Swinefleet Primary School

Headteacher: Laura Bishell-Wells

Email: swinefleet.primary@eastriding.gov.uk
Website: www.swinefleetprimaryschool.co.uk
Location: Swinefleet Primary School, Low Street, Swinefleet, Goole, UK
Phone: 01405 704386
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SwinefleetPrimary
Twitter: @Swinefleet_Pr

It has been wonderful to welcome all of the children back to school and to see so many new faces.

We of course have Mr Pritchard who has joined our family as Diamonds' class teacher and he has really enjoyed getting to know his class further.

We had some building work over the summer holidays in our KS2 classes. These are now looking bright and have created two lovely classrooms rather than a large and small room as we had before.

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Mrs Clarkson, Mrs Thurlow, Mrs Moffat and Miss Haver would like to wish a big, warm welcome to all the children who have started in Pearls this week! We have already had such a fun time meeting you all and we are very much looking forward to all the adventures and learning we will share together this year.

Well, what a busy first week back we have had in Rubies! We have loved getting to know the new members of our class after so long not being able to mix it has been very exciting. We have all settled in really nicely and are working hard already. We have started learning all about poetry and have begun to learn how poems can come to life when they are performed. We have been learning to perform 'Zim Zam Zoom' by James Carter and have been including actions and some body percussion. We have been getting used to our classroom rules and routines and we are taking really good care of our class- we are so excited for the year ahead!

Diamonds have enjoyed moving into their brand new classroom and getting to know each other. They have played class mate bingo to find out lots of interesting facts about each other. They have also worked together on a collaborative art project- the final product was a stunning butterfly! Mr Pritchard has been blown away by how hard all of the Diamonds have worked and how lovely and welcoming they all have been!

Sapphires have had a fun few days back in school, finally able to mix we have gotten to know our new class mates and worked collaboratively. We have had fun and are really getting back into the school routine. Now, we are looking forward to getting our teeth into more challenging work in the coming weeks and shaking off those cobwebs.

Reading is crucial to children's learning throughout the curriculum but also an important part of daily life. We are determined that every child will leave our school being able to read with confidence.

Starting from Monday we will be rewarding the children for reading at home. This may be their school book, a book from home or for younger children listening to a bedtime story. Evidence of them reading with a video or photo will earn them a point. We prefer a video where possible as it helps us when assessing the children's reading though if this is not possible a comment will still earn them a point. Evidence is to be loaded to Tapestry for Pearls children and Seesaw for Y1-Y6. If you have any difficulties with this then please see the class teacher who will be happily to help.

In the final week of this half-term the children will be rewarded their treat based on the level they achieve.

Bronze - Non-uniform for the day (18 points - equivalent to 3 reads a week)

Silver - Non-uniform for the day and a movie (24 reads - equivalent to 4 reads a week)

Gold - Non-uniform, a movie and snacks to enjoy (36 reads - equivalent to 6 reads a week)

Pearls - Please ensure kit is in school each day as getting changed for P.E is part of their development.

Rubies - Tuesdays and Wednesdays wear P.E kit to school.

Diamonds - Monday and Tuesday wear P.E kit to school.

Sapphires - Monday and Friday wear P.E kit to school.

Please note that children should only come in P.E kit when specified and should otherwise be in full uniform. Uniform is not compulsory for Nursery children.

You should all have received your login information for Tapestry (Pearls) or Seesaw (Y1 - Y6). Years 1 - 6 will have a login sent home with them this week.

Further passwords for some of our online systems will be sent out via these platforms in the coming days.

If you have any issues accessing any of these systems please see the class teacher or drop us an email and we will support you with this.

Parentmail and the payment app within this will be our main method of communication. If any of your details change please let us know asap. If you need any support with this please drop us an email or call the office and we will be happy to help.

Homework will begin being sent home shortly via our online communication systems Tapestry and Seesaw.

Knowledge organisers with key things for your child to learn this half-term are being loaded to class pages. We will sent out links to the relevant pages for your child on Monday.