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

• Urgent Notice

  Thu 15 Jun 2023
  

• Forest School Event for Birch Class

  Tue 13 Jun 2023 Mrs Lougheed

   

  Dear Parent/Carers of Birch Class pupils 

   

  FOREST SCHOOL EVENT – THURSDAY 22ND JUNE AT 1:45PM 

   

  We are excited to invite one parent/or significant person per child, to participate in some forest school activities with their child at Forest school. This will be a great experience to share with your child and the children will be delighted to show off their forest school skills. 
   

  The session will start at 1:45pm and end at 2:45pm on Thursday 22nd June.   

   

  There will be a selection of exciting forest school themed activities available to try; den/shelter building and nature crafts etc. 

   
  Parents should enter via the main school entrance. 

   

  I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you. 

   

  Kind Regards 

   

   

  Maria Lougheed 

  Forest School Lead 
   

  

• Wear Yellow Day

  Fri 09 Jun 2023

   

  To support the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, we will be having a wear yellow day on Friday 16th June.

   

  Pupils can wear a yellow item of clothing along side their normal uniform. This could be yellow socks, yellow shirt or yellow hairband for example. We are asking for a small donation only if you are able to to support the charity.

  

• Video - Our Nursery

  Thu 08 Jun 2023

   

  Hey Mums and Dads, have you heard the news?

   

  We have places available at our amazing nursery! Come along for a tour and see how we can help your little one take their first steps into school.

   

  Give us a call on 01795 473891 and don't miss out on this amazing opportunity - we can't wait to show you what we have to offer!

   

  Watch our promotional video HERE

   

   

  

• Times Tables Recall Rhyme

  Mon 05 Jun 2023

  In order to raise the profile of times tables, we will be introducing ‘Times Tables Recall Rhymes’. These are sets of rhymes to learn the tricky times tables that are often hard to remember.

   

  18 have be selected along with the reverse fact in order to embed the commutative nature of the multiplication calculations. These 18 have been picked from extensive research carried out and were found to be the ones that the highest percentage of children would get incorrect.

   

  Please click HERE to access the data from this research – 

   

  How will this be implemented?  

   

  This will be a school wide initiative where all pupils from Y3 to Y6 will have the same three rhymes to learn on a weekly basis on a half termly rotation. Research suggests that in order for something to be committed to long term memory, it must be repeated and revisited regularly with gaps in between. This is the rationale behind the half termly rotation.  

   

  • The three rhymes for the week will be shared with teachers and saved in the curriculum folder 

  • In each edition of the newsletter, and on the website and face book, the rhymes for the following week will be shared with parents 

  • At the start of each Monday and Friday assembly, the person leading will go over the rhymes of the week? 

  • The rhymes of the week should be chanted in class multiple times a day. Find any opportunity to do so… after morning register, the start of main maths, the start of skills, after afternoon register, just before the children go home etc.  

  • Where possible, staff should stop pupils/classes in the corridor to ask them the rhymes of the week 

  • Pupils can call out rhymes when answering the register 

  • The rhymes of the week should be displayed on the maths working wall and should be printed in a font and size that all children can see and read. 

   

  This is something that will work in conjunction with our weekly times tables learning, interventions and TTRS to raise the profile of times tables and build confidence in children in recalling them rapidly. 

   

  More info can be found HERE