Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!
It may have been a four day week but my goodness, we managed to pack it all in. Again.
One of the highlights of the week has definitely got to be our fabulous Open Morning on Saturday. The Year Five Guides were amazing and I was so proud of them. There were lots of lovely compliments from the families that were shown around but more of that later...
Worth a Mention Children
Oh dear.
I have failed.
Amidst all the excitement of Saturday morning, I totally forgot to take a photograph of the Worth a Mention Board.
I am soooooooooooo sorry Year Five - I will right this wrong and make sure that I take the picture first thing Monday morning and then include it in next week's Blog.
You'll have to wait a few more days for your moment of glory but I promise you, it will be worth the wait!
Dorchester University
Our roving reporter, Ruby, took 'BlogCam' to her Dorchester University session this week and took this gorgeous picture of Dolly (Year 6) and Dexter. Isn't it a lovely picture?
Thank you Ruby!
Saturday School
What a terrific morning! We had so much fun meeting our 'new recruits' and their families. There was such a fabulous buzz in the school - especially in the Tech Department where our visitors were able to taste biscuits amongst taking part in lots of lovely other activities including printing.
As you can see from the pictures, everyone had a good time and quite a few Year Fours, who looked rather nervous at the beginning of their visit, went home with a spring in their step and a relieved look on their faces!
A HUGE Thank You to all the children and staff who came in on their precious day off. Our Year Five Guides were amazing and we were all so impressed with the way you showed off our school. The staff were brilliant - thank you for giving up your Saturday morning to meet, greet, guide and reassure our new Year Five Gang.
What a team!
Golden Time
I am very sad to report that 31, yes, 31 children missed their Golden Time this week. That is a fifth of the Year Group. The expectations have not changed and some of these Golden Times could have been easily gained if the children had been a bit more organised.
Let's hope for a dramatic reduction in numbers for next week...
Pupil Voice
Our Pupil Voice Representatives are brilliant. They are voted for by their classmates and give up their free time to represent and voice the opinions of their class.
This week, only four of the possible ten attended our Wednesday meeting but what they contributed was fantastic. We are in the process of discussing what we can do to improve our playground so it is important that everyone's views are taken on board.
Keep checking the daily notices to see when the next meeting is.
Well, that's it for another week. I'm going to be heavily involved in next week's Year 6 SATs as my lovely English Group (6LS) are sitting them.
We wish all of Year Six the very best of luck for next week, they'll be absolutely brilliant as they are such a terrific group of children.
See you back here next week for a double-dose of Worth a Mention Children as a starting point!
Have a good week everyone!
Mrs Ray
(who marshalled White Star's 'Love Station' with some of her Runblandford Buddies on Friday night - the theme was 'The Day of the Dead'. White Star are the same people who organise the Dorchester Marathon and Half Marathon so if you know anyone who is running, they're in for a treat!)
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| I would like to assure you that this is not my normal 'Friday Night Look'! |
