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ISSUE 71 -  14th February 2025

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you so much for attending Learning Reviews, it was wonderful to see so many of you and have the opportunity to share your child's learning with you.

 

Packed Lunches Reminder

Please do not send chocolate bars or sweets in your child's lunch box as we are working hard to encourage all our children to make healthy food choices.  Any chocolate bars or sweets in lunch boxes will be removed and sent home with your child at the end of the day.

 

IMPORTANT - Arbor Parent Portal 

We will be using the parent app from Arbor after the holidays to send messages about absence, clubs, any closures, newsletters and more.  You will receive a reminder invite today to activate your accounts.  Please check your emails and sign up today.

 

School Holiday

School closes today for half term, we wish everyone a happy and restful week.  We return on Monday 24th February at 8:45am.  Don't be late!

 

Have a good weekend.

Best Wishes, Miss Loughlin and all the staff at St Stephen's.

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School News & Blog

14 Feb 2025
Arbor Parent App
Parents/Carers - we are moving our school communications to the Arbor parent app. 
Read more
13 Feb 2025
Parent Cafe on Zones of Regulation
Today, we held a fantastic Parent Cafe session on the Zones of Regulation!
Read more
13 Feb 2025
YR 5 Safer Internet Day
Year 5 looked at how to keep themselves safe online during Safer Internet Day.
Read more
11 Feb 2025
YR 4 Gymnastics Lesson
Year 4 gymnastics lesson, the children practised different vaults, exploring various ways to mount and dismount the equipment.
Read more
11 Feb 2025
Exploring Sensory Support Tools
In their Zones of Regulation lesson, children explore a variety of sensory support tools, such as fidget spinners, play dough, weighted blankets, or calming sounds.
Read more

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Class Pupils
Saplings am Alaiya
Saplings pm Zakariya
RecSpinners Brianna & Zohaib
Rec Twisters Isa & Safa
1 Delius Dayyan & M.Naveed
1 Hockney Junaid & Ali Hassan
2 Forster Tomas & Tobias
2 Lister Lani & Yusuf
Class Pupils
3 Bronte Abdurrahman & Solihom
3 Haworth Abubakr & Nehemiah
4 McMillan Zayan & Siyam
4 Priestley Gloria & Eiza
5 Salt Harisa  & Cherish
5 Jowett Mirella & Urfan
6 Appleton Maryam & Amna
6 Cartwright Samira & Suliman

Attendance

Saplings & Willow Sycamore
NAM Weavers 89% Bronte 95%
NPM Weavers 79% Haworth 97%
Spinners 100% McMillan 95%
Twisters 95% Priestley 95%
Delius 97% Jowett 99%
Hockney 95% Salt 97%
Forster 99% Appleton 97%
Lister 98% Cartwright 97%

National Online Safety

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Dates for the Diary

Half Term
1:00am – 11:55pm
From 17 Feb until 21 Feb
17
February
School reopens
8:45am – 11:55pm
24
February
YR 5 Salt. Bradford Story Bus
All Day
25
February
Ready, Steady, Grow toddler group in the Orchard
9:15am – 10:15am
From 24 Jan and on Friday each week except for 21 Feb, 11 Apr, 18 Apr, 30 May, 06 Jun, and for between 25 Jul and 29 Aug
28
February
Road Safety Day
All Day
04
March
World Book Day
All Day
06
March
Ready, Steady, Grow toddler group in the Orchard
9:15am – 10:15am
From 24 Jan and on Friday each week except for 21 Feb, 11 Apr, 18 Apr, 30 May, 06 Jun, and for between 25 Jul and 29 Aug
07
March
YR 4 Viking Workshop
All Day
10
March
Ready, Steady, Grow toddler group in the Orchard
9:15am – 10:15am
From 24 Jan and on Friday each week except for 21 Feb, 11 Apr, 18 Apr, 30 May, 06 Jun, and for between 25 Jul and 29 Aug
14
March
YR 5 Shakespeare Dress Rehearsal
All Day
21
March
Ready, Steady, Grow toddler group in the Orchard
9:15am – 10:15am
From 24 Jan and on Friday each week except for 21 Feb, 11 Apr, 18 Apr, 30 May, 06 Jun, and for between 25 Jul and 29 Aug
21
March

Little Wandle - Letters And Sounds.

The resources on this site will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home.

Little Wandle 

Online Pupil Programs

Children in both key stages use RodoCodo as part of their computing lessons. This is a fun way to solve puzzles and enhance their computational thinking. Children have their own logins which they can use both in school and at home.

You can play online or download the app from your devices app/play store.

Rodocodo - Apps on Google Play

Play Rodocodo 

Children in school use Times Table Rockstars as part of their maths. Children have their own logins which they can use both in school and at home.

You can play online from your device.

TTRockstars Hall of Fame! - Great Rollright CofE Primary School

Play TT Rockstars

Additional Articles


17 Jan 2025
Toddler Group
Next week 24th January we are starting our new baby and toddler group: Ready, Steady, Grow. This is a joint venture with SHINE. Please join us at 9:15am in the Orchard.
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