Whitehouse Weekly Bulletin 173

Friday 26th November 2021

Message from Mrs Hall

The behaviour of the children has been fantastic this term. So far, 3650 silvers and 808 golds have been awarded. This is an amazing achievement and indicates how well the children are following the golden rules: ‘we listen, we work hard, we are honest and we are kind and respectful’. It also highlights how well the children are engaged in their learning and demonstrating the Whitehouse Way of courage, perseverance, reflection and responsibility. It is great to see article 3: the best interests of the child reflected throughout this newsletter. Well done everyone – super work.

Attendance for last week

Class with the Best Attendance – Ocelots (100%)

Assemblies

The theme of our assemblies for next week will be: What is the history of the LGTBQ community?  UNRC Link: Article 2: I have the right to protection from discrimination.  This means that nobody can treat me badly because of my colour, sex or religion, if I speak another language, have a disability, or if I am rich or poor.     Resources related to this assembly will soon be available on our website.  To access them, simply go to Learning and click on our Enquiry Based Assemblies.

The Whitehouse Gingerbread Bake Off

We are very pleased to introduce our latest Whitehouse Bake Off competition.  If you love baking at home, why not enter our competition to create something out of gingerbread.  It is open to children in all year groups and we look forward to seeing what you will make:  a house...a bridge…an animal….or something else? 

You can find more details and a gingerbread recipe on our website: https://www.whcps.org/dt-news-20212022/

Please take a photograph of your creation and email it to Mrs Bartholomew at parents@whcps.org so we can share all the creations on our website.  The top 5 entries will each receive 5 house points. The closing date to enter will be Monday 13^th December 2021.

Awards

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Lower Key Stage 2:

Upper Key Stage 2:

Year 6 Museum Trip

This week our Year 6 children went to the Ipswich Museum as part of their topic on World War Two.  They began the day by exploring a range of WW2 artefacts that belonged to a typical family during these times.  Using their reasoning skills, they had to decide who each object belonged to, such as gas masks, children’s toys and a helmet. The children also learnt how to build an Anderson shelter to protect them from an air raid, the importance of coding and how to send messages in Morse code, as well as the huge role women had to play during the war. The children engaged positively with the sessions and their behaviour was excellent all day. Well done Year 6.

Children in Need

A big thank you to all those who supported our Children in Need day on Friday.  We are pleased to let you know we raised £475.54.  A special well done goes to Jess and Charlotte in Lemurs class who held their own cake sale for Children in Need.  These talented girls baked a range of delightful treats to sell and Lemurs class supported the event by donating money in return for a delicious cookie or cupcake!  In total the girls raised over £35.00.  What a brilliant achievement, well done girls!

Reading Recommendations

Please see below the latest recommendations for books to read to help the children to widen their book choices.  There will be rewards for any children who read and quiz on these books.  This week’s recommendations are: 

Religious Education

Year 6 have also been studying about Islam this half term and were very fortunate that some of our children brought in things from home to help the children with their learning. The all really enjoyed the lessons.  A big thank you to Syako, Payam, Ala, Ceylin and Zainab for contributing to the lessons and educating us all on their religion.

My Smile

We are pleased to let you know that our Nursery children will be taking part in a new programme called ‘My Smile’ which is aimed at helping support the dental health of young children.

Parents/carers, please watch out for the consent forms and questionnaires which will be coming home shortly.

Year 3 Curriculum

Our children in Year 3 have been busy learning about their topic: ‘Animals, including Humans’.  On Tuesday this week they very much enjoyed learning to understand the function of a skeleton.

Purple Man Reading Competition

We had a change in the winners of the Purple Man Reading Competition last week.  A big well done to Squirrels and Chameleons.

Well Done

A big well done to four members of our staff who recently took on the challenge to walk or run the equivalent number of miles to journey from Lands End to John O’Groats.  It took Miss Horne, Miss Jaspal, Ms Salmon and Mrs Greggor a year to complete the challenge to walk 874 miles.  What a great example of perseverance and hard work!

Dates for the Diary

Thursday 2^nd December – Y6 Football Final

Friday 3^rd December – Bank Holiday for Jubilee (School Closed)

Tuesday 7^th December to Thursday 9^th December – EYFS Nativity Play (am)

Tuesday 7^th December to Thursday 9^th December – Year 1 Nativity Play (pm)

Friday 10^th December – Years 3 and 4 - Steel Pan Workshops

Wednesday 15^th December – Nursery Carol Event

Friday 17^th December – Last Day of Autumn Term

Monday 20^th December to Monday 3^rd January – Christmas Holiday

Tuesday 4^th January – PD Day (School Closed to Children)

Monday 21^st February to Friday 25^th February – Half Term Holiday

Monday 28^th February – PD Day (School Closed to Children)