Newsletter Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back, I hope you had a good half term break. It’s lovely now the daylight is lasting longer, hopefully a sign that spring is on its way!

Last term was a busy one, thank you to those who attended our Forest School Fire Evening, it was lovely to see so many children and families, it was our first Fire Evening with Pre-School and although it was cold it was a fantastic evening!

This half term we will be inviting you to Structured Conversations to talk about your child’s progress. Please attend the appointment or call to let us know if you can’t make it, it takes considerable organising to release teachers so missed appointments are very frustrating for us.

We have some exciting plans for our Aspirations Week in June and as part of that we would like you to get involved by sending in your family recipes to contribute to a Wood End Family Cookery Book! (Details on back page.)

Year 1 and 2 enjoyed a Kings and Queens Day, well done for all the wonderful costumes, children and staff had a great day to consolidate their topic.

I’m delighted that two parents have come forward to be Parent Governors and we welcome them on the Governing Board this half term for their first meeting; Jamie Maragh (Tristan) and Nina Iordachi (Tudor and David). I am also delighted that two parents have come forward to continue the PTA which raises vital funds for our school; Rebecca Lishman (Emily and Lucy) and Emma McErvel (Tyler and Sophia). The PTA would like to invite you to an informal meeting, if you would also like to get involved and find out more, this will be on Wednesday 4th March at 2.15pm. If you can’t make the meeting but would still like to be involved please speak to one of them or myself.

There has been a lot of illness recently and our whole school attendance is much lower than we would like. If you are struggling with attendance due to illness we have a school nurse clinic coming up and they can offer you advice around this. Please do not hesitate to approach me or your child’s teacher if we can support you in any way with improving your child’s attendance and punctuality.

Thank you — Mrs Wilson

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Sport Relief Wristbands

On sale for £1 each (not suitable for children under 3yrs).

Order using the slip at the bottom of the Sport Relief flyer.

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Spring Term 2020 MONDAY 24 February Friday 03 April

Summer Term 2020 Monday 20 April

Tuesday 02 June

Friday 22 May

Friday 17 July

Training Days

Monday 01 June

Monday 20 July

+ Closed Bank Holiday FRIDAY 08 May

Term Dates 2019-20

Curriculum The Year 1 and Year 2 Topic

is ‘Food, Glorious Food’.

Pre-School and Foundation

will be learning about spring,

growing things and Easter.

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School Nurse 17 March, 9.30am—12.00pm

(appointment needed)

Call the office if you wish

to get advice from the

School Nurse on this day.

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Spring 2 2019/20 February 2020

Values of the Month This half term we are focusing on…

March: Happiness

April: Understanding and Empathy

Spring 2 2019/20 February 2020

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Throughout Spring 2 See boxes below for dates of after school clubs.

March and April Second Structured Conversations for parents/carers of all classes, dates TBA

Thursday 27 February 9.00—11.30am Shake, Rattle and Sound 1/3 (Pre-School parents)

2—6 March Book Week: fun, themed reading activities all week!

Wednesday 4 March 2.15pm Friends of Wood End PTA Meeting. Please come along to a fun, informal chat and learn how you can help the PTA raise money.

Thursday 5 March 9.00—11.30am Shake, Rattle and Sound 2/3 (Pre-School parents)

World Book Day: West End in Schools Dance Workshop for school-aged children, the theme is ‘The Troll’ by Julia Donaldson

Friday 6 March Continuing the World Book Day fun: dress up as your own favourite book character! (includes Pre-School)

9—13 March Science Week

Thursday 12 March 9.00—11.30am Shake, Rattle and Sound 3/3 (Pre-School parents)

Friday 13 March Sport Relief: dress in sporty clothes, £1 donation.

Plus wristbands available, £1 each (please order).

Tuesday 17 March 9.30am—12.00pm Appointments with the School Nurse available.

1.30pm Mums / Female Relatives Celebration—all children can invite a female family member to school (mum, grandma, auntie, grown-up big sister!) Come and join in the fun. Dads/male relatives, don’t worry: we will do the same for Fathers Day in June.

6—17 April Easter Holidays

Calendar: Spring 2 Events and Dates

Arts and Crafts Club Teddy Sport Club (£) Mondays 3.00–4.00pm

(1/6) 24 February (2/6) 02 March (3/6) 09 March (4/6) 16 March (5/6) 23 March (6/6) 30 March

Dance Club (£) Wednesdays 3.00–4.00pm

(1/6) 26 February (2/6) 04 March (3/6) 11 March (4/6) 18 March (5/6) 25 March (6/6) 01 April

Brazilian Soccer Club (£) Handwriting Club Thursdays 3.00–4.00pm

(1/6) 27 February (2/6) 05 March (3/6) 12 March (4/6) 19 March (5/6) 26 March (6/6) 02 April

No Year 2 Swimming

in Spring 2 Term As you already know, there will be no swimming sessions for Year 2 throughout this half term. We will resume in June.

CLUB PAYMENTS: We ask you to pay a contribution towards Teddy Sport, Dance and Brazilian Soccer Club. This is to help us cover the cost of hiring external experts to coach these activities. The clubs are £5 for the half term (or half price if your child receives Pupil Premium). Many families have still not paid for their clubs from this or last half term. We have already sent out reminder letters but please ask at the office if you’re not sure what you owe. Thank you.

LAST TERM

Forest School Fire Circle Evening Thanks to the staff,

volunteers and everyone who came along to the Forest School special

event last term. It was a very special occasion!

General Information Spring 2 2019/20 February 2020

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Breakfast Club Open to school and pre-school. Breakfast plus games and activities. 8.00—8.45am. £2.50 a day or five sessions for £10.

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Emergency Closures If the school has to close due to bad weather, we will text parents. It is vital that you ensure we have your current contact details. School closures are also shown on the MK Council website: www.milton-

keynes.gov.uk/closures

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Book Bags Please make sure that you check your child’s book bag every night. Reading books, information letters, lunch order forms/menus and any awards your child has earned could be in the book bag!

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PE Kits These must be in school. Well done to those who have returned them after the half term break.

Remember: NO EARRINGS. Please take your child’s earrings out on PE days if they cannot take them out by themselves. This is for the health and safety of ALL the children.

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Coats Please can you send in your child with a waterproof coat rather than a fleece, as we go outside even when there is light rain.

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Chicken Help Needed! Weekends and during holidays.

Volunteers needed to help look after our big friendly chicken Nala.

Full training will be given! Let us know if you are interested.

LAST TERM: KS1 Kings and Queens Day Years 1 and 2 had a right royal time dressing up as kings and queens for the day.

Wood End Family Cookery Book We have come up with a fantastic fundraising initiative for the school and we hope you can help us to make it a success! We would be grateful if you could send in your favourite family recipe and we will select some to print in a cookery book.

Many different cultures are represented in our Wood End family, so we are hoping to include a variety of tasty recipes from all over the world. Please send in your recipes and if possible a nice photo of the finished meal. It would be great if the recipes are simple enough for children to help to make. We hope to put the book on sale in the summer term and raise money for the school. It should be a lovely souvenir of your child’s time at Wood End.

Spring 2 2019/20 February 2020

Spring 1 Attendance and Awards Spring 1 Attendance

07.01—14.02.20

(6 week term)

Attendance Stars 07.01—14.02.20

Children with highest attendance

Top Class Award 07.01—14.02.20

Class with highest attendance

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%

Fdn 92.38 5.44 2.18 (19)

Yr 1 94.72 3.66 1.62 (49)

Yr 2 91.35 7.33 1.32 (34)

School Year to Date

93.20 4.98 1.82

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Bronze Alfie, Ariana, Buddy, Harry, Layla, Nathan, Pamodou, Sara, Sebastian, Skye

SIlver Fabeha, Mason, Muhammad

Gold Kaiden

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Ellie

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Eloise

Evie

Georgi

Harper

Harry

Kaiden

Lucas

Luiza

Mason

Nathan

Pamodou

Sara

Sebastian

Shriyansh

Tristan

Tudor

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No Nuts!

It is REALLY IMPORTANT that you do not send your child to school

with food containing nuts.

One of our staff members has a very serious allergy. Even being in the same room as nuts or nut products could make her very ill.

Nut allergies are common and the school already has a ‘no nuts’ policy but it is vital that we all take extra care to stick to this!

Please be vigilant, nuts can be in lots of food, including snacks and cereal bars, gluten-free and vegan food, nut milks and nut butters (including the hazelnut chocolate spread Nutella!) Always check the label and err on the side of caution.

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