Friday 16th November 2018 Issue 10

Palfrey Junior School Newsletter

Dale Street ,Palfrey, Walsall, WS1 4AH Telephone:- 01922 721092

www.palfrey-j.walsall.sch.uk

On Tuesday Year 6 had a fantastic time at the Think Tank Museum in Birmingham. They had a great time exploring the interactive and hands on exhibitions about the human body, fossils, wildlife and a really fun out door water experiment area.

Golden Certificates

Well done to the following children who were rewarded this week:

Suwaibah –For working hard in all subjects.

Safiya– For marvellous mental maths.

Muhammed S-for some super work on money in Maths!

Hussain A– for a vast improvement in his attitude and work.

Shanam– for improvements with times tables.

Ibrahim– For producing fantastic talk homework.

Najeehah– for a brilliant chapter to add to the lost or stolen story.

Nadia– for creating an excellent firework picture.

All of Class 8– for creating beautiful talk homework.

Dominik– for an improvement in his attitude to learning.

Sahl-for an excellent effort during morning interventions.

Arifa– excellent attitude in all lessons.

Ridwaanul– excellent improvements in narrative writing.

Muhammad S– for excellent effort in intervention activities.

The trip was phenomenal! My favourite part was the interactive theatre all about what was under our skin and the digestive system.

Fatimah

I though Zoolab was amazing!

We got to hold a cockroach and feel a

giant snail, a snake and a cute hamster.

We learnt all about the different rainforests and

where different ani-mals live. We also learnt how chocolate is made from coco beans that

grow in the rainforests. Rayyan

Well done to all the children who led our special Remembrance Day

Assembly on Monday. It was very moving and thought provoking.

Lest We Forget

Lets try and improve on last weeks attendance !

Expected attendance is 96 % 5th-9th Nov 2018

The Class with the best attendance was

Class 4 with 100% Overall our attendance was

96.4%

The attendance for each Class: Class 1 –92% Class 2 –96% Class 3 –97%

Class 4 –100% Class 5 –96% Class 6– 97% Class 7 - 97% Class 8 - 93% Class 9 - 97% Class 10 - 92% Class 11 - 97% Class 12 –97%

All children should be on time for

school. The gates open at 8:30 and

school starts at 8:40am

Any child whose attendance falls

below 90% is considered an

persistent absentee, they will be

referred to our Education Welfare

Officer (EWO) for close monitoring.

All children have to participate in weekly PE lessons– Please make sure you child has the correct PE kit ( plain white t-shirt and plain black legging or jogging bottoms and black pumps) If

your child has not got it in school please make sure they bring it on Monday and leave it in school so they always have

access to their kit for PE and spare clothes should they need it . Thank you

Monday 19th November marks the beginning of Anti-bullying week @PJS. The children will be watching a

special assembly called ‘The Power of One’ we would like to invite parents to join us

for this performance . Y3 & 4—1:30-2:15pm Y5 & 6—2:20-3:00pm

Dates For The Diary Monday 19th November– Power of One Anti- Bullying assembly Y3&4 1:30– 2:15pm ,Y5&6 2:20-3:00 pm parents welcome to join us for the whole assembly. Tuesday 20th November– Y4 Trip National Arboretum Thursday 22nd November– Cinderella Panto ( funded by school fund) Wednesday 28th November– School photos Thursday 6th December– Carol Concert Methodist Church @1:30pm Friday 7th December– Choir performance Manor Hospital @12:00pm Wednesday 12th December– Winter Fayre ( details to be confirmed) Thursday 20th December– Closing for Christmas holiday @ 1:30pm Friday 21st December– Staff Training Day Closed to pupils Monday 7th January– School re-opens @8:30am

Now the cold winter weather is drawing in please make sure your child has a suitable

warm winter coat . Please also ensure they are wearing correct

school uniform including SOCKS.

We understand children like to be more Independent at Junior school, but as

parents/carers it is your responsibility to check they have the correct CLEAN

clothes on for school and have had a wash and brushed teeth properly.