Value of the Month for February is Proud!

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Attendance

Class attendance winners for

last week …

1. Owls 99.2%

2. Wrens and Robins 98.7%

3. Herons 98.6%

Well done Owls! Whole School: 97.8%

BRING YOUR GROWN UP TO SCHOOL AFTERNOON— OWL AND HERON CLASSES

Owl Class had a great time this week bringing their adults to school! They read Elmer stories then made their own

Elmer elephants!

Heron Class showed their adults the dance they have been working on for the Mere Dance Festival and then came back to class to create their own Ancient Maya Glyphs out of clay. Their topic has been Ancient Maya and they have studied the number system so moved onto the writing system today. The class were very creative in the glyphs that they produced.

17-21 Feb Half term holiday

2-6 Mar World Book Week (see separate ParentMail)

3 Mar Parents/carers share stories with their child (2.50pm)

HERON CLASS DANCE FESTIVAL

On Wednesday, Heron Class took part in the Dorset Schools’ Dance Festival at Mere Primary School. There were six schools there and we all had to perform a dance that we had learnt. We watched two dances and then it was our turn! We felt very nervous beforehand but it was so much fun and we really enjoyed it. After that, we had a playtime in Mere Primary School courtyard. Next we went back inside and watched the last three performances. Two year 11 girls from Top School gave us feedback on our dances and then performed one of their own dances for us. They were really entertaining. Everyone put a lot of effort into their dances and we want to say a special “Thank you” to Mrs Bond who choreographed our dance and helped us learn it. Evie, Alice and Grace – Heron Class

Punch and Judy

The hall was full of noise and giggles on Monday as Wrens, Robins, Owls and Kingfishers very much enjoyed our Punch and Judy performance from Professor Gary Wilson. Kingfishers then spent the rest of the week planning their own Punch and Judy performance as part of their Victorian topic - that's the way to do it!

Value of the Month for February is Proud!

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Governor of the Month

Our governors play a crucial role in the leadership of our school.

We are taking the time to get to know them a little better - and for them to get to know all of us a little better - by having a 'Governor of the Month' each month throughout the year. This month it was the turn of Mr James Meadows.

James has been a parent governor at Wyke for well over a year and has a keen interest in the school.

Mr Meadows spent a day in school this week. He is our 'EYFS' (Early Years) governor and so spent much of his day with our youngest children, the Wrens. He was very impressed with the children's behaviour and how engaged and happy they were in their learning.

Mr Meadows also spent time in the staffroom, getting to know our staff, time in the hall at lunchtime and time on the playground with the children. He also spent time talking to the children and having a look through Maths and English books to see how children's work progresses through the years.

We enjoying having Mr Meadows in school with us for the day and we look forward to the other governors getting to know us too.

Heron Class made rocky road today as part of their

class treat for all their hard work this term. They

should be very proud of all their efforts over the past

few weeks. - Mrs Rose & Mr Birkett

ROBIN CLASS WORK HARD TO KEEP THEIR ALIENS DRY!

Robins have been investigating making an umbrella to keep our aliens dry. We experimented with different materials and found which one was most suitable. Our aliens were very happy to be warm and dry! - Miss Sheere and Mrs Turvey

Thank you so much to Mr Howells for buying

the huge piece of plywood which will soon be

transformed into a piece of environmental art

to be displayed in our hall!