THE

WATERTON NEWS

Waterton HAS Got Talent!

Well done to all the

children who performed at

Waterton’s Got Talent!

On Tuesday 6th March 2018,

Waterton Academy Trust were

united in solidarity as the show

that the schools within the trust

have worked so long and hard

to prepare for was finally upon

us – Waterton’s Got Talent!

It was an outstanding effort to

logistically organise a show of

this magnitude and everyone

should be congratulated; the 10

schools involved; the fantastic

22 acts (including the choir)

consisting of 97 wonderfully

gifted and brave children and all

those behind the scenes.

Mr. Dickinson, CEO of Waterton Academy Trust

tweeted, “What a venue, the children are on

fire. Amazing talent on show from pupils across

all of our schools. A night to remember for a

packed audience”.

Even having a pie shoved in his face onstage

during the show didn’t put Mr Dickinson off.

We’ve got the power in us!

This publication was

produced by:

Cherry Tree Academy

and Ackworth Mill Dam

What some of the children said…

“That was one of the best experiences of

my whole entire life” Dexter S.

“I was shaking all over with nerves, yet

when I started to sing my nerves vanished

and seeing my family in the crowd made

me as happy as can be” George C.

“I actually felt like a celebrity!” Ellie-Lea

Waterton’s Got Talent was incredibly unique with

acts performing a variety of

extraordinary inventiveness.

At Mill Dam Primary we were

so proud to hear the laughter

amongst the audience when

Tilly did her ventriloquist act

with Bluey; astounded by the

beautiful voices of George

and Alex; and bounced to the

infectious beats of DJ Dexter.

Cherry Tree Academy

amazed us with Evie’s

emotional dancing in her

beautiful red chiffon outfit

and Ellie-Lea bewitched the

crowd with her incredible

voice. The rest of the show

was packed with of laughter

from the comedy acts;

incomparable musical

poetry; dexterous musicians;

naturally talented dancers -

from street to gymnastics;

fabulous hula-hoop displays

and the icing on the cake was

the breathtaking choir who

opened, supported and

closed the show exquisitely!

Thank you, Waterton Academy Trust, for providing an opportunity

for the children to grow their talents, the staff to be part of an

empowering event and the families to be included in such a

wonderful celebration of capability and bravery.

CREATIVE CORNER

Celebrate World Book Day by making some of these

fabulous mini books using just one piece of A4 paper!

TOP TIP! Why not write your own story for a younger child in your school or a

brother or sister and make it into a mini book for them to read? You could even

cut the paper into a shape at the top like the house book in the photograph!

Dear Alex

I’m feeling worried because the Year 6 SAT tests will be happening soon. I’m worried that I will be too nervous and that I won’t do very well. Help!

From Bookworm77

Hi Bookworm77

It’s normal to feel like this before a test – even adults feel anxious at times like this! I know that you will have been really well prepared by your teacher in test techniques, such as underlining key words and reading carefully how many boxes to tick. Remember, you are not alone - every Year 6 child in the country knows how you feel! Make sure you get lots of sleep and relax each night before the tests. The most important thing is to do your best. The tests are just a chance for you to show how hard you’ve worked all year. You’ll be fine – believe in yourself!

Alex

Real life Superheroes! Key Stage 1 children at Cherry Tree Academy launched

their new topic with an invasion of superheroes. Children

and staff dressed as a real-life or imaginary hero and

enjoyed taking part in a range of fun-filled learning

activities.

We were very inspired by Jono Lancaster

who led an assembly and class sessions for

us. He has Treacher Collins syndrome, a

genetic disorder that affected the way his

facial bones developed before he was born.

Jono wants people to be more aware of

what Treacher Collins is and how to deal

with it. He visits schools and teaches

children that there is much more to a

person than what they look like. He had a

difficult time growing up and wants to help

others change the way they think. What a

true hero!

Who inspires

YOU to be the

best person you

can be?

Which artist did your school focus on for the exhibition?

All the schools in the MAT decided to hold an exhibition of artwork

in each school. It was an incredible challenge and the teachers

never thought that it would finally happen…but it did!

Each school was given a British artist to learn about. Our school

was given Barbara Hepworth. Did you know that The Hepworth Art

Gallery in Wakefield is named after her?

Every class in every school had to send a piece of artwork

inspired by their artist into the exhibition to be shown to all the

children and their parents. Afterwards, the teachers had to load

their cars up and drive everybody’s work round to other schools

so they could show it to all their children too.

The

Great

MAT

Off!

All the children in school went to look at the artwork displayed in

the hall. It looked amazing displayed together!

It was fantastic to see what creative artists we have in our schools!

Cherry Tree

Academy

loves…

Introducing…. Miss Habbishaw Headteacher at Cherry Tree Academy

Miss Habbishaw is our new headteacher. She started at Cherry Tree Academy in September so has not been our headteacher very long.

One of the new rewards Miss Habbishaw has introduced is Hot Chocolate Champions. Every Friday in Golden Assembly, the teachers name one child in their class who they feel deserve to go to Miss Habbishaw at the end of the day and have a drink of hot chocolate and a biscuit.

Miss Habbishaw said, “This is my favourite part of the week! I love to be able to reward those children who have been making good choices all the time and spend time talking to them about how we can help to make our school even better.”

Introducing …. Mrs Thompson Headteacher at Mill Dam Primary School

We are very happy to introduce our newly appointed head teacher – Mrs

Thompson. She joined our team full time on Monday 26th February 2018,

and we already feel the benefit of her presence and positive attitude.

The school council arranged an interview with her to get to know her

better; each councillor picked their own question to ask.

Here is what we learnt:

To make learning more fun Mrs Thompson will be introducing new

guided reading ideas and problem solving activities in Maths (George L.)

Mrs Thompson enjoys being a head teacher because of that moment

when a child fully understands what they are learning and the penny drops

– a very special moment (Jessica P.)

Mrs Thompson enjoys teaching year 6 because the children are mature

enough to have an individual sense of humour and old enough to know not

to cheeky back (Macey F.)

To make the school attractive to

children Mrs Thompson will be

concentrating on maths and literacy

results and continue with exciting

opportunity activities eg. Waterton’s

Got Talent which influences her love

for learning (CL).

Puzzle pages

Boggle

Link the letters to make words! Each word must be 3 letters or longer.

You may not use proper nouns, abbreviations, or contractions.

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W I T H

A S E Y

L E U G

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Puzzle pages

Mathematics Phonics Experiment

Geography Spelling Segment

Literacy Learning Technology Phoneme Early Years Reception

With the original world book day being cancelled on the 1st March 2018

due to snow causing school closure, Mill Dam Primary School postponed

the fun, rescheduling for the 12th March 2018.

We’re not sure who had the most fun – the children or the teachers!!!

Lots of children

dressed up as their

favourite book

characters and we

loved how the

teachers looked

too! What a great

day we had!

World Book Day at Cherry Tree Academy

had to be rescheduled because of the snow.

Headteacher Miss Habbishaw set the bar

high as she flew into school via umbrella,

just like Mary Poppins!

Every teacher and child came dressed as a

book character or in pyjamas ready for

bedtime stories.

Throughout the day the children took part

in many book-related activities and

competitions – a photo competition of the

most unusual place to be caught reading

proved to be very popular.

Other children chose to create a book-in-a-

box – a scene from a book.

We take our responsibilities as School Council

members at Cherry Tree very seriously indeed and we

try to think of new ideas to raise money for school.

One of the good ideas we had was to have a bookstall

at the Story Café on World Book Day. We made

posters and put them round school asking for books

that children might not want any more. They had to

be in good condition so that people would want to buy

them!

We raised

£70.45

altogether! Children enjoyed reading

stories and having a drink and

a bun with their families in

the school hall.

Hello from Mill Dam school council. We are split into 3

houses to represent the ecological heritage of

England - Oak, Elm and Ash.

Oak Vice Captain - Macey A "I am impressed how the parliament is

made up of representatives of all the schools in the academy

because it makes me feel part of a bigger team".

Elm Captain - Jessica P "I like being part of the parliament because

it gives us a voice"

Elm Vice Captain Finlay P "I became part of the school council

because I don't think it's fair that the teachers do all the talking"

Ash Captain George L. "I like how we can choose what playground

equipment we can get"

Vice Captain Cain L "I am pleased to be representing Mill Dam School

and be part of changing our future"

Oak Captain

Macey F, "I like

how it's not

just the

teacher’s

choice, but the

children's too"

NO BUSINESS-LIKE SNOW BUSINESS

News from Ackworth Mill Dam

As snowfall has caused chaos and disruption throughout the United

Kingdom in the last couple of weeks, some of us took the opportunity to

enjoy the school closures with some good old fashioned physical

exercise on the snow-covered hills. Sledge suppliers and public houses

enjoyed increased sales.

Firstly, with the tail end of Storm Emma introducing the Beast from

the East bringing much of Britain to a temporary standstill on 28

March 2018 and forcing hundreds of schools to close due to further

snowfall overnight. The RAF were assigned to help with relief efforts

as roads, trains and flights halted. Ten people lost their lives due to

weather related incidents; £10 million worth of damage to cars with an

estimated 8,000 collisions in 3 days; reminding us of the serious

dangers in relation to mother nature’s winter wonderland.

The Pest from the West came on 8th March 2018. Luckily the snow did

not settle locally, and Mill Dam school’s day progressed as normal.

Let it snow! At Cherry Tree Academy, we held a “Be caught reading in an unusual place” competition. Mitchell took advantage of the snow day and was captured reading with his snowman and snow dog!

At Cherry Tree Academy we love our after school clubs. Here is a

list of just some of the great activities we do:

Sewing Club

Archery

Musical Theatre

Gymnastics

Football

Tag Rugby

Cooking

We made

delicious

biscuits!

I’m getting better

at hitting bullseye

We have enjoyed learning about artist Barbara Hepworth. We looked at pictures of her sculptures and wrote down all the different words, phrases, thoughts and feelings that they made us think about when we looked at them. Next, we used these ideas to create poems. We displayed them with our artwork.