It has been an extremely busy month with snow, meaning lots of visits and meetings cancelled or postponed. Thank you to everyone for their patience and understanding.

Pupil’s Parliament & Parking We are receiving many complaints from pupils, parents and carers about inconsiderate parking and speeding. This is getting to be quite a problem- it is dangerous and inconsiderate. Pupil’s Parliament have also discussed it and will be writing a letter to all parents in the near future. In the meantime they would like me to share their worries: “Dear parents and guardians, it has been brought to our attention by many pupils in school that they don’t feel safe on the roads close to school and when crossing the school car park. This is due to inconsiderate parking and dangerous driving.” As a result we are starting to collect registration plates given to us and if there is a pattern of repeated number plates we will inform the appropriate bodies responsible. I would also like to request that people show greater respect and consideration towards Mr Strafford in the morning who has a difficult job of re-directing people who are not permitted to enter the car park. Children’s University

Miss Harper and Ms Brown escorted a number of children to Sheffield Hallam

University this month to celebrate and recognise their dedication to extra-

curricular events and activities. It was a very special occasion and children

wore the full cap and gown outfit and were awarded their certificates. A big well

done; showing how important it is to have interests and hobbies beyond school.

Year 6- Red Cross Workshops These have been a fabulous series of workshops for our year 6 pupils, which have engaged them in

thinking about life beyond our school community. In particular they have learnt about stigma and the use of correct language relating to immigration and asylum seeking. They have been engaged in group activities which have challenged their opinions and concepts and learnt about the different push and pull effects of immigration.

Year 3 – Tag Rugby We are very excited to report that all

the year 3 classes are benefitting from

a block of tag rugby training this term

from the Sheffield Eagles Rugby

League Club on Tuesday afternoons.

The coaching will also lead to a

summer school games tag rugby

competition and some children will be

selected for this competition in the

summer term. We hope that the

children will really enjoy experiencing

this new

sporting

opportunity

and it will also

have the positive

impact of up

skilling year 3 class teachers in the

delivery of tag rugby training.

Mrs Sexton’s Newsletter March 2018

In this issue

Parking

Children’s University

Y6- Red Cross

Y3- Tag Rugby

Y4- enterprise

Y3- charity day

School uniform

Easter Egg

competition

FODs

Premises update

Parent Sponsorship

World Down

Syndrome Day

Head teacher Awards

Y6 Netballers

Sport Relief

Easter Music Concert

Year 5 Performance

X Country

World Book Day

Pete McKee

Y6 Science day

Y5 football

Magna Science Day

Y4- The Oakes

Coming Up in April:16th – Back to school, Y4A swimming, 18th- 6pm Year 6

residential info, 20th Bouldering finals, Y5 Squash, Y6 Yorkshire Wildlife Park,

23rd-24th- Y3 Castleton, Y4T swimming, 730pm FODs (Wagon & Horses), 25th Y4

Network Games, 27th Y4 Charity day,

Buon Appetito!

Whilst one half of the year

group were having fun at the

Oakes the other half took part

in a brilliant

enterprise

project

organised by the

year 4 team- all around the

theme of pizza. Children were

engaged in various enterprise

activities working in small

teams.

Year 3 Charity Day Year 3’s did a great job of organising their 1st charity day event and definitely have set the bar high for future years of planning. Stalls included name the teddy, lucky dip and target games- well done year 3 – we will reveal the grand totals at the end of April. Year 4 charity day is 27th April (not March- apologies for any confusion).

New Logo Our Uniform Supplier has now produced uniform with the new logo on. Any new uniform ordered will now have this logo on and we will phase out the old logo over time.

Eggineering ! – The STEM Easter Egg competition was brilliant;

with many strong entries around the theme of science, engineering,

technology and maths- a big well done and thank you to everyone

who entered. We certainly enjoyed judging your creations. Winning entries include:

Eve F, Gracie H, Eleanor S, Liliana W, Jack D, Toby J, Tom A, Cici Z,

Katherine M, Joe H, Dylan W, Amy Y.

FODs This year's Easter Egg Hunt was a great success and there were lots of families and children from both schools. Thank you to Christina and team for organising and everyone who donated prizes. FODs have also paid for our new fencing (£2800) and paid to repair the tyre park (£300).

Premises & Expansion Update

Our expansion has begun

and we now no longer have

use of the library until work

is complete. People are

using the new exit/entrance

to DASH -thank you.

Children (& staff) are really

enjoying watching the work progess!

The climbing frame should be getting fixed

in April (fingers crossed).

We have new fencing up around the river for

greater security and safety.

Sheffield Half Marathon

Andy and Jodie Thake

along with Matt Sanderson are running the Sheffield

half marathon and raising

funds for Dobcroft Infant and Junior Schools. Please feel free to

donate at:

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/andyandmatt

or at either school office, or on the day. They will be running in costume and if you

wish to join the fun the bottom of Knowle

Lane is the place to be- Sunday 8th April. Good Luck &thank you!!

World Down Syndrome

Day

A big thank you to everyone

who took part and donated

to World Down Syndrome

day and wore silly socks.

We raised £191.50 which

will be donated to the

Sheffield Down Syndrome

Society.

Head Teacher Awards These children have been awarded a head teacher award this half term: Year 3- Timothy , Martha , Jasmine G, Henry B, Harriet , Hannah , Sonny . Year 4- Caitlin F-K, Noah , Abigail, Adam, Lottie, Year 5- Matilda N, Fahad, Leo P, Amber, George H, Talah Year 6 -Sarah, Ayo, Max C, Cici, Zinedine, Zoe Warrilow Trophy for living our school values:Maleeka, Sophie S, Tilly M, Joseph W

Year 6 Netball Two Y6 netball teams went to St Wilfrids on Friday 16 March with Miss Wilson and played some friendly practice games. It was an informal session but all players performed well, although the shooters struggled with the higher posts. We are hoping to get ours moved up to 10 feet over the Easter break which will help them all to be more prepared for the future. Our Year 6 netballers made it through various rounds to secure their place in the finals. They played an impressive set of matches and succeeded in being the winners of their group and joint Sheffield school champions! Excellent work girls and a big well done to Miss Wilson and all of her hard work on Friday lunchtimes

Sport Relief Thank you to Mr White and Mrs Conroy for organising a fun afternoon of activities. Overall we raised £197 for Sport Relief.

Easter Music to School

Many children took part in our Easter music

performance at the end of term and certainly showed what varied and competent talent we have

at Dobcroft. There were many individual

performances including solo singing and piano

pieces as well as the recorder group, guitar group and much more- well done musicians and well

done to Mrs Waggott for her continued hard work inspiring

musicians in our school.

Year 5 Performance

The year 5’s put on an Easter show for parents and carers around the theme of the

Egyptians- their current topic. The performance included song, dance, acting and

Parents were then invited to visit classrooms to view the children’s work on

display and we received some lovely feedback from our visitors.

‘A great team performance. Interesting and fun’

What a wonderful production. I learnt so much’

Who knew historical information could be presented in such an entertaining way-

well done team.’

Cross Country What a season it has been. We are almost at the end of the season for cross country; only the Y3/4 relays to go. So far, Team Dobcroft have been incredibly successful.

The Y5/6 boys have been awarded trophies for winning the overall league, the city

championships and the relays. 3 boys made the top 20 in Sheffield. The Y5/6 girls have also been very successful; they come 2nd in the league. They won the city

championships and came 3rd and 6th in the relays.

Our Y3/4 boys have been leading the way all season. In the league, the A team came 1st and the B team came 2nd. They won the championships and will probably win the relays in April! From that team,6 boys were placed in the top 20 in the city.

The Y3/4 girls have struggled to make a full team until the end of the season, but I’m sure they

will take the city by storm next year. Well done team- Miss Farrah and I have certainly enjoyed seeing you take part.

Pete McKeee

Pete McKee- local Sheffield

artist, came and did an

assembly with school,

demonstrating some of his

techniques. This was a

voluntary visit and parents and carers gave generously

raising £753. This will be shared between Pete’s two

favoured charities: Teenage cancer Trust and Sheffield

Children’s Hospital. We are fortunate enough to have

some of his artwork which we will hold a raffle for to

raise money for school fund.

Year 6 Science Visit Year 6 visited Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet this month, part of science week to take part in several workshops relating to the theme of gears, pulleys and levers- their current science topic.

Year 5 Footballers

The Y5 boys football teams finally managed some matches on Tuesday 20

March when they travelled to Annsgrove to play against them, and also

Carfield. The Blues won 2-0 and drew 1-1, and the

Stripes drew 2-2 and lost 0-1. Considering that it was

their first time playing as a group/team on grass this

season, they all played exceedingly well. They have a

game this Wednesday 28 March away at Totley All

Saints and then the last matches at home against Totley on 24 April.

Read all About it

Usbourne Book Fair

This was a huge success and we have raised

£482- a combination of book sales and

sponsorship- a big thank you to everyone who

contributed.

World Book Day: As usual there were some

fabulous costumes from children and staff. Children all wrote a story based around

the theme of a ‘Book Thief’- some of which are on display outside the office.

Science Day As part of our science day Magna visited and held workshops and demonstrations for year 3,4,5. The Kitchen Sink Show was based around the theme of science that you can find and do in the home. Year 4 the Oakes

Year 4 had a wonderful time at the Oakes. Activities included the amazing ropes

course, the mudder, archery, craft and art, team games, bonfire….. the list goes on.

They all had a brilliant time and came home tired, muddy and happy!