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Firework Night
Outdoor learning – Reception and Year 1
Here are the links for parents to volunteer for outdoor learning for Terms 1 and 2 RECEPTION https://volunteersignup.org/Y8HRH YEAR 1 https://volunteersignup.org/4D78M Many thanks Mrs Saeed
Viney Hill Blog Post 3
Dear Parents/Carers, Today the teachers return home with what remains of your children, after they have been:- half drowned in Mallard’s Pike; strung out on a rope over a cliff; dragged down bat filled caves; eaten on their bikes by hungry mud swamps; been thundered...
Viney Hill day 2
VINEY HILL::::::::::: PUPIL::::::::: NEWS :::::::::: BULLETIN ::::::::::DAY 2 Dear Parents/Carers, Be alarmed for yesterday caving was cancelled and a far more dangerous replacement was found: your poor, helpless, defenceless, darlings were thrown off a thirty five...
News from Viney Hill – written by the children!
Our lovely year 6 pupils have sent news of their first day at Viney Hill. To our dear parents, We are writing to inform you about a serious accident on one of our recent hikes. When we started the walk, we were immediately hit with the sensation of danger. Walking...
Pupil Poets
Wasteland The sun beats on this piece of ferocious wasteland. melting, abandoned plastic bags, discarded by Donald Trump, casting shadows over disposable pret cutlery- mocking the brand, newly wrapped meat rotting into the ground, the scaring smell of toxic fumes burn...
Christmas Cards
We're going to be working with 'Christmas Cards for Schools' again to give all the children the opportunity to create their own Christmas cards, that are then printed and can be purchased in packs to send out as your cards this Christmas. Blank templates will either...
Volunteers Needed
Dear Parents/ Carers As I am sure you are aware we currently have a traffic committee made up of parents, teachers and Year 6 pupils patrolling the school zig zag areas. They have successfully managed to reduce the amount of vehicles parking on the yellow zig-zags...
Poetry Review
Everything is bright The reflective leaves highlight the path, The dew is like the stars, The plants are emeralds, The rocky waterfall smashes down into calm waters, Fish swim through like shooting stars, The moon is a diamond, And everything is bright. By...
Reading Volunteers
Reading volunteers: 18 09 19 We are looking for a few volunteers to read with individual children across the school on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. If you are able to help, on a regular basis, would you please notify the office in the first instance and...
Vision Quote 1
We liked this quote from a teacher/ writer. We thought it summed up so much of what we would aspire to and so much of what our parents alluded to in their feedback last summer. ‘We want our pupils to grow into ‘Philosopher Kids’, who are curious to know and to...
NEWSFLASH BOX WOODS
NEWS FLASH Year 3/4 Trip to Box Woods On Tuesday 10th September, the whole of Year 3/4 went to Box Woods. When we got there, the teachers introduced our new English topic, ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, to us all. They thought this would be a motivating experience....
Outdoor Learning volunteer sign up
Dear Parents and Carers The electronic sign up sheet for Year 1 and Reception outdoor learning is now live. Please sign up to help if you can. Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:...
Curriculum Notes to Parents Autumn Term
Year 1 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019 Year 2 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019 Year 3-4 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019 Year 5-6 Curriculum Notes Autumn Term 2019
Community work on Wild Area
September 28, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Dear Parents/ Carers Re: Wheelbarrow and Spade Morning You are cordially invited to Minchinhampton Academy on the morning of the 28th September to shift dirt. Please bring your own spade and wheelbarrow (if you have one) and...
Parents’ information – meet new class teacher
September 10, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Parent Information Evening: 10th September FYI Timing: 3.30 KS1 (yr 1 and 2) 3.45 KS2 (not for Reception parents at this stage of term) The meeting should last no longer than 15 to 20 minutes. Purpose: To give you a chance to...
Newsletter 1
Dear Parents/ carers I hope the summer was kind to you. We hope your children weren’t too disappointed at coming back to school. For myself there is rarely, if ever, that sinking ‘Sunday evening’ feeling as a term or a week in school approaches- for this I feel...
Minchinhampton Country Fayre
Dear Parents /Carers As you will hopefully already know, the Minchinhampton Country Fayre is on the 14th September. Traditionally the children are invited to take part in a procession to mark the beginning of the Fayre. The theme for this year’s procession is...