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Issue 482: 27th September 2024


Issue 482: 27th September 2024



In this Week's Issue...

A Message from OWPS

Achievements 

Children's Work

  • Wombats, Nighthawks & Flamingoes

School News

  • FOWS News
  • Census Day
  • 500 Words Competition

Dining Car News

  • Next Week's Menu

Clubs

Current Vacancies

  • After School Playworker
  • Midday Supervisor

Coming Up in School

  • Dates for the Diary

Contact us


A Message from OWPS

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has definitely felt like the 'Autumn' term this week! We are rapidly approaching the end of September already and school life is in full swing. We have had several visitors to the school recently, including Lorraine Greco, the OWN Trust's new CEO and Mary Foreman, the Chair of Trustees for the OWN Trust, and they have all commented on the positive, calm and purposeful feel around the school. Teachers are working hard to implement the teaching and learning strategies we are focusing on this term and the children are all responding well to the increased expectations that come with a new year group. 

Year Six Family Learning

It was great to see so many family members join our Year Six children for our first 'Family Learning' event of the year. We are looking at how we teach GPS (Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling) across the school and our Family Learning sessions will be spent looking at this area of the curriculum. I think some of our guests were a little surprised at what our pupils are expected to know, understand and use in their own writing! 

Hilltop

Reports back from Hilltop and the team there would suggest that they are all having a great time! The weather hasn't stopped them doing any of the activities and I shall be posting some photos on our school's Facebook page later today. I know the children and staff will all return to school exhausted later on. A big thank you to Miss. Tansley, Mrs. Aldred, Mrs. Dar and Miss. Hamdouni for taking such good care of the children. 

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mr. Marks

Headteacher 

Photo by Nastia Petruk on Unsplash


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Achievements

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

  • Attendance
  • Class Dojos
  • Dojo Masters
  • Wistow Mile
  • House Points
  • Shining Stars
  • Times Table Rock Stars
27 Sep 2024
Achievements 27.09.24
Find out what the children at OWPS have achieved this week....
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Children's Work

This week, we are proud to show you work and learning activities involving  children in the Wombats, Nighthawks & Flamingoes

27 Sep 2024
Foundation Stage, Years 1 & 2 27.04.24
This week, Year 1 have continued their art pathway into spirals.  We looked at where you might find spirals in nature and then created our artwork using pastels and chalks. 
Read more
27 Sep 2024
Years 3 & 4 27.09.24
Our English is based on the book Varjak and this week we have been making decisions on what we think Varjak should do next. He must decide whether to leave the family house or stay put. The children really got into the role, writing words of advice for what they thought the right decision was.
Read more
27 Sep 2024
Years 5 & 6 27.04.24
This Flamingo has designed and built an amazing board game to play with Year 1. Well done!
Read more

School News

27 Sep 2024
500 Words Story Writing Competition
The UK’s biggest children's story writing competition is back! Entries are open for children aged 5-11 from Tuesday 24 September at 8am. There are two age categories: 5-7 and 8-11 year-olds and stories must be 500 words or less.   Children are encouraged t...
Read more
27 Sep 2024
FOWS AGM Meeting-Tuesday 8th October
FOWS AGM is being held, at the school, on Tuesday 8th October at 7pm. Open to everyone, including non-members.
Read more
27 Sep 2024
School Census- Thursday 3rd October 2024
Next Thursday 3rd October is Census Day. This is an important day for schools across the country as we have to submit data to the government. This data helps them to decide how much funding we should have next financial year.   We would like each child to have a school...
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Dining Car News

Discover what is coming up in the OWPS Dining Car.

27 Sep 2024
Menu W/B 30.09.24
This week the delicious menu includes Breaded Fish Fingers or Vegetable Moussakka, Southern Fried Chicken or Macaroni Cheese, Chocolate Chip Sponge, Trifle, Iced Bun and much, much more!  Please note that the menu has been changed slightly for Thursday 3rd October, t...
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Book an Adult Lunch with your child: Orton Wistow Primary School - Adult Lunch Bookings (owps.org.uk)


Autumn Term Clubs 2024/25

17 Sep 2024
Autumn Term 2024/25 Clubs
Find out which external and internal clubs we are offering this term.
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Current Vacancies

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  • Midday Supervisor - Orton Wistow Primary School
    Closing Date - Midday, Wednesday 2nd October 2024
  • After School Playworker - Orton Wistow Primary School
    Closing Date - 9am, Monday 14th October 2024
    Orton Wistow Primary School - Current Vacancies (owps.org.uk)

Coming Up in School!

A calendar of up-coming events at OWPS. 

Clubs Start
All Day
30
September
Flu Vaccinations
All Day
30
September
New FS Tour 1
All Day
30
September
Honours Award Assembly 1
All Day
01
October
School Census
All Day
03
October
Y2 Family Learning
All Day
03
October
Online Safety Week
All Day
From 07 Oct until 11 Oct
07
October
Harvest Collection
All Day
07
October
Y3-5 Assessment Week
All Day
From 07 Oct until 11 Oct
07
October
New FS Tour 2
All Day
09
October
Yr3 -Family Learning
All Day
10
October

Contact Us

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You can also contact us at digital@owps.org.uk if you have any comments or queries about the e-newsletter or website. We look forward to hearing from you!