New Marston Primary School Newsletter 16Th March 2020

New Marston Primary School Newsletter 16th March 2020

Through a rich, challenging and ambitious curriculum, we prepare our children to contribute actively and positively to their wider world. We help them to aim higher, reach further and shine brighter.

Newsletter from Ms Smith

Update on Coronavirus sent by the DfE on Friday https://www.williamhoward.cumbria.sch.uk/coronavirus-updated-advice-to-schools-from- the-dfe/

We are getting daily updates from the RLT and Public Health England and we are following guidance. Please ensure you are on Class Dojo so that we can continue to communicate with you. Teachers will be sending home guidance on home learning, including timetables for learning and some activities that can be done online. Please check the email sent home on Thursday 12th March, which explains how we will be setting work for the children if schools are told to close early for the holidays.

Year 4 Play This will be going ahead on Wednesday 18th March at 1.30pm and 6pm. It hockey experience. Ashraf, Jameela, Luca, Lucas, Max, Muhammed, Sophia, may be wise to ask elderly relatives to stay at home. We hare hoping to live Sujood and Tomlin managed 2 wins and 2 draws to finish third in the tournament stream the evening version on Facebook, technology permitting! and just miss out on representing the region in the next round of competition. Results Year 5/6 Hockey Tournament @ The Oxford Academy – Tuesday 10th March Rye St Antony 2nd – Draw 0-0 2020—Report from Mr Johnson St Nicholas – Defeat 3-0 This morning we ventured to The Oxford Academy to take part in our first hockey Wolvercote 1st – Draw 0-0 tournament for many years. A group of nine Year 5 pupils represented our school Wolvercote 2nd – Win 1-0 (Ashraf) excellently, playing six matches in a group of seven teams from schools of varying

Headteacher: Ms Tracey Smith, New Marston Primary School, Copse Lane, Marston, Oxon, OX3 0AY, Tel: 01865 761560 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.new-marston.oxon.sch.uk New Marston School Values: Growth Kindness Grit Community Integrity Netball Report Dates for the term New Marston vs. SSMJ—from Ms Greenaway INSET Dates for 2019-2020 Last week, New Marston’s Netball team was formed and included Amie, Isobel and 3rd, 20th, 21st July 2020 Olivia (Y6) and Christina, Jameela, Linda, Millie, MK and Sophia (Y5). Following one training session together and a whistle stop brief of the rules and positions, they had INSET Dates for 2020-2021 their first ever match against SS Mary and John Primary school that very same week. Tues 1st September, 2nd, 3rd, 4th November (added onto the end of The New Marston team started off slow and tentative and the more experienced October half term) and Monday 4th January 2021. SSMJ team took the lead with 3 goals, until Christine successfully scored a long shot. Although both teams made some excellent turn overs of the ball and had some lovely Diary Dates movement up and down the court, SSMJ widened their lead to 5-1 by the end of the Residential—Year 6 next year—w/b 24th May 2021. second quarter. The New Marston team came back stronger and more confident in the third quarter and began to apply pressure to the SSMJ defence with some lovely interceptions by the centres and defence. New Marston dominated the Mental Health Support in Schools court throughout the second half and there were two more successful shots by both We are being offered an increasing number of in-reach sessions for Isobel and Amie. Although the final score was 5-3 to SSMJ, this does not reflect New pupils, from the mental health team. Please come and speak to us if Marston's strong team play, interceptions and near shots in the second half. you have any concerns about your child or their behaviour at home. Considering this was the first time the New All other term dates can be found on our website https://new- Marston team marston.oxon.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/New-Marston-Primary-School- had played Term-Dates-2019-20..pdf together, it was a fantastic game Facebook and Twitter and the team Please follow us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ were nmps.org/ ambassadors of our school Friends of new Marston https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1480960318824343/ values: Kindness, Growth, Grit, We also have a new Twitter account; please follow us at Integrity and @marstonnew Community.