Weston Mill Community Primary Academy

Rock Steady Concert for Parents of Performers.
Tuesday 16th July at 10.00am.
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This week's newsletter 😀

https://www.westonmill.plymouth.sch.uk/.../newslet.../666038

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Barnardo's Summer Holidays Timetable Discover what the Barnardo's Family Hubs are running with our timetable of events for the Summer Holidays

Last week, year 1 visited Dartmoor Zoo. The children had time to explore the animals, we were looking particularly at the animals that live in Africa. In he afternoon we attending a work shop about African habitats, where we learned about the rainforests, savannah and deserts.

Friday 12 July 2024 People who can help...
People who can help...
‘Hi, we are Naomi and Angel and we are part of the Citywide SENDCO team for Barnardo’s Plymouth. We lead our Step by Step groups which are for children with a developmental delay and/or a disability.
Within the groups we use Makaton with singing and when interacting with the children, and we promote the use of communication boards that are introduced to children and families by the speech and language therapists who visit us.
We have experience in full picture exchange (PECS) or AAC based aids. We can discuss this with families, advise on the best way to introduce them with your child and will happily use PECS or an AAC device within a session with children who require them.
Alongside this we also deliver a Solihull Parenting approach for parents of children with disabilities including learning disabilities, where we explore developing verbal and nonverbal communication with your child.’
See more of the ‘Let’s Get Chatting’ messages here
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/family-hubs

Summer Fayre
Friday 12th July at 2.30pm

Please see details below for the Summer Fayre event tomorrow.

Thursday 11 July 2024 Did you know...

Did you know...
By age 4 children can use sentences to tell you about their day and things that happened in the past. Most of the words they use will have the correct sounds in them and their sentences will be well formed.
See more of the ‘Let’s Get Chatting’ messages here
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/family-hubs

On Thursday 11th July, we are asking for children to come to school in m***i and bring a contribution for the Summer Fayre. We kindly ask that children bring a contribution based on their house colours - red, yellow, blue or green. This can be bottles, sweets, toys, cakes, books etc. All donations would be gratefully received.

Many thanks

PTFA

We are so delighted and proud to share that we have been awarded a Gold School Games Mark. We have worked incredibly hard this year to allow children to have as many opportunities as possible to try new sports and get involved with a variety of sporting events! Well done everyone!

REMINDER: Year 6 Leaver's Assembly is Wednesday 17th July @ 1:30pm. Please arrive through the school office for this event.

Parents of Year 6/Brown Class/ Mrs Gleed/Mrs Butson, please be advised that the Year 6 Leavers' Assembly will be on Wednesday 17th July 2024 at 1.30pm.

Wednesday 10 July 2024 Did you know...
Did you know...
Three year olds will often use little sentences to ask for things, to show you things and to tell you what they don't want. It’s common that they may say sentences like ‘him want his coat’ which don’t sound quite right. Don’t worry, just copy back to them what they have said using the right words and sounds.
Did you know BBC Tiny Happy People is a fantastic resource for getting ideas on how you can help your child chat more: BBC Tiny Happy People

To celebrate EUROs 2024, CaterEd has provided the attached menu for Wednesday 10th July 2024.

There will still be NO jacket potato option and NO sandwich option on this day.

As part of our topic this term “Plymouth Hoe- Our city”, we visited the Hoe. In the end the weather was kind to us and we managed to enjoy our visit. We looked at all the landmarks we have been learning about in class: Smeaton’s Tower, Sir Francis Drake’s island, Tinside Lido. We also had a walk around the Hoe and looked at Sir Francis Drake’s statue. Of course we couldn’t go to the Hoe and not have an ice cream! The children were fantastic representatives for our class and school and it was a great day.

A wonderful afternoon for our Year 1 celebration of learning!

Yesterday STEM club showcased their locomotive builds at the Primary Engineer Celebration Event. The locomotives were put through some tough test, assessing their ability to pull loads and drive forward and backward in a straight line. After this, the children were interviewed by Engineers from local railway companies on the building process.

All the children involved designed and made an electric train which successfully moved forward and backward, which used great collaboration, flexibility and problem solving skills.

A special well done to Finley, whose train came 2nd in the competition.

Well done everyone!