Hello everyone! I hope that you are enjoying a lovely summer break with family and friends! The weeks seem to have flown by as we approach a return to school on Thursday 2nd September.

Everyone at school is very much looking forward to welcoming children from all Teams back to school. I am also very excited to meet and begin to get to know the children and parents/ careers joining us for the first time from our new Reception cohort! I am sure that the children will quickly settle into life at Stanley Crook!

I have attached information to this post by way of reminders of start and finish times for the new academic year, school organisation plans and updates on COVID protocols in school.

I hope the information and updates are useful and I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 2nd September!

Take care all and enjoy the remainder of the summer break.

Mr C.

Information to Parents/ Carers regarding the start of the new academic year

A big well done to our Year 6 children for presenting an outstanding  Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly on Wednesday. After two academic years, which have been significantly affected by COVID-19, it was great to welcome parents/ carers to school to watch the assembly and show their support to their children. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed sharing in celebrating the achievements of the Year 6s and in also sharing their memories of their time at Stanley Crook Primary School!

The Class of 2021 have much to be proud of and much to look forward to! Each of them has shown great resilience and determination during the last 18 months in the way they have continued to engage in their school work and not allow the COVID crisis to adversely impact their outcomes. More importantly, they have each been fantastic friends to one another and have supported each other through the most challenging of times. On a daily basis, they have demonstrated the values of friendship,teamwork, resilience, honesty and courage. In their achievements,they have shown great fortitude and they have left an indelible legacy on our school! They will be missed; however, they all have better and brighter days ahead of them and I wish each of the every success in their futures! Well done, Year 6—be proud!

Congratulations to all of the children on their positive end of year reports. It was wonderful to read comments from teachers which highlighted the achievements of the children this year! Great work,TEAM Stanley Crook!

Have a wonderful summer break!

Well done to our Year 6 children for their outstanding Leavers’Assembly this afternoon.

Each and every one of them should be extremely proud of theirefforts and achievements!

Be proud Year 6 – You are all SUPERSTARS!

Meet our new Wellbeing Champion in Team Cowell.

The role of the Wellbeing Champion is to help support wellbeing and to help identify children who need support. It is important to be a positive role model, being someone that can listen and be a good communicator to feedback ideas to the class.

“I am looking forward to helping others and to help everyone smile when they feel sad,” said our Wellbeing Champion. 😊🌟🌈

This morning, Team Dahl have been finding out what patience is and why patience is a good quality to have.
The children thought about times when you have to be patient and when we find it difficult to be patient. They listened to the story of the Hare and the Tortoise to help us to understand that taking your time can reap many rewards.
The children then played the Pom Pom blowing game where the children had to blow the Pom Pom along the line, using only a straw. If the PomPom left the line, they had to stop and start again. (A quick and easy game to teach patience.)
The children all made a Patience Turtle to reflect on what patience means to them and when it is difficult to be patient.Amazing work from everyone!

For music this afternoon, Team Walliams have been working on the song ‘Blackbird’ by The Beatles. The children have been appraising the song and joining in with some of the singing and dancing.

Team Dahl have enjoyed their first cricket skill session with coach Darren Brown!

This morning, during guided reading, Team Cowell have been studying their new books, making predictions and explaining the sequence of events in texts.

In Forest School today, we have learned all about caterpillars – we have discussed how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly or moth🦋. We talked about what they like to eat, where they live and how they cleverly protect themselves from predators.

We were even lucky enough to find three small caterpillars 🐛which we carefully observed and then returned back to their natural habitat. The children worked brilliantly in small groups to create some fantastic 3D caterpillar life cycles!

During this week’s well-being lesson, Team Walliams have been thinking aboutkindness. Working together the children discussed what kindness means to-us, how we can show small acts of kindness to others and how we can be kind to ourselves. We produced some excellent kindness posters and engaged in a brilliant whole class discussion. Well done Team Walliams.