LITTLE SUTTON PRIMARY SCHOOL FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2019 DESIGNATED NATIONAL LEAD SCHOOL & ENGLISH HUB

Worcester Lane Sutton Coldfield B75 5NL

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6th Jan Training Day 7th May Elections 8th May Bank Holiday

November 5th Diwali Day YR 11th Y5 Space Centre Trip 12th Y3 Reading Workshop 14th Open Evening for Reception 2020 19th Y4 Maths Workshop 25th Y1 Maths Workshop 28th Y5 Literacy Workshop

December 5th Christmas Fayre 13th YR Christmas Trip– Birches Valley

January 6th Inset Day 7th Pupils start back 24th Y2 Literacy and SATS Workshop for Parents 31st Y6 Workshop for parents

February 6th Parents evening 4-7pm 11th Parents evening 4-7pm 12th Y4 Class Assembly 14th Break up for half term

Musician of the Month Johannes Brahms

Artist of the Month Wassily Kandinsky

Firework Event On Tuesday 5th November, we held a very successful Firework Night event with over 1200 people in attendance. The firework display was even more impressive than last year! We would like to thank everyone who came along to help raise funds both for our school and Good Hope Hospital Charity. A massive thank you must go to everyone from Good Hope and Little Sutton who helped to plan the event and volunteered during the evening to enable it to take place. We have had really positive feedback from people who attended so we plan to run it again next year and look forward to seeing everyone again on the 5th November 2020.

This Week’s Headlines

Music Mark—We are delighted that this week we have been awarded the Music Mark by the UK Association for Music Education. This is as a result of our excellent musical provision in school. Membership will entitle us to lots of benefits and opportunities which we look forward to exploring over the coming months.

Staff Vacancy—After School Club still has vacancies for Play Workers to join their team. Various shifts are available. Please contact Kids Club on 0121 323 4975

Coats— Due to the weather becoming more wintery, please ensure that your child comes to school wearing a coat. Thank you.

Children in Need— This year’s theme is ‘Get Together’ so on Friday 15th November the children will be taking part in a fun team activity during the day. They are invited to wear spotty or Pudsey tops in return for a donation of of £1 towards Children in Need. We will also be organising a cake sale for children and staff who would like to purchase one.

Reception 2020 Open Evening—This takes place on Thursday 14th November at 6pm. Parents of prospective pupils are very welcome to attend.

Word of the Month Arduous Synonym Strenuous Antonym Simple

Inspirational Person of the Month

Greta Thunberg Student &

Environmental Activist

Blue Cross Assembly On Monday, Geraldine from Blue Cross carried out a very informative assembly for both key s tages, teaching them how to keep animals safe during the firework season. All children were given a leaflet to take home with the key guidance included.

Year 3 Visit to Slade Primary On Wednesday, Year 3 visited Slade Primary School, in Erdington, as part of their linking schools project. This was to give our children an opportunity to meet children from a very different demographic to Four Oaks and learn about different cultures. The children had a great time practising Bangra dancing, making chapattis and eating them with homemade lentil curry, designing mendi patterns and learning when they are used and participating in a French lesson. The children also enjoyed having a picnic lunch and playtime with their new friends, who will be visiting Little Sutton in the spring term. Maryam said “It was a really fun day, especially the bangra dancing”. Sophia said she was sur-prised that the school was so old (Victorian), that the ceilings were so high and couldn't believe they had no grass at all. However, she loved their outside gym.

Diwali Day in Reception On Tuesday, our Reception children had a fantastic day celebrating Diwali– the Hindu Festival of Light. The children heard the story of Rama and Sita; took part in a Bollywood dance workshop; made chalk rangoli patterns and firework art; painted their own divas and even tried new food during an Indian food tasting in the afternoon! A fun day was had by

Anti-Bullying Week Next week we will be taking part in National Anti-Bullying Week, the theme of which is’ Change Starts with us’. Tuesday 12th November is Odd Socks Day and we are encouraging children to wear odd socks to school so that we can celebrate what makes everyone unique. For Further information and advice on anti-bullying, please visit the school website to read our policy and find web links to support parents; http;//littlesu.org/?page_id=49.

Menu For Next Week In addition, there is a salad / fruit bar and a crusty bread basket. Please note, choices may vary slightly due to circumstances beyond our control. Every week we add additional items to encourage children to try different foods.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Chicken Curry

Haddock Grill

Pizza Jacket

Potatoes *

Sweetcorn Mixed veg

* Pasta New

Potatoes *

Iced Sponge Custard

Chicken Pie Chicken Fil-

lets Fish Fingers Cheese Pas-

ta Jacket potato

* Carrots

Sweetcorn *

Pasta New Pota-

toes *

Iced Sponge Custard

Chicken/ veg meatballs

Chicken Fil-lets

Cheese Pasta jacket potato

* Sweetcorn

Mixed vege-tables

* Spaghetti

Garlic Bread *

Carrot Cake

Roast Chicken

Fish Fingers Cheese Flan Baguettes/

wraps Jacket potato

* Carrots Broccoli

* Roast pota-

toes Mashed pota-

to *

Cookies

Cottage/ veg Pie

Chicken fillets

Jacket potato

Fish Fingers *

Sweetcorn Broccoli

* New Pota-

toes pasta

* Rice Pud-

ding Ice-cream

This Weeks Awards This week the following awards were present-ed in Celebration Assembly;

Lunchtime Behaviour Award— 1JF & 3LB Classroom Awards— 2AW& 4KP Winning House— Livingstone with 731 points Attendance— RKS, RMF & 4KP with 100% Overall Attendance— 97.16% Annual Attendance Target— 97% Respect Award— 1JF & 4KP

Congratulations to the following children who received awards in Celebration Assembly— Billie, 1JF, Harper 2AW, Isobel 3LB, Charlie 4KP, Oliver 5AS & Sahib 6JM

Sports Report A team of boys and girls from Year 4 attended a multi-skills event at Bishop Vesey on Tuesday. They hugely impressed Mr Viollet with their skills, determina-tion and teamwork, which ultimately secured them a bronze medal. We are really proud of them, well done!

Chorister for a Day– Lichfield Cathedral School The above workshop will take place on Saturday 18th January 2020 9am– 4pm. and is open to boys and girls aged between 7 and 11 years. The event will involve singing tuition, sport and craft ac-tivities, learning about the life of a chorister, refreshments and lunch. There will also be the opportunity to sing during Evensong in Lichfield Cathedral at which parents and friends will be very welcome. There is no cost involved, but for more information, or to book please call 01543 306168 or email a.grey@lichfieldcathedralschool.com

Year 3 RE Workshop On Monday, Y3 had great fun with Andi and Helen from Kids UK with an RE workshop on ‘ Expressing Joy’ at the Sikh festival of Gurpurab. The children learned about Sikhism in a very practical way through a dance and there was some amazing Bhangra dancing by the children!

E-Safety Tip of the Week The internet is an amazing place. Children can play, learn, create and connect– the possibilities are endless, but there are also risks. That’s why O2 and the NSPCC have teamed up to offer free advice and support to parents. You can speak to Guru’s either over the phone or in O2 stores. You don’t need to be an O2 customer! For more information, visit http;//www.o2.co.uk/help/nspcc

City Kitchen On Thursday, 12 pupils from KS2 took part in a healthy eating workshop at Cityserve in Birmingham. Children were chosen be-cause of their positive learning attitude and good behaviour. The day began with a tour of the kitchen and continued with a discus-sion about the importance of healthy eating as part of a balanced diet. There was also an opportunity to take part in a group demon-stration involving sugary drinks, with some alarming discoveries about the health risks of too much sugar. The children then de-signed and made their own healthy lunch including desserts! Over-all the children thoroughly enjoyed the day, including lunch. The food produced was of a high standard and it was wonderful to hear about their exceptional table man-ners too. Clearly we have some budding master chefs!

Snooker ‘Champion of Champions’ It was an incredible day yesterday for the Year 6 children who had the opportunity to visit the Ricoh Arena to watch the Champion of Champions Snooker. The day started with a tour around the stadium, to see how a live sporting event comes together, even meeting the legendary commentator Clive Everton (soon to be MBE!). The children then took part in snooker lessons and games in front of an eager crowd. Lastly, the children enjoyed a very tight match between ‘The Rocket’ Ronnie O’Sullivan (who the children had the hon-our of meeting) and ‘The Whirlwind’ Jimmy White. The highlight of the day was a dance off between two of the children for a signed snooker cue in front of 1000 people. A proud Mr Smith received endless compliments on the chil-dren's incredible behaviour and their interest in the sport. Well done children!

Year 5 and 6 Workshop On Wednesday, some of the Year 5 and 6 mathematicians participated in a workshop in which they were tasked with problem solving and working effectively in teams. They were commended on their enthusiasm and their logical approach to solving the problem and soon some of the children will be chosen to represent the school in a national mathematic competition. Many thanks to the ladies from Explore Learning who worked with the groups.