Children First – Aspire – Challenge – Achieve

Newsletter 32

25th May 2018

IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR PARENTS

Monday 4th June 2018 – Staff Development Day – School closed to pupils

Due to the new data protection rules starting from the 25th May 2018 we need to re-seek your consent to use images of your child in certain ways. Please

ensure this form is returned as soon as possible.

Your child should have come home with their chosen club slips this week. Please make sure you are aware of the day and times of your child’s club as we do not

have the facility to look after late children after clubs.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Term 5 has come to an end on quite a busy week. Year 2 had their trip to the Historic

Dockyard, Year 5 raised quite a handsome amount in their bake sale and we had parents of

our Nursery children into school to read stories!

I am sure all the parents of our Year 2 children will have heard all about the trip to

Chatham Dockyard. It was enjoyed immensely by children and staff alike.

Year 5 children worked really hard this week to bring in a wide range of cakes, muffins

and biscuits to sell to raise money. It was a successful Wednesday afternoon as Year 5

managed to raise… well you can read for yourself how much was raised overleaf.

It was lovely to see the parents of our Nursery children come in and read with their sons

and daughters. We have noticed that there has been a bit of a rise across the school in

children reading at home with Buster’s Book Club having a real positive impact!

As we say goodbye until next term, please remember that the final school term of the

year begins for the children on Tuesday 5th June. We hope you have an enjoyable week

and 1 day with your children and look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday 5th of June!

Mrs J Murphy

Headteacher

New Horizons are delighted to have received planning approval for a state-of-the-art,

artificial turf pitch, which will be for all year round use for our students and the local

community. We are passionate about creating this high-class facility that will benefit the whole

community, and are looking forward to welcoming everyone when the pitch opens later this

year. Work is due to commence during this half term and we can assure all parents that the

construction of the facility will have minimal effect on the day to day running of the school.

Nursery

This week in Nursery we

celebrated the end of our topic

‘Will you read me a story?’ by

inviting parents in to read with

their children. We have enjoyed

learning about Traditional tales

and have also made Gingerbread men this week as we have been sharing the story and re-telling it.

Reception

In Reception this week we have been learning

about the Royal wedding. We watched clips

of the wedding and have created our own

invitations, crowns, dress designs and many

more. The children have loved talking about

what they did at home during the wedding

and have created some amazing independent writing. Our term will

end with a Royal tea party on Friday. In Maths we have been learning

about halving. We made our own ladybirds and created their spots by

halving and doubling numbers.

Year 1

This week we have been working really hard to

improve our listening skills. I Maths

we have worked as a team to solve

problems. In Music we have used

movements on different levels to add to the sounds we

created. In Maths we have been using a number line to solve

missing number problems.

Year 2

This week Year 2 have enjoyed our visit to

Chatham Dockyard. We had an amazing day

and the children were all very well behaved.

We explored the Ocelot and were surprised by

how small and dark it was inside. We visited

Pirate Pip and learnt about famous pirates and the adventures pirates got

up to and we also visited the famous Victorian Ropery. In here, we helped

our guide to make our own rope. We are glad we are children living today

and not in the Victorian era as we decided we wouldn't want to have to do

the jobs children did then.

Year 3

This week Year 3 have been artists and have crested

Greek masks. They designed them, edited them,

moulded the clay and then painted

them. We were quite impressed with

what came out!

Year 4

This week we have been working on finding the perimeter and area of shapes

and working on improving our assessment scores. In English, as well as

working to improve our creative writing, we have written a letter to

congratulate the new royal couple and worked on new GPaS learning. To

celebrate such fantastic work this term, both classes will be having a marble

treat party to round off the term.

Year 5

As the term draws to a close we have been

busy baking for our Bake Sale to raise funds

for our residential.We managed to raise

almost £250. We have finished our topic with a collage and have written a fact file in English.

Thank you for all the donations of cakes we received!

Buster’s Book Club

Well done to Damson Class for having the most number of children meeting their

reading target. They beat Cherry class by just one child!

Well done Damson!

Remember our challenge night is Wednesday ask an adult to sign your bookmark!

Thinking Keys

There are 20 different 'Thinking Keys', each designed to unlock different parts of the thinking

process. The use of the keys helps to develop flexible problem solving and thinking habit. Each

week we will share a Thinking Key with you.

Dates for your Diary – Term 6

Monday 4th June – Staff Development Day – school closed to pupils Tuesday 5th June – Year 5 – Dress up as Egyptians

Tuesday 5th June – Year 4 - Native American Dress up Day

Monday 11th June- Mobile Library in school

Thursday 21st June – Summer Solstice – Shorts and Shades Day

Friday 6th July – 3:00pm – 5:00pm – Summer Fayre

Wednesday 11th July – AM - Morning Nursery Sports Day – Times to follow

Wednesday 11th July – PM - Afternoon Nursery Sports Day – Times to follow

Thursday 12th July – Year 5 – Shrek Trip

Monday 16th July – Year R - Afternoon – Sports Day – Times to follow

Tuesday 17th July – KS1 – 9:30 – 12:00 – Sports Day –

Tuesday 17th July – KS2 – 1:30 – 3:00 – Sports Day

We will be creating a new and exciting library space to further develop and inspire the children's

love of reading! As this will be a new area for the children to look after we are holding a

competition to create a poster displaying our new library rules. What should they be? Children

should create their poster on A4 paper listing what they think the rules should be. The closing

date for all entries is Wednesday 6th June 2018. Good Luck!!

SEND Inclusion Award

At New Horizons, we are aiming to achieve an award for our Special Educational Needs and

Disability provision in school: the SEND Inclusion Award.

On-going information about the award and our progress in achieving it will be shared on the

SEND area of the school website.

If you have been sent a Parent Evaluation Form to complete and have not yet returned it, please

do so as soon as possible. It is important that we hear your views and use these to inform our

action plan.

If you would like to discuss the Parent Evaluation Form or get help with completing it, please

contact Miss Thornton via the school office.

Inclusion Team

TEAM POINTS

This week the ‘Holcombe Cup’ has been awarded to River

Attendance Ace Damson with 99.2%

Punctuality Penny Birch and Pine with 0 lates.

Golden Tie

Congratulations to:

Ash – Darcey-Anne

Elm - Mikey

Oak - Ashley

Beech – Finley

Hazel - Scarlett

Maple - Aliye

Birch – Quinn

Pine – Anya

Spruce – Harry

Apple – Jack

Cherry – Hope

Damson – Amara

Conifer –Alisha-Rose

Hawthorn – Jack St

Juniper – James

Sycamore - Summer

Achievement

Alley

Oak – Avi-Rose

Ash – Violet

Elm – Dollie-Ann

Beech – Isla

Hazel – Jake

Maple – Narhngua

Birch – Nife

Pine – Abbey

Spruce – Chantelle

Apple – Harvey

Cherry – Hope & Harvey

Damson - Evie

Conifer – Charlotte

Hawthorn – Brooke

Juniper – Holly L

Sycamore - Erin