Little Phoenix The Newsletter of Yarm Pre-Prep

Number 180 16th September 2016

Mrs Speight’s message ...

Terrific trips and awesome activities have been discussed throughout the Pre-Prep this week. As the result of a

huge range to choose from, there is clearly something to suit all tastes. We also have Year 2 Pre-Prep recorders

during Tuesday afternoon break with Mr Smith.

All year groups enjoyed a trip out this week. Reception had a fabulous walk to Waterstones in Yarm, Year 1

stepped back in time at Beamish and Year 2 loved the Railway Museum at York. Nursery enjoyed being outside,

making the most of the fine weather! Children from Nursery, Reception and Year 1 were entertained by the

Booster Cushion Theatre, with their production of Old Macdonald and 3 Little Pigs. Roald Dahl Day saw many

characters from the stories, I particularly liked Mrs Twit and Miss Trunchbull! It seems appropriate to comment

on the engaging, fun learning that happens all the time at Yarm School. There is never a dull moment, ensuring our

children have such a meaningful and relevant curriculum. Tomorrow sees the annual Stokesley Show, please do

come and see us and spread the word to families and friends. Word of mouth is by far the best recommendation,

we love seeing you at the stand and we look forward to showing your friends and family our school at Open

Morning the following Saturday on the 24th September.

Have a wonderful weekend, I'm really looking forward to the choral workshop. As I said earlier, there is

something for all at Yarm School.

Warmest regards

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Nursery have been making family group treasure boxes and talking about all things special;

Our favourite toys Exploring with friends

Sharing news from home Our families Dressing up

Having fun with visitors Caring for our pets

What’s Special to You?

Railway Museum

Year 2 had a wonderful day at the National Railway

Museum in York this week. We learnt all about

holidays in the Victorian era and looked at changing

fashions from the past. We were also lucky enough

to have a ride on the outdoor miniature railway and

got to sit on an actual Japanese Bullet Train!

Reception take a trip to the bookshop

When we saw a new bookshop had opened in town, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to inspire our emergent

readers with a love of books. So, on Wednesday, the Reception classes walked to Waterstones on the High

Street. We were very well behaved on the stroll down and were delighted to spend time browsing the book shelves.

The team in Waterstones then read us some recently published books, we chose some of these to buy for our classrooms. Thank you to the staff at Yarm Waterstones

for making us so welcome.

Back in Time at Beamish

Pre-Prep Monitors Every half term children in Year 2 have the chance

to become a Year 2 Monitor. This is a very important role, where the children get to look after our library in the Studio Hall, help other children at

lunch and break times and make lost property a thing of the past by reuniting all named uniform

with their owners! This half term’s Year 2 Monitors are Sofia, Lexie, Noah, Amelie, Hadi,

Luca, Janvi and Freddie.

Year 1 had lots of fun stepping back in

time to the Victorian days, during their

visit to Beamish on Wednesday.

We were invited to an old pit cottage to

learn about toys from the past.

We continued onto the Victorian school

to see how school life used to be,

before taking a tram ride to Beamish

town. A visit to the sweetie shop was a

lovely treat! What a great day, Year 1!

Birthdays!!

Ella Fitzgerald 16th September

Holly Birkin 17th September

Amelie Sawyer 18th September

Janvi Chelliah 21st September

Felicity Wade 23rd September

Lucy Wakefield 23rd September

Congratulations children!

We hope you have a fabulous birthday!

Joke of the Week — Mr Attewill

I wanted to add some herbs to my dish but I ran out of thyme.

Summer Reports – Polite Reminder

If you have not already done so, please can you read your child’s report on the portal. The report gives you updated

information about your child’s progress. Ms Atterton and Miss O’Hara will be able to provide you with portal details if you

have misplaced the original letter giving details to logon.

Saturday 26th November 10am-4pm

Make a note in your diary to come along to the Christmas

Craft Fair, organised by the YSA.

There will be a wide range of stalls offering unusual

craftwork, original presents, local and speciality foods and

lots more. There will be children’s entertainment and homemade

refreshments served all day. It’s a great day out for everyone.

We shall be looking for helpers for this event:

· Volunteers to help on the day

· Donating raffle prizes

It is a great opportunity to get involved and meet parents. Please get in

touch with the YSA by emailing LJC@yarmschool.org or calling the

School Office if you can offer us some help.

Yarm School Christmas Fair Parent Portal

Letters with details about how to register for

the Portal will be posted out next week to

families of pupils who have joined

recently. We still have a small number of

families who did not register last year, please

use your original details to login. If you have

any difficulties registering on the portal,

please do not hesitate to inform our School

Office staff in the first instance.

We use the Parent Portal as a means of

sending all academic reports. You will not be

sent paper copies of reports, so it is

important that you have completed the

portal registration process and you keep the

log on details in a safe place for future

reference.

Congratulations!

Update to Dance Club Dance Club will now take place on Tuesday lunch time

and not Friday lunch time, as previously stated.

Mr & Mrs Harandon would like to

introduce their beautiful daughter, Heidi.