Scout getting herself comfortable for her reading hour with Year 4. We Scout.

Absolutely delicious chicken tikka masala today, or macaroni cheese, tomato pasta, jacket spuds, freshly baked bread and all the lovely trimmings and extras. It’s a thumbs up from us! Thanks Emma and her team.

Wild Science visited the Nursery on Tuesday 16th November. The children were introduced to Chilli the chinchilla, Shikari the ball python, Fluffy the tarantula, Master Mantas the preying mantas, Froaky the tree frog, Frank the cockroach and Bob the Giant African land snail. The children learnt some interesting facts about each of the creatures… For example, did you know that the shell of an adult African land snail is so hard it can’t even be broken by a car tyre! The children were given the opportunity to hold or stroke all of the creatures. They behaved beautifully. Well done Pegasus class!

Thank you so much to all the parents and carers who came in this morning to help get things ready for the Christmas Fair. It’s so good to be seeing you all back in school like this again.

As always, we are supporting the Royal British Legion through their Poppy Appeal 2022. You can pick up a poppy from the school office.

VERY excited to welcome Scout the reading dog in to school this morning. Year 4 are looking forward to sharing a story or two with that lovely little snout.

Yesterday, our Head Girl, Head Boy and their deputies came to introduce themselves to our school governors. They explained how excited they are to have been selected and how determined they are to be the very best role models this year. We can’t wait to see them all in action and to watch their leadership skills grow. Congratulations!

Let’s talk about Little Wandle. At Middle Park we use Little Wandle as our synthetic phonics programme as we teach our children to read. Yesterday, our school’s Improvement Partner came to see how we implement the programme in school. She saw several staff delivering whole class phonics teaching, she saw how we use ‘flooding’ to continue teaching reading in small groups several times a week and she looked at how catch-up sessions support children who might benefit from some over-learning. We introduced Little Wandle in January 2022 and it is having a significant impact on our children’s reading – the gateway to so much of their future learning.

We express our deepest sympathies for the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Her dedication to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to her other realms and territories is unparalleled and we thank her for her service. Middle Park Primary School will observe the mourning period and continue to support our children, families and staff.

We have enjoyed a totally epic jubilee day with so many fun activities. We had a whole-school street party picnic, we enjoyed art workshops, singing dancing, tug-of-war and we ate way too much cake. We are part of history and our children know that their children and their children’s children will all want to ask them about Queen Elizabeth II, the longest ever reigning monarch. The school gifted every child a special commemorative medal to help them remember every second.