On Friday 15th November we will be raising funds for Children In Need.

Pupils can join in by donating £1 and having a non-uniform day, dressing in yellow or something spotty if possible.

Pudsey Biscuits will be available at break time for a donation of 50p.

Donations can be made directly to our justgiving page, by clicking the following link: OWPS Children in Need Donations.

We will not be collecting any cash on the day.

By Mrs Terreblanche

Artist of the Term- Celebration of Artwork

Over the past few weeks, children across the school have been keen to show me their amazing outer space and rocket artwork inspired by Peter Thorpe as part of the Autumn Artist of the Term Project. In Think Time Thursday assemblies this week, the children shared and celebrated their artwork with their class. It was brilliant to see how many children took part in the project and the incredible artwork that was created. Artwork included vibrant paintings, detailed drawings, colourings, collages and sculptures of rockets and planets all showcasing great creativity! Thank you to all the pupils who completed the project and all the adults involved with supporting their child to create the artwork. I look forward to launching the Spring Term Artist of the Term project in the new year. 

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The week commencing 4^th November, poppies and other related goods will be on sale in school at break and lunch.

Children will need to bring in the correct money as no change can be given.

Suggested Donations

Paper Poppies        20p

Wrist Bands            £1:00

Snap Bands            £2:00

Zip Pulls                   50p

Poppy Reflector     50p

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 also be found below.  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's Successes!

Indie took part in the 5km fun run to raise money for Sue Ryder in memory of her grandad-she did an amazing time of 31 minutes-we are really proud of her!

Children are again invited to enter the competition to design a Christmas Card for St Andrew's Church.  We welcomed Rev Sarah to our assembly this morning, who has launched the competition.  It's very exciting, as the winning design will be on the parish Christmas card, which is distributed to all houses in Alwalton, Orton Wistow and Orton Northgate!   Children wishing to participate can collect an entry form from class teachers.  Please make sure that a parent/ carer has completed the entry form, and that entries are returned by the date on the entry form.

Sarah Granville

LKS2 Team Leader

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On Thursday 10^th of October, Year Three welcomed parents to their Family Learning session on GPS.  All parents were given a tour of what GPS looks like at Orton Wistow and how we teach it in Year Three and across the school.  We also gave parents examples of the expectations their children should already know from Foundation stage and KS1 and what their children will be learning as they move through the school in Upper Key Stage 2.  We had a great turn out!

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