Crestwood Park - Newsletter 17/01/2025

Welcome to our Newsletter

Well, all I can say at the end of this week is…WOW!

Earlier in the week we had visitors in school who were so impressed with the passion of our staff and the level of enthusiasm and engagement from our pupils.

Today, I have been blown away by the efforts shown across school by each class to create sea creatures from recycled plastic and learn about all about a continent. I guarantee you will be amazed too when you scroll down this newsletter and view the photos from our Geography Day! A big thank you to Miss Clarke for her hard work in planning the day.

Happy Birthday to you...

Sending Birthday wishes to Alfie, Amelia, Cody, Harrison and Beatrice who have celebrated their birthdays this week or will be celebrating over the weekend.

100% Attendance

Class Attendance:

Year 1 - 93.0%

Year 2 - 96.3%

Year 3 - 95.3%

Year 4 - 98.2%

Year 5 - 95.7%

Year 6 - 97.3%

Keep up-to-date with what goes on in school by following the link below

School Calendar

Spring 1 - Important Dates

We have these things to look forward to in 2025 ...

January 2025

Friday 24th - Year 1 Class Assembly

Thursday 30th - Talent Show

Friday 31st - ABC Assembly

February 2025

Friday 7th - Music Day

Thursday 13th - Achievement Assembly

Friday 14th - School Closed for INSET Day

School closed for Half Term

Monday 24th - Children Return by 8:50am

Afterschool clubs.

Take a look below at all of our After School Clubs happening this term.

Note: Running club will NOT be starting until after February half term.

Geography Day - A Message from Miss Clarke

Geography Day has been a great success! We began the day being 'AWARE' and learning all about the plastic pollution in our oceans and the effect it has on sea creatures. Each year group made a sea creature out of plastic and my goodness, they were absolutely fantastic!!

Each class had a continent to explore and create an exhibition for the rest of the school. We were all jet setters with our own passports and travelled round each continent (classroom) to learn as much as we could. It was amazing to see the buzz for Geography around school all day. Big thank you to all our wonderful parents for bringing in the plastic and all our incredible teachers for bringing each continent to life!

Talent Show

The Talent Show is due to take place at The Crestwood Secondary School at 6pm on Thursday 30th January 2025.

If your child would like to be considered for selection at this show, they will need to have an act ready for class auditions.

Each class will then vote for several acts to perform at the final show, due to be held at The Crestwood School.

We ask that each act be no longer than 5 minutes. If your child wants to be part of a group act, please indicate this on the form and list the members of the group.

If your child has a talent they’d like to share, please complete the Google form (link below) before Monday 20th January, as class auditions will take place on Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st or Wednesday 22nd of January.

Letters will be sent to children who have been successful on Friday 24th January, ready for the Talent Show on Thursday 30th.

Talent Show Initial Form

Our SPARKS focus this half term is AWARE!

We are thinking particularly about being AWARE of our environment.

Children can achieve their AWARE SPARKS badge by completing the 10 AWARE steps.

Pastoral update

We hope you have all had a good week and this newsletter finds you well ♥️

This week we would like to share a website offering free parenting courses. Being a parent can be challenging at times but also extremely rewarding.

There are a variety of courses and videos to support parenting which you may find useful, why not take a look. It's easy to register, give your name, email and create a password. This will give you access to the courses.

Family Lives

Forest School

Forest School Calendar

Forest School Kit List

Lapwood Lambs (Every Monday)

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All pre school age children welcome. No booking required - just turn up. Pass on to anyone who may be interested.

Information on our Lapwood Lambs Facebook page.

Starts at 2:15 until 3:15pm

£1 per child

Free tea/ coffee and biscuits.

Different fun activities every week.

Mrs Cadman's English News

To link in with the work that has been completed in school this week on our fantastic Geography Day and the focus on our AWARE Spark, I have included a link to The National Literacy Trust website.

This link takes you to the page 'Healthy People, Healthy Planets.' There are some fun activity booklets to complete and lots of other activities, quizzes, book lists and more!

In the meantime, please keep reading with your child - if you find any books which you really enjoy as a family, please let us know so we can share these recommendations.

Mrs Cadman

acadman@crestwood-p.dudley.sch.uk

The National Literacy Trust - Healthy Planet, Healthy People.

Times Table Rock Stars - Message from Mr Powell

Take a look at this week's results - TIGERS are still ahead!

Can they be beaten?

Keep practising so your house team can win the extra playtime!

House Points!

Meet the staff

Finally...

I feel I must end this newsletter with a big thankyou to our staff and families for supporting our children to become so much more aware of how we can help and protect the environment.

It is true that…

“When enough people come together, then change will come and we can achieve almost anything.”

PS: Don’t forget to send in a photo of your child recycling the plastic they came home with today!

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is the responsibility of everyone in our school and at all times we consider what is in our children's best interests. We work to ensure our children are safe and cared for and by doing this we are protecting their health and development and preventing them from harm. If we are worried, we will raise concerns, share information and take prompt action with the aim of ensuring families receive the right help at the right time.