Weekly Newsletter 11th July 2016

Dear Parents and Carers,

At Oakdene we ensure that your child is well prepared for the future (for example, changing

year group or moving to secondary school). We have a clear transition policy in place and some

of your children will have already been invited to join mini workshops to prepare them for

their new class in September. Monday, 11th July was ‘change over day’ which means that your

child will have been introduced to their new teacher and

teaching assistants and will have had the opportunity to take a

look at their new classroom. If you have any questions please

approach our class teachers.

At a recent Governing Body meeting it was agreed that the

following organisation of classes will be in effect from

September 2016

Best wishes

Mrs E. Bramley and Miss C. Champion

Year Group Teacher Support

Nursery Fiona Guest Susan Willis Lyndsey Wardle

Reception Helen Luke Michelle Elliott (Miss Wheatley will marry over the Summer)

Carol Norman

Y1 Sarah Osborne Melissa McLean

Claire Short Stacey Durham

Y2 Lesley Farnaby Kelly Johnson

John Hurren Anne Pullinger

Y3

Katherine Gregory June McNeil (from January - Caroline Smith - Mon, Tues, Wed & June McNeil -Thurs, Fri)

Anita Mason & Kelly Young

Y4 Andrew Brown Helen Largan

Y5 Lauren Bestwick Caroline Oliver

Y6 Helen Stevenson Carol Miller & Sharon Robson

During National Sport Week, Olympic gymnast Craig Heap visited our school to inspire the next generation of sports men and women. Craig shared that, as a child from a working class background, he didn’t believe that people like him could be an Olympian. Craig said he was always jumping around the family home and it was his sister who was the first to join a local gymnastics class and so, in a desperate attempt to keep their hyperactive child entertained, his parents took him to the same classes. Craig fulfilled his childhood dream of competing at the Olympic Games when he was 21, where he achieved his personal best performance in the all-around final. Across his career Craig has won 14 British titles and has captained the England team to a gold medal twice in his professional career. The children asked really insightful questions and were genuinely inspired to follow their dreams.

Many of you may recognise Craig as one of the judges from the BBC Tumble programme.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along to our recent sports days; it was great to see you all supporting our young pupils.

Andy Seed is a writer and humourist based in North Yorkshire. He's the author of over 20 books including a range of titles for children including The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff (Bloomsbury) - winner of the 2015 Blue Peter Book Award - and the acclaimed funny children's novel Prankenstein. Andy is the third author to visit our school this academic year. He really enthused our KS2 pupils alongside pupils from Wolviston and Bewley Primary Schools

DATES FOR THE DIARY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - WEDNESDAY, 20TH JULY 2016

PD Days Thursday, 1st September 2016, Friday, 2nd September 2016 Monday, 31st October 2016 Monday, 20th February 2017 Monday, 5th June 2017

Mon 5th September - Children return to school for the new term Wed 7th September - Y4 visit Richmond Castle Wed 14th September - Y4 Tacking Numbers Project commences Thurs 15th September - Open Morning for reception parents and carers

Lucy Carlton Walker from Stockton Central Library launched a great way for children between 4-11 to keep up their reading skills whilst having lots of fun. This summer at your local library, your child can take part in ‘The Big friendly read’, this year’s exciting Summer Reading Challenge. Children need to read SIX books from the library. When they have read all the books they will receive a medal and a certificate - a lasting reminder of the reading they have done over the summer. Joining the library is free, and so is taking part.

Remember to take your Child’s University passport along!

Weekly Awards - week-ending Friday 24 June 2016

Class Attendance Certificates: EY RW KS1 Y10 KS2 Y4B

Star Pupils EY: RM Mia Wedgwood RW Elysia Shaw

Top Table:

Y1B Noah Blackburn Y1O Jasmine Whitelock Y2F William Howard

Y2J Harvey Love-Rowland Y3 Vihan Soyza Y4 Ruby Mitchell

Y5 Dyllan Baron Y6B Natalie Fletcher Y6S Caid Johnson

Weekly Awards - week-ending Friday, 1 July 2016

Class Attendance Certificates: EY RW KS1 Y1B KS2 Y6S

Star Pupils EY: RM Oliver Laville RW Oliver Williams

Top Table:

Y1B Imoshi Soyza Y1O Alfie Heppenstall Y2F Emily Davies

Y2J Kai Irvine Y3 Kayleigh Cunningham Y4 Katie Fitzpatrick

Y5 Preston Dixon Y6B Paige Edmenson Y6S Charlotte Wykman

Weekly Awards - week-ending Friday, 8 July 2016

Class Attendance Certificates: EY RW KS1 Y2J KS2 Y3G

Star Pupils EY: RM Lainey-Joan Milne-Forbes RW Samuel Carling

Top Table:

Y1B Ellie-May Chambers Y1O Ruby Orley Y2F Jayden Singleton

Y2J Caitlin Haley Y3 Harvey Milne-Forbes Y4 Joe Thackeray

Y5 Alana Johnston Y6B Scott McDonald Y6S Aaron Calvert

Parents and carers of nursery children attended another really

successful open day last week. The parents that I spoke to were really

impressed with the high expectations we have for our youngest

pupils. Parents enjoyed seeing our fabulous resources and they really

valued opportunities to interact with the EY team.

Beach Schools Visit As a Beach School we recognise there is scope for outdoor play

and learning on the shore. Coastlines offer a unique environment for children’s

discovery and learning. Reception visited Seaton Carew and they really enjoyed their ‘Treasure Hunt Challenge’. Y1 and Y2 visited Saltburn by the Sea as part of their

‘Seaside’ topic. The weather was bright and sunny and all children, parent

volunteers and staff shared a fabulous day.

The children explored rock pools, took digital photographs from the pier and created

sand sculptures. Saltburn has the oldest water balanced cliff tramway in Britain

that is still in operation, linking the town with the pier 120 feet below. The children said the ride was “Amazing!”

STEM subjects (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) are embedded in our KS2 curriculum. Budding scientists from Y3-Y5 went on a voyage of discovery of virtual reality, medicine, marine biology, film and TV, space exploration, explosive chemistry, crime-solving, robots, computer coding, microscopic bugs, giant trucks and more at the Tees Valley Big Bang Fair.

As part of the topic ‘Was Captain Cook Courageous?’Y3 visited the Captain

Cook Museum. This was the perfect way to close their topic. They followed his

amazing voyages and how he changed the map of the world.

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The Friends Of Oakdene work tremendously hard all year to raise funds for our school. We were really delighted to see how many of you supported our recent Summer Fayre which raised an incredible £970. We would also like to thank you for your generous donations of raffle prizes, items for tombola, cakes etc.

Congratulations to all prize winners and A HUGE THANK YOU to all!

Prize Ticket Name Prize Ticket Name

Gyro Helicopter 594 Lewis Gatenby Leader Whiskey 760 Freddie/Hair Stall

7” Tablet 765 Mrs McLean Smirnoff Vodka 788 Ruby Orley

Scents of Magic Set 662 Rachel Harrison Cava 718 Mrs Miller

Absolute Raspberry 629 Ruby Orley Wine Basket 618 Liam Caveney

Bottle Pernod 784 Eve Radcliffe Tealight Set 575 Angela Gate

Red Wine 692 Andrea Caveney Cupcakes 562 Peter Stead

Red Wine 709 Joan Thorntons Bear 527 Jim

White Wine 789 Ruby Orley All gold Bear 836 Carly Frail

Bath Bomb Set 837 Carly Frail Cosmo Cocktail 750 Donna Meek

Fish & Chips 495 Hannah Colley Ballantine’s Whiskey 546 Sarah Harvey

Cineworld Tickets 640 Daniel Bell Red Wine 796 Daniel Bell

Wetherspoon Meal 725 Mrs Guest Rose Wine 699 Andrea Caveney

Hair Loft Voucher 538 Mrs Swash Chardonnay Brut 701 Hollie McCreesh

Botanic Set 497 Haley Buckley Bayliss & Harding Set 587 Lily Gatenby

Candle Gift Set 578 Rocco Y2 Decorated Wine Glass 533 Mrs Swash

Dairy Box Chocs 556 Rebecca Decorated Wine Glass ??? Mrs Leonard

Thorntons Chocs 630 Ruby Orley Vintage Watch 720 Mrs Miller

Quality Street 713 Joan Oakdene Hair

Accessories

634 Imoshi

Maltesers 852 Rebecca Avon Goodie Bag 748 Donna Meek

Milk Tray 841 Carly Frail Next Perfume 506 Hannah Colley

Teachers Whiskey 764 Dawn Frail