Focus on Firwood 16.10.2015 - Firwood Manor Preparatory School
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Focus on Firwood 16.10.2015 - Firwood Manor Preparatory School
Focus on Firwood 16.10.2015 HEADLINES Yet another week has flown by at Firwood Manor! I have had the honour of looking at lots of the children’s work and projects that are being brought into school. There is so much going on in the classrooms from autumn in Early Years, revolting recipes in Pre-prep2, deserts in Prep 3 to space in Prep 5. It is lovely to see the children enthusiastic about their work and eager to share what they have done with me. On Wednesday we had our first parents evening of the academic year. It was lovely to hear all the positive comments that were received from all year groups. Tickets are on sale for the Halloween disco next week. The disco will be held on 22nd October in the school hall from 3.30-5.30 and tickets will cost £5, which includes food, drinks, games, prizes and a gift for the children to take home. All of the proceeds will go to the FFM and will be used to treat the children throughout the year. The children will finish for half term on Thursday 22nd October. There will be no holiday school on Friday 23rd October as this is a staff training day. Holiday club will run from 26th October -30th October. Please book your child into Holiday club as soon as possible. Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend. Mrs Greenwood HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 Roll of honour for read and response September 2015 Congratulations to the following children who completed their read and response targets for September and received their awards in the bhWednesday morning assembly. Sadiyah Aziz Faye Corner Isabel Williams Jasmine Wood Jermome Codjoe Emily Heacock Liam McBrien Charlie Egerton Grace Egerton Oliver Quigley Paula Tur Mrs Burden is starting a Ukulele Band for the Pre-Prep1- Prep 4 children in January 2016. It will take place on a Thursday afternoon 2.30pm-3.00pm. Mrs Burden is offering to teach the children at no cost other than £11 to hire the ukulele. There are 20 places on a first come basis. If your child is interested in committing to the band and is willing to practice at home, please complete the form below, return a.s.a.p or email Mrs Bugess (secretary@frwoodmanorschool.co.uk) and the £11 will be charged to your SchoolMoney account. If you have any questions please contact the school office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ukulele Band Name……………….. …………would like to join the ukulele band on Thursday 2.30pm starting Jan ’16. £11 will be charged to my SchoolMoney Account. Signed………………………………………………………. HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 Prep 3 Prep 3 have had a fantastic few weeks and they are all working hard. I am very impressed with the level of effort they have been putting into their classwork and homework. In English, we have been looking at features of explanations and instructions and have designed and decorated our own biscuits! The class also designed their own treasure maps and pretended to be pirates. We have been looking at Roald Dahl stories and have written our own poems and recipes! Our Maths work this week has been focused around measurement of mass in grams and kilograms. The children have looked at converting from g to kg and vice versa. They have also added measurements together and have been reading scales by practically measuring the mass of different objects. The children are doing very well with their times tables and are now practising their 6 times tables! The children have been very keen to discuss their Florence Nightingale projects and I am very excited to see what they have produced on Monday when we do show and tell. I am looking forward to putting all of their hard work up on our classroom display. Miss Diamond Prep 4 Over the last few weeks we have been working on building our own Tudor houses. We have coloured them in, cut them out and stuck them together. The children have done fabulously to assemble them so well as they were quite complicated and intricate. The Tudor projects are due in next week, before the end of the half term, I am looking forward to seeing them completed. In English we have been working on improving our use of adverbs and adjectives. The children have worked very hard to make sure that their writing is of a better standard than before and they are making fewer errors generally with their writing. I am very pleased with the positive attitude the children have to the constructive criticism they receive when I mark their work. In maths we have been learning about various aspects of geometry, however more recently we have been learning to use the formal method of short multiplication and will shortly be moving into using the long method of multiplication. I am very keen for the children to become confident in using these methods, therefore we shall be working on this aspect of mathematics some more. Thank you all for attending parents' evening last night. It was great to be able to show many of you the fabulous work that your children have been producing. Mr Armbrister HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 Exploring Space with Prep 5 ClassRoom Display. Space Station designed by Charlie Neil Armstrong by cara. HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 FFM Hallowe’en Disco Tickets now on sale Please send the money in with your child or pay at the school office THURSDAY 22nd October 2015 3.30pm – 5.30pm Disco, Games, Food, Gift and Prizes Child Ticket £5 (children only, parent helpers are needed, please see Mrs Burgess) PUMPKIN COMPETITION (Or a homemade Hallowe’en decoration) Entries to be in on the morning of Thursday 22nd October. Prizes to be won! HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 Diary Dates 2015/2016 Date OCTOBER 2015 Tuesday 13th Wednesday 14th Thursday 22nd rd Friday 23 Monday 26th- Friday 30th Oct NOVEMBER 2015 Friday 13th Friday 20th Friday 27th Saturday 28th DECEMBER 2015 Friday 4th Tuesday 8th Wednesday 9th Event Time FFM Meeting Parents’ Evening Early Years Open Afternoon 4:00pm – 7:00pm 1.30pm-3.30pm Finish for Half Term 3:20/3:30pm Hallowe’en Disco Staff Inset NO HOLIDAY CLUB HOLIDAY CLUB 3.30pm - 5.30pm Children In Need Day Prep 5&6 Class Assembly Prep 4 Class Assembly Christmas Fair Theatre Trip, Oldham Coliseum – Mother Goose Christmas Production (Pre School – Pre Prep 2) Carol Service (Prep 3 – Prep 6) St Matthew’s Church, 2:50pm 2:50pm 11:00am – 1.00pm 9.30am Whole School 9.30am and 2:00pm 7.00pm HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 Date Event Thursday 12th Monday 14th Tuesday 15th Wednesday 16th – Friday 18th JANUARY 2016 Monday 4th Return to School P6 Entrance Exams Begin Prep 3 Class Assembly Pre Prep 1 and Pre Prep 2 Assembly Friday 22nd Friday 29th FEBRUARY 2016 Friday 12th th Monday 15 – Friday 19 Monday 22nd Monday 1st MARCH 2016 Wednesday 2nd Thursday 3rd Chadderton Hall Rd. Chadderton Floral Art Society presents ‘Oh What a Pantomime!’ Whole School Christmas Lunch with Santa and Christmas Parties Christmas Jumpers End Of Term NO STAY AND PLAY HOLIDAY CLUB Time 7.00pm Tickets can be purchased from the school office Non-Uniform 12:00 noon 2:50pm 2.50pm Interim Reports to Parents th Friday 11th Tuesday 15th Wednesday 16th Friday 18th Wednesday 22nd Finish for Half Term 3:20pm/3:30pm Valentines Disco Holiday Club Return to School Book Fair Week 3.30pm - 5.30pm Parents’ Evening World Book Day SCHOOL OPEN DAY Prep 5 & 6 Assembly Art Exhibition Art Exhibition Prep 4 Assembly Winmarleigh Meeting for Parent. Interhouse Netball and Football 4:00pm – 7:00pm Fancy Dress TBC Wednesday 23rd Thursday 24th APRIL 2016 Tues 29 th – Fri 31st Marchth Mon 4th – Fri 8th 3:45pm 3:45pm 3.45pm 2.00pm Easter Parade (Bonnet Competition) Grandparents Afternoon Tea End Of Term NO STAY AND PLAY FINISH 12 noon Holiday Club Holiday Club HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 Date Event Time Monday 11th April Friday 22nd Friday 29 Return to School PrePrep 3 Pre Prep 1 & 2 Assembly 2.50pm 2.50pm Friday 29th April – Sunday 1st May Winmarleigh Hall Prep 3 and Prep 4 th MAY 2016 Monday 2nd Friday 6th May Monday 9th Thursday 26th Friday 27th May Tues 31st – Friday 3rd June JUNE 2016 Monday 6th – Friday 10th Monday 13th Thursday 16th Thursday 23rd Thursday 30th JULY 2016 Saturday 2nd July Monday 4th Tuesday 5th Wednesday 6th Thursday 7th th Friday 8 Bank Holiday School Closed Early Years PreSchool and Reception Assembly SATs Week Optional Tests begin Pre Prep 2 – Prep 6 Performing Arts Evening Reception – Prep 6 FFM Activity Day Finish Half Term Holiday Club Holiday Club Return to School InCAS Testing begins Pre Prep 1 - Prep 6 Sports Day Pre School – Prep 6 Options at 11 for Prep 4 & 5 Inter-House Rounders and Cricket Summer Fair Reports to Parents Induction to New Classes Whole School Celebration Day Treat Day for Winning House 2.50pm 6:00pm 1.30pm 4.00pm 1:30pm – 3:00pm 2.00pm P3 – P6 Production Evening 2.00pm & 7.00pm End Of Term 12:00 noon NO STAY AND PLAY Prep 6 Leavers’ Ball 6.30pm ** Diary Dates will be updated in Focus on Firwood and FMPS website page** www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576 October Holiday Club – Booking Form £20 per day. Please bring a packed lunch. Name of Child ……………………… Class…….. Contact No………………………………….. Mon 26th Oct Tues 27th Oct Wed 28th Oct Thurs 29th Oct Fri 30th Oct Please bring the form back to the school office or please email the dates to Mrs Burgess. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEADMISTRESS: Caroline Greenwood BEd (Hons) Telephone: 0161 620 6570 Email: secretary@firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Web: www.firwoodmanorschool.co.uk Firwood Manor School is the trading name of AS Northern Ltd. Registered in England at Layhams Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9HW. Reg No: 08458576