FODS Easter Discos - Wednesday 27 March 2024
Your child will receive a letter about the FODS Easter discos being held on Wednesday 27 March (Reception-Year 6).
We would be grateful if you could return any slips and money to school as soon as possible to enable the FODs group to prepare for the events.
Please make sure you have read the information carefully so that you are aware of important information regarding the discos.
FODS Easter Raffle - Friday 15th March 2024
The FODS group is busy once again organising an ‘Easter Raffle’ to raise money for school which will benefit all of your children.
On Friday 15 March 2024, children can once again come into school in their own clothes! The ‘fine’ for doing this is that they should bring into school with them a chocolate item which will be used to create a range of Easter hampers full of seasonal tasty treats and these will be raffled! Booklets of tickets for the draw will be sent home.
Counterfoils and money should be sent into school by Thursday 14 March 2024.
World Book Day 2024 will be on Thursday 7th March 2024. This is a great opportunity for children to share the joy of reading for pleasure.
As requested by our School Council, we would like to give children free choice to come to school dressed as a character from one of their favourite books or comic books. We would also like the children to bring in the book which their character is from. It could be a character from one of the amazing free books you can buy with the World Book Day book token.
Today, your child will bring home a £1 book token. Use it to get a FREE book! Simply take it to your nearest bookseller and swap it for a World Book Day £1 book OR get £1 off any book or audiobook costing £2.99 or more. You can find your nearest bookseller at worldbookday.com/participating-retailers
Mid-Year Reports
You will receive a short, written report about your child on Friday 8 March 2024.
EYFS reports will include a short written commentary for each of the Prime areas. When commenting about Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication and Language, teachers will include information about a pupil's behaviour and how they are generally in the school.
KS1 and KS2 reports will provide you with information about your child’s achievement in reading, writing, grammar, punctuation and spelling, and maths up to this point in the school year (a strength and an area for development). It will also provide an update regarding your child’s behaviour and attendance and will contain a general comment from the teacher.
If you wish to discuss any issues within the report, you’ll be able to arrange a meeting with your child’s class teacher.
FODS Easter Raffle - Friday 15th March 2024
The FODS group is busy once again organising an ‘Easter Raffle’ to raise money for school which will benefit all of your children.
On Friday 15th March 2024, children can once again come into school in their own clothes! The ‘fine’ for doing this is that they should bring into school with them a chocolate item which will be used to create a range of Easter hampers full of seasonal tasty treats and these will be raffled! Booklets of tickets for the draw will be sent home.
Counterfoils and money should be sent into school by Monday 20 March 2023.
Safer Internet Week - Monday 5-Friday 9 February 2024
Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on children and young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to help to create a better internet. Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote in Aintree Davenhill, and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year. We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating the day by taking the opportunity to focus on online safety with your child, whatever their age.
This year’s theme is all about change and influence online and the ‘UK Safer Internet Centre’ have created a range of pages to help parents talk about these issues and ideas with their child, no matter how much time you have and, in an age-appropriate way. To help you with this, the UK Safer Internet Centre has created some free activities and information for parents and carers which are available at: https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2024/parents-and-carers. Whether you have 5 minutes to start a conversation or hours to spare, there are top tips, quizzes and films which you can use at home with your child.
The official Safer Internet Day 2024 is on 6th February; however, in school we will be celebrating it all week with the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’. The children will be taking part in lots of different activities to promote the importance of staying safe online.
Each day, we will post a link on the school story to web pages and guides containing useful hints and tips for keeping your child safe online at home.
Children’s Mental Health Week
As Internet Safety Week and Children’s Mental Health Week fall on the same week (from Monday 5 February), we will be recognising Children’s Mental Health Week when we return after half-term on Tuesday 20 February. The School Council has organised an own clothes day on Friday 23 February as one of our activities to promote wellbeing.
EYFS and KS1 Home Reading
“Reading is the gateway for children that makes all other learning possible.” Barack Obama
This week, we have re-launched our weekly Home Reading Challenge. Reading is important so please aim to read with your child for at least five minutes or more every day to help build their confidence and fluency. Good routines and repetition are key to success in reading.
Each time that you read at home with your child, please tick next to the book on the ‘Reading Log Sheet’ that has been stuck in your child’s Reading Record Book. There is space to write a comment next to each book if you would like to. You no longer need to write the names of the books each time you read.
We will continue to count the number of times your child reads at home every week. Each child that has at least three home reads recorded in their Reading Record Book receives a sticker on our class reward chart. The class that has the most recorded reads at home in a week wins ‘Books and Biscuits’ in the library. Check the newsletter each Friday to see which classes have won the challenge!
We will continue to give weekly reading certificates for the Star Reader in each class. The winning certificate holder will bring home their class reading teddy and storybook to share at home.
Reception 2024-25 Admissions Deadline
Just a reminder that the admissions deadline for making an application for starting Reception is 15 January 2024.
Reception 2024-25 Admissions Deadline
Just a reminder that the admissions deadline for making an application for starting Reception is 15 January 2024.