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Weekly Newsletter 11th February 2022

Welcome to West Meadows Weekly!

This week children have been learning about how to stay safe online as part of Safer Internet Day. Technology can be a wonderful thing – helping people who are far apart to communicate and supporting children in their learning, opening up a whole new world! However, it is important that we support our children in how to use technology safely. The children made some fantastic contributions and showed they had a good understanding of how to stay safe on line and some of the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’. We have posted a guide on our Twitter page to support parents with ensuring their children stay safe. Please follow us on Twitter @WMPrimary for this and other regular school updates. It is the best way to find out about school life on a daily basis.

valentine's day dinner

On Monday 14th February, we will be having a special Valentine’s Italian themed school lunch. Children can choose from Pizza, Quorn Spaghetti Bolognese or jacket potato. Children can order their dinner on the day as normal. It would be great to have those children who normally bring a packed lunch joining us in having a school dinner for this special day! All EYFS and KS1 pupils are provided with Universal free school meals and Key Stage 2 children can pay on ParentPay as normal.

online safety

We have had some issues where our children in school are sharing what they have seen online on platforms such as TikTok in class. Some of the content that children are sharing is not appropriate for their age group. Please be aware of what your children are watching on such platforms and do not hesitate to contact us if you would like support at home to ensure devices have appropriate filters on them.

February Half Term

A reminder that we break up for half term on Thursday 17th February as Friday 18th February is an INSET training day for staff. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 28th February.

Homework

Please keep supporting your children at home with their reading, spellings and arithmetic work which is set on Google Classrooms each week. This gives children a good opportunity to practice what they have learnt in school each week.

Arts week

Next week in school is Arts Week. Children will be studying different artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent Van Gogh, Antony Gormley and Yorkshire’s very own Henry Moore. Look out on Twitter for some of their amazing work.

Attendance matters

Every Monday we will celebrate our children’s achievements, both in school and at home, including their attendance in school. Good attendance is vital for your child’s education and means they can make the most of all aspects of school life.

Last Week's Attendance:

F1 AM: 87.21%

F1 PM: 83.33%

F2: 100%

Year 1: 79.79%

Year 2: 84.29%

Year 3: 97.78%

Year 4: 93.81%

Year 5: 96.56%

Year 6: 94.00%

Congratulations to this week's winners, FS2!

Upcoming Events

14th February

Valentine's Day themed school dinner

17th February

Random Act of Kindness Day

West Meadows' Festival of Music

Enrichment Afternoon

18th February

INSET Day

28th February

Eat Them to Defeat Them Campaign launches in school

3rd March

World Book Day (Dress as your Favourite Book Character)

4th March

Road Safety Day - Be Bright, Be Seen (Non-Uniform and Walking Bus)

5th April

Parents' Evening

8th April

Easter Celebrations: Easter Bonnet parade for EYFS and KS1; Easter Egg Decorating Competition for KS2

Parent Coffee Morning

Enrichment Afternoon

27th May

Queens' Jubilee Celebrations

Credits:

Created with images by PhotoMIX-Company - "heart love sunset" • geralt - "people google polaroid" • Pexels - "bible book pages" • PhotoMIX-Company - "homework student tablet" • bodobe - "painting pencils paint" • webandi - "to dye watercolor colour" • webandi - "calendar wall calendar days"