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Wicklewood School

Hackford Road

Wicklewood

Wymondham

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Telephone: 01953 602333

Fax: 01953 602333

email: [email protected]

Headteacher: Mrs Sheila Greenacre

Chair of Governors: Mr Paul Sully

Wymondham Cluster Extended Schools

www.wymondhamcluster.org

27.3.13

Dear Parents/Carers

Comic Relief

As it was our book week the week after

Comic relief, we asked the children to

dress up as their favourite book

character, and, as you can see from the

pictures, we had some hugely imaginative

costumes. Well done to everyone! The

donations amounted to £169.24

Lewis and Ollie together with mums Heidi

and Emma, made an amazing £60 (in

addition to the above amount) with their

biscuit sale for Comic Relief. Again a

fantastic effort, well done!

Captain Underpants!

Robin

Hood

Kestrel and the Norfolk Archive

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We had to investigate which trades were in Wicklewood in 1900 using the village's trade

directory, who ran the business and by using an 1887 map of Wicklewood, record where

the trades were in the village. It was amazing to see 4 family names that the children

recognised as still being in Wicklewood today!

CASMA

Lapwing Class took part in

the musical event,

CASMA, at St Andrew’s

Hall last week. It was an

amazing opportunity to

join with many other

schools to sing together.

The children were a real

credit to the school

Swift Class assembly last

week took the audience on a virtual tour of

All saints Church, Wicklewood which the

class recently visited. If you couldn’t make

the assembly but would like to know more,

take a look at the displays in their

classroom.

Goodbye: we are sad to have to say

goodbye to Miss Atherton and Miss King

who have been working with Swift class

since the autumn term. We would like to

wish them the best of luck in their next

schools and for their future careers.

Books: there has been a fantastic effort

in raising money for books.

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Our Reading Champions took charge of the second hand book stall and raised an amazing

£67.You can also see in the photo some of the murals Year 6 and Nursery have been

working on as part of our project to revamp the library.

Louise, Maddie, Cara and Leia organised

an ever-popular biscuit and cake sale last

Friday and they raised £102.70.Thank

you to everyone who contributed- what a

brilliant effort!

During Book week the children have also

had the opportunity to hear teachers

reading their favourite books, and to

pair up with children in different year

groups to read together, as well as

enjoying the Travelling Book Fair.

Cluster Holiday events

There are still places left on several

activities being held at cluster schools

over Easter:

Set Your Sights (drama/sport) at

Barnham Broom - 2nd-5th April

Kiddycook at Robert Kett - 2nd and 3rd April

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Graffiti Art at Wymondham High - 4th April

Creepy Crawling Wildlife Workshop at Morley - 8th April

Stardance (street dance) at Barford - 11th April.

Parent questionnaire analysis February 2013 (55 responses )

Agree disagree Don’t know

My child is happy at this school 100%

My child has good friends at school 98% 2%

I feel my child is safe and well cared for

at school

100%

I know about the sort of work my child is

doing in class

96% 2% 2%

I am kept well-informed of my child’s

achievement, well-being and development

98% 2%

I can speak to the teacher about my child

if I need to

100%

The school newsletters are informative 100%

I feel confident that if I have a problem

or complaint it will be dealt with quickly

and effectively

98% 2%

I know some of the school governors and

what they do for the school

78% 22%

Pupil behaviour in school is generally good 96% 4%

I think the school listens to the views of

parents

96% 2% 2%

I am aware of the home/school agreement

and how I should support it

98% 2%

The school knows about and helps pupils

with special educational needs

75% 25%

I feel able to talk to the Head Teacher

about things

98% 2%

I know about the work the school is doing

on anti-bullying and the BIG award

98% 2%

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Suggestions for other strategies we can try for anti-bullying: having a bully

counsellor (this is already happening)

Better communication between staff and MSAs.

Find common interests between children who may not interact very well giving them

activities to work on together.

Outside speakers e.g. school nurse : these ideas will be considered by the BIG team

Section 2 Reports

The majority of people wanted the reports to be either 1-2 sides or 3-4 sides. (%)

The majority would like an explanation of the Nat Cur levels (%)

Most preferred the report format that we already use (2) because of the way it is

personal to the individual child and because it is easy to understand.

One person liked the concise nature of number 3 and the way it indicates key areas to

support your child.

Analysis comments:

Everyone who needed a response and who gave their name has been contacted .The

question with the most number of negative responses (22%) was about the governors.

The Governors’ booklet is being updated and will be sent out again to everyone in the

near future. It is also now on the web site.

Finally, thank you to all our parents. You are amazing: incredibly supportive and always up

for trying new things. We, as a staff really appreciate all of you!

Winners of the prize draw for the questionnaires were Mr McLeod and Mrs Florence.

Well done to them!

Junior Language Challenge

Hi everyone,

We're delighted to let you know that the Junior Language Challenge 2013 is

now open! To register, please visit eurotalk.com/jlc and choose to register

either as a school or as an individual. All entrants must be aged 10 or

under on September 1st 2013. However, we are more than happy for older

children to register and play the first round if they wish; but please

make sure they're aware that unfortunately they won't be able to

progress to the second round.

The entry fee per child is £2.50; this is payable on registration for individuals (by

credit card) and we'll send an invoice to schools when the first round concludes. The

entry fees will be donated to Brighter Start. As you know, the first round

Wicklewood School

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Wicklewood

Wymondham

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language this year is Spanish. As promised, we will be offering an alternative language

for those children who already learn or speak Spanish; please allow us just a few more

days to get this option set up.

If you need help with registration or signing up pupils, there are instructions on the

Support and FAQs page.

If you have any questions or problems during the registration process, please let us know

at [email protected], or give us a call on 0207 371 7711.

Wishing all our competitors the best of luck and we hope you all have fun!

Liz and the JLC Team

February 100 Club :

1st prize £15 Marion Sully

2nd prize £10 Gill Jeffery

3rd prize £5 Heidi Frary

March 100 Club

1st prize £15 Heidi Frary

2nd prize £10 Lindy Shaw

3rd prize £5 Anne Willmoth

Well done to the winners. For more information about the 100 Club, please contact

Corrina Willmoth of the Friends.

BIG

The first full team meeting of the BIG group

(staff, governor, parents and children) met last

week when the children explained to the adults

their plans for anti-bullying strategies that they

will be launching next term. If anyone could not

make the meeting but would like the notes from

it, please contact me.

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The children then held an assembly yesterday to explain to the school how it will work,

and to introduce themselves. They have also been to every class and have run activities

with the classes as part of the pre-launch. These children are all volunteers and are

completely committed to this on-going project. We are very proud of all of them.

Willow weaving;

Last week, Kingfisher class spent an enjoyable

day working with an artist on an eco-activity

for our Comenius project- weaving willow

frames for plants to grow up. You can see them

on the field, and if the weather ever improves,

we may even have some plants growing up them

later next term!

Coming Up

27.3.13 Last day of term for pupils and Spring Fling disco.

27.3.13-15.4.13 Easter holidays.

26.4.13 Quiz and Chips night in aid of books for the library.

4.5.13 Comenius visit to Germany (Mrs Smith, Mr Allard, Miss Jell and Miss

Morton)

8.5.13- 10.5.13 Year 4 residential visit to Holt Hall (Mrs Bradbury)

13.5.13-17.5.13 Year 6 SATs week

20.5.13-24.5.13 Rest of school test week

23.5.13 BIG team meeting

24.5.13-3.6.13 half term

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Advance notice: Sports Day Wednesday 17th July 2013, weather permitting.

Finally, we would like to wish everyone a very pleasant Easter break with a heartfelt

hope for some warmer weather! School starts back on Monday 15th April 2013.

….. and absolutely finally… some more photos from this half term!

Mr Colbeck now reads aloud to anyone

who wants to join in on Wednesday

lunchtimes- a very popular session!

Eco-friendly Mothers’ day gifts: Year 6 help Wren

Class.

The woodpecker sculpture in progress-

we hope they are going to be

positioned at the front of the school

over Easter.

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Hackford Road

Wicklewood

Wymondham

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Telephone: 01953 602333

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Leonie on Red Nose day!

Wren Class on Red Nose day!

Yours sincerely,

Sheila Greenacre

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