Cupernham Infant School

Newsletter 8 7th February 2020

Over the last couple of weeks, myself and the Senior Leadership team have spent time monitoring the quality of teaching and learning across the whole school. We have enjoyed visiting all the classrooms, speaking to the children about their own learning and looking through their books. I have particularly enjoyed talking to the children and celebrating the progress they are currently making. Local News: We have been asked to take part in the abbess exhibition project which will be one of the major events of Romsey Abbey's 900th anniversary celebrations. The abbess (a female superior of a community of nuns, which is often an abbey) project requires us, along with other schools in the area, to decorate a wooden structure of an abbess. This will then be exhibited in Romsey Abbey for everyone to go and see. We are looking forward to taking part in this special

event. Have a lovely weekend! Kind regards Mr. D. Wells

Our Learning This Week

Year R Over the past few weeks we have been

continuing our learning about dinosaurs;

through caption writing about photographs

and moving like them to learn a dance

routine. The children were very excited to

discover some dinosaurs trapped in ice! We

had discussions about ice and freezing;

asking lots of questions and watched them

melt in the Curiosity Cube.

Year 1

We have been busy writing superhero stories

and loved sharing them with the year four

children from Cupernham Juniors. We can’t

wait to share them with you on Superhero

Day (12th Feb 2020 at 2.45pm).

Well done to those children who took part in

the level two gymnastics festival this week.

Year One won second and third place.

Year 2

This week we have loved rewriting the start

of George’s Marvellous medicine. We have

also begun to use blue highlighters so the

children can reflect on their own learning. In

maths we have been learning how we can

use different coins to make the same

amount. We have also been learning about

living a healthy lifestyle in science.

To find out more about the fantastic learning

that happens in school, please visit the

learning blogs using the link below.

https://www.cupernhaminfant.com/blog/

On 26th April Mrs Pattison will be taking on the huge

challenge of running this year’s London Marathon! She

is hoping to raise £3000 in support of Cancer Research

UK and would really appreciate any donation you are

able to contribute. Please see attached Just Giving page

link for further information, many thanks. https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/michelles-

london-marathon-2024?feed=6dca0191-e332-421c-9f2b-

099e1cc55fc9

After half term, we will be introducing the ‘Monday Masterclass.’ Every Monday between 11am and 12noon children will be taking part in an exciting opportunity to try something new. We are hoping that through taking part in these activities, it will allow children to work across different year groups, get to know each other, nurture, develop and stretch pupils’ talents and interests. Each class teacher will be teaming up with a member of the support team to lead an activity over the next half term. Some of the activities include; sewing, gardening, card making, forest fun, music, art, dance, book club, photography, balance ability and even ‘train tracks’. We are very much looking forward to these classes. Children will experience a different master class each half term.

Hot Topic - Monday Masterclass

The Governing Body are looking

to recruit two new governors to

join our amazing school to help

shape the future of Cupernham

Infants. Please read the letter

at the end of this newsletter for

further details. Thank You.

In preparation for rolling out our ‘Monday Masterclass’ for after half term, we are looking for

anybody who may be able to volunteer their time or kindly donate any resources you may have

to help enhance our current provision. We are looking for:

Volunteers between 11am-12noon for: Additional resources:

Gardening Forest fun Sewing Bee

seeds, bulbs, soil, plants, plant pots card making embellishments, sparkles, thread, wool Donated small scaled toys e.g., vehicles, animals

If you are able to volunteer your time on a Monday, between 11am and 12 noon, then please

contact the office, leaving your details. Thank you in advance for you continued support.

We Need Your Help

London Marathon Governor Vacancy

If you have any textiles and shoes

for our clothes bank please bring

them in and pop them in our

textile bin located outside the

main school office – Thank you!

Recycle Recycle Recycle!

If your child is unwell, please remember to telephone school on the first day of absence to let us know.

We have been asked to pass on information from Public Health about sickness and diarrhoea. They state if your child has been physically sick or has diarrhoea, they should remain at home for 48 hours from the last time they were sick or have had diarrhoea. Thank you.

Sickness

Please ensure you respect our

neighbours by parking and driving

safely around our site. Also, the

junior and infant school staff car

parks are for staff only.

Mornings can be a hectic time.

Please make sure your child is

safely dropped off at the

classroom door. Thank you.

Reminder

10.2.20 - Year R Parents Evening

12.2.20 - Year R Parents Evening

12.2.20 - Year 1 – Super Hero day

17.2.20 - Half Term

24.2.20 – INSET Day

5.3.20 – World Book Day

13.3.20 – Sports Relief

27.3.20 – Year R Jungle Dress up day

3.4.20 - Term finishes

21.4.20 - Year 2 Marwell Zoo

24.4.20 – Year R Blue Reef

16.6.20 – Year 1 HMS Victory

Football and Tennis clubs are running this Term.

Throughout the term there are lots of in house

events such as Gym festivals/Cricket Coaching/

Country celebrations/Focus Help and Whole

School Assembly’s etc.

Emergency Action in the Event of Snow

We are keen that where possible the school will keep running

during any bouts of snow and that children should attend –

However in the event that the site is unsafe or we are unable to

staff the day a closure will be necessary. When deemed unsafe the

back gate may be closed and the main entrance open only. In the

event that we should have to close the information below may

assist you:

If you think the weather is bad and there is a likelihood that school

may not operate, please listen to the local radio or look at the HCC

website.

Hampshire County Council website will list all school closures: http://www.hants.gov.uk/schoolclosures

The following Radio Stations will give regular updates: - BBC Radio Solent / Heart South Coast / The Breeze / The Coast / Wave 105 Should we need to close during the school day we would contact

you by text or phone or email.

We have noticed that a few of the children have started

to bring rucksacks into school rather than books bags.

Unfortunately, due to the arrangements and size of our

classrooms we are unable to store these in school and

therefore ask that children only bring book bags rather

than rucksacks. Thank you.

RUCKSACKS