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• Please see information below for the week commencing 4th November 2024:

  Fri 25 Oct 2024

  Monday	Tom Pinnock will be meeting with Millfield Reading Rockets to discuss his donation of books from ‘The Abilities in Me’ series. Each book beautifully celebrates diverse abilities, offering children meaningful representation and understanding. You can learn more about the foundation and see the impactful books by visiting ‘The Abilities In Me Foundation’ website: The Abilities In Us - The Abilities In Me.
  Tuesday
  Wednesday
  Thursday	Herts Catering Limited Workshops for Reception and Year 1 children: Reception and Year 1 children will take part in a workshop hosted by Herts Catering Limited. The topic will focus on “What food shall I chose?” to promote healthy eating.   7:00pm Maths Workshop for Year 1 to Year 4 Parent/Carers. Please come and join us for this event where teachers will be sharing important parts of our Maths curriculum and explaining how we teach certain aspects of Maths. This workshop also aims to provide information on how to best support your child at home with Maths. Please see the email sent out for more details.
  Friday
  Attendance: Whole school attendance this week was 96.71%. Well done to Apple Class who were the class winners for attendance with an amazing 98.8%.   Forthcoming learning information: To view information about year group learning for next week please click on the following link to year group pages on our school website.  Please then find the icon titled ‘Forthcoming Learning’ within your child’s year group.  Latest News | Millfield First and Nursery School Please note: This will be available to view by the beginning of each week.

   

  

• Half Term Break:

  Fri 25 Oct 2024

  We hope all Millfield children and their families have a wonderful half term break. We look forward to seeing children return to school on Monday 4^th November.

  

• Award Assemblies:

  Fri 25 Oct 2024

  Our half termly Award Assemblies were celebrated in classes today. Well done to all Millfield children for their hard work and commitment over the Autumn Term so far.

  

• Parent/Carer Consultations:

  Fri 25 Oct 2024

  We would like to thank all parents/carers for taking the time to attend the consultation evenings this week. Your active involvement in your child's education is invaluable and we hope you enjoyed viewing their learning and hearing about their progress. Thank you for your ongoing support and commitment.

  

• Christmas Design Artwork:

  Fri 25 Oct 2024

  Please note, ‘My Card Project’ orders for any cards and/or gifts with your child’s artwork on closes on Tuesday 29^th October 2024. This is to enable you to receive the items in time for the Christmas period.

  

• Nursery Stay and Play sessions:

  Fri 25 Oct 2024

  It was wonderful to welcome the children’s parents into school this week for the Nursery stay and play sessions. The children took great pride in their class and were keen to show parents their learning and play areas.

  

• Please see information below for the week commencing 21st October 2024:

  Fri 18 Oct 2024

  Monday	10:30 – 11:30 Nursery Stay & Play session for parents of children that attend morning sessions only: Please see communication sent out on Tapestry.   2:00 – 3:00 Nursery Stay & Play session for parents of children that attend fulltime or afternoon only sessions: Please see communication sent out on Tapestry.
  Tuesday	Postponement of NHS Flu Immunisations:  Rescheduled to Wednesday 27th November by Vaccination UK. Information will be sent out after the half term holiday.   3:30 – 7:00pm Parent/Carer Consultations: Meetings will be held in the hall. Please arrive via the main school office. Children’s learning will be shared by the Class Teacher for you to view in the hall.
  Wednesday
  Thursday	3:30 – 5:30pm Parent/Carer Consultations: Meetings will be held in the hall. Please arrive via the main school office. Children’s learning will be shared by the Class Teacher for you to view in the hall.
  Friday	Half Term Award Assemblies for children in school.
  Attendance: Whole school attendance this week was 95.83%. Well done to Willow Class who were the class winners for attendance with an amazing 98.1%.   Forthcoming learning information: To view information about year group learning for next week please click on the following link to year group pages on our school website.  Please then find the icon titled ‘Forthcoming Learning’ within your child’s year group.  Latest News | Millfield First and Nursery School Please note: This will be available to view by the beginning of each week.

   

• Hall Floor Developments

  Fri 18 Oct 2024

  As previously shared, our hall floor was recently damaged due to flooding. Children and staff have shown resilience in adapting to new routines as we haven’t had full use of the hall. This will continue over the coming weeks. On Monday, the hall floor will be removed ready for the next stage of restoration.

• Herts Catering Limited Food Technology lessons with Willow & Rowan

  Fri 18 Oct 2024

  It’s been fabulous having HCL visit us in school over the past 6 weeks where they created wonderful recipes with our Year 3 children. The children had the opportunity to taste and explore new ingredients whilst also learning through cooking.

  

• Layston Grove Visit

  Fri 18 Oct 2024

  It was great to get out into the community this week and attend Layston Grove Care Home with a small group of Year 4 children, as well as Blue. The children and residents shared family photos and spoke about their families and loved ones. Thank you to Layston Grove for having us and well done to the children that attended for being great representatives of Millfield! This was also an opportunity for Blue to develop his therapy dog training skills – we were all very proud of him!