Issue 423: 5th May 2023

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you all made the most of the bank holiday weekend but if you didn't, you have another opportunity to enjoy three days again! 

Key Stage Two SATs Week

Next week our Year Six pupils will complete their SATs (Standardised Assessment Tests). As we have the extra bank holiday on Monday, the tests will take place on Tuesday to Friday with one or two tests each day. The children have been working hard to get ready for the week and Miss. Tansley, Mrs. Simmons and the rest of the Year Six team have done all they can to help them prepare. We wish them the best of luck for each day, I know they will be great.

National Professional Qualifications 

Most years, we have a few teachers in the school access some additional training through National Professional Qualifications. Mr. Cowles and Miss. Tansley recently completed theirs and passed! Congratulations to them both. These always require a significant amount of time and hard work to successfully complete but enable the teachers who access them to improve their knowledge and understanding of effective teaching and leadership. 

Year Three 2CanLearn

We had an impressive number of parents and other family members turn up for this session yesterday. Miss. Strike and Mr. Newton had planned a textiles / DT activity for the group as having an extra fifty pairs of adult hands definitely helps when it comes to sewing with seven and eight year olds! Thank you to everyone who came along, it looked like everyone was enjoying the opportunity to work alongside the children when I popped in. 

Coronation

Today has seen the vast majority of pupils and staff turn up to school wearing red, white and blue as part of our coronation celebrations. Other activities have taken place in classrooms and every child has been involved in a school-wide art project that is now on display in our gallery next to the school office. They look amazing! Thank you Miss. Ellis for organising this for our school and the other two schools in our Trust. 

Whether you will be watching the coronation or just making the most of another extra day off, I hope you all have a great weekend and I will see you back in school on Tuesday.

Mr. Marks

Headteacher

^{Photo by Dakota Roos on Unsplash}

Each week, we publish the latest achievements of the children at Orton Wistow Primary School.

FOWS UPDATE 05.05.23

Thank you to everyone who took part in today's donation day, all the children looked great in their red, white and blue and the items kindly donated are a great help as prizes for the summer fair taking place on the 30^th June.

Unused Items

In an effort to be more environmentally friendly we are also looking for donations of unwanted party bag items which we can give as stall prizes at the summer fair.  We would much rather reuse than have to buy new if possible, so if you have any items including slap bands, bouncy balls or Slinkys lurking around your house please drop them into the office and the team will pass them on to us.

Celebrating Success

Here at Orton Wistow Primary School, we recognise that success comes in all different shapes and sizes! We celebrate the children's achievements in school in the Achievements section of the newsletter and website.

Many of the children, however, are also achieving things outside of school.  We would like to recognise these successes too.

It might be that your child has passed a music or dance exam, gained a karate belt, starred in a show, volunteered, taken part in a sporting event, or done something that they didn't think was possible!

If you would like to share your child's achievements with us so that we can celebrate their success, please complete the Celebrating Success form which can be found on the school website. Contributions will be considered for inclusion in upcoming editions of the newsletter.

We look forward to hearing about your children's extracurricular achievements!

This Week

This child in Year 2 recently got her Automatic Teeth Brusher invention published on the Little Inventors Website.

Well done and what a great idea!

Discover what is coming up in the OWPS Dining Car, and don't forget, parents and carers are welcome to Join Your Child for Lunch at any time, just call the office on 01733 370646 to book.

^{Disclaimer: Orton Wistow Primary School does not endorse any products, services or activities that appear in the Community section of this newsletter, and is not responsible for any contract entered into by either party. We would recommend all parents check with any providers regarding the status of these services, activities and clubs}

The summer term is well under way and with it the new library sessions we launched after Easter! Here's a little taste of the activities we've done so far.