Children First – Aspire – Challenge – Achieve

Dear Parents/Carers,

This week I would like to extend my thanks for your continued support which is

reflected on our GOOD Ofsted report. As a school we have grown together and worked

well together to ensure that we always continue to put children first enabling them to

enjoy school and make progress both with their learning and as confident young people.

We have built GOOD foundations at this school and I know that as a team we will

continue to uphold the core value of ‘Transforming life chances’ for all of our children.

I have very much appreciated the positive comments shared regarding the Ofsted

report from a range of members of our school community. Reception for 2017 is

oversubscribed and I am sure that is as a result of how positively you speak about the

school in the wider community. We will be holding a whole school celebration event in

the coming weeks to commend the hard work of the children with more information to

follow soon.

I hope that you have been able to share the report with your families and are as proud

to be part of New Horizons as I am.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs J Murphy

Headteacher

Newsletter 33

9th June 2017

Parents/Carers,

You should have received the letter for the Year 2 Trip to Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday

18th July 2017. Please sign the permission slip and return it to school as soon as possible,

all slips should be returned by Friday 7th July 2017 at the latest.

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The PTFA will be in all week from Monday 12th June 2017 in the main office with Fathers’

Day gifts for sale.

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New Horizons have started working towards gaining the Leading Parent Partnership Award.

The Award develops the communication between school and parents as well as delivering

effective parental engagement. Updates will be provided each term via the newsletter and

school website.

More information can be found here: https://www.awardplace.co.uk/award/lppa

Nursery

In Nursery we have started our new topic ‘Can we

explore it?’ The week started with our Wow event

which was a Wellie boot stomp. We had lots of fun

experimenting with water and finding out how

water moves. We have been talking about how we

use water and why it is so important.

Reception

In Reception we have had lots of fun this

week, we have been writing about our holidays

and helping Mrs Palmer sort out a Fish tank

(our wow event) ’someone’ put lots of

different things inside our tank that did not

belong. Children used fishing nets to get them

out, deciding what should stay in the tank and what needed to go. The

children wrote signs to tell people what belonged in the tank and what

should not go into it. We had lots of discussions about how to care for fish and produced

some excellent writing.

Year 1

Our Topic this term is ‘The Enchanted Woodland’, to pique the children’s interest, we went to

our forest school to see if we could find anything magical! The summery weather went away

at the start of the week, so we had wet play in year 1. The children made fairy doors to

decorate the year 1 corridor.

“So pleased for the

school! Very well

deserved 😁xx” Hayley

“Well done, you've

all worked very hard

to achieve such good

outcomes. Well

done”

Laura “Thrilled for the school! Wasn't

expecting anything less! Well

done.” Vicky

Year 2

This week we started our new Topic

‘Land Ahoy’ and we had a pirate’s day.

All the children had a fantastic day, we

all dressed up and we made pirate ships.

We started a new book called ‘Captain

Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs’, we are looking forward to writing

stories about pirates and creating our own characters.

Year 3

This term began with a Launch day filled

with activities such as making fossils,

digging for artefacts like

palaeontologists and making

rivers. Apple class and Cherry class have

also begun to describe the lochs of Scotland, preparing themselves for the arrival of the

Water Horse.

Year 4 Year 4 children have begun their Road Trip to the USA this week. Using a passport to collect

information on a variety of major US cities, the children 'flew' around America gathering

stickers at each destination. In Maths, they have begun to look at the perimeter of shapes,

reinforcing the understanding that they need to measure the outside or the RIM of the

peRIMeter.

Class News

This week Spruce class had their assembly. The children thoroughly enjoyed having their parents

there to watch them retell their favourite things they had learnt from their topic in term 5. Spruce

class did an amazing job and Mrs Lowerson was very impressed with their performance.

Well done Spruce class!

Next Wednesday Birch class have their assembly (Parents welcome) and we can’t wait to see their

performance!

“Didn't expect

anything less:) great

work guys � ” Lisa

“Well deserved excellent

first Ofsted ” Tracey

Dates for your Diary

Mon – 12th June – 8:50am – 9:05am – PTFA in all week – Fathers’ Day Gifts

Tues – 13th June – 2:00pm – NSPCC Online safety Parents Meeting

Weds – 14th June – 8:50am – 9:05am – Birch Class Assembly – Parents invited

Fri - 16th June – Parents invited in for ‘Book Look’

Sun – 18th June – Fathers’ Day

Tues – 20th June – Y4 – Native American Workshop

Weds – 21st June – Summer Solstice – Shorts and Shades Day

Weds – 21st June – 8:50am – 9:05am – Pine Class Assembly – Parents invited

Fri – 23rd June – Parents invited in for ‘Book Look’

Weds – 28th June – 8:50am – 9:05am - Beech Class Assembly – Parents invited

Fri – 30th June – Parents invited in for ‘Book Look’

Weds – 5th July – 8:50am – 9:05am – Maple Class Assembly – Parents invited

Fri – 7th July – Parents invited in for ‘Book Look’

Fri – 7th July – 3:00pm-5:00pm - Summer Fayre

Thurs – 13th July – Sports Festival – more information to follow

Club Watch

Term 6 clubs have got off to a successful start with Drawing and Sketching club doubling

their numbers since last term. The children started their first week by looking at a finished

product that they will create over this term. Maths games had some new members start and

they thoroughly enjoyed playing games that really made their brains work hard!

'Thunk of the week' Remember there is no right or wrong answer, just your own opinion and don’t forget to

write your answer on a speech bubble and attach it to our 'Thunk of the week' display

board.

The next ‘thunk’ is: What if animals could

talk?

National Book Tokens

The National Book Tokens team are holding a big prize draw for one lucky school to

win £5,000 worth of National Book Tokens. The big prize draw is back for a fourth

year and last year’s winners transformed their Library with hundreds of new books.

This is where we need your help!

We would like to ask all parents to go to the link below and enter New Horizons into

the prize draw. The more votes we receive the bigger chance we have of winning this

fantastic prize. If your entry is picked you’ll also get £100 for yourself!

www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools

The Thinker’s Keys

This week’s key is ridiculous! That’s right, we are going to take a look at the ‘Ridiculous Key’. To use the

key appropriately, you simply make a ridiculous statement that would be virtually impossible to implement,

and then attempt to explain some of the positive consequences.

The expressions ‘it’s not possible’ and ‘that’s ridiculous’ often prevent the development of many excellent

ideas. Learn to break through them.

As an example:

“The government should make all public transport free for everyone.”

Some consequences:

1. People will have more money to spend in shops, so shops would get more customers

2. Those people that are unemployed will not have to worry about travelling to their interviews

3. People who can’t accept a job because they can’t afford the daily commute will be able to accept jobs

4. There will be a lot less traffic on the roads as people will be able to travel for free on public transport

so they won’t drive

5. Because there will be less traffic on the roads, there will be less pollution so it will be better for the

environment.

Fidget Spinners

As much as children enjoy playing with and collecting fidget spinners, we are no longer allowing

them in school. From Monday 12th June 2017, if a fidget spinner is seen in school by a member of

staff, that member of staff will take the fidget spinner from the child and hand it over to the

child’s teacher. The teacher will then return the fidget spinner to the child via the child’s

parent/ guardian with a reminder that fidget spinners are not allowed in school. If the child is

attending an After School Club, then the fidget spinner will be passed on to the adult running

the club and they will return the fidget spinner to the parent/ guardian when the child is

collected from school.

For children who persist bringing in the fidget spinners to school in spite of discussions with

school staff, their fidget spinners will be kept until the end of the week with further reminders

that they are not allowed in school.

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that other toys and cards,

(Pokémon, Lego and football) are also not allowed in school.

TEAM POINTS

This week the ‘Holcombe Cup’ has been awarded to Brook.

Attendance Ace Cherry with 98.2%.

Punctuality Penny Apple, Ash, Hawthorn and Maple with 1 late each.

Golden Tie

Congratulations to:

Oak – Finley M

Ash – Jayden

Elm – Gurshan

Beech – Mohamed

Hazel - Alana

Maple – Mia G

Birch – Kealene

Pine – Jessica

Spruce – Harley

Apple – Jasmine

Cherry – Maks

Conifer – Temi

Hawthorn - Emma

Achievement Alley

Oak – Temi

Ash – Daniel

Elm – Lewis

Beech – George

Hazel – Henry C

Maple – Chloe

Birch – Isaac

Pine – Kobby

Spruce – Lily

Apple – Angelina

Cherry –Maddison

Conifer – Billy

Hawthorn – Foluwa