Issue: 08

Date: 17 January 2020

DIARY DATES

JAN 2020 Mon 27 Y6 London meeting 3:15

Fri 31 Y1 class assembly, 9:15am

FEB Sat 01 Y6 Bag Packing Tesco Mon 3 Y5 French trip meeting 3:15 Tues 04 EYFS/KS1 Phonics meeting 3:15pm Fri 07 Reception class assembly 9:15am Piano assembly 2:30pm Mon 10 Parent Wellbeing Group Tues 11 Reception Vision Screening Fri 14 Y5 class assembly 9:15 Last day of term 17-21 Half-term Mon 24 First day back to school MAR 4-6 Y6 London residential Fri 06 Y2 class assembly 9:15am Tues 10 Class photographs Tues 17 Parent consultations Years 1,4,5 Wed 18 Parent consultations Reception, Year 2,3,6 Fri 13 Y6 class assembly 9:15am Fri 20 Y3 class assembly 9:15am Thur 26 Y4 class assembly 9:15am Fri 27 Last day of term APR Tues 14 First day back to school MAY Fri 08 Bank Holiday Mon 11– 14 Y6 SATs Tues 19,Wed 20 Y5 French trip Fri 22 Last day of term Mon 25— Half term holiday Fri 29 JUNE Mon 01 First day back to school JULY Fri 17 Last day of school

Newsletter

Class Assemblies Class assemblies will start at 09:15am and following that parents and family members are welcome to spend time in the classroom with the children and their teachers to look through their books and topic work to see what they’ve been learning about. Please stay afterwards to join Mr Towe and Mrs Payne for a cup of tea, a biscuit and some informal chat. Reception class Friday 07 February Year 1 Friday 31 January Year 2 Friday 06 March Year 3 Friday 20 March Year 4 Thursday 26 March Year 5 Friday 14 February Year 6 Friday 13 March

Piano Assembly There will also be a piano assembly on Friday 07 February @ 2:30pm. All family and friends of pupils who have lessons with Dan Hiscott are welcome to come along to listen to the children perform. Those pupils who need to leave slightly earlier for the league cross country race at Lanhydrock will perform first.

Welcome! A warm welcome to Sampson H our new pupil in Year 4. We hope you and your family settle into your home and enjoy your time at Stoke.

We also welcome two students from Plymouth University who are on their final year teaching placements until Easter. Miss Gough is joining Year 1 and Miss Diaz Estop-inan in Year 5.

Parent Consultations Please make a note of the below dates for this term’s parent consultation sessions:

Tuesday 17 March —Years 1,4 and 5 Wednesday 18 March — Reception, Year 2,3 and 6

Times: 10 minute appointments starting at 1:00 until 6:00pm. The signing up sheets will be displayed on the classroom doors nearer the time

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Headteacher’s Star Awards

Here are the winners from Monday 13 January.

Maisie G (FS), Charlotte O (Y1), Harry S (Y2) Joe M (Y3), Sampson H (Y4),

Elizabeth M (Y5), Zara B(Y6)

This term Year 6 are spending time coding microbits to do various different jobs with algorithms. A micro bit is a pocket sized computer 70 times smaller and 18 times faster than the original BBC Micro computers used in schools. It has 25 red LED lights that can flash messages and can be used to create games. On Tuesday 14 January, we aimed to code the microbits to flash re-petitively when button A was pressed to make it do what a lighthouse would do. Once we had achieved that, we made a foghorn noise and set it so that it would go on when button B was pressed. We used the crocodile clips to connect everything together to make it work.

Jasmine T and Cydnee C (Y6)

Police Safety Assembly — Stop, Look, Listen, Live Three members of Callington Police Neighbourhood Team visited the school on Wednesday to give the children a road safety awareness presentation. We are all aware of how busy the roads are around the village at drop off and pick up times, and how many parents park irresponsibly on kerbside corners preventing clear vision for the children to cross roads. There was a near miss a few months ago outside the school gates, so the children were reminded not to rush out of car doors and run across roads without looking first.

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There’s still time to come along to the FREE robotics course run by Ian Barnes from

Cornwall Learning, Tuesday 1pm—3pm. This is an informal session for parents who will

be taught all about coding and how to write simple computer programs to control

equipment such as robotic cars, lights and sensors. It’s hands-on and fun to learn a new

skill which you can then share with your children who join the session for the last 30

minutes. Ian guides you through the activities at your own pace so no prior experience

necessary. Come along on Tuesday and give it a go!

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High 5 Netball League Results

Well done to the netball team who played Calstock B team on Tuesday 14th January. We won 7 v 4.

MVP: Jasmine T. Mr Bain commented on your great performance and team effort.

A reminder that netball club on a Thursday is for Years 5 and 6 this term.

A polite reminder to all parents to please regularly check their Parent Pay accounts and keep their dinner money balances in credit. There are lots of parents running up large debts which causes endless problems.

We would like to invite you to a EYFS / Key Stage 1 phonics workshop on

Tuesday 4 February @ 3:15pm — 4:00pm

Free crèche wil be provided and staffed by teaching assistants.

Come and find out how we teach phonics in school and how best to support your

child in reading and writing.

Please confirm your attendance with Ms Jenkins in the school office.

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