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  • EYFS News

    Published 13/09/24

    Our first week has been filled with fun, exploration, and learning! The children have settled in beautifully and have enjoyed getting to know their new learning environment and friends. We spent time playing in the sandpit, building castles, digging, and sharing toys with our new friends. We've enjoyed listening to captivating stories, sparking our imaginations and helping us wind down after playtime. We went on a tour of the school, discovering different areas, including the lunch hall, and learning about the school routines.The children created handprints to remind us of our helpful "handy helpers," who will assist with small classroom jobs. We met our class mascots (Opal owl, Topaz dragon and Jade turtle), and the children had a wonderful time playing with them, adding a sense of fun and responsibility to our classroom.The children have quickly adapted to our morning routines, showing great independence and enthusiasm. One of our big achievements was learning how to self-register in the morning, helping the children take ownership of their day from the start. During snack time, we focused on saying "please" and "thank you," and the children have done brilliantly in showing respect and kindness. We had fun exploring our outdoor area, where the children climbed, ran, and explored nature.

      

      

      

                                      

    Key messages:

    • We will be giving children ‘star moment’ sheets next week. This will be an opportunity for us to celebrate their achievements that they have at home with you in our weekly year group assembly. You can write in the star template what your child has achieved, examples could be - riding a bike for the first time, getting a medal in football, putting their face under water for the first time in a swimming lesson, helping lay the table at home etc. Please place the stars in your child’s bag ready for the class assembly and these will be displayed in the classroom 

    • A reminder that children are not to play on the climbing frame or use the school equipment before and after school, including siblings 

    • Please can you give us donations of clean recycling to add to our junk modelling as we use it throughout the year - small boxes, toilet rolls etc. However we cannot accept anything that once contained nuts, eggs or fish

    • Our first PE lesson will be on Thursday 26th September. Please can you make sure your child comes into school dressed in their full PE kit with trainers every Thursday 

    • Friday 20th September - Pyjama reading day. Bring in £1 and your child can wear their pyjamas to school! 

    • Please remember to sign up for Tapestry (our online learning platform)- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeYGZQKyO1NHkmKjgeLGNRWyEHXdYnTDOmY9c9f_WnlPtBlA/viewform?usp=pp_url
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  • Sport News

    Published 12/09/24

    Hobby Horse Event - Saturday 21 September 10am-12midday

    The event will end a fortnight of Hobby Horse PE lessons in years 1 and 2. However, children from all year groups are able to take part. Both a dressage arena and a horse jumping arena will be open on the field for the children to perform. 10 school hobby horses can be borrowed, or children can bring their own. Rosettes will be available to buy to congratulate your child. There will be judging with best in show announced in school the following week.

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  • Extracurricular News

    Published 22/07/24

    The first full week back of clubs in September will have 86 sessions from 29 different providers! New clubs added to the timetable: A.I club, Urban Fun club, and Debating Club

    Attending extracurricular activities boosts young people's confidence to interact socially with others; extends their social network; and provides them with new skills and abilities. 

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  • Vineyard Recommended Reads

    Published 19/07/24

    It’s the final recommended reading posting of the year! Thank you to everyone who reads these, hopefully there has been an interesting book suggestion, reading tip or maybe some information about the reading events at the school.

    Mr Jones recommends:

    Wildsmith: Into the Dark Forest by Liz Flanagan

    Reading Age: year 2 - year 5

    Genre: magic, adventure & fiction 

                                      

      

    This summer holiday, we are running the 2nd edition of the Vineyard Reading challenge, please take a photo of you reading in an exciting or strange place and send it to the year 5 inbox: year5@vineyard.richmond.sch.uk.

    Last holiday we had so many fantastic submissions and the prize for the winning photo will be a free book of their choice.

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  • Gems News

    Published 19/07/24

    Read on to find out what we have been up to in Gems this week.

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  • UKS2 News

    Published 19/07/24

    Read on to find out what we have been up to in Years 5 & 6 this week.

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  • LKS2 News

    Published 19/07/24

    Read on to find out what we have been up to in Years 3 & 4 this week.

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  • KS1 News

    Published 19/07/24

    Read on to find out what we have been up to in Years 1 & 2 this week.

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  • EYFS News

    Published 19/07/24

    Read on to find out what we have been up to in Reception this week.

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  • Extracurricular News

    Published 18/07/24

    Super Saturday final session before the Summer Holidays. It will be the last opportunity to use the school playgrounds before the summer holidays. The Table Tennis coach is pairing up players to play in a team format, and the JA Sports coaches will get the dino bikes out. Come down between 9:30-12:00midday.

    A review of Super Saturday will take place to see if it is viable to continue next academic year. There is a small cost associated with opening the grounds on Saturday (coaches to oversee safety, maintenance/cleaning). This year the school received funding to start the project; thereafter the project needs to be sustainable. The most likely option for this would be families buying an annual Open School pass which would allow entry. Your comments and opinions would be appreciated. Do you value the school ground opening? Feedback form: https://forms.gle/LXQGqkEkbzzcEZES7

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  • Sport News

    Published 18/07/24

    Invitation Tournament for Local Schools. Deer Park, Holy Trinity, Marshagte, Russell, and St Elizabeth's were invited to join us for a year 5 and 6 Boys Football tournament. The tournament went so well that all the schools have asked that we run it each year. Holy Trinity will run tournaments for 3 and 4 next academic year. It was fantastic to play at our home ground and have the support of the school during their lunchtime.

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  • Vineyard Recommended Reads

    Published 12/07/24

    On Tuesday, we were fortunate enough to visit The Alligator’s Mouth book shop and spend some vouchers that the school had received. The children’s instructions were to buy a picture book for their new year 5 & 6 classes. They did an absolutely fantastic job and we spent over £110! All the books were incredible but the favourite was…

    Laila recommends:

    Round and Round Goes Mother Nature by Gabby Dawnay

    Reading Age: 5 - 11

    Genre: nature, illustrations, science & environment 

      

                               

    I really can’t recommend the Alligator’s Mouth enough, the staff in there are helpful, informative and frankly geniuses when it comes to a range of children’s literature.

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