The Ridge Academy Newsletter March 2017 - Issue 31

Message from Pete Hales - Principal

We had a really good Red Nose Day and managed to raise £236.02 for Comic Relief. I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this possible and encouraged the children to get sponsored. I think this worked really well and was the biggest contribution towards the amount. We raised £15 from the staff sweepstake, nobody pulled the winning song which was “Sneezy Lover” so we put all contributions towards Comic Relief. We also made £25 from the cake sale so thank you to those that both bought and brought cakes to sell. Thank you to all of those who attended the Easter Fayre yesterday. The children really enjoyed raising money and running the stalls. We wish Mr Shaw a very successful trip to the orphanage in Nepal during the Easter holidays and we wish you all a good Easter break.

[email protected] 01242 512680/07762995820

EGGCITING NEWS!: BREAKFAST CLUB LAUNCH COMING AFTER EATER HOLIDAYS The Greggs Breakfast Club scheme provides a simple, nutritious breakfast to children in selected primary schools. Thanks to the generous assistance of volunteer helpers, Greggs are able to provide this breakfast free of charge and our school has been chosen. Eating breakfast has been shown to make a difference to children’s concentration in lessons and may have longerterm learning benefits. What’s more, coming to the Breakfast Club is a lot of fun!

Page 1

www.theridgeacademy.org

Starfish Roll Up! Roll Up! Starfish Class have been excited to discover that their topic this term is all about The Circus! We have begun our topic by creating our own Starfish Circus role play area in our classroom, and we’ve been having a go at circus skills – such as walking on a tight -rope and juggling hoops. It’s been great fun! In English, we have made posters advertising our Starfish Circus and in Maths, we have been learning about coin value and using coins to buy tickets and snacks in our Circus Ticket Office. We have had the pleasure of welcoming two new children into our class this term, Lilly and Jonty! Thank you to the rest of the Starfish Class for being welcoming and kind to our new friends. Congratulations also go to Codie for being our youngest Mentor in class at only 5 years old! A brilliant achievement! We have more children in our class wanting to earn their Mentorships this term, so keep up the good work!

SEAHORSES This term Seahorses have discovered that their new topic is Circuses. The children have worked really hard to make their class look like a Big Top and create some friendly clowns for display. We made some clay clowns and described their personalities with lots of adjectives. We had Spangles the clown visit our school and perform lots of tricks, including stilt walking, riding a unicycle and even some magic. Afterwards, Spangles wrote to Seahorses and left them a trunk of his old clown costumes to wear. The children had fun dressing up in silly outfits and are writing back to Spangles to thank him. We have had a really good start to the new term and are looking forward to getting up to some more clowning around.

Page 2

www.theridgeacademy.org

Stingray Our topic this term is Tomb Raiders, where we will be learning about the Ancient Egyptians. The children have already learnt about how the Papyrus weed was really important to the Egyptians as they used it to make mats, sandals, baskets but it was mainly used to make a type of paper. The children made their own version of Papyrus paper by using tea bags to stain ordinary paper. The children have also learnt that the Ancient Egyptians devised a formal writing system using symbols to represent different letters and objects. These were called Hieroglyphics. The children used the hieroglyphics to write their own name or a secret message! In other areas of the curriculum the children have been learning the skills and rules of how to play Tag Rugby and in computers we have been looking at how to put a power point together. World Book Day was great with lots of the children dressing up! In class we read and completed some work on the book ‘Faster, Faster Little Red Train’ by Benedict Blathwayt. The children had to create and colour in a huge map of where the Little Red Train had to visit when it covered for the Express train.

Seadragons ‘Tomb Raiders’ The topic for Seadragons class this term is ‘Tomb Raiders’. In this topic, the boys will learn about all things to do with Egyptians. So far the boys have engaged in an Immersion week where they have created some Big Art pieces of Tutankhamun’s Death mask and a Pyramid. They are also in the process of making a Sarcophagus! Seadragons class have also made 3D Pyramids from Lego, wrote their class name using Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics and made their own Cartouches of out clay. Our classroom is looking fantastic – well done!

Mrs Geatches, Mr Meggs and Seadragons Class Team

Page 3

www.theridgeacademy.org

Family Support

Mr Shaw volunteering in Nepal! During the Easter Holidays, Mr Shaw will be travelling to Nepal with his 12 year old daughter to do some volunteering in a children’s orphanage . The children are at this orphanage because of poverty, neglect and family bereavement and so are unable to stay with their parents. It would be fantastic to raise some money to be taken to the orphanage. As part of this fundraising there is a “Name the Bear” competition which costs 50p per go and “Guess how many eggs are in the jar” which is 20p per guess. We would also be grateful for any children's clothing that could be taken to Nepal.

The parenting course has now finished and was very successful with positive feedback from parents and carers. The next course will be running in October. If you would like further information then please contact Family Support.

Charles Shaw-

[email protected] School mobile: 07543 076701 Sarah Loveridge [email protected] School mobile: 07842214801 Page 4

www.theridgeacademy.org

COFFEE MORNINGS @ THE RIDGE 9:30AM—11:30AM All parents/carers are welcome to come to our informal coffee morning to enjoy a cuppa and chat. Monday April 24th 2017 Monday May 15th 2017 Monday June 12th 2017 July 10th

We have a limited supply of Malvern Show tickets available for Friday 12th May. It would be great for you to see the project the children have created. We have managed to get these for a huge discount @ £10 each. Please ring the office for details. Children go for free with an adult. Dates for your diary

END OF TERM—FRIDAY 7TH APRIL Back to school—Monday 24th april May day bank holiday—1st may Field studies residential—15th –17th may Half term—29th may—2nd june Summer fun day— Friday 7th july Leavers assembly—Thursday 20th july

Published by: The Ridge Academy Clyde Crescent

www.theridgeacademy.org

Newsletter April 2017.pdf

We had Spangles the clown visit our school and perform lots of tricks, including stilt walking, riding a unicy- cle and even some magic. Afterwards, Spangles wrote to Seahorses and left them a trunk of his old clown costumes to wear. The children. had fun dressing up in silly outfits and are writing back to Spangles to thank ...

2MB Sizes 1 Downloads 210 Views

Recommend Documents

Newsletter April Urdu.pdf
Page 1 of 8. Peaceful Karachi. Page 1 of 8. Page 2 of 8. 2. Page 2 of 8. Page 3 of 8. 3. Page 3 of 8. Newsletter April Urdu.pdf. Newsletter April Urdu.pdf. Open.

OCPS Newsletter - April 2014.pdf
Kelly Brooks at [email protected]. Please plan to have your child join in the appreciation by doing the following for their teacher: Monday - Perform a random ...

Newsletter 5 April 2015.pdf
Page 3 of 8. Newsletter 5 April 2015.pdf. Newsletter 5 April 2015.pdf. Open. Extract. Open with. Sign In. Main menu. Displaying Newsletter 5 April 2015.pdf.

09 April Newsletter 2017.pdf
954-1946 or Lynn Milsap at. 641-799-8332. GRADE 4 ... Miss Conway's All Day 3. Year Old Preschool will ... Main menu. Displaying 09 April Newsletter 2017.pdf.

Newsletter - April 2014.pdf
[email protected]. Leicester—Jo Bradbury: [email protected]. Page 3 of 4. Newsletter - April 2014.pdf. Newsletter - April 2014.pdf. Open.

April Newsletter SV 2017.pdf
There was a problem loading this page. Whoops! There was a problem loading this page. Retrying... April Newsletter SV 2017.pdf. April Newsletter SV 2017.pdf.

Newsletter 5 April 2015.pdf
The Ministry of Education is partnering with the trust to support schools ... House, AA Auto Service & Repair Centre's, Riverhead Tavern, Flying Burrito Brothers, ...

April 2016 Newsletter - FINAL.pdf
Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Tulsa Welding School. and an instructor from Frank Phillips Welding Department. The students and speakers were provided a ...

CRV April Newsletter- Printer Friendly.pdf
Page 1 of 7. Area 5's Venturing Safari will be held on April 10-12 in Omaha, NE,. however, if you feel like that is too far, no need to worry since we will be offering. busing from the scout shop in Kansas City! It will only cost $8/person for a roun

ORT Newsletter April 14.pdf
testimonies by Sally Zellers who heads the Hi Crest Net. Reach program for the Topeka Rescue Mission. International prayer leader Earl Pickard will lead a.

Newsletter April 13, 2017.pdf
Special Projects. Erin Ramirez ... bring their large art canvas art project home to share with their family and hang on the wall. ... Newsletter April 13, 2017.pdf.

ORT Newsletter April 13.pdf
Operation Rolling Thunder. in Topeka. Advocating ... battle of this magnitude was the Roe v. Wade. Supreme ... Prayer Task Force this year is Greg Laurie. He is.

Newsletter 1st April 2015.pdf
Room 5 - Charis Morrell, Hannah Tait, Tessa Handford, Seb Waldron, Thomas O'Connor,. Ethan Constable. Room 6 - Celia Ward, Zoe Rendall, Joe Cockburn, ...

April, 2015 ARES Newsletter - Multnomah County ARES
Apr 23, 2015 - District 1 ARES Net. Daily at ... awarded at SEA-PAC each year, that goes to ... preference to STEM degree ... (Computer Science) and starting.

April, 2015 ARES Newsletter - Multnomah County ARES
Apr 23, 2015 - preference to STEM degree program. Its $1,000. ... (Computer Science) and starting work, I moved to ... design automation business. I became ...

Newsletter 6 April 2017.pdf
Morrison, Emerson Murphy. Winning House: MacKillop. Page 3 of 4. Newsletter 6 April 2017.pdf. Newsletter 6 April 2017.pdf. Open. Extract. Open with. Sign In.

Newsletter - April 2011.pdf
His list of awards is prestigious and has never been equaled by any other French magician. ... For 45 minutes each trick got better and better, it was ... The combination of confidence and carelessness that worked so well that psychological.

ULAP Newsletter April 2015 issue.pdf
On the same event, ULAP and its partners conducted the. “Innovative ... PLDT Alpha Enterprise Office 365 ... Displaying ULAP Newsletter April 2015 issue.pdf.

April Newsletter with attachments.compressed.pdf
Spoons BBQ. Reed Bldg. 11am-2pm. Boot Camp. Reed Bldg. #200. 5:30-6:30pm. 5. National Walking. Day. 6. Wingz and Wheelz. Alexander Bldg. 11am-2pm. Boot Camp. Reed Bldg. #200. 5:30-6:30pm. 7 8. 9 10. Passover begins. 11. Maryland Crab Co. Reed Bldg. 1

newsletter april- 17 new ms.pdf
There was a problem previewing this document. Retrying... Download. Connect more apps... Try one of the apps below to open or edit this item. newsletter april- ...

April Newsletter 2016.pdf
There was a problem loading this page. Whoops! There was a problem loading this page. Retrying... April Newsletter 2016.pdf. April Newsletter 2016.pdf. Open.

OCPS Newsletter - April 2014.pdf
May 2, 2014 - ... plan to acknowledge the teachers in a special way each day and would love for the whole. school to join us. The PTO will be purchasing raffle cards to local restaurants that will be raffled off this week. The principals. are providi

Trade & International Affairs Newsletter Issue 05 April 2015.pdf ...
sectors. Currently, Foreign Employment Act, 2064,. and Foreign Employment Policy, 2068, are. serving as tools to regularize and manage. foreign employment.

Newsletter English (April - June 2016).pdf
representing the public and private sectors, including primary beneficiaries: small-scale farmers, service providers,. rural-based entrepreneurs, and agro-dealers ...