Moulsham Junior School Moulsham Memo In this issue:
Class Assemblies
Class Attendance
Parentmail PMX
Year 4 Residential Information Meeting
Children in Need
Christmas Enterprise
PhysicsFest 2016
Head Teacher Message This week, today especially, I have been immensely proud of our children as we reflect on Remembrance Sunday. Our children have articulated a clear understanding of why we should never forget what happened during WW1 and WW2; they understand that with individual liberty comes responsibility and tolerance. Our two minutes’ silence today was a reverent and mature mark of respect. “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
Smartest class of the Week! 3 White - For amazing debating skills this week.
Growth Mind Set Quote
Forthcoming Diary Dates Tuesday 15th November 2016 PM: Swimming 6 King & 6 Kemp 7PM: Year 4 Mersea trip meeting for parents. Wednesday 16th November 2016 PM: Swimming 6 Hughes & 6 Sturgeon Class Assembly 3 White Friday 18th November 2016 Non uniform day for Children in Need – wear something spotty. Cake sale after school for Children in Need
Class Attendance I can confirm that the winners of the best class attendance for the week commencing 31st October 2016 were as follows: Year 3: 3 King & 3 White Year 4: 4 Kemp Year 5: 5 White & 5 Sturgeon Year 6: 6 White & 6 King
11th November 2016
Moulsham Junior School Moulsham Memo Year 6 Science Club at Moulsham High School Science club will be cancelled on the following days:
We currently have 146 children whose parents have not yet registered for parent mail PMX..Parent mail is a quick and convenient way for us to communicate school information . If you have not yet registered for Parentmail PMX please do so as soon as possible to ensure you receive all school communications. If you contact the school office will be able to send a registration link to your e-mail address.
19th January 2017 2nd February 2017 2nd March 2017 9th March 2017 These cancellations are due to Moulsham High School parents’ evenings.
Individual School Photographs Just a reminder that any orders for photos must be returned to the school office by Monday 14th November 2016. Orders received after this date will not be able to be processed via the school.
Headlice We have been notified of several cases of headlice. Please could you check your child’s hair and treat if necessary. A leaflet regarding the treatment and prevention of headlice is available from Reception.
Question of the week ? What does Safeguarding mean in our school? Everyone in our school has a responsibility to provide a safe learning environment in which our children can learn. All staff members are prepared to identify children who may benefit from early help and understand their role within this process. This includes identifying any emerging problems so appropriate support may be provided and liaising with the designated safeguarding lead (Mrs Staley; assisted by Mrs Moores and Mrs Orchard) to report any concerns. All staff members are aware of and follow school processes, as set out in the policy and are aware of how to make a referral to Social Care if there is a need to do so. We actively encourage our team to note any concerns they have about a child, no matter how minor it may appear, as we would rather have one hundred notes that come to nothing than one concern missed which leads to a bigger issue. All staff are trained as part of their induction process to raise their awareness around child protection. Our safeguarding leads undertake a full day’s training every 2 years which is also disseminated via whole school training regularly too.
11th November 2016
Moulsham Junior School Moulsham Memo Moulsham Junior School Christmas Card Competition Following our successful competition last year we are once again launching a competition to design a Moulsham Junior School Christmas Card. There will be a prize for the best design chosen from each year group and the four winning designs will be professionally printed and used for us to send to our neighbouring schools and all the other companies and organisations that we work with. The designs will need to be on either A5 or A4 paper (no larger than this please) and the artwork can be either landscape or portrait. Any text, artwork or border designs need to be kept at least 1cm away from the edge of the paper. Children can use pastels, paints, collage, felt pans, inks, printing, glitter or charcoal for their design and bright, bold artwork is most effective. Please discourage children from leaving large areas of white background. Finally, designs should be kept unfolded and damage free as creases and marks will show on the final print. Competition entries should be brought to Reception marked for the attention of Mrs Tyler. The final date for handing entries in is Tuesday 22 nd November.
Christmas Enterprise Event - Friday 16th December 2016 Our children will soon be preparing for our Christmas Enterprise event and they aim to raise £2,000. The funds raised will be split between our playground refurbishments and our charity for this year Cancer Research - Kids and Teens. FOMs will be providing refreshments in the North Wing Hall from 3pm to enable you to get warm and merry before the classrooms are opened at 3:30pm. If you are a budding craft person and would like to hire a table top for the event you may do so for a minimum donation towards the fund raising of £10. It would be great if we could have some Christmas crafts on sale, especially as you have a captive audience of around 600 people!
11th November 2016
Moulsham Junior School Moulsham Memo Just a reminder Friday 18th November is Children in Need Day. This will be a non-uniform day and we will be asking for a donation of £1 if children wish to come in their own clothes. All we ask is that they wear something spotty.
Year 4 Residential Information Meeting Just a reminder that we will be holding an information meeting for Year 4 parents regarding the Year 4 residential to Mersea. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 15th November 2016 at 7pm. We look forward to seeing you all at the meeting. Thank you. Mrs Hart & Mrs Humm.
Class Assemblies Class assemblies will be held on a Wednesday at 10.30am for Year 3 & 4 classes and on a Thursday at 10.15am for Year 5 & 6 classes. Class assemblies for this term are as follows: 3 WHITE (Miss Prosser) 16th November 2016 4 WHITE (Mrs Gatheral) 23rd November 2016 6 KEMP (Mr Pugh) 1st December 2016
Cold Weather
Lana’s Mindset Moment The mindset moment this week is from: James Naylor 5 Sturgeon “I had a mindset moment when I couldn't do a front flip at swimming but I persevered and tried my best.”
As winter approaches please make sure your child wears a warm coat to school and also has a plain dark coloured tracksuit in school for outdoor PE.
Achievements:
Ramona McCulloch in 6 Sturgeon has been selected to take part in the West End Eddie’s Maths Challenge
production UK tour of Joseph and his
The answer to our last challenge was: 6
Technicolour Dream Coat .Well done Ramona!
The winner was : Alexander Benson 3 Hughes This weeks challenge set by Eddie Pickwick is as follows: The perimeter of a square is 36cm.What is the area?
Theo Powell in 4 Kemp has raised £250 for Cancer Research .Theo completed the 10,000 steps a day “walk all over cancer challenge”. Well done Theo!
Please give your answers to Eddie Pickwick (5 White) by Wednesday 16th November. Letters Sent Out Year 3 Rocks and Soils work shop Year 5 Greek Day Year 6 DT Day
Design the Official Purple Mash Festive Card As the Festive Season is fast approaching Purple Mash have launched a "Festive Card Competition" for their official Purple Mash festive card for 2016. The winning design from each category will be professionally printed and the winning child will receive 50 copies of the card plus a t-shirt with their design printed on it. The school will also receive 250 copies of the card. If you would like to enter the competition please see the poster below. There is further information on the website under the Pupil section."
