessert.
Please contact the school office if you would like your child to have this special scrumptious
school dinner.
Athletics and multi skills club
Beginning next Thursday evening alongside the current football club, Edd Mason will be organising a multi skills and athletics club. Edd has a number of coaches and so will be running different sessions at the village hall field, including athletics and frisbee golf. Times remain the same, 5 - 6pm. Just turn up next week and your child can choose which sport they wish to take part in. There will be a small charge to take part.
Diary Dates
Tuesday 23rd AprilSt George’s Day dinner
Tuesday 30th AprilFrench Language Day for local
primary schools - Year 5
Sunday 5th MaySpring Festival
Thursday 9th MayMaths Challenge Day
Monday 13th MayKS2 SATs Week
Monday 20th MayKS2 Kwik Cricket afternoon
Wednesday 22nd MayBewerleyPark Parent Information Evening - 3.20pm
Friday 24th MayTraining day - School closed
27th - 31st MayHalf-term
3rd - 7th JuneBewerleyPark - Year 5/6 Residential Trip