Misterton News Love of learning, love of life, love of one another “Life in all its fullness” John 10:10 October 2019 The Ashlands and Misterton Federation This Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Dear Parents, Carers and Friends, I have ended the term by visiting the classrooms with Mr Pearse and Dates for your Diary observing the teaching of Writing across the Curriculum. I was impressed with the children’s attitudes to learning and the way in which they all wanted to share their learning with us. Thank you to all of you who Monday 4th November attended our parent expectation meetings this term. It is always great to Inset Day really strengthen the understanding of our routines and share with you the learning that your child will experience as they travel through this Tuesday 5th November academic year. Parents Evening 3.30—6.00pm In the last two weeks we have welcomed lots of families to our EYFS open sessions. I am always proud to show off our schools and the wonderful complimentary comments and responses I received about our children Wednesday 6th November and their learning spaces was simply lovely. I hope you all enjoy the half Cross Country Run at YTFC term break and that the weather brings you many crunchy leaf moments PTA Meeting that make you really enjoy Autumn. Please remember Monday the 4th is an INSET and we will be welcoming you back to school on Tuesday 5th November. Thursday 7th November Parents Evening 3.30-6.00pm Flu Immunisations—whole school Hinton St George Football Match Key Stage 1 Friday 8th November What a super afternoon of sunshine and smiles we had watching the Key Stage Non-Uniform Day—Chocolate Donations One footballers. There was a mix of experience on the pitch but the children all worked together as a team with a positive attitude. Reuben, Alfie, George and Sunday 10th November Rupert took turns to take responsibility for being in goal and each one tried their Church Remembrance Service best to stop Hinton from scoring. William Charles demonstrated great resilience and perseverance and came back on after a hit in the face by a goal kick. Tuesday 12th November Of the four games played Hinton scored the most goals but Ashlands and Odd Socks Day for Anti Bullying Week Misterton’s heads never dropped and we had the pleasure of watching some School Cinema Trip to Mary Poppins Returns great goal shots with Doors open from 8.30 to allow for prompt elaborate celebration departure at 9am from Reuben and Fin- ley. Thanks to all sup- Friday 15th November porters who made the Children In Need—children to come dressed in boys feel amazing! sports wear with a £1 donation Saturday 22nd November St Leonards Christmas Fayre 5pm –8pm Summer Library Reading Challenge th Over the summer holidays a number of children took part in the Space Chase reading challenge run Monday 25 November by Crewkerne library where children were encouraged to read 6 books over the summer holidays. Misterton PTA Christmas Bingo This month we welcomed Sue from the library to present those children with their certificates and medals! There was also special recognition for both Genevieve and Korbin. Tuesday 10th December Pantomime at the Octagon Theatre Tuesday 17th December Christmas Nativity 2pm and 6pm at St Leonard’s Church Monday 23rd December - Friday 3rd January Christmas Holiday Carymoor Visit Whole School Welly Walk to the Church As part of our ‘Environmental heroes’ topic we On the 4th October the children were able to get out in the fresh air and go on a invited staff from Carymoor Recycling Centre to visit us. The children had a fantastic morning welly walk around the village as part of our Environmental Heroes topic. We learning about the importance of recycling took photos at the church to help with the ideas for the competition and then through fun and exciting activities. Oak class be- ventured on through the fields around the back of the school. Everyone had a came pirates and learnt about the ‘three Rs’, Re- great time and loved exploring the beautiful countryside surrounding our duce, Reuse, Recycle! Cedar class had a great school! time using plastic bottles to make their own greenhouses! It has been great to hear that children have been inspired at home to care for the environment, what great heroes we are! Forest School & Exchange Students On Friday 11th October we were very privileged to share a visit at Ashlands from the Maiden Beech Academy, TVS Indian exchange students. They did a short presentation for the Key Stage 2 children from both schools in collective Yeovil Area Cross Country Event - Year 2, 3 & 4 Race worship, including songs sung in their traditional language and showing a video Two amazing races! With a few newcomers to Team MASHof their all school nerves environment. and butterflies The children were also shared one of their harvest soon quashed as the first race got underway! songs with the TVS students and staff. After collective worship the TVS Parents scrambled to the side lines of the course aroundstudents, the Yeovil their Rugby teachers Club groundsand staff to from Maiden Beech joined Cedar class and “shout it out” for Team MASH. In the distance, throughsome the drizzle representatives (rain without from fail) Beech it was Class in a forest school session. All the chil- clear to see that the effort was immense as our purple drenT-shirts worked pulled collaboratively away to close theto gaps.make seed bombs, then enjoyed a selection of free choice activities, including cooking bread sticks over the fire, toasting Results have yet to be confirmed but it is estimated thatmarshmallows, there were usingat least flint 200 andgirls steels, and 200trying out a strapline and swinging on a boys in each of our races! Taking this into considerationrope and swing. that Itsome was aof fantastic the runners morning could thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. be up to three years older than some of our team members, an 11th place for Poppy Conroy and a 33rd place for Lucus Dawe both in Yr3 were no mean feat! They were followed across the finish line (in no particular order – tbc) by first time runners including Summer Cole Yr2, Emma Astall Yr2, Samuel Tucker Yr4 and Patryk Gawrys Yr2 who all looked to our more experi- ence runners Will Kirton yr4, Sayer Pilton Yr3, Sophie Synakova Yr3 and Chloe Willis Yr4 for technique, determination and staying power. A tremendous effort well Done EVERYONE! Great team spirit! Coach Carter J Harvest Festivities On the day of the Harvest Festival the children spent the morning celebrating Parking Outside School our church values through making hedgehog bread, creating leaf sun Please can we ask all parents not to park on the catchers, scarecrows and paper pumpkins. Then after lunch we headed up to double yellow lines at the entrance to Silver Street. the church for our Harvest Festival where the children sang and displayed Not only is this against the law but causes a risk to their pumpkins with words of what they were thankful for. the safety of the children at these busy times of day. It also causes obstruction for traffic trying to enter the road thus leading to problems backing up into the village. Please allow plenty of time in the morning to get to school and park. There is parking available in Turnpike Green or alternatively there is the option of parking at the village hall and walking from there. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Please remember to refer to our website for details on online safety. New Science Equipment! We were very excited this month to receive a delivery of brand new science equipment! Thank you to Mrs Carter who applied for a grant from the National Grid which has enabled us to purchase a range of items. One of the most exciting arrivals is a pack of 5 data loggers and temperature sensors. These use Bluetooth technology to send data to our iPads and, although purchased for use by our Key Stage 2 children, can easily be accessed by the Key Stage 1 children as well. Green leaves and Certificates Congratulations to the following children who have achieved a green leaf this month:- Oak Class Finley Swinnerton x 2 Kahlan Corthine x 2 Willow Cole x 2 Christopher Clarke Harvey Craven Summer Darch Marlie Denslow x 2 Holly Goodison Seren Gower Matthew Hodder Oliver Hodder Shania Langdon Genevieve Long Chloe Masterman Ruby Melvin Emily Newton Reuben Palmer x 2 Sky Parkinson Korbin Rodford x 2 Jesse Strawbridge Cedar Class Sienna Madgin Guilio Palmer x 2 Joseph Djeebet Chloe Newton Seren Walke Hugo Hellier Ashton Langdon Mia Hawes Eliza Sugar Teegan Marsh Presley Vincent Summer Cole Bronze Certificates Finley Swinnerton Korbin Rodford Holly Goodison Shania Langdon Kahlan Corthine School Website BACS Payments Keep up to date with all the events, trips Please can you ensure that you use the follow- and visits on the school website. This is ing codes for making BACS payments: updated regularly with photos of the fun we Pre-fix with 122 71502—Clubs have been having! There is also a list of the 71505—Swimming important dates coming up in the near 75004—Breakfast Club future. 71300—Donation www.mistertonfirstschool.co.uk 71504—Trips 73109—Meals Followed by your Surname Royal British Legion Visit We were very excited to receive a visit from Sam from the Crewkerne branch of the Royal British Legion.