Headteacher: Mr Oli de Botton Middle School NewsletterTo our Middle School Community,The first week of Spring Term 2 was a big one! Please see below for all of the stories from last week! Make sure you scroll all the way through to the end to ensure you don't miss anything! Uniform Lateness Equipment First Aid UpdateAll First Aid Incidents will now be reported online using Medical Tracker. Parents will be notified by email automatically when a First Aid Incident occurs. Phone calls will continue to be made for more serious incidents. Please ensure that the School is notified immediately of any change of Personal Details.Office Hours Your support on all of these standards is very much appreciated! Dates For Your Diary Return Date for Academic Year 2019/2020 - Monday 9th September Friday 15th March: Y5 Snowdon Class Imperial War Museum Trip W/B/ Monday 18th March: Middle School Bring a Parent to School week Thursday 21st March: Y5 Machu Picchu & Matterhorn classes Imperial War Museum Trip Friday 22nd March: Family Film Night - 'Wonderwoman' 17:30 - 19:30 Friday 22nd - Wednesday 27th March: Year 6 final Mock SATs Thursday 28th March: Great Oracy Exhibition (school closed) Friday 29th March: Above and Beyond Out and About trip for March Thursday 4th April: Tea Party Music Recital Year 5 - 15:30 - 16:30 / Year 6 - 17:15 - 18:15 Friday 5th April: Last day of term - school finishes at 13:00 6th April - 22nd April EASTER HOLIDAYS Tuesday 23rd April: First day of Summer Term 1 Tuesday 30th April: Above and Beyond Out and About trip for April Monday 13th - Thursday 16th May: Year 6 SATs Exams Attendance Winners - Week Beginning 04/03/2019 Year 5 - Snowdon 98.4% Year 6 - Everest 96.4% Year 7 - Ben Nevis 99.3% Overall Middle School Winner! Year 8 - Mont Blanc 95.1% Parents' Evening Update This week on Tuesday March 12th and Wednesday 13th the Middle School will hold Spring Term parents' evenings. There are slightly different systems depending on which year group/s your child/ren are in. Year 5 - bookings can be made online as was the case last term. Follow this link to do so: https://thesource.school21.org.uk/Parents/Booking/Code?Length=7 You will be able to meet with your child's class teacher to discuss their progress. You will need the code supplied previously (and included on the new letters) to access the booking system. Year 6 - bookings can be made on the slip being sent home this week. You will have the opportunity to meet with the teachers helping your child prepare for SATs, specifically in Reading / English and Maths. (Two appointment slots will be given). Please note, Year 5 and 6 parents are also warmly welcomed along to the New Hall to meet with the subject teachers for Drama, Music, Spanish, Art/DT and PE before or after your meetings with class teachers. If you need any further support or clarification, please contact your child's coach. Playground Equipment Plea In the first week back we sent out about 30 new basketballs, footballs and soft playground balls out into our Middle School playground. Pictures of these are included below. Unfortunately, we only have about 6 of these left already! If a middle school playground ball turns up at home, please ensure your child brings it back into school. The equipment at play ensures that these free times are engaging for your child. Your support is greatly appreciated! School 21 Celebrates World Book Day Tuesday last week saw School 21 filled with Radical Role Model inspired costumes as we celebrated World Book Week. As part of the day, the Year 5 - 8 classes paired up with Reception - Year 3 classes in primary for a reading buddies session. All the students were a credit to their schools and loved reading along with their buddies! Lots of students and teachers were very excited to design projects like this were older students pair with younger after the event.... watch this space! International Women's Day On Friday last week it was International Women's Day! A group of girls from Years 6, 7 and 8 were invited to attend a session celebrating the event and exploring how we can recognise and empower women. The groups created works of art with drawing and collage. All students were a credit to School 21 and modeled professionalism, enthusiasm and spark throughout the event. Lantern Walk - rescheduled!Due to rainy weather on Friday, we've rescheduled the Lantern Walk to this Friday, 15th March. Keep your fingers crossed for dry weather! Bring torches, all things that glow, a water bottle and comfortable shoes to join us on the Year 6 / Year 8 Lantern Project group's walk for charity. Sponsorship money can be brought in any time this week! See you there. Next Family Film NightThe next family film night is coming up on Friday, 22nd March - we will be screening Wonder Woman! International Womens' Day happens this month, so what better way to celebrate than to bring your family along to see this fab film full of strong female leads! We ask for a £1 donation which includes snacks and squash. We hope to see lots of people there! Year 6 Finds Drama very Lifting! Year 6 are currently focusing on the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, and have been working on lifts in their lessons. Their focus and collaboration this week was astounding and they achieved some amazing outcomes. Here are some of the Year 6 students learning to 'fly', supported by their classmates! Energy Well Spent! This week’s dance project has a special visitor! A professional dancer! The Year 8 students were enjoying dancing with her. Sophie Shaw from Sadlers Wells Theatre is very professional and we got to dance with her only for this week! “I like the new dance teacher. She is very nice.” “When you’re on a stage, you have to exaggerate your moves for the audience to be entertained.” Recognition last week Here are the 'Big Names' that filled our recognition board last week. Congratulations and thank you to all who demonstrated working in the zone, choosing kind and stepping up - you make our Middle School community #middlestrong! The Lunch Menu is Week 3 this Week! Spring Term 2 Curriculum Overview Letters #Middlestrong Book Detectives! Thank you to all the students that took part. Mrs Fisher We are running a very successful club every morning from 7:45 to 8:25 (last entry 8:10).I would like to remind everyone of the Breakfast Club Code of Conduct so that parents can share this with their children.
The club is for everyone to enjoy themselves in a friendly and safe environment. Thank you for your support.Receiving Emails from SchoolThose with Yahoo email accounts need to add:3164001@capita-intouch.co.uk as a safe contact so that they can receive emails from the school.Book People Book Bus A book bus will be visiting School21 on Friday, 15th March. Students will be able to visit the bus during the day as classes and will have the opportunity to buy books. If you would like your child to buy a book then please send money in to school with them. Parents can visit the bus after school until 4.30. This is a great opportunity to raise funds for our school library. Look out for leaflets coming home soon. Mrs Fisher Librarian |