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• Reading rewards

  Mon 27 Feb 2017

  Well done to those pupils nominated by their class teacher for having made an extra special effort to read at home.  Mrs Wilson hosted a tea party for the hardworking recipients.

  

• Y6: SATs information for parents

  Mon 27 Feb 2017

  Thank you to all the parents and carers who were able to attend one of the information sessions last week.  The resources used can be found from the link below.

   

  http://www.cliftonvilleprimary.co.uk/assessment-at-cliftonville/

• Parents First Aid course

  Tue 21 Feb 2017

  We have been very fortunate that East Kent College have offered to run a basic first aid course at the school for parents, free of charge.

   

  The course is aimed at parents and carers with young children and will teach basic emergency first aid including CPR. It is a 3 hour training course which is unaccredited.

   

  The course will run on Wednesday 15th March from 9.00 until 12.00 and places are limited to 12.

   

  In order to attend the course you must be aged 19 or over (before 31st August 2016) and have been resident in the UK/EEU for 3+ years. All attendees will need to complete an application form provided by EKC in the week prior to the course and provide suitable I.D for example Passport, Driving Licence or I.D Card.

   

  We will allocate the places on a first come, first served basis and anticipate that the spaces will fill very quickly. If you are interested in attending and can definitely make the date, please complete the slip on the letter coming home today and return it to the school office.

• Pre-School Pirates!

  Thu 09 Feb 2017

  The children had so much fun playing games, going on a pirate treasure hunt and going to the hall to re-capture our treasure from naughty Cap'n Blackbeard (who became a good pirate after walking the plank!) We even made our visitors, Mr Hollyer and Mr Clayson walk the plank too!  Parents also enjoyed watching as their child walked the plank and received a special pirate certificate as they went home!

  

• Another school winner!

  Wed 08 Feb 2017

  Last July Scott Rooney in year 2 won a Thanet wide competition to design a character  to highlight the importance of recycling. Today, a road sweeper arrived at Cliftonville Primary School with Scott's design on the side- this sweeper will be now seen all over Thanet helping to keep our roads and paths clean. After having his photo taken by the side with his proud mum and dad, he was cheered off by his class as he was given a ride around the school playground.

   

  Well done Scott ​

   

• Maths workshops for parents

  Tue 07 Feb 2017

  Mrs Weitzel was thrilled to see so many parents attend the maths workshops.  It was such fun to see parents learning with....and from....their children!

  

• National number week

  Tue 07 Feb 2017

  I thought you may like to know about "National Number Day" that we celebrated at Cliftonville Primary School today.  Although it is Number Day, this year  our theme for the special week leading up to Number Day has been shape, so the children were encouraged to dress up  in shape clothes. Many of the children decorated their shirts with different shapes and numbers and some  made themselves into a shape. One very creative mother even plaited a square into their daughters hair.

   

  During our shape week we have been out in  the community looking for shapes. All our year 1 children visited Dane Park and were amazed by all the different shapes they found. In year 5 the children visited Revolution skate park and as well as enjoying a session on the scooters and the climbing wall, spent time looking at the shapes and sizes of the different ramps. They are currently making a scale model of the skate park in their classrooms. Fantastic art work has been completed in several year groups - both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional. A highlight for our younger children was a visit from a magician, who showed them lots of shape tricks. They thoroughly enjoyed watching shapes disappear and change all by magic!

   

  It has been a fantastic week at Cliftonville Primary School, with the children learning so much about shape while thoroughly enjoying themselves.

   

  Mrs Weitzel