Newsletter – Friday 24th January

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week all our Reception pupils took part in class assemblies for the first time and we are very proud of how confident they were to perform to their parents. You will have seen that we have re-scheduled Community Evening to Friday 31st January. Please do bring food along to this event to share with our families, Miss Williams will send an email with some ideas of things, including free-from foods that could be contributed. Please ensure that there are no nuts or nut products contained within the dishes and that you write the ingredients on a slip of paper to sit next to your dish.

Have a lovely weekend, Katie Hanley

Yearly Attendance

Year 2 Seuss 97.81%

Year 4 Ennis 97.74%

Year 5 Picasso 97.54%

Year 3 Whitlock 97.41%

Year 4 Redgrave 97.27%

Year 2 Rowling 97.09%

Year 3 Kenny 97.02%

Year 3 Adlington 96.86%

Year 1 Cooke 96.85%

Year 1 Rosen 96.81%

Year 3 Farah 96.66%

Reception Dolphins 96.66%

Year 5 Michelangelo 96.55%

Year 1 Murphy 96.41%

Year 2 Morpurgo 96.37%

Year 1 Donaldson 96.37%

Year 3 Holmes 96.17%

Year 5 Da Vinci 96.13%

Reception Bears 96.03%

Year 2 Dahl 95.88%

Reception Caterpillars 95.12%

Reception Giraffes 95.01%

Year 4 Peaty 95.0%

Reception Owls 93.26%

Weekly Attendance Cup Winners

EYFS- Butterflies- 100% KS1- Year 2 Seuss- 98.89% KS2- Year 3 Farah- 100%

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Attendance Disco We will be sending home letters on Monday to pupils who achieved 98%+ attendance for the autumn term

2019. The disco will be held on Friday 31st January during school time.

Book Worm Challenge- Bronze Badge Over the next few weeks some of our pupils will approach their bronze Book Worm Challenge badge after collecting 80 signatures (one per day) for reading. If you think that your child is ready to be awarded with their Bronze badge, please write this in their reading log. We will then present badges to pupils in a monthly assembly.

EYFS Pilot Visit This week Reception and Nursery were very excited to have a visit from one of our parents, who is a pilot. Pilot Ed talked to the children about what his job entails and the different parts of an aeroplane. He shared photos with the children and then answered any questions they had about being a pilot. At the end of the discussion, the children had the opportunity to try on pilot and cabin crew hats. The children have learnt about lots of different types of air transport this week, maybe you could challenge your child to see if they remember all of them? Mrs Webb

Menu Next week our menu will be:

Autumn Term

Week 3

Dates for your diary Spring Term 2020

Sparkly Pencil/ Raffle Winners!

27/1/20- Cooke Class Assembly- 8:50am 28/1/20- Murphy Class Assembly 8:50am 30/1/20- Rosen Class Assembly- 2:20pm 31/1/20- Donaldson Class Assembly- 8:50am 31/1/20- Community Evening- 3pm-5pm 4/2/20- Parents Evening 3pm- 7pm (no booster sessions this week) 5/2/20- Young Voices at the 02 5/2/20 Nursery open morning for prospective parents 8:45am (20 spaces) 6/2/20- Parents Evening 3pm- 5pm 7/2/20- Family Reading Morning 8am (Small Hall) 10/2/20- Year 2 Showcase- 2:20 pm 11/2/20- Year 3 Showcase- 2:20 pm 12/2/20- Year 4 Showcase- 2:20 pm 13/2/20- Year 5 Showcase- 2:20 pm 14/2/20- INSET Day 14/2/20- School Finishes for Half Term 24/2/20 School opens for Spring term 2nd half 24/2/20 Mad Scientist day to launch Science Week 28/2/20 Family Science Fair 2:00pm 4/3/20 Nursery open morning for prospective parents 8:45am (20 spaces) 5/3/20- Family Reading Morning 8am (Small Hall) 5/3/20 World Book Day. Children can come dressed as their favourite book character. Family learning morning will run in classes from 8:45am-9:45am 23/3/20- E-Safety session for parents 6pm (Large Hall) 1/4/20- Easter Concert 2:00pm (Parents welcome) 2/4/20- Easter Hat Parade 2:00 (Parents welcome) 3/4/20- School finishes for Easter holiday 3/4/20- Non Uniform Day £1

Dates for your Diary

Chinese New Year Parent Workshops – Tuesday 4th February 1pm- 2:30pm

Our Mandarin teaching team will be running the following

workshops for parents on Tuesday 4th February: Chinese Painting

Martial Art- Tai Chi

We have 60 places available, please sign up in the office from Monday or telephone to book your space.

Some classes in school will be taking part in a Lion Dance workshop and will perform to parents at 2:30pm.

Curriculum Focus...Design and Technology

Miss Kirwan- Design and Technology Leader

I am delighted to see how much our children enjoy their Design and Technology lessons at school and their

enthusiasm is clear to see when I observe lessons across the academy.

Design and Technology gives pupils the opportunity to develop their own ideas and we certainly have seen

creativity being nurtured at Mayflower I am very much looking forward to seeing the outcome

of their projects this term! Miss Kirwan – Design and Technology Leader

Intent: Introduction, Vision and Philosophy At Harris Mayflower we believe that a high-quality Design and Technology curriculum should engage, inspire and challenge pupils. The intent is to develop human creativity by equipping students with the skills to experiment, invent, create and evaluate. Design and technology inspires pupils to use their creativity and imagination to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems. Pupils acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Pupils learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. By doing this it enables the children to have a purpose in their creations whilst understanding the importance to their functionality.

Pupils in Year 5 made prototypes of their gingerbread houses from paper before

making them from gingerbread.

Pupils in Year 3 designed, made, tested and evaluated boats made from a variety

of materials.

Implementation: What does DT look like at Mayflower? Overview: Our academy uses the National Curriculum in England framework for Design and Technology. In KS1 and 2, pupils receive 1 hour of Design and Technology teaching each week and the learning opportunities can be divided into three main areas:

Investigative, Disassembly and Evaluative Activities (IDEAs) These activities provide opportunities for the pupils to explore existing products and to gain skills, knowledge and understanding which can be applied in a design and make assignment. Focused Practical Tasks (FPTs) Focused practical tasks provide opportunities to learn and practice particular skills and knowledge Design and Make Assignments (DMAs) A design and make assignment provides an opportunity for pupils to combine their skills, knowledge and understanding to develop products that meet a perceived need, for example, a shield for a warrior. In general DMAs in Key Stage One will tend to be shorter in duration and, as pupils move towards the end of Key Stage Two, their designing and making will become more complex and therefore more time consuming. Questions to ask your child about what they know and remember? Year 1 (Unit of work: Food Technology- Fruit Salads) Why is it important to eat fruit? What are two of the ways that fruit can be prepared before being eaten?

Year 2: (Unit of work: Textiles, templates and joining techniques- Bendy bags)

What is a design brief? Why should designers make a prototype before creating a product?

Year 3: (Textiles, 2D shape to 3D product-Money holder/wallet) True or false? A money holder needs to be functional. Name one feature of an effective money holder.

Year 4: (Electrical Systems, simple circuits and switches: Night lights)

Can you three different light sources? What can light be used for?

Year 5: Structures, Frame structures: Bird cage What do we meant by a temporary structure? Can you explain what a ‘design brief’ is?