Keep up to date with all the latest Sunny Bank news!

• Certificates and Vouchers!

  Fri 28 May 2021

  Congratulations to our reading winners, who each received an Amazon gift voucher for £10.  One lucky winner received a £15 voucher with their name chosen from a hat by Mr Waters!

   

  Also pictured are our Passport to Learning winners!

   

   

  

• Reading Newsletter - End of Term 5

  Fri 28 May 2021

   

  Can be read HERE

  

• Millionaire Reading!

  Fri 28 May 2021

  As a school, we read over 10 MILLION words this term!

  We should all be very proud of ourselves and aim to read even more in Term 6!!!

  AR quizzing continues through the holiday as we can now quiz 7 days a week! These scores will go towards week 1 of the new term. Visit the PUPILS section on our website to access AR.

  See you all in Term 6

  Mr B

  

• NCSC launches online game to give children a head start with staying cyber secure

  Thu 27 May 2021

   

  A new online game has been launched to help primary schools, clubs and other youth groups teach children about cyber security from an early age. 

   

  CyberSprinters is a free interactive game, developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ, aimed at 7 to 11-year-olds.

   

  The online game sees players become a ‘cybersprinter’ who is racing against its own depleting battery power. Users can win battery power by correctly answering questions about cyber security but face losing it if they bump into ‘cybervillains’.

   

  The game comes as part of a pack of educational resources which illustrate what good cyber security practice looks like, from creating strong passwords to being vigilant about receiving messages from unknown senders.

   

  Sarah Lyons, NCSC Deputy Director for Economy and Society Engagement, said:

  “Our CyberSprinters game offers a fun, free, interactive way for children to understand how to make good choices to protect themselves, their devices and any online accounts.

   

  CyberSprinters is designed to make learning about cyber security fun and interactive at a time when children might begin to seek more independence online.

   

  In addition to the game, the CyberSprinters materials, accessible from the NCSC website, also include educational presentations and activities for children to complete.

   

   

  

• Clicker 8 - license for use at home

  Wed 26 May 2021

  Soon all parents / carers will receive a letter on how you can install Clicker 8 FREE at home.  Complete with instructions and a unique serial number!

   

  Below is some information about this very useful writing tool that we use at Sunny Bank.

   

  Help every child achieve writing success

  What sets Clicker apart from other word processors is the extensive support it offers to emergent, developing and struggling readers and writers. With Clicker, every child can become an independent writer. 

   

  Realistic speech feedback

  Clicker’s realistic-sounding children’s voices give pupils the opportunity to hear their work read back to them in a friendly, age-appropriate voice that they can identify with. This encourages them to actively review and self-correct their work.

   

  Voice Notes

  Voice Notes enables pupils to record their own audio notes before they write. This gives them an opportunity to rehearse their sentences, and offers a powerful way for children to capture their initial thoughts and ideas.

   

  Intelligent word prediction

   

  Clicker’s built-in predictor improves the productivity of struggling spellers and encourages all pupils to use more adventurous vocabulary. Both the Predictor and the customisable spell checker are speech supported, so that children can hear a word before they use it.

   

  Picture support

  Whether used for visual stimulation, talking points, or to aid understanding, pictures are a valuable tool for supporting literacy development. Clicker includes a library of over 4500 curriculum-related pictures that can be quickly and easily incorporated into documents and writing grids. You can use your own photos and images too.

   

   

   

  We have also uploaded an instructional video:

  https://www.sunnybank.kent.sch.uk/clicker-8/

   

   

  

• EU Settlement Scheme: Information for EU/EEA citizen children

  Wed 26 May 2021

  Leaflet available HERE

  

• Fake website warning

  Mon 24 May 2021

  We have been made aware of a fake Sunny Bank website using our old site name.  This is currently being investigated.

  As this may be some kind of phishing scam, please avoid and only ever visit this site:

  www.sunnybank.kent.sch.uk

   

  Thank you.

  

• National Numeracy Day

  Wed 19 May 2021

  A fun-packed day of maths.  We had codes to break, maths trails to follow around our school, the National Numeracy Day competition about how maths is used in jobs to enter and we even wrote about maths in our English lesson!  The teachers were challenged to go for the whole day without using any numbers!  That was very tricky but some did exceptionally well.  Miss Turner was the best at this so she won some chocolate and her class won some maths prizes.  Congratulations to them.

   

  Overall, a great day was had by all.

   

  Full gallery can be seen HERE

  

• National Numeracy Day

  Tue 18 May 2021

  Tomorrow is National Numeracy Day!  Children can come to school dressed up in costume with a number reference!  This can include football shirts, a spotty dress, dice, calculator, maths wizard etc

   

  A full gallery will appear here shortly afterwards.

  

• The Big Ask

  Tue 18 May 2021

   

  Taken from The Big Ask website:

   

  Hi, my name is Rachel de Souza and I’m the Children’s Commissioner for England.  My job is to speak up for children in England, stand up for their rights and make sure that the people in power listen to what children need and want.

   

  It’s time to give something big back to young people like you after COVID — and we need your help to do it.

   

  This is the largest ever survey of children and young people in England. We’ll use what you tell us to show the government what you think, and what children need to live happier lives.

   

  This survey will only take you 5-10 minutes.

   

  Please visit HERE