Newsletter Week 7: w/e 13th Oct 2023

Mrs Stevens

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a wonderful first half term at Mabe we have enjoyed. The children have wowed me so much with their application to their learning and the progess they are making. I am especially impressed with how well the children are presenting their learning and the pride that they are taking when completing tasks.

In this first half term we have been really focusing on ensuring that we are all living out our vision of ‘Be the best you can be’, and we have looked at how we move around the school calmly and how we show we are ready for our learning. In our assemblies, we have further explored our 5 values of: Courage, Commitment, Compassion, Community and Cooperation. We have explored these themes through books and through real life stories; the children have given really thoughtful responses and we are very proud of them all.

Thank you for your engagement with our parents evenings over this week; we had such a high turn out. As you know working together is so important to me, and I will be analysing the responses to the feedback you have given over the half term and look forward to sharing these with you so that we can continue to develop all areas of school-life.

Wishing you all a super half term break. Please remember that Monday 30th October is an Inset day for staff training and the school is closed to all pupils on that day. The first day back at school after the half term is Tuesday 31st October.

With my very best wishes

Attendance Stats

Kittiwakes	93%
Sandpipers	88%
Curlews	95%
Cormorants	98%
Puffins	90%
Herons	94%
Guillemots	97%

Cute pastel divider in scandinavian style, decoration seamle

Reception Starters 2024 Open Morning

If your child is due to start in Reception in September 2024, we warmly welcome you to our Open Morning on Friday 24th November. The morning will start at 9:30am with an introductory talk by the Headteacher. Our Year 6 children will then show you around our school while telling you about all the things which make Mabe a great place to be and learn. There will be ample opportunity for you to explore our Reception classroom and meet the team as part of this morning.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Message from the Head

the best you can

Newsletter

w/e 20th Oct 2023

Empty Cork Board Background, Copy Space, Horizontal

Notices

Healthy snacks

Please be reminded that at breaktimes, children are only permitted to eat a piece of fruit or an alternative healthy snack. This must not contain any traces of nuts due to allergies within the school. Thank you for your support and understanding.

3D note paper. Sticky note. 3D illustration.

Do you have a child born between 1 sept 2019 and 31 Aug 2020?

If so you will need to apply for a reception place by

15th Jan 2024.

For more information visit www.cornwall.gov.uk/admissions

Starting School 2024

Children in need 2023

Our School Council have been busy gathering their ideas for how we will support Children in Need this year at Mabe Children in Need is on Friday 17th November and we want to raise some money which we will split between this charity and Edu Kids On Friday 17th November children do not have to wear their school uniform instead we would like them to come dressed with the theme Wear it Dotty this could just be an accessory or a full dotty outfit To Wear it Dotty we are asking children to bring in a monetary donation To raise further funds the School Council will also be setting up the Smartie Tube Challenge and the Pudsey Bear raffle More information on these will follow after the half term break

Curriculum News

Next term, in History, we will study the chronology of early British history, starting with the Stone Age. We will explore the lives of our early ancestors and consider how they differ from our own.

After half term, we are going to build on our knowledge about our pets through our new topic, ‘Animals Magic’.

After half term we will be starting our new History topic on how toys have changed?

After half term, Herons will be investigating extreme natural events such as floods and cyclones; we will write about flood myths including the Greek city of Atlantis and the mythical Cornish land of Lyonesse.