NewsletterIssue 11 - May 2020

Message from the PrincipalIt's been a shorter school week but we have still had lots of excellent work and rewarding activities going on at home. Many children have been learning about VE Day in preparation for tomorrow's bank holiday and examples of this can be seen on page 3 of this newsletter. We await the Prime Minister's announcement on Sunday about next steps in the nationwide plan for coming out of lockdown and we will of course update you further once we have this information.

Enjoy the sunshine over this long weekend!

The Google ClassroomLive Google Meets

Children and teachers have enjoyed reconnecting in the live ‘google meet’

sessions that were planned for this week.

We realise this has given a huge amount of pleasure to staff and children alike and that the subsequent excitement and buzz has motivated some who, were understandably, feeling a little

down during these difficult times!

However, due to the LAT’s ongoing safeguarding concerns surrounding live online contact of any kind, we are sadly unable to continue these live meets into next week as planned, despite taking

the utmost precautions to adhere to the safeguarding etiquette.

The Trust are looking at ways of facilitating this safely for the future, but in the meantime we can

continue to send pre-recorded video links to students, to help with motivation and guidance

and we will be looking at other ways to keep the children connected.

‘Hello’ Video CollageYou may have been asked in the GC if you would like to send in a video snippet of your child saying ‘hi’ or ‘hello’ or a short message. These snippets will be collated together, to make a short video

message to play in the classroom, for the children to watch. It will be lovely to see all the different

places the children can say ‘hello’ - in the garden, on the sofa, jumping, skipping - we are sure you

can be even more inventive!

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Handing in WorkPlease remember that work MUST only be handed in via assignments on the Google

Classroom.

Work and photos emailed to the office or to the class email

addresses will not be monitored by class teachers as they are based

in the google classroom during the school day guiding, marking and commenting on the stream and

assignments.

In answer to some questions, you can attach multiple photos and

files at the same time to an assignment.

Here is the video link to remind you how to attach files and photos of work again. This is also on the website under the Home Learning

tab - should you mislay your newsletter.

Sharing Google Documents

Some of our older pupils have asked if they can make a copy of the google documents, edit and share the edited version.

For clarity, the short answer is no. Shared work via email will not be received by your class teacher. If there is a need to

edit a file as part of your assignment, your teacher will

set it to make a copy for you. If the file is view only, it is

because your work needs to be completed offline in your

blue book.

ALL work must be attached and handed in through the

assignment so that teachers can give feedback.

School WebsiteOur website has a new tab called ‘Home Learning’ where all the information shared with you in recent newsletters has been collated into one place. The Home Learning tab has been split into three key information areas; Additional support for Learning, Support for Parents and The Google Classroom & Tapestry Learning Journal.

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Additional Support for Home Learning

Staffing News This week we officially say ‘au revoir’ and ‘Happy Nappy Days’ to Miss Braddick who officially steps down from her role as Yr 1 Teaching Assistant on Friday for her maternity leave - we wish her the very best of luck with the birth of her new baby and thank her for her

loyal support for Cherry Orchard over the years.

Miss SpendloveWe would also like to welcome Miss Spendlove as the latest addition to join the Cherry Orchard Family …. Miss Spendlove has been teaching in primary schools for many years, but has a passion for working with

little ones! After taking time out to raise her young family, she returned to teaching this academic year and will make a enthusiastic and experienced addition to the Year 1 teaching team in September.

Puppet Shows onlineThe Little Angel Theatre

Company is showing lovely puppet shows & stories on youtube - click on the logo

below to view

They are doing Jon Klassen hat stories and they've also got videos to learn to make

the puppets!

Virtual dates to look forward to ………..● VE DAY Bank Holiday: Friday 8 May - download some VE Day Resources and party safely in the garden ● T5 Virtual Golden Afternoon: Friday 22 May for both KS1 & KS2 - sign up for one of the Teacher/TA video led activity

choices for an afternoon of ‘virtual’ fun ● May Half Term - Monday 25 to 29 May - no work set in the classroom● Term 6 Start - Monday 1 June ● Virtual Sports Day: Friday 26 June EYFS/YR 9 - 11am / KS1 - 11 - 1pm / KS2 1 - 3pm. We are hoping to hold a

virtual sports day over this day but Mr. Barnard is busy looking into how this can be organised online - more details to follow in next week’s newsletter

Calling all budding COPA designers!

Design a new book token and win tokens worth £10 for you and for every one of your classmates, for when schools open again! See your design printed on all the book tokens for your friends! Click on this link to read more about the competition.

Entries close on Sunday 28 June and should be designed using A4 paper - you can download the template here. Complete your entry form shown in the link above and submit online. One child’s design will be chosen every week for 7 weeks! Good Luck with your entries!

7 Top Tips to support Reading at Home

Shared reading is a great way to develop children’s language and communication and to boost their reading skills. Regular reading

routines can offer lots of opportunities for learning during school closure.

Concentrate on reading qualityAsk your child lots of questionsAsk them to make predictions

Ask them to summarise what they have readAsk them to write about what they read

Read and discuss with friends and familyMaintain the motivation to read

Download a pdf with more details

Introducing…… MyOn Reading MyOn Renaissance offers a personalised

digital reading experience for students of all ages and abilities, and a host of literacy

tools and homework features.

The LAT has funded full access to all the available features for one year, full details of which will be rolled out in the coming weeks. For the time being, limited access still gives pupils access to over 7,000 enhanced digital

books to choose from.

Over the coming weeks, we will be issuing each child with a login code to access all the features, which will be used to support both

school and home learning in the future. Click on the MyOn icon to access the online library.

Free School MealsFor parents struggling to use

their free school meal vouchers - here is a pdf of FAQs which

might help?

Reminder from the OfficePlease do not respond to emails from

Bromcom - this is an automated messaging service - please direct all enquiries to the office email address.

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VE Day Celebrations!

Shout out to Eden and Toby who have

made some beautiful bunting...

Ben has learned about rationing and

baked an eggless chocolate cake!

George’s great

grandad drove a half

truck and got lots of

medals...

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Shout out to Leo for learning about VE day at home and creating some amazing bunting to use in their home celebrations!

Shout out to GRACE for some awesome VE Day

bunting!!

There is some serious cake making going on

in this photo! Well done on the results!

Ethan has done some beautiful writing about his great grandad who worked

on the Sunderland flying boats.

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VE Day Celebrations!

Shout out to FLORENCE for a fantastic party plan and invite!

Shout out to MASON for some brilliant origami decorations and

party food!

Shout out to TOBY for his splendid

advertising poster!

Shout out to JULIANA

for her party plan!

YR R MUSIC STARSDelilah for

sending me a lovely video of herself singing

the ‘Hello’ song

MUSIC STARS OF THE WEEK

YR 2 MUSIC STAR

Suhana for composing

some creepy music to play on her piano

YR 3 MUSIC STARJack for

performing some great body percussion

YR 4 MUSIC STARS

Rebecca and Abel for playing their

piano pieces so well and Florence for showing great maturity when

answering questions about music

Message from Mrs

Stroud

Well done to all Year R for

all their hard work in their

music lessons this week. I

saw and heard some

amazing compositions! Keep

sending me your videos of

you singing, doing body

percussion or you playing an

instrument - your videos

really make me smile. Keep

singing!

Mrs. Stroud

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YR 1 MUSIC STARPhoebe

Rumble for performing some really cool body

percussion

SRP STARS OF THE WEEK

SRP STAR

Garen Orighose!

Garen has been working very hard to

complete all his work and produced

a brilliant self-portrait!

Shout out to …Daisy Russell!Her handwriting is looking

beautiful in all the work she

uploads to the Google Classroom!

Did you know?

There is a virtual

VE Day Festival?

Visit

https://bit.ly/VEday

Festival to see the

programme of

events

This week Laurel class have

been completing work all

about the 75th anniversary of

VE Day! We have been

code-breaking, looking at

war-time recipes, and

designing our own Spitfire

aircrafts!

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Cherry Pips

STAR OF THE WEEK

Freya - has enjoyed taking part in our scavenger hunts that we

posted on Tapestry, she has also been on nature walks with her

family. In her garden she created her very own bug house!

Well done Freya!

STAR OF THE WEEK

Asmitha - has been working really hard at home;

she has been practising writing her sounds and

numbers independently! Well done Asmitha!

Shout out to… Zac who participated in our ‘sinking and

floating’ experiment.

Shout out to ... Millie for cooking some delicious looking treats

this week which included unicorn

muffins and pizza!

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JUNIPER STARS OF THE WEEK

SonnySonny has been trying all sorts of activities. He has drawn number pictures and made animal noises to Rumble in the Jungle. He has also done some rubbings and followed

drawing tutorials.

Well done Sonny!

EthanEthan has been so busy and at the moment is making a

castle. He has gone on a technology hunt, used a

feely bag, and is now learning photography. He

even taught his dog how to social distance on a dog walk. Well done Ethan !

Did you know?...

Cows can walk

upstairs but not

down them...

Shout out to ….Eden Eskil, George, Parth,Joshua, Sofia, Angela,Dialira and Saffiya for super posts on Tapestry.

Shout out to…Lilly-Rose,Shaun,Aryanna, Jeena, Olivia-Grace , Kody and Abby for super posts on Tapestry.

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STAROF THEWEEK:

BenjaminBen has been working so hard at home, particularly with his maths skills.

This week he has been practising addition and subtraction, counting on and counting back and challenging

himself with some tricky numbers! He also collected some nature

items on a walk and used them to make a beautiful 3D nature picture

which he named ‘First Day of Spring’.

STAROF THEWEEK:

ChloeThis week Chloe has been using her love of the new trolls movie to inspire

her play. She has been learning all of the words to the songs and singing and dancing along to her favourites.

She has also used her super imagination to retell stories and

continues to work really hardlearning new sounds and spelling

lots of new words!

Shout out to Iniya for cooking her very own mini chapathis for her dinner!

Shout out to Delilah for making

some beautiful daisy chains!

Chestnuts

Did you know? Tomorrow is National Lost Sock

Memorial Day. Time to say goodbye to all of those socks who

have lost their partner!

Shout out to Ozzie for arranging a virtual scavenger

hunt for his friends!

Did you know?

A tiger’s skin is striped just like

its fur!

WILLOW STARS OF THE WEEK

EFFORT STAR - SOPHIA T for taking pride in her work and listening to feedback to improve. She also tries hard when she

is struggling.

ACHIEVEMENT STAR - IVY G

Fabulous videos showing off her

learning - especially impressed with her

question asking video and question marks.

Shout out to Freddie for his Wanted

poster.

Shout out to Mirabelle for

always handing her work in on

time.

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Did you know?

A zebra is black with white

stripes not white with black

stripes? Under their fur, their

skin in black!

ROWAN STARS OF THE WEEK

EFFORT STAR - Maya, for making the effort

everyday to positively comment on other posts to

tell them she likes their designs, work or photos.

Shows such care and kindness to others.

ACHIEVEMENT STAR - Georgie for the Outstanding hard work on Arrays this week. Such a

good use of items at home to help create arrays to

calculate division and equal sharing. Georgie turned us teachers into princesses!

Shout out to Indra & Libby for trying really hard with writing and the

comprehension challenges.Shout out to all our risk takers this week, especially all those bike riders who have got rid of their stabilisers!

Shout out to Tommy for showing such amazing

improvement with his writing. Shout out to all our

Charleston performers so far!

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MAPLE STARS OF THE WEEK

EFFORT STARAarusan -

for completing his activities in different

ways such as on google docs and handwritten work.

ACHIEVEMENT STARSuhana

for always completing her work to a high standard and

taking a pride in the work she produces.

Did you know?

A cat has 32

muscles in one

ear!

Shout out to Violet for always checking up on how year 2 are on the stream each day.

Shout out to Emily for sharing the arts and crafts activities she has done at home.

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ROSEWOOD STARS OF THE WEEK

EFFORT STARAmeena who

engages in the Google Classroom daily and works so hard. She has also

been learning to play lots of instruments at

home.

ACHIEVEMENT STAR

Liliana who has made huge improvements in

her writing and spelling!

Did you know?

May’s full Moon,

the full Flower

Moon, occurs on

Thursday, May 7.

Shout out to Tamana who has been trying extra hard in her work this week

Shout out to Dylan who hasn’t given up with online learning and now finds it so much fun

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BIRCH STARS OF THE WEEK

EFFORT STAR: JackFor consistently showing a great amount of effort

when completing his work on the Google Classroom.

He even challenged himself by using sentence

starters in his reading! Keep it up, Jack! You’re

doing so well :)

ACHIEVEMENT STAR: Olufela

For giving everything her best effort on the Google Classroom. Everyday I look forward to reading her beautiful, creative

writing and I always want to read more. Well done,

Olufela! Keep it up :)

Did you know?

You can see

what the stars

looked like on

your birthday!

Shout out to Jessica for being creative at home and making her own dream catcher!

Shout out to Ngozi for creating a beautifully presented Doughnut menu! I’ll have an Oreo doughnut, please :)

An extra shout out to Diya for painting a beautiful landscape, showing the reflection in the water and the light sources in the houses!

Thanks, Lucca!

https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday

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EFFORT STARDaisy for handing in her Maths work on Monday. I can see you tried really hard and I look forward to seeing at least one

activity being handed in from you :) Keep it up.

Did you know?

Your shadow is

longest in the early

morning and in the

late afternoon.

Shout out to ALL THE CHILDREN FROM PALM that came on the LIVE GOOGLE MEET chat. It was incredible to see you and talk to you.

ACHIEVEMENT STARSofiyah for constantly

being active in the classroom, handing in all the work to high

standards, commenting on every post and constantly

being kind and helping everyone in the classroom.

Thank you for being such an active member of the classroom. I LOVE IT!

Shout out to Niomi-Jo (and Angelina) for helping her dad create this super cute picnic bench for her

dolls. I want one too :)

PALM STARS OF THE WEEK

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BONSAI STARS OF THE WEEK

EFFORT STARGrace!

Well Done Grace for choosing her attitude when using exercise to keep her focused on her learning.

ACHIEVEMENT STAR Aarush!

For giving all the tasks a try and motivating his friends on the stream. He is always providing guidance and support.

The only

lowercase

letters that are

symmetrical

are c, l, o, v,

w, and x.

Shout out to Tamim for his incredible origami shape. It was pretty tricky but he stuck with it. Well Done

Shout out Julian for effectively retrieving relevant information for his reading comprehension on Captain Tom Moore. Also for his great symmetry photos from around his home and garden

Shout out Bobby for his great Lockdown diary entry.

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CEDAR STARS OF THE WEEK

EFFORT STAR goes to Kai for making a

greater effort with his online learning recently. He has been far more

active online and uploading his learning, which we are proud of -

keep it up!Did you know

You can cut a pie

into 8 pieces,

with only three

cuts?

Shout out … to Teddy for having a go at some very colourful maths!

ACHIEVEMENT STAR goes to Nicholas for the effort that he has

put into his journeying through time story

using historical characters.

Shout out to … Florence for sharing her VE day dinner that she made from the recipes in the classroom - yummy!

Toby Kajus demonstrating the knack of origami!

Tobo managing to keep her place with colourful, homemade bookmarks!

A very focused Abel in his self-portrait

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