Our main communication channel for parents is Class Dojo. Our staff post photos and information reguarly to keep you fully updated on things happening within each year group. If you have not yet signed up to Class Dojo, please contact the school office.
Professor Poopenshtinken, the mathematical genius, came to visit us last week. He led an assembly for our children (and teachers) where he claimed to be the greatest mathematician ever. The Professor challenged Miss Gledhill and Miss Lisney to a Maths Race to prove he is the greatest mathematician ever. The Professor used giant magical number rods and stunned them by adding four 4 digit numbers in his head more quickly than the teachers could using calculators. We thought the Professor had got one wrong but he somehow managed to add up four 4 digit numbers on the back of the rods that he hadn't even seen! The children were mesmerised! He told all the children that he could teach them to do this trick (and many others) using only the power of numbers.
The Professor's friends will be coming back to school after half term (on Thursdays starting 21st April) to run super fun Magical Maths Clubs. The club is for KS2 children and will run for 6 consecutive weeks.
This club has all NEW games, tricks and puzzles.
Call 01744 776110 or visit www.magicalmathsclub.com/haltonsthelensandwarrington to book. Professor Poopenshtinken has told me that a lot of people have booked already and places are going quickly so book now to avoid disappointment.
We are very proud to announce that we have gained the Bronze Dyslexia award in school in recognition for the work that staff put into developing a programme of strategies for children with dyslexia.
Thanks to Mrs Murphy, the school's lead for Inclusion and SEND, the staff have been inspired by a series of valuable training activities and projects. This has led to a further improvement in provision for pupils with SEND and an effective, whole school, co-ordinated approach.
February, 2016
Parents’ Association Easter Events
Dear Parents/Carers,
I am writing to tell you about our forthcoming fundraising events over the next half-term. We are aiming to raise money for a new, sturdier, weatherproof greenhouse and we would appreciate your support.
‘Eyes down’ for our Easter Egg Bingo on Wednesday 23rd March at 3:40pm in the Infant Hall. This has been a popular event with families in the past and is good fun! There are lots of chocolate eggs to win, a raffle prize ‘eggstravaganza’ and refreshments.
A non-uniform day on Friday 18th March in exchange for a donation of an Easter Egg which will go towards the Bingo. If you can’t donate a chocolate egg, we ask that your child bring in a voluntary contribution of £1.
‘Decorate an Egg’ competition: each child can bring in a decorated hard-boiled egg on Thursday 31st March to be judged by Miss Everitt on Friday 1st April.
Our combined Christmas events raised nearly £3000, which have contributed towards the Christmas Pantomime for all the children and the ‘Around the World’ cultural activities, which allow our children to learn more about different cultures and traditions across the world through art, craft, music and dance.
As ever, we are always looking for new members to either join the committee, or help out at various events. If you can help in any way, please get in touch via pa@mosspits.com or follow us on Twitter @mosspitsPA. The school website has a Parents’ Association section too.
We’d be particularly interested to hear from anyone whose employer runs a fund matching scheme, or if you shop online, you can raise money for the PA by registering with Easy Fundraising at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/mspa.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Jones (Chair of PA)
Dear Parents/Carers,
On Thursday 3rd March, our school will be taking part in a range of activities to enjoy World Book Day. This is a celebration of books and reading and we hope that children enjoy the activities we have planned for them.
The children have been discussing ideas for celebrating World Book Day. A popular
suggestion was that children come to school dressed as a character from a book. Therefore, we are inviting children to come to school dressed as a character.
Children will also be bringing home their World Book Day voucher. This token can either be used for one of the £1 World Book Day books or to get a £1 off any full priced book instead.
If you would like to get involved during the day and feel that you could contribute in any way, please do get in touch with your child’s teacher.
Thanks for your support
Mrs L Griffiths
If you would like to support your child further in their maths work, have a look at this website nationalnumeracy.org.uk. It gives lots of ideas of games and activities for your child to do across the different ages. Also if you are looking to improve your maths skills, you can take the Numeracy Challenge on the website. After taking the challenge, it will give you a score, show you the areas in maths you can improve on and then teach you how to make those improvements.
We'll be celebrating the Year of the Monkey in February for our school's Chinese New Year celebrations.
Although the official Chinese New Year date is February 8th, we'll be celebrating this on different days, with the main event for Mosspits, on Tuesday February 9th.
In EYFS, they have set up a Chinese restaurant in the role-play area and they will be learning about Chinese culture, music and tradition.
Dance workshops have been organised for EYFS and Y2 with a Chinese dragon dance theme, on February 1st.
We have a range of creative, enrichment activities planned for our main day of celebration on February 9th. In particular, we welcome members of the Liverpool Confucius Institute into school who will provide a Tai Chi presentation to Years 3 - 6 and workshops for EYFS and Y2. This will include Chinese art (paper-cutting), language activities and Tai Chi.
If any of families from Liverpool's Chinese community would like to be involved in our celebrations, please contact school; we would love to hear from you.
Finally, we have been very fortunate that our Year 1 classes have been invited by the Confucius Institute to attend one of their prestigious shows at the Everyman Theatre, to welcome the Year of the Monkey with a professional Chinese troupe and local schools performing kung-fu, dance, drama, physical theatre and spoken word. It promises to 'bring colour, traditions and atmosphere of the Spring Festival!'
Dear Parents/Carers
This year we will be raising money for NSPCC and will be supporting their NSPCC Number Day which is on Friday 5th February. The day will be spent doing lots of fun, enrichment maths activities and we will be having some parents who have volunteered to come into school to share with the children how they use Maths in their jobs.
We are going to ask the children to come in on the day wearing something linked to maths, for example numbers, shapes, patterns.
We would like to politely ask for a voluntary contribution of £1.
Many thanks
Miss Lisney
PA Christmas Dash was great fun! Could pupils please bring sponsor money in next week? Your support is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Jo Jones, Chair of Parents' Association