Denaby Main Primary Academy Astrea Academy Trust
Good morning everyone,
Thank you for supporting our Breakfast with Santa event. It was great to see so many of you. Today KS1 will perform their Nativity in front of an audience for the first time. They have quiet voices and may well be a bit nervous so can I ask that you refrain from talking during the performance. There will be a time for photographs of your child at the end of the performance. Please be aware that for various reasons not all parents have given permission for photos to be added to social media so just take photos of your own children. Thank you for you support with this.
Have a good day.
Mrs Mason
Don’t forget-
We will be inviting you to a pre shopping event before the Christmas fair. This will be a chance to purchase pre loved books and toys for Christmas.
I’ve attached an information letter and parents can be directed to book here – https://www.activefusion.org.uk/camps/
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October ’22 Fusion Camps. Active Fusion is thrilled to be offering our Fusion Camps during the October holidays. We have partnered with different schools in Doncaster and Barnsley to bring a fun and active camp to your community. Please note, children who do not attend the schools where camps are hosted CAN still attend these camps.
www.activefusion.org.uk
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https://open.spotify.com/album/1MrGxAUWIWd9ZRXelWwT9D
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The Young Voices Choir · Album · 2022 · 10 songs.
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The songs can also be found if you search Young Voices 2022-23 Songs.
Book at Bedtime
Message from Mrs Fletcher
As the nights draw in, we are giving you the perfect opportunity to snuggle up and keep warm together. The next half term, right up until the Christmas break, will be our ‘Book at Bedtime’ term! This will be a competition, encouraging everyone to share a book before bed. This could be older children reading to younger siblings, Parents reading to their children or children reading to Parents. We ask that, for the whole term, a book is shared at bedtime and you sign the calendar, that your child will bring home. At the end of the half term, we ask that the calendars are returned to school, fully signed, and they will be entered in to a special draw for a lovely prize. There will be 2 prizes; for EYFS/KS1 and for KS2.
In addition, we will loan out school books from our new library, in order for children to be fully engaged in the books shared.
At Denaby Main Primary, we believe that reading/sharing books together is fundamental in developing a long-lasting love for books that enhances children’s vocabulary, their imagination and their writing skills.
Thank you for your continued support. Happy reading..
Children’s University
If you haven’t signed up then please return your letter so your child can take part. Attendance at lunchtime or after school clubs will earn your child a stamp on their record. These will be added up over the year so that your child can attend the graduation ceremony.
- Receive a BRONZE certificate when children have collected 30 hours in their Passport to Learning.
- The next one will be a SILVER certificate for 65 hours.
- Then a GOLD certificate for 100 hours.
- Thereafter, children will then get certificates at every stage of 30, 65 and 100 hours after that, all the way up to 1,000 hours!
Graduation
- Children only need to collect 30 hours in their passport to be invited to our Children’s University Graduation!
- Children will be invited to the annual CU graduation ceremony held at Doncaster College & University Centre.
- Children wear a mortar board cap and gown and are presented with a special graduation certificate.
- Families, friends and teachers are invited, with talks from guest speakers and performances where possible
Class PE days
Remember if children read at least 4 times in the week and have their reading diary signed they can earn stickers on their chart. These stickers earn the children a prize for each milestone they hit. We will also feature their photo in the school hall and in this news post. So please support your child to read as much as possible. Thank you.
Below is a handy guide for parents of children in Years 1 and 2.
Key Date
December
Wed 7th Dec – KS1 Nativity 2.30 pm
Thurs 8th Dec – KS1 Nativity 9.30am- a repeat performance so that morning Nursery children can participate
Thurs 8th Dec – Xmas fair – 2pm until 3:15pm
Wednesday 14th Dec – Xmas dinner day & Xmas jumper day
Thursday 15th Dec- 2.30pm – Christmas carol service
Friday 16th December- Xmas activity afternoon and non uniform day