Stanmore Post - 17 July 2020
This week we have welcomed children from Year 4 and 5 as part of their transition back into school. It has been important to us to ensure that children and families retain a sense of belonging to our school. From talking to parents, it would seem that these brief visits have helped towards reducing anxiety about the return to school. I hope that this has been your experience. If you believe that there is more the school can do for your child to ease transition back in September please contact the school office.
This has been an extraordinary term and one that will last long in the memory. I am so proud of the whole school community and the way in which we have all adapted. Thank you to every single person who has played a part in keeping both a positive mind set, and learning going, either in school or at home. We would like to hear from you on how you feel we have responded to this highly unusual situation. By giving us your feedback, you will help us in our future preparations, planning and decision-making, should the need arise.
Please follow the link to leave your comments - https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/covid-parent-feedback
September Opening
In the guidance issued by the Government at the beginning of July, it is stated that all pupils, in all year groups, will return to school full-time from the beginning of the autumn term. We are making plans for this to happen safely. Our overall aim is to give pupils as full a curriculum and as ‘normal’ an experience as we can, while keeping everyone safe, by adjusting school routines. Our plan for safety follows government advice closely and includes:
Making sure that people who are ill stay at home
Making sure everyone practises good hygiene techniques
Cleaning the school even more intensively
Active engagement with NHS Test and Trace arrangements
Adjusting school routines to reduce contact amongst those on site
Further guidance will be issued to parents on Friday 28th August, prior to the start of term. However, I would like to draw your attention to the following key points:
All children will return to school on Friday September 4th
School attendance will be compulsory and we will follow our usual absence procedures in the case of non-attendance.
Children will work in a class ‘bubble’ of 30 with limited movement around the school and there will be staggered break and lunchtimes.
All children are expected to wear their full school uniform.
Children can bring one bag to school – not a rucksack, please - containing a packed lunch (if needed), a coat, hat and sun cream (if needed) and a water bottle. For children in Year R the Stanmore book bag will be provided by the Friends of Stanmore Primary School
Children must not bring their own pencil cases etc. All school equipment will be provided by the school.
There will not be a staggered start or end to the school day.
Children will be able to arrive from when the gates open at 8.30am. The gates will be locked at 9.00am. The day will finish at 3.10pm for KS1 and 3.15pm for KS2
Parents should make preparations in the event of an emergency closure of a ‘bubble’ or year group. Parents may be notified at short notice of children not being able to attend. Notification will be via text, email and the website.
For individuals or groups of self-isolating children, remote learning will be in place.
There will be no school run clubs for at least the first half term, and possibly the whole term.
We are intending to re-open our breakfast and after school club from Monday September 7th. www.creativekidz.org.uk
Reports
All reports will be sent home with children in school today in years R, 1, 5, and 6. If you have not received a report for your child, collection times from school are available next week on both Monday and Tuesday.
9.30am – 9.45am Year R and Year 4 parents can collect their child’s report
10.00am – 10.15am Year 1 and Year 5 parents can collect their child’s report
10.30am – 10.45am Year 2 and Year 6 parents can collect their child’s report
11.00am – 11.15am Year 3 Final Collection
Classes
You should have received an email with information about your child’s class for September. For ease of reference, the structure is as follows:
Year Group |
Class Name |
Teacher |
Support staff |
| Year R | Catkins | Miss Day | Mrs Spencer-Clark and Mrs Head |
| Year 1/2 | Maple | Miss Williamson | Mrs Bullock and Mrs Johnson |
| Year 1/2 | Rowan | Mr Read | Mrs Bullock and Mrs Johnson |
| Year 3/4 | Birch | Mrs Jones | Miss Anderson and Mrs Stanley |
| Year 3/4 | Sycamore | Miss Evers | Miss Anderson and Mrs Stanley |
| Year 3/4 | Willow | Mrs Joyce | Miss Anderson and Mrs Stanley |
| Year 5/6 | Oak | Mrs Laver | Mrs McGovern |
| Year 5/6 | Elm | Mrs Kempson and Mrs Hauman | Miss Elkins |
| Year 5/6 | Juniper | Mrs Atkins and Mrs Fenton | Miss Kelly, Mrs Scarr, Mrs Griffiths |
| Ready to Learn | Mrs Mason, Mrs Petts and Mrs Mitton | ||
| Additional Support | Mrs Askwith and Mrs Horkan | ||
| Admin Team | Mrs Sanderson and Mrs Eagle | ||
| Site Manager | Mr Foard |
Virtual Sports Day
Thank you to everyone who took part, sent photos and their scores. The children in school enjoyed themselves. More information can be found at: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/12/summer-term-2020-work-and-house-points
The winning House Team is: Lark
Congratulations to all of the children in Lark and well done to everyone for taking part!
There is no expectation to complete work during the summer holiday. However, if you do wish to continue with home learning then please look for work on our website at:
Year 1 and 2: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-1-and-2-home-learning-summerholidays2020-48w42-d3shn
Please send work to:
Your new teacher will look at your work in September.
We can provide printed versions of the work on line. Please contact the school office to arrange collection before the end of term.
Farewells and thank yous
I would like to congratulate all of our Year 6 pupils as they come to the end of their years at Stanmore Primary School. I am sure they are taking away many happy memories. They are a super year group and we all wish them the very best for their future at Secondary School and beyond.
I would like to wish all of our leavers: Miss Norris, Mrs Lowy and Mrs Riches, every success in their new roles in September. They have all made a significant contribution to the school and we will miss them.
Finally, I would like to thank children, parents, and grandparents, Governors, Friends of the School, volunteers, especially Demi Eagle, as well as each and every member of staff, including our HC3S kitchen team, who are all committed to strengthening our values of Belonging Excellence Support and Trust.
I hope that you all enjoy a peaceful, happy, healthy and sunny summer!
Best wishes,
Sharon Taylor
Stanmore Post - 10 July 2020
Dear Parents,
We are enjoying welcoming children back in to school for their morning visits. Next week, children in Year 4 and 5 are joining us and should arrive between 8:30am and 9:00am wearing school uniform and trainers. All parents and children should follow the one-way system and be dropped off and collected at the middle door on the KS2 playground. They can bring a water bottle, a snack and sun cream but no other bags or belongings. Children should be collected at 12 noon. Miss Norris and Mrs Horkan will greet the children in Penguins. Mrs Laver and Miss Norris will greet the children in Zebras.
Year 4 Penguins
Monday July 13th
Tuesday July 14th
Year 5 Zebras
Thursday July 16th
Friday July 17th
Reports
We are in the process of sending home children’s end of year school reports. They are being staggered to line up with the days that the year groups are returning to school for their morning visits. Year 4 reports will be sent home on Tuesday and Year 5 reports will be sent home on Friday. Year R, 1 and 6 will also receive their reports on Friday.
Classes
On Friday 17th July, the date that the last reports will go home, we will send an email informing you of your child’s class next year. This means that everyone will receive information about next year’s classes at the same time. The class structure is as follows:
Year Group |
Class Name |
Teacher |
Support staff |
| Year R | Catkins | Miss Day | Mrs Spencer-Clark and Mrs Head |
| Year 1/2 | Maple | Miss Williamson | Mrs Bullock and Mrs Johnson |
| Year 1/2 | Rowan | Mr Read | Mrs Bullock and Mrs Johnson |
| Year 3/4 | Birch | Mrs Jones | Miss Anderson and Mrs Stanley |
| Year 3/4 | Sycamore | Miss Evers | Miss Anderson and Mrs Stanley |
| Year 3/4 | Willow | Mrs Joyce | Miss Anderson and Mrs Stanley |
| Year 5/6 | Oak | Mrs Laver | Mrs McGovern |
| Year 5/6 | Elm | Mrs Kempson and Mrs Hauman | Miss Elkins |
| Year 5/6 | Juniper | Mrs Atkins and Mrs Fenton | Miss Kelly, Mrs Scarr, Mrs Griffiths |
| Ready to Learn | Mrs Mason, Mrs Petts and Mrs Mitton | ||
| Additional Support | Mrs Askwith and Mrs Horkan |
Virtual Sports DaY
I hope that you had the opportunity to participate in our Virtual Sports Day. Thank you to everyone who took part and sent photos and their scores. The children in school enjoyed themselves. Photos of the event can be found at: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/12/summer-term-2020-work-and-house-points
The winning House Team will be announced next week.
Leavers’ Service
This year the Year 6 Leavers’ Service will also be a virtual experience. If your child is not at school and would like to take part, then please send in a 5 – 10 second video of them holding up a ‘Goodbye’ poster ( A4 or A3) waving goodbye – Landscape view please. You may also like to send any written memories of their time at Stanmore. Please send all contributions to year5and6@stanmoreprimary.com by Monday 13th July.
HOME LEARNING
There will be special activities for each year group to mark the end of term and more details of these will be shared by the class teacher. If we can help your child to access work in some way, please get in touch.
Please send work to:
We can provide printed versions of the work on line. Please contact the school office to arrange collection.
Work submitted and house points:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/12/summer-term-2020-work-and-house-points
Year 1 and 2: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-1-and-2-home-learning-13-july-2020-48w42
Year 3 & 4 https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-3-and-4-home-learning-13-july-2020-6ye2f
Year 5 & 6 https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-5-and-6-home-learning-13-july-2020-nrerl
Best Wishes
Sharon Taylor
Summer Term 2020 - sharing our work and latest House Points totals
The Results are in. Well done to everyone who took part in the Virtual Sports Day - here are the results:
Kingfisher - an amazing 3642 points
Heron - a brilliant 3134 points
Heron - a superb 3655 points
Lark - a magnificent 4203 points
So the winner is…..LARK. Take a look below to see how this changes the house point totals.
This week Team Lions have been making 3D shapes with spaghetti and Jelly Tots. The children managed to make cubes, cuboids and even some pentagonal prisms.
Team Tigers have been finishing their dinosaur posters and exploring the strange and wonderful world of Wallace and Gromit and their inventions.
Well done to Sam Dickel and Lily Bennett who made some fantastic Titanic models at home. Sam’s was even made on Minecraft.
Team Catkins have been taking part in bug hunts: they have created their own bugs from toilet rolls and wool and completed a scavenger hunt to see what they can find.
Children are encouraged to share the work they are completing at home by sending it to us by email to:
When you share your work with us, you may well earn points for your House.
These are the totals for the Summer Term so far.
House Points for Summer Term up to and including week beginning 13 July 2020
The Winner of the House Cup for the Summer term is
LARK!
Well done everyone
Stanmore Post - 3 July 2020
Dear Parents,
We are looking forward to welcoming children back in next week for their morning visits Children should arrive between 8:30am and 9:00am wearing school uniform and trainers. All parents and children should follow the one way system to be dropped off and collected at the middle door on the KS2 playground. They can bring a water bottle, a snack and sun cream but no other bags or belongings. Children should be collected at 12 noon. Mr Read and Mrs Jones will greet the children in Meerkats. Miss Evers and Mrs Jones will greet the children in Lemurs.
Year 2 'Meerkats' - Monday July 6th & Tuesday July 7th 2020
Year 3 'Lemurs' - Thursday July 9th & Friday July 10th 2020
Transition Back to School and Managing Worries
As we plan for children to return to school, we recognise that members of our school community returning after a long period of absence may be worried and have strong feelings and emotions about the transition. These worries are normal. Everyone has been affected by the pandemic in some way, and we recognise the importance of supporting all of our families back to school. As a school, we have summarised some information and helpful tips from the mental health and wellbeing team, which can be found on our school website here: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/5/22/resources-to-help-your-child-in-their-return-to-school
Reports
Reports will be sent home over the next couple of weeks. They will be staggered to line up with the days that the year groups are returning to school for their morning visits. This helps us manage the distribution of the reports. Year 2 reports will be sent home on Tuesday and Year 3 on Friday. Other year groups will receive their reports next week.
Virtual Sports Day
This year's Sports Day is going to be a little bit different, due to the current situation we find ourselves in, so we are going to do a Virtual Sports Day.
Here you will find a booklet containing 5 different sporty activities
Bottle Flip
Run, Run, Run
Sock Dribble
Speed Bounce
Under and Over
You can choose which day of the week to do this on at home. We will make sure that the children in school are given the opportunity to participate too. Once you have completed the challenges and recorded your scores, please email your results and any photos to the usual year group emails by the end of the day on Friday 10th July.
Leavers' Service
This year the Year 6 Leavers' Service will also be a virtual experience. If your child is not at school and would like to take part, then please email a 5 second clip of them waving to their class and holding a 'Goodbye Stanmore' poster. Email to: year5and6@stanmoreprimary.com
There will be special activities for each year group to mark the end of term and more details of these will be shared by their class teacher.
Home learning
If we can help your child to access work in some way, please get in touch.
Please send work to:
We can provide printed versions of the work on line. Please contact the school office to arrange collection.
Work submitted this week and house points can be found here
Year 1 and 2 home learning can be found here: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-1-and-2-home-learning-6-july-2020
Year 3 & 4 home learning can be found here: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-3-and-4-home-learning-6-july-2020
Year 5 & 6 home learning can be found here: https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-5-and-6-home-learning-6-july-2020
Best Wishes
Sharon Taylor
Year 5 and 6 - Home Learning and Sports Day - 6th July 2020
Welcome to 2020 Sports Day!
This year’s Sports Day is going to be a little bit different, due to the current situation we find ourselves in, so we are going to do a Virtual Sports Week!
Please use this link to access our Virtual Sports day booklet. Once you have completed the challenges and recorded your scores, please email your results and any photos to the usual year group emails by the end of the day on Friday 10th July and we will add all your points onto our House point chart.
GOOD LUCK!
Curriculum for the week commencing 6th July 2020
Each day:
Complete fifteen minutes of Times Table Rock Stars)
Year 5 pupils should complete thirty minutes of Reading Plus and Year 6 pupils should read a book for thirty minutes
MATHS TASKS YEAR 5
Click each link below to access your daily work.Lessons on Oak Academy can help here.
Use this file for your work on Monday
Use this file for your work on Tuesday
Use this file for work on Wednesday
Use this file for work on Thursday
Use this file for work on Friday
MATHS TASKS YEAR 6
LITERACY TASK
Click to open literacy task where you will find the five activities for you to complete this week
Use this file for the activity on Monday
Use this file for the activity on Wednesday
Use this file for the activity on Thursday
Use these files for the activity on Friday
Foundation Subjects: Use this link to access activities.
Year 3 and 4 - Home Learning and Sports Day - 6 July 2020
Welcome to 2020 Sports Day!
This year’s Sports Day is going to be a little bit different, due to the current situation we find ourselves in, so we are going to do a Virtual Sports Week!
Please use this link to access our Virtual Sports day booklet. Once you have completed the challenges and recorded your scores, please email your results and any photos to the usual year group emails by the end of the day on Friday 10th July and we will add all your points onto our House point chart.
GOOD LUCK!
Curriculum for the week commencing 29 June 2020
Each day:
Complete fifteen minutes of Times Table Rock Stars
MATHS TASKS YEAR 3
Click each link below to access your daily work. Lessons on Oak Academy can help here.
Use this file for your work on Monday
Use this file for your work on Tuesday
Use this file for work on Wednesday
Use this file for work on Thursday
Use this file for work on Friday
MATHS TASKS YEAR Y4
Over the week:
Take a look at some of our links to other educational sites and ideas and get creative!
Try a task from the Processes Big Challenge
LITERACY TASK
Click to open literacy task where you will find the activities for you to complete this week
Use this file for the activity on Tuesday
Use this file for the activity on Wednesday
Use this file for the activity on Thursday
Foundation Subjects: Use this link to access resources.
Additional resources
Year 1 and 2 - Home Learning and Sports Day - 6 July 2020
Curriculum for the week commencing 6 July 2020
Welcome to 2020 Sports Day!
This year’s Sports Day is going to be a little bit different, due to the current situation we find ourselves in, so we are going to do a Virtual Sports Week!
Please use this link to access our Virtual Sports day booklet. Once you have completed the challenges and recorded your scores, please email your results and any photos to the usual year group emails by the end of the day on Friday 10th July and we will add all your points onto our House point chart.
GOOD LUCK!
MATHS TASKS YEAR 1
Click each link below to access your daily work. Clips on BBC bitesize can help here.
Click these links for associated Oak Academy lessons Mon Tues Wed Thurs
Use this file for your work on Monday
Use this file for your work on Tuesday
Use this file for work on Wednesday
Use this file for work on Thursday
Use this file for work on Friday
READ WRITE INC TASKS
Click to open the Parents and Carers guide to teaching phonics at home
Read the instructions and ask your child who their Read Write Inc teacher is to work out which group they are in (if you need help identifying which group they are in you can send an email to Year1and2@stanmoreprimary.com)
Then complete the relevant group work from the list of downloads below:
LITERACY TASKS
Click to open the literacy task for this week and the five activities for you to complete this week
Use this file for work on Wednesday
Use this file for work on Thursday
Use this file for work on Friday
other subjects
Stanmore Post - 26 June 2020
Dear Parents,
Thank you for your ongoing support with either home learning or helping your child to continue to adjust to school life. The beautiful weather this week has enabled us to make the best use of our school grounds. I hope that children at home have also been able to spend some time outdoors.
Our intention during Lockdown has been that children retain their sense of belonging to Stanmore School. Whether your child has experienced time in school, our online home-school learning, learning pack deliveries, hampers, phone calls, a postcard or the teachers' 'Hello' video, we hope that your child still feels connected.
As we move through the last few weeks of term, we would like to re-establish a physical connection to school for all children. We are inviting children in Year 2, 3, 4 and 5 who are not currently in school to come in for two mornings before the end of term.
The focus of these two visits will be to strengthen a sense of belonging, help to reduce any anxiety and build confidence. Like you, we are concerned that if our children do not return to school at all before September, there is a risk that some will feel increasingly anxious about stepping back into the classroom then.
If at all possible we would ask you to support this transition opportunity and send your child to school for both sessions. We know that not all children who would like to attend will be able to under the current guidelines. For those who have attended school, we have seen that routine, normality and a sense of success quickly become established. We want this for all our children even if that is just a taster before the end of term.
Guidelines for social distancing, working within a group of 15 and practising strong routines around hygiene will still apply. For this reason, we do not have sufficient staff or space to offer a longer day. Children will be placed in a pod of 15 with a teacher and children that they will be familiar with from their year group.
The planned mornings are indicated below so please put these dates in your diary. Children should arrive between 8:30 am and 9:00 am wearing school uniform and trainers. All parents and children should follow the one way system and be dropped off and collected at the middle door on the KS2 playground. They can bring a water bottle, a snack and sun cream but no other bags or belongings. Children should be collected at 12 noon.
Year 2
Monday July 6th
Tuesday July 7th
Year 3
Thursday July 9th
Friday July 10th
Year 4
Monday 13th July
Tuesday 14th July
Year 5
Thursday 16th July
Friday 17th July
HOME LEARNING
If we can help your child to access work in some way, please get in touch.
Please send work to:
We can provide printed versions of the work on line. Please contact the school office to arrange collection.
Work submitted this week and house points can be found here.
Year 1 and 2 home learning can be found here:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-1-and-2-home-learning-29june-2020-7sjas-a32y3
Year 3 & 4 home learning can be found here:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-3-and-4-home-learning-29-june-2020-fr8bj-lzez6
Year 5 & 6 home learning can be found here:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-5-and-6-home-learning-29-june-2020-2289e-e7sjt
Best Wishes
Sharon Taylor
Year 1 and 2 - Home Learning - 29 June 2020
Curriculum for the week commencing 29 June 2020
MATHS TASKS YEAR 1
READ WRITE INC TASKS
Click to open the Parents and Carers guide to teaching phonics at home
Read the instructions and ask your child who their Read Write Inc teacher is to work out which group they are in (if you need help identifying which group they are in you can send an email to Year1and2@stanmoreprimary.com)
Then complete the relevant group work from the list of downloads below:
LITERACY TASKS
Click to open the literacy task for this week and the five activities for you to complete this week
Use this file for work on Wednesday
Use this file for work on Thursday
other subjects
Stanmore Post - 19 June 2020
Dear Parents
The children in school are becoming used to the way of working with the social distancing guidelines and we are proud of the way that they are adapting and settling back into their curriculum work. Behaviour continues to be excellent. You can find examples of our work including our Learning through Empathy Day and our wonderful Titanic Collages at:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/12/summer-term-2020-work-and-house-points
Where possible we have linked the home learning to work in the classrooms so the children can have a similar experience. I am well aware that for children learning at home there are increasing pressures on parents and so we have included links to more independent learning. For families without access to a computer, we are still able to provide the learning packs, to be collected from school.
There are some changes to staffing to make you aware of. Firstly, Miss Norris has been offered an exciting opportunity as Head of Infant School at the Riders Federation in Havant for the next academic year. Miss Norris is a well-liked and respected member of our school community and she will be missed at Stanmore, but I have no doubt that she will be able to use her experience here to successfully lead her new team at Riders Infants. There will be further opportunities for us to wish Miss Norris well before the end of the term. We are looking forward to welcoming Mrs Joyce who is joining us next week and will be leading one of our Key worker pods. In the new academic year Mrs Joyce will be teaching in the Year 3 / 4 team. Mrs Mitton has already joined us in Ready to Learn and we are delighted to have her as part of the Stanmore Team.
We have taken the decision to move our planned INSET day from Monday July 13th to Wednesday July 22nd. This is for two reasons. Firstly, to create less disruption for families, particularly those who have only recently started back at school and secondly to enable us to react to any announcements for September which may not come until later in the term. Please accept my apologies if this change does cause you any inconvenience. The last day of term will now be Tuesday 21st July.
Home Learning
If we can help your child to access work in some way, please get in touch.
Please send work to:
We can provide printed versions of the work on line. Please contact the school office to arrange collection.
Work submitted this week and house points can be found here
Year 1 and 2 home learning can be found here:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-1-and-2-home-learning-22june-2020-7sjas
Year 3 & 4 home learning can be found here:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-3-and-4-home-learning-22-june-2020-fr8bj
Year 5 & 6 home learning can be found here:
https://www.stanmore.hants.sch.uk/news/2020/6/11/year-5-and-6-home-learning-22-june-2020-2289e
Best Wishes
Sharon Taylor