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My First Term of Teaching

Ella Bramhall - An English trainees account of her first term of training to teach.

Well… where shall I begin! From training days consisting of masks, social distancing, and sanitiser, to early lessons in the classroom surrounded by nerves (me and the students!), It’s been a rollercoaster journey so far. However, despite the chaos of Covid, it has been an amazing experience. I feel like I have been supported every step of the way and I have loved my first term being a part of the team at Toot Hill School. As a trainee, I thought that I might be an inconvenience to those ‘real’ members of staff teaching day in, day out. Despite my worries, this has not been the case at all!...

Posted 25/11/2020 by SCITT - Read more

WWII Evacuation Day

The 1940's come to Westdale Junior School

The WWII Evacuee Day was a great success. We haven’t allowed Covid to spoil the experiences planned for the children and with a little imagination we were able to transform a part of Westdale into a 1940’s school. We would like to thank you for helping us make the day as memorable as possible by providing your child with an authentic lunch and fantastic outfits. It really bought the whole day together.

Posted 25/11/2020 by Westdale Juniors

School Newsletter

20th November 2020

Coming up:

Thursday 26th November - Autumn Term Report Cards go home

Wednesday 9th December - Christmas Theme Day in School – wear your Christmas Jumpers!

Stay up to date!

Make sure you mark school emails as “Not Junk” to make sure you are always up to date. We can’t afford to always send text reminders to over 350 children’s families so this is the best way of making sure you are “in the know”. Don’t forget to also follow our instagram account to see what is going on in school too!

Attendance

Congratulations to the following classes who were winners for the...

Posted 20/11/2020 by Victoria Primary School - Read more

English as an Additional Language.

A Primary Trainees Reflections on EAL.

Even during Covid we are still giving our trainees a rich and varied experience. Here is an account of a primary trainees reflections after the Head of Victoria Primary came to talk to us about English as an addition language.

As part of our core training, we received a visit from the head of Victoria primary school. Victoria is an inner-city school with a high intake of children who speak English as an additional language.

Russell (the head) highlighted some of the methods that Victoria use to make the transition for EAL children as smooth as possible, for example across the school, ...

Posted 17/11/2020 by SCITT - Read more

School Newsletter

13th November 2020

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

Next Week: Anti-bullying Week

Next Week: School Photo Day - Monday 16th November

Next Week: Nursery admissions to school for September 2021

URGENT LEGAL REMINDER: Having a COVID Test?

Coronavirus – Class Closure (Year 5 Bowden)

Attendance Winners

National Children’s Survey

Coming up: Diary Dates

Next Week: Anti-bullying Week

It is national anti-bullying week next week. This is an important yearly event that we always look forward to supporting. School Council reps from each class have already been reviewing our Bullying Policy re...

Posted 13/11/2020 by Victoria Primary School - Read more

STEM Club is back, but this time for year 9!

Weekly 15 minute STEM challenges will run during Thursday lunchtimes for year 9

•Due to Covid19 bubbles, STEM club will only be open to one year group at a time this year.

•In November & December YEAR 9 are invited to get involved in hands-on STEM activities

•Each Thursday there will be a different STEM challenge designed to take around 15 mins so that you still have time for lunch!

•No pressure to come every week or sign up, just drop in and give it a try!

Open to all year 9s who like Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths

The STEM challenges will run every Thursday 12:45-13:15 in DT5 with Mr Walters

Posted 12/11/2020 by Toot Hill School - Read more