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Book Week
Fri 28 Feb 2025Next week, the week beginning the 3rd of March, we are celebrating BOOK WEEK and WORLD BOOK DAY!
Here’s some information about what we’ve got planned...
WORLD BOOK DAY Thursday the 6th of March
All children are invited to celebrate and dress up as one of their favourite book characters. The character could be from any book of their choice – old or new, short or long, traditional or quirky – the world of literature is your oyster!!! We can’t wait to see what/who the children decide to be!
During the day, the children will be designing and making mad hats to wear to their very own ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ where they’ll get to wear their designs and share all the things they love about their chosen book/character with their classmates and teachers. Keep your eyes peeled on the Facebook and Dojo pages for photos and videos of the magic!
READ FOR GOOD READATHON
You will have received a letter from the school office with information about our Readathon earlier today.
Our Readathon is a wonderful opportunity to get every child to read by asking friends and family to sponsor them to read a page, a chapter or even a whole book! Every sponsor’s donation goes to the charity Read for Good, which provides books and storyteller visits for children in hospital. As a school, we also receive 20% of the total donated to spend on brand new books! Find out more here: www.readforgood.org
As shared in the letter, the children’s sponsor cards will be coming home with them on Monday and need to be returned to Class Teachers by Tuesday the 11th of March.
PAIRED, PEER READING FOR PLEASUREThroughout the week, every child will get to read a book of their choice with an older friend from a different year group. We believe this will be a brilliant opportunity to experience reading for pleasure with someone new and to build friendships and rapport within our school community.
MCGRAMMAR VIRTUAL EVENT Friday the 7th of March
Years 3 – 6 are going to be attending a very special virtual event with MC Grammar himself – the multi-award winning teacher and World Book Day Ambassador. They’ll be exploring his new book - ‘The Adventures of Rap Kid’.
Watch this space for photos and videos of all things BOOK WEEK 2025!
“The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” - Dr. Seuss
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Introduction to STEM Week
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World Book Day - Low cost dressing up pack
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★ Golden Ticket Event ★
Mon 24 Feb 2025Oompa, Loompa, Doompa-Dee-Do. We've got a perfect treat for you!
Introducing our Golden Ticket Event, featuring our very own Wonka Bars (Galaxy chocolate bar).
Greetings to you! To celebrate World Book Day a special Wonka Bar Golden ticket event will be taking place after school on Thursday 6th March at the pop-up Chocolate Factory from 3:30pm in the school hall.
Some Wonka Bars for lucky winners will contain a Golden Ticket hidden inside to win one of our marvellous star prizes! We have 10-star prizes: 5 golden tickets for Year R, 1 and 2. 5 golden tickets for Year 3, 4, 5 and 6.
We also have 20 additional vouchers to be won, which include hot chocolate with Mr Allen, extra 10 minutes play time, non-school uniform day for your class to name a few.
Wonka Bars must be pre-ordered using the form at the bottom of letter sent out to parents/carers and will close on Friday 28th February or sooner once stock has gone. There is limited stock, so please order ahead in good time to avoid disappointment. There might be limited stock available to purchase on the day, which will be sold on a first come, first served basis but not guaranteed.
Wonka Bars will be collected from a "year group table" in the hall. If you find a winning golden ticket, the prizes will be set up at a separate table for collection.
You can purchase as many bars as you like and there will be an alternative "free from" option available for you to swap with.
We hope you all enjoy this scrumdiddlyumptious event!
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We have some fantastic news to share!
Wed 12 Feb 2025We are thrilled to announce that we are finalists in the National MAT Awards for a second year running!
Our CEO, Debbie Rousell has been shortlisted in the ‘CEO of the Year’ category at the National MAT Awards 2025! She has been selected alongside other CEOs from multi-academy trusts across the UK.
The award will recognise a CEO who ensures and demonstrates outstanding best practice within a multi-academy trust.
Howard Fisher, Chair of the Trust Board, commented “We are absolutely thrilled to share the exciting news that our esteemed CEO, Debbie Rousell, has been shortlisted as a finalist for this highly prestigious award. This recognition is a testament to her exceptional leadership, dedication, and the incredible impact she has made within our Trust and wider communities. We couldn’t be prouder of her achievements, and we look forward to celebrating this well-deserved news!”
Debbie has been CEO since the Trust was formed in 2016. All schools within the Trust are good and our Key Stage 2 results continue to improve with all three schools performing above National.
A huge congratulations to Debbie for this prestigious shortlisting. The National MAT Awards are organised by The Multi-Academy Trust Association (MATA). The award winners will be announced on 6 March 2025.
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Meet our FLO
Tue 11 Feb 2025Hello, my name is Mrs Baughan and I am the Family Liaison Officer (FLO) at Halfway Houses Primary School. I have been a member of staff at Halfway Houses Primary School since 2017, previously working across many year groups as a Teaching Assistant.
My role is to offer support, establish strong relationships and increase communication between the school and families. I am here to provide guidance to parents and children with any concerns, worries or issues and ensure families have access to the relevant organisations.
I provide support to children and families who may need assistance due to, attendance, behaviour, home life or health issues. I aim to ensure children feel better supported and are more able to make the most of the learning opportunities at Halfway Houses Primary School, allowing them to be the best they can be. I also work with families to guide them through the process of working with external agencies such as, Early Help, School Health, Kent Young Carers and assist with signposting to local charities and food banks.
My door is always open and I am here to support you, your children and your families in any way that I can. You can find me most mornings outside the main entrance. welcoming children into school and again at the end of the day.
You can contact me via phone on 01795 662875 and select option 2 or email me at vbaughan@tiltrust.org
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A Gift to Halfway Houses
Mon 03 Feb 2025'...I can't wait for the kids to see the 3D printer we've donated to the school! They're going to have so much fun with it Jack and Matt came down to the workshop today to collect the very first 3D printer we had here at Sign Guy, it's served us well and is going on to a higher purpose....
...To teach the school about the technology available to us and to inspire creativity in our kids
Technology like this is only going to become more prevalent in our lives as the years go on. I think it's essential that our children have the opportunity to get hands on with it and learn it's potential. When our children leave school, they'll be doing jobs that we can't begin to imagine with technology that doesn't exist yet.
I hope having the ability to 3D print at school inspires them to embrace their future career opportunities and know that the only thing that can stop them is their imaginations.
Have fun with it guys'Taken from The Sign Guy Ltd on Facebook
