Year 5 News

This week our certificate winner was Jack! Jack has been working really hard and persevering with his handwriting and the presentation of his work. Well done Jack!

We also had quite a few children reach 50 pride points as well- well done!

In other good news, 13 children achieved 10/10 in their spelling test this week! This is a fantastic improvement. A big thank you to all those parents supporting their children to practice at home. Your support with spellings, homework and reading is greatly appreciated. 

In science this week we built vehicles and tested them out on different surfaces to look at friction. Here are some pictures below, see which design you like the best. 

This team showed their organisational skills!

Here we are testing them out!

Come back next week for our weekly update!

Miss Whysall and Mrs Bradbury :)

Year 4 Drumming Performance

Thank you to all those who came to watch Year 4 perform. The children were super excited to see all your smiling faces!

We are so very proud of all the children in Year 4 as they performed so well. They were amazing- I am sure you will agree!

Below are some photos and videos of some of the performance in case you were not able to make it.

Enjoy looking and listening 

Mrs Manders

Green Bowls Opportunity - Bolsover Council

I have been asked to make children aware of this opportunity being run by  Bolsover Distract Council. If you are interested enthusiastic for bowls, would like  to have experience of the game and are committed to attending all the sessions please  ask Miss Kerry for more information. Miss Kerry will need to let Wayne Hatton, from the  council, any entries by the end of next week (Friday 2nd February.) Dear Player, Bolsover District Indoor Junior Bowls League Following your participation and performances playing bowls at school you are invited to take part  in the indoor junior bowls league taking place at Bolsover Assembly Rooms. First of 6 sessions is on  Thursday 8th Feb, 5 – 6pm.

You do not need to have played bowls before, you do not need to be playing for a bowls club or belong  to a bowls team, you just need to be enthusiastic about trying the game. You will be playing with your  friends and with others of your age and with players of the same experience. If you are interested in taking part please ask your parent, guardian or responsible adult to contact   me so I can give them more information or they can return the reply slip below and I will contact them. Many thanks, Miss Kerry :)

Sports Competition Updates...

On Monday 29th January year 1 children will be off site in the afternoon. The whole class will be attending the Academy for a gymnastics festival. Children may be back slightly after home time depending how quickly they walk back after the event.

Year 2 Infant Agility Competition has been rearranged for Monday 12th February. The children should arrive back to school for the end of the day, however it does depend how quick they walk back :) Please ensure you child has jogging/ tracksuit bottoms and a coat to so that they are warm and comfortable to walk up to the academy. 

TAG Rugby Final has been rearranged for Monday 5th February. This competition is 1pm - 3pm, due to the event taking place in Chesterfield the children will not be back at school until 3.45pm. The competition will take place on grass, so ensure your child has appropriate footwear. Only plastic studs are allowed - no metal studs. Shin pads are allowed but mouth guards are not necessary.

Individual Girls Table Tennis (Springwell School) has been arrange for Mia T and Libby P on Friday 9th February. The event is 7pm -8.30pm. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to attend. I have a letter and consent form for you to both fill in prior to the event. I hope to meet you at Springwell to support the girls in the evening.

Any questions just ask. Many thanks, Miss Kerry :)

Year 2 News...

Well done everyone another good week for attendance in year 2. This week wasn't quite as good as last week, but we still managed to acquire a point for the balloon attendance race. We are all motivated in year 2 and hoping that this term we can hold on to the lead and earn ourselves a film and popcorn afternoon :)

This weeks certificate winner was Sophie! She achieved the class certificate this week for engaging regularly with Abacus Evolve as part of her homework task. Well done!
Also well done to Jacob and Max in year 2 for reaching 50 pride points and receiving their bronze certificates in Pride Assembly yesterday.
Max was also lucky to be pulled out the reading raffle lucky dip. He chose a book to take home called 'Dinosaur cove.' Happy reading :)

   

Please can I ask parents/ carers and family members to sign your child/children's reading dairies on the day that they have read. In year 2, we are having many families back date the whole week and it makes it very difficult to monitor within school. Remember that this is a  reading incentive in the hope to encourage your child to daily, and therefore those children that achieve this should be put in the raffle.

This week in Maths we have been learning about 3D shapes. We have been learning: their names, how many faces, vertices and edges they have. The children used 3D shapes to work independently to work out different 3D shape properties. The majority of the children can confidently tell you the number of faces, but we need more practice exploring vertices and edges. 

Later in the day Tyler came to me to tell me he had found a cylinder in the classroom. Well done!

 I wonder how many more shapes we could find in the classroom?

This week in year 2 we have been using the notebooks. We have learnt how to use Microsoft Publisher program to publish information and poems around our topic China. The children have experienced: typing, selecting boarders/ fonts and size of their lettering as well as learning how to edit a picture from clip art. The children really had fun doing this and have asked if they can do it again soon. Maybe if you have access to this at home your child/ children could practice and maybe show you how to use it :)

Have a lovely weekend. Remember to read to an adult and practice your spellings over the weekend.

Thank you, Miss Kerry and Mrs Elliott :)

Year 1 News

This week the children have enjoyed taking part in role play activities during some of our English lessons. On Monday the children pretended to be on the phone to their friend and they had to describe what a Gruffalo looked like because they saw one whilst on their holiday. Maya P was very impressive and sounded very excited to have seen one. She received the weekly certificate for her excellent acting! Well done Maya.

Today was a lucky day for Faith. Not only did she receive her certificate and pencil for earning 100 Pride points but she was also one of the lucky winners of the Reading Raffle.
 I am pleased to say that 11 children were entered in to the raffle this week and they have all tried really hard to read every night.

Well done to Riley P, Riley G, Mathew, Mia-Louise, Gracie-Leigh, Oliwia, Rosie-Lea, Keaton, Miya, Daisy and Faith.

Some more children have been busy completing their homework project and we have enjoyed looking at the rockets they have made.

The spelling scores on Monday were very low. Please could you ensure that children have time to practise their spellings. The word lists are linked to the weekly phonics lessons and are words that the children will come across in their reading and writing. Early this summer, the children will be having an important Phonics test, it is important that they practise both their reading and spellings as much as possible.

A letter went home with the children today about a Gymnastics festival we are taking part in on Monday afternoon. Please could children have their full P.E kit in school to take with them to the Academy. We will be back at school at 3:30.

Year 4

Good afternoon everyone,

Year 4 have been working really hard again this week. We have been planning our writing which will be a 'story setting'. I have sent some homework home related to story settings which will help them.

We have been  tackling fractions this week and although some children found this hard they didn't give up!

I am still waiting to do my dance!!!!!!!! Come on Year 4 - we need at least 23 children to read and return their reading diary.

We know how hectic life is but please encourage your child to read at home - Thank you

Have a fantastic weekend 😊😊😊

Miss. Richardson, Mrs. Manders and Mrs. Hallam

Sports Hall Athletics 24.01.2018

 A HUGE Well done to the team of year 5 and 6 boys and girls that represented Model Village at the Sports Hall Athletics final last night. You were, as always, a pleasure to take to the event. All the children performed to the very best of their ability and didn’t give up! Parents these events are a lovely opportunity to see your child/ children have fun and celebrate their individual and team successes... it would be great for the children to see familiar faces to them cheering and spurring them on. We came fourth in the event, but the points throughout the competition were so tight. Remember how far you came in the competition before last night. Your child should be so proud of themselves, just like the staff are!
Keep a look out for a team photo with their Sports Hall Athletics finalist certificates.
Well done to everyone!
Miss Kerry :)

Year 2 update...

As you know we are learning about China this term. Our class assembly is on Wednesday 7th February 10.30am - 10.45am. Please come and watch! Our assembly focus will be on China, as the children are really enjoying learning about the country and its culture.

Our role play at school is slowly building. The children have enjoyed making Chinese lanterns and making blossom for our blossom tree. The children's homework projects are also being displayed in there, some on the display wall and some on the tables, for children to look at and interact with more closely.

Tillie, has worked with her family, to make a great model of a Chinese Pagoda. Thank you for spending so much time and effort on the project! :)

An earlier post spoke about Anya and Ava's Chinese Dragon puppets. Here they are... what a great idea to link the cups together to represent the dragons body. Well done girls, great work! :)

On Friday, in year 2, we are having a chop stick challenge! The children were really keen to try and use chop sticks, so on Friday we will be attempting to use chop sticks to pick up different items. Look out for pictures of our CHOPSTICK CHALLENGE! We can do this! :)

Today our class were very excited to receive our 100% attendance award from Friday! :) It will be displayed in the classroom to remind the children of their hard work and how proud Mrs Elliott and I are of them for attending every day they can!

A big shout out also to ALL year 2 for fantastic spelling results this week. Children must be practicing more at home, which is great to see and hear. Keep up the hard work everyone! 

This afternoon we have been learning about Chinese New year and have created posters and poems to inform others about what we have learnt. The posters and poems will be shared within the year 2 class assembly... you must come to see and hear because the children have worked so hard! Ask your children what their favourite part of this afternoon was... for most I would say that they enjoyed using 'publisher' on the laptops to publish their work! The children worked in pairs to find a boarder, choose their font type and edit a picture to their poetry. Well done!

See you tomorrow for a fun filled day! :)

Miss Kerry and Mrs Elliott 

Year 2 Great News!

A HUGE well done to year 2 last week we achieved 100% attendance! Which means that we managed to move 3 points on the Attendance Balloon board - putting us in a great position for the term so far. Keep up the great work everyone, we want a film and popcorn afternoon :)

We deserve it!

Anya and Ava have been getting creative with dad this week to make a Chinese Dragon as part of their project from Lego. Also the girls have created great Chinese Dragon model puppets. They have used: cups for the dragons body, straws for the handles and added dragon detail by printing out, colouring and cutting dragon features (pictures to follow.)

As part of your child's/ children's homework this week I have allocated a game to consolidate their learning around 3D shapes and properties on Abacus Evolve. Well done to those children that engage well with the maths program, you will be rewarded with pride points for every game you have completed! If you need another copy of login in details to be able to access the account, please ask. This program is accessible on computers, laptops, tablets and most mobile phones which have the internet.  

A big well done to: Sophie, Eliza, River and Ignacy for completing most activities and games to date. 

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Keep safe in the snow!

Miss Kerry and Mrs Elliott :)

Year 1

Well done to Miya who received the weekly Pride certificate this week. Miya has been really busy writing some interesting facts about the Gruffalo.

Lacey, Nathan and Livia received their certificate and pencil for reaching 100 Pride points. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations to Jan who was picked out of the Reading Raffle this week. I hope you enjoy reading your chosen book.

Mathew, Mia-Louise, Riley G, Riley P, Keaton and Miya were also entered into the Reading raffle for reading every night. Well done to you all!


A few problems have arisen with missing jumpers and cardigans.Please could you help by writing your child's name in all jumpers and cardigans so that if members of staff find any in the classroom they can easily identify who they belong to and return them to the rightful owners. Unfortunately, when jumpers are not labelled it does not make it easy to check that children have the correct clothing. It would also be helpful if names could be written inside plimsolls as well.  T
Thank you for your help with this matter.