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Issue 442: 17th November 2023


Issue 442: 17th November 2023



In this Week's Issue...

A Message from OWPS

Achievements 

Children's Work

  • Foxes, Seals amid Cobras

School News

  • FOWS- Donation Friday
  • Celebrating Success

Dining Car News

  • Next Week's Menu

Community News

  • The Salvation Army
  • Mimi and the Mountain Dragon

Coming Up in School

  • Dates for the Diary

Contact us


A Message from OWPS

Dear Parents and Carers,

Another week complete, another one closer to Christmas! I can certainly start to feel the excitement building (in school and in the Fidgett house) as Christmas events are drawing nearer. The Christmas Fayre, performances, a visit to church, decorations and Christmas dinner are but just a few of the events we always look forward to in the coming few weeks. That said, the additional experiences Christmas brings can put us all (adults and children alike) in danger of overwhelm and burn-out. In school, we are already carefully considering our timetabling and will continue to run a normal routine of lessons, keeping our expectations consistent with the PRIDE code to ensure that we can all enjoy December to its very best.

Lunchtimes

The Midday Supervisor team all recently took part in training promoting ‘Positive Playgrounds’. We really value and appreciate the work of our MDS; lunchtimes can be rewarding and challenging in equal measure as children navigate the most unstructured part of the school day. The training has provided us with some excellent ideas on how to improve lunchtimes further, both on the playground and in the dinner hall. Preparations for these are already ongoing and will be shared with you as the year continues. We are soon to implement a sticker incentive for all year groups this term. The class with the most ‘Golden Step’ stickers awarded to individuals each week will be recognised in our celebration assemblies, with marbles in our class reward jars and given an extra 10 minutes of playtime to enjoy. The Golden Step refers to the top layer of our behaviour system and recognises children who go above and beyond our expectations, demonstrate our learning tools and provide a role model to others. I look forward to celebrating our first winning classes soon.

Whatever the weekend holds for you, I hope it’s a happy one. See you all next week!

Mrs Fidgett

Director of Learning

Photo by Erol Ahmed 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
17 Nov 2023
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Children's Work

This week, we are proud to show you work and learning activities involving  children in the Foxes, Seals and Cobras

17 Nov 2023
Foundation Stage, Years 1 & 2
In the Foxes class this week, we are reading the Jolly Postman at the moment and the children wrote a fact file for a character. This is a piece of work by Chris who decided to focus on the Witch.
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17 Nov 2023
Years 3 & 4
This term in Computing, the Seals have been learning to code on Purple Mash. In this week's lesson we used everything we learnt in coding and started to debug any mistakes. Here is Aria's example of the 'Jumping Monkey' code where she discovered the mistake and corrected it so the co...
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17 Nov 2023
Years 5 & 6
In the Cobras PE class this week, we have been learning how to apply the passing rules of rugby into game situations. As a class, we have worked extremely hard to use team work and communication to help us score tries.
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School News

FOWS Donation Friday

Don't forget it's our last Donation Day before the Christmas Fair on Friday 24th November next week. We would really appreciate any unwanted bottles of any sort, and as a reward, the children can wear their own jumper to school.


Celebrating Success

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.  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!

This pupil in flamingos has had an outstanding weekend in her Irish dancing competition in Coventry:

She achieved 1st place, 2 x 3rd places and 1 x 4th place all in the higher ranked category.

Well done, we are very proud! 


Dining Car News

Discover what is coming up in the OWPS Dining Car.

17 Nov 2023
Next Week's Menu W/B 20.11.23
Next week the delicious menu includes Battered Jumbo Fish Finger or Vegetable Chilli, Pizza or Vegetable Pasta Bake, Beef Burger or Quorn Burge, Flapjack, Fairy Cake, Carrot Cake and much, much more! 
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Community News

Read about what is happening in the local community.

17 Nov 2023
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon is an animated film based on the book by Michael Morpurgo, with a live orchestral accompaniment, narrator and choir to be shown at New Theatre Peterborough on Tuesday 28th November, 6:00 to 7:00 pm.  We are excited to say that we will be joined by Rache...
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17 Nov 2023
The Salvation Army
Please support the Salvation Army with gifts for children for Christmas      
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Disclaimer: Orton Wistow Primary School does not endorse any products, services or activities that appear in the Community section of this newsletter, and is not responsible for any contract entered into by either party. We would recommend all parents check with any providers regarding the status of these services, activities and clubs


Coming Up in School!

A calendar of up-coming events at OWPS. 

Online Safety Week
All Day
From 27 Nov until 01 Dec
27
November
New Foundation Stage Tour 6
All Day
27
November
Foundation Stage Dress Rehearsal
All Day
28
November
Foundation Stage Nativity
All Day
30
November
Clubs End
All Day
01
December
Yr 2 Dress Rehearsal
All Day
05
December
Yr 2 PM & Evening Play
All Day
06
December
Christmas Fair
All Day
08
December

Contact Us

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If there is anything that you or your child would like to share with us for the newsletter, please email digital@owps.org.uk.  Please clearly state in the email if you give your consent to photos being published in the newsletter and on the website.

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!