Newsletters

 Friday 16th June, 2023

It's certainly been a hot one this week! This doesn't lead to the best learning conditions but the children have, as always, got on with things well and we celebrated a lot of successes in the assembly this afternoon. 

Thank you to those who were able to join us yesterday morning for the year 5/6 coffee morning, and we hope to run more sessions in the new academic year. We realise 'work' stops many from attending and will continue to vary times and days to try to help everyone access opportunities in school as much as we can. 

The children enjoyed listening to the Schools of Sanctuary webinars today - with authors reading their stories about refugees and next week we will be one of many schools in Norfolk recognising the 'Day of welcome'. It is an important part of PSHE learning in school, understanding how people's lives and experiences can be very different from our own and to understand how we can all support and help each other to feel welcome and part of any community. You can read more about the webinars below. 

We are towards the end of all the curriculum learning for this academic year and the teachers are writing the children's reports. The reports will be sent home on Friday 7th July this year, and you will have an opportunity to speak to the current or future class teacher after school on Tuesday 11th July. 

Letters will soon be sent out with further details regarding sports days (dates on the newsletter/website) and the Year 6 play 'Matilda'. Again, the dates are on the newsletter.

I hope you have a lovely weekend. 

Kind regards

Matt Walton, Headteacher 

June

Mon 19th: Year 4 trip to Hickling Broad

Wed 21st - Fri 23rd: Year 6 at Hilltop

Wed 21st: City Sports club (just those children attending City Sports)

Thu 22nd: Buddy morning (Yr 2/Yr 5)

Thu 22nd: Year 3/4 tennis competition

Mon 26th: City Sports Field events (UEA Sportspark)

Mon 26th: Year 5 Sports Festival at Sprowston Community Academy

Tue 27th: City Sports Track Heats (UEA Sportspark)

Wed 28th: Year 6 at Norfolk Show

Thu 29th: City Sports Track Finals (UEA Sportspark)

Fri 30th: Year 3 trip to West Runton

July

w/c Mon 3rd: High school transitions

Tue 4th: Year 6 Matilda performance (6pm)

Thu 6th: Year 6 Matilda performance (6pm)

Fri 7th: Summer Fête (4:30pm-7:00pm)

Fri 7th: Reports go home

w/c Mon 10th: High school transitions

Mon 10th: Maths trail run by our Maths Champions (2pm)

Tue 11th: Year 3/4 Sports Day (9:15am-12:30pm)

Tue 11th: Parents' drop-in to see current or future teacher

Wed 12th: Year 4 opera performance

Mon 17th: Year 5/6 Sports Day (9:15am-12:30pm)

Wed 19th: Year 6 Leavers' assembly (9am)

Fri 21st: End of term

School of Sanctuary

This week children from all classes have been preparing for two live webinars which are aimed at celebrating the 'Day of Welcome'. The team at Schools of Sanctuary have put together their biggest and best celebration yet with 362 schools and tens of thousands of children and young people taking part. It was amazing and inspiring this week to see so many schools coming together in solidarity and building a culture of welcome in our communities by learning about refugee migration.

Children have been doing activities this week based on books from two authors. Year 3/4 have been looking at 'The Waiting Place' by Dina Nayeri and Year 5/6 have focused on 'When Stars are Scattered' by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed. They have enjoyed listening to the stories and finding out more about what life must be like for someone who has been forced to leave their home. The week was brought to wonderful ending with live webcasts which included opportunities to reflect on the work that they had completed during the week as well as her from the authors themselves.

You can find out more about the 'Day of Welcome' and the City of Sanctuary movement on the Schools of Sanctuary in Norfolk website.

Year 5 D/T

It has been Year 5's turn this week to be cooking this week as part of their Design & Technology work. 5B were making flatbread and enjoyed covering them with garlic butter. The children are really enjoying the renewed emphasis in the curriculum on cooking, and we all enjoy lovely smells that keep flowing through the school!

Year 4 Opera Performance

We hope that you received the letter regarding the dates for and timings for the opera performance. We have had a couple of queries about booking information so please click on the link here to book any tickets you need: Opera tickets

A further letter from Year 4 about the opera will be sent home shortly. 

Any other queries, please do get in touch. 

Governors' Parents/Carers Survey

The Governors will be sending out their bi-ennial survey next week. It will be an online survey and they would appreciate you spending a few minutes filling it in. The survey will be live for 4 weeks. 

Maths in Year 3 is flipping fun!

Year 3 had a great time doing some maths outside this week. They spent time measuring volume, then seeing which volume was better for bottle flipping.

Mrs Richardson

We will be saying goodbye to Mrs Richardson next Friday. She has worked in the school office for 7 years and is moving on to be part of the office team at Cecil Gowan Infant School. She has been a fantastic and dedicated staff member during the time she has been with us. We know she has very much enjoyed her time working at Sprowston Junior and getting to know so many children and families during that period.

We will very much miss Mrs Richardson (and of course Teddy!) and we wish her all the very best at her new school. 

Year 6 Hilltop residential parent information session  (2023/24)

We will be holding parent/carer session on Monday 3rd July at 2:30-3pm to introduce the Hilltop residential trip planned for next year and to give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

Please complete the online form to give us an idea of how many will be attending the session. You can also add anything else you would like to find out more about at the session.

If you have any questions please contact Mr Arthur: deputy@sprowstonjunior.norfolk.sch.uk 

Summer Maths Trail (Mon 10th July at 2pm)

Our school Maths Champions will be hosting the Summer Maths Trail again this year.

Come along and join your children in having fun trying to solve maths puzzles that are scattered around the school grounds.

Refreshments will be provided and an afternoon of maths fun is guaranteed!

Please use the online form to show that you are planning to join us.