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Little Phoenix The Newsletter of Yarm Pre-Prep
Number 180 16th September 2016
Mrs Speight’s message ...
Terrific trips and awesome activities have been discussed throughout the Pre-Prep this week. As the result of a
huge range to choose from, there is clearly something to suit all tastes. We also have Year 2 Pre-Prep recorders
during Tuesday afternoon break with Mr Smith.
All year groups enjoyed a trip out this week. Reception had a fabulous walk to Waterstones in Yarm, Year 1
stepped back in time at Beamish and Year 2 loved the Railway Museum at York. Nursery enjoyed being outside,
making the most of the fine weather! Children from Nursery, Reception and Year 1 were entertained by the
Booster Cushion Theatre, with their production of Old Macdonald and 3 Little Pigs. Roald Dahl Day saw many
characters from the stories, I particularly liked Mrs Twit and Miss Trunchbull! It seems appropriate to comment
on the engaging, fun learning that happens all the time at Yarm School. There is never a dull moment, ensuring our
children have such a meaningful and relevant curriculum. Tomorrow sees the annual Stokesley Show, please do
come and see us and spread the word to families and friends. Word of mouth is by far the best recommendation,
we love seeing you at the stand and we look forward to showing your friends and family our school at Open
Morning the following Saturday on the 24th September.
Have a wonderful weekend, I'm really looking forward to the choral workshop. As I said earlier, there is
something for all at Yarm School.
Warmest regards
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Nursery have been making family group treasure boxes and talking about all things special;
Our favourite toys Exploring with friends
Sharing news from home Our families Dressing up
Having fun with visitors Caring for our pets
What’s Special to You?
Railway Museum
Year 2 had a wonderful day at the National Railway
Museum in York this week. We learnt all about
holidays in the Victorian era and looked at changing
fashions from the past. We were also lucky enough
to have a ride on the outdoor miniature railway and
got to sit on an actual Japanese Bullet Train!
Reception take a trip to the bookshop
When we saw a new bookshop had opened in town, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to inspire our emergent
readers with a love of books. So, on Wednesday, the Reception classes walked to Waterstones on the High
Street. We were very well behaved on the stroll down and were delighted to spend time browsing the book shelves.
The team in Waterstones then read us some recently published books, we chose some of these to buy for our classrooms. Thank you to the staff at Yarm Waterstones
for making us so welcome.
Back in Time at Beamish
Pre-Prep Monitors Every half term children in Year 2 have the chance
to become a Year 2 Monitor. This is a very important role, where the children get to look after our library in the Studio Hall, help other children at
lunch and break times and make lost property a thing of the past by reuniting all named uniform
with their owners! This half term’s Year 2 Monitors are Sofia, Lexie, Noah, Amelie, Hadi,
Luca, Janvi and Freddie.
Year 1 had lots of fun stepping back in
time to the Victorian days, during their
visit to Beamish on Wednesday.
We were invited to an old pit cottage to
learn about toys from the past.
We continued onto the Victorian school
to see how school life used to be,
before taking a tram ride to Beamish
town. A visit to the sweetie shop was a
lovely treat! What a great day, Year 1!
Birthdays!!
Ella Fitzgerald 16th September
Holly Birkin 17th September
Amelie Sawyer 18th September
Janvi Chelliah 21st September
Felicity Wade 23rd September
Lucy Wakefield 23rd September
Congratulations children!
We hope you have a fabulous birthday!
Joke of the Week — Mr Attewill
I wanted to add some herbs to my dish but I ran out of thyme.
Summer Reports – Polite Reminder
If you have not already done so, please can you read your child’s report on the portal. The report gives you updated
information about your child’s progress. Ms Atterton and Miss O’Hara will be able to provide you with portal details if you
have misplaced the original letter giving details to logon.
Saturday 26th November 10am-4pm
Make a note in your diary to come along to the Christmas
Craft Fair, organised by the YSA.
There will be a wide range of stalls offering unusual
craftwork, original presents, local and speciality foods and
lots more. There will be children’s entertainment and homemade
refreshments served all day. It’s a great day out for everyone.
We shall be looking for helpers for this event:
· Volunteers to help on the day
· Donating raffle prizes
It is a great opportunity to get involved and meet parents. Please get in
touch with the YSA by emailing LJC@yarmschool.org or calling the
School Office if you can offer us some help.
Yarm School Christmas Fair Parent Portal
Letters with details about how to register for
the Portal will be posted out next week to
families of pupils who have joined
recently. We still have a small number of
families who did not register last year, please
use your original details to login. If you have
any difficulties registering on the portal,
please do not hesitate to inform our School
Office staff in the first instance.
We use the Parent Portal as a means of
sending all academic reports. You will not be
sent paper copies of reports, so it is
important that you have completed the
portal registration process and you keep the
log on details in a safe place for future
reference.
Congratulations!
Update to Dance Club Dance Club will now take place on Tuesday lunch time
and not Friday lunch time, as previously stated.
Mr & Mrs Harandon would like to
introduce their beautiful daughter, Heidi.