Head Teacher: Mrs J.Moralee
Forest Lane, Kirklevington, Yarm, Stockton.
TS15 9LX
Telephone (01642) 781261
Fax
(01642) 782159
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.kirklevington.stockton.sch.uk
4th March 2016
Dear Parents and Friends
What a great week we have had in school! We started off with the Happy Puzzle Company running workshops for
the day on Monday, working with children from Reception to Year 6. It was fascinating to see the children
working as teams to solve challenges, establishing themselves as leaders, negotiating and compromising. Years 5
and 6 had the opportunity to visit Yarm Auditorium on Tuesday morning to meet author Jonathan Stroud.
Thursday saw World Book Day celebrated in true Kirklevington style, with staff and children dressing up as book
characters. We were amazed by the quality of the book artefacts produced by the children at home and hope to
be able to display these around school before they are returned. (Photos of the artefacts and some of the
children have been posted on Facebook.) It was lovely to see so many parents in school to look at puzzles on
Monday night and to view our book artefacts on Thursday.
Dates for Diaries Fairtrade Breakfast Week in Breakfast Club
March 7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
2.30-3.15pm Early Years and Key Stage One Maths Workshop in School Hall
Pupil Ambassadors Visiting Junction Farm am
Singing Day at Yarm School
Hoopstarz working with children Reception to Year 6
9.05am Chestnut Class Assembly
9.10am Fairtrade Coffee Morning run by Elm – all parents, family and friends invited.
Learners of the Week
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children who received certificates this week:
Willow –
Imogen Green
Noah Crone
Birch –
Aurora Paino
Alanah Drummond
Chestnut Hector Armstrong
Ella Ridley
Elm –
Gracie McEnaney
Cole Edwards
Oak Jenson Smith
Georgia McEnaney
Writer of the Week
Emily Redhead
Erin Smith
Amelia Potter
Amy Walters
Abi Saddington
World Book Day
On Thursday, the 3rd March, it was World Book Day. Everyone dressed up as a book character, such as: Alice In
Wonderland; Harry Potter: The Wizard Of Oz, characters from Star Wars and many more. We swapped
classrooms and completed different activities. We all did a project for homework to make a book-related
artefact. All the models for our project were judged in assembly by Mrs Charnock. It was a really fun day!
By Archie and Niamh.
Happy Puzzle Day
On Monday, the Happy Puzzle Company came to visit us. They started us off with a very tricky puzzle for the
class to solve together, but once we solved it, we were split up into teams of four. We had lots more hard but fun
puzzles to solve, such as: the penguins-on-the-iceberg challenge, the road challenge and the ‘hamster run’
challenge. There weren’t many rules, but there was one that everyone had to follow – never give up!
By Belle and Archie.
Kirklevington Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Kirklevington Primary School: Happy, Caring, High Achieving
Jonathan Stroud Author Visit
On Tuesday, Year 5 and 6 went to Yarm School Auditorium to see the author, Jonathan Stroud, who writes scary
stories. He talked about how he became a writer and then about his latest series, Lockwood and Co. He also read
some of his first book in the Lockwood series, The Screaming Staircase.
By Sarah, Chloe and Millen.
Mother’s Day After School Club
Lots of children joined the members of St Martin’s Church for their Mother’s Day craft session on Thursday
night. They enjoyed making crafts and icing cakes, in preparation for the Mother’s Day service in church on
Sunday morning, which everyone is welcome to attend.
Thank you for your continued support.
Justine Moralee
Headteacher
Maths Workshops for Parents
We are running Maths Workshops for parents this term, looking at the new curriculum for maths, how we teach
your child and how you can help at home. These will be held in the school hall at the following times:
Early Years and Key Stage 1 (Nursery to Year 2) – Monday 7th March 2:30-3:15pm
Key Stage 2 (Years 3 to 6) – Wednesday 16th March 2:30- 3:15pm
Dates for the Diary:
7th
Fairtrade Breakfast Week in Breakfast Club
2:30-3:15pm Maths Workshop for parents Nursery to Year 2
8th
am Pupil Ambassadors visit to Junction Farm
9:30-3pm Yarm Singing Day
9th
Hoopstarz Hula Hooping Day
10th
9:10am Chestnut Class Assembly
11th
Elm Fairtrade Coffee Morning
15th
Ivan the Librarian – Storytelling in school
16th
2:30-3:15pm Maths Workshop for parents Year 3 to Year 6
18th
Sport Relief
21st
DISCO – 6-6:45 Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2
7-8 Years 3,4,5 and 6
22nd
ESafety Focus Day
23rd
1-2:45pm Tees Valley Cross Country Final at Stewarts Park
24th
Easter Service at St Martins Church
25th-10th Easter Holiday
April 11th-22nd
Swimming
11th
9:05 Friends of Kirklevington meeting at school
13th
Level 1 Cycle Training for Year 5
14th
Pupil Ambassador Visit to St Johns
19th
Photographer for Our Nursery Evening Gazette feature
20th
Year 3 Tennis Competition (Provisional Date)
26th
Pupil Ambassadors visit to Kirklevington
29th
Zenith working with KS2 for 6 weeks
May
4th Year 2 Sports Festival at Conyers
th
th
9 -13
Year 6 SATS Week
16th
Class Photos
Pupil Ambassadors visit to Layfield
18th
Year 6 Cricket Day
25th
Conyers Athletics Competition
27th
PD DAY
28th-5th June Half Term
June 15th
Year 5 Cricket Day
17th
Fathers Day Shop
22nd
Reception New Starters Meeting and Lunch with Parents
26th
Summer Fair
30th
Year 5 Lego Competition at Conyers
July 8th Transition Day
11th
6pm Concert
12th
6pm Concert
18th
3:30-5:30pm Parents Open Session
19th
DISCO – 6-6:45 Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2
7-8 Years 3,4,5 and 6
20th
am Year 6 Leavers Service at Church