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• Weekly Parent/Carer Information - Week Commencing: 27th February 2023

  Fri 24 Feb 2023

  Monday	‘Fairtrade Fortnight’ Assembly for KS1 & KS2 children. Fairtrade Fortnight spreads the message of how making the small switch to Fairtrade supports producers in protecting the future of some of our most-loved food and the planet.
  Tuesday
  Wednesday	NEU Strike Day: Please see separate communication regarding the impact of this strike day at Millfield.
  Thursday	World Book Day: Please see the letter sent home from the English Faculty regarding World Book Day. Children are invited to dress up as a book character for the day.
  Friday	Willow Class Assembly for parents/carers: Please see the letter sent home to parents/carers of Willow Class children regarding their class assembly. It is always very helpful when children arrive promptly at 8:45am so they have time to be registered and prepare themselves for the assembly. Please enter via the carpark hall doors. Please arrive from 9:00am for a 9:05am start.

   

• Play area project:

  Fri 24 Feb 2023

  We have some very exciting news to share! Due to a very kind and thoughtful donation to school, in the coming month, a new play area will be created and installed on our school field. The children and staff have helped to design this space and we are all very excited to see the area develop. There are likely to be slight adjustments in terms of access arrangements to the school site during installation; we will keep you posted when we know more. 

  

• Millfield PTA:

  Fri 24 Feb 2023

  The PTA, including school staff, are busy preparing for the KS2 PTA Disco that will be taking place after school today (24.02.23). Our thanks to the PTA for providing this opportunity for Millfield children. I’m sure it will be just as successful and fun as the KS1 disco was!

   

  The PTA have recently supported Millfield with the purchasing of new coat hook trolleys for children to hang their coats on when arriving at the hall for their lunch. The funding from the PTA supports Millfield children in such a range of ways and is always much appreciated. Thank you to our school community for your support.

  

• Weekly Parent/Carer Information - Week Commencing: 20th February 2023

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  Monday	Welcome back to a new half term.   World Thinking Day Assembly for KS1 and KS2 children to celebrate international friendship.
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  Friday	3:15pm – 5:00pm KS2 PTA Disco: Please see information previously sent out.

   

• Messages:

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  It was lovely to celebrate our half termly awards in celebration assembly today. This half term, children across the school have experienced a range of cross curricular learning to support their engagement and progress.

   

  Have a lovely Spring half term break with family and friends.

• Key Stage 2 supporting texts:

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  Books are used to support and engage children in a variety of subjects including English. Please see the books that children in Key Stage 2 classes are focussing their learning on next half term.

  • Year 3 Rowan Class: Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa
  • Year 3 Willow Class: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
  • Year 4 Ash and Oak Classes: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

   

  If your child has a copy of their class book at home and would like to bring it into school to use in their lessons, they are more than welcome to.

  

• KS1 PTA Disco:

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  A huge thank you to the PTA and school staff for their efforts in offering a Key Stage 1 school disco last week. Children seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. This event raised £360. Thank you to Millfield families for your support.

  

• The Yurt:

  Fri 10 Feb 2023

  The Yurt has been a wonderful outdoor learning environment to have at Millfield. Many lessons and events have been enhanced by the Yurt, such as yoga, art galleries, class reading sessions and mindfulness activities. Unfortunately, the yurt has now reached the end of its lifespan and will be removed over the half term break. We are excited to share that a new woodland shelter will replace the Yurt over the Spring Term.    

• Weekly Parent/Carer Information - Week Commencing: 6th February 2023

  Fri 03 Feb 2023

  Monday	Class Assemblies today will focus on ‘Feeling Good Week’. During this awareness week, a spotlight is shone on the importance of children’s mental health across the UK. Every year there is a theme that is explored to highlight certain aspects of mental health. The 2023 theme is ‘Let’s Connect’.   To support teaching and learning we will be using resources from this website: https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/. This website also has a section with resources for families to use.
  Tuesday	Safer Internet Day: Learning will be based around the theme ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’. KS1 and KS2 Assembly today will be based on Safer Internet Day and will be delivered by the Maths and Computing Faculty.   3:30 – 7:00pm Parent/Carer Consultations: Meetings will be held in the hall. Please arrive via the car park gate and enter through the external hall doors. Please feel free to visit classrooms to view your child’s learning.
  Wednesday	Year 1 Kings and Queens Day: For Year 1 parents/carers please see the letter sent out from the Year 1 team. Year 1 children are welcome to come dressed as royalty to celebrate this day.
  Thursday	1:00 – 3:30pm Additional Nursery Parent/Carer Consultations: Please arrive and wait in the main school entrance. Mrs Everington will collect you from here at your designated time. You are not required to sign in at the school office.   3:30 – 5:30pm Parent/Carer Consultations: Meetings will be held in the hall. Please arrive via the car park gate and enter through the external hall doors. Please feel free to visit classrooms to view your child’s learning.
  Friday	Half Term Award Assemblies for children in school.   Last day of half term: School finishes at the normal time of 3:15pm.

   

• Hair:

  Fri 03 Feb 2023

  Please support your child to tie their hair up for school. This is for a range of reasons, from keeping it out of their face when learning, including during PE lessons, as well as at break and lunchtimes when playing outside with friends. Hairbands must be plain black or navy blue and not too large.