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AUG
2017
End of Year Effort Marks Success
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All through the school year, teachers and teaching assistants reward children’s good work with effort marks. At the end the summer term, Teachers Awards are given to those children with 10 effort marks, and Head Teachers Awards for 20 Effort Marks. Each Class Teacher then nomina
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AUG
2017
Goodbyes
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At the end of the Summer term, we said goodbye to three members of staff. Mr Clark is taking up a post at Picklenash School, Newent and we wish him every success. Teaching Assistants Mrs Harris and Mrs Fyffe, who have chalked up almost 60 years service between them, were presented
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AUG
2017
Launching our Maths Games Library soon!
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During the last week of term, we held a fun maths games afternoon with a teddy bears picnic at lunchtime for staff and children. Children mixed together and played practical maths games with friends, staff, parents (and teddies!). This follows on from our parents’ information evening
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AUG
2017
Leavers Day Celebrations
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At their Leavers Day performance, our Year 6 children excelled themselves, acting out wonderful sketches such as the ‘Yorkley Elites’ dance group against ‘Rhythmic Thunder’, the quiz sketch where class 5 outperformed the staff and the court sketch which was written fantastically! The
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AUG
2017
Third place in National Competition!
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Third Place Nationally and Highly Commended! Children and staff are over the moon regarding our sporting and health and wellbeing achievements this year. Yesterday we found out we received 3rd position nationally and were ‘highly commended’. The school has received a certificate and c
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JUL
2017
Clarinet Concert
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Children in Classes 3, 4 and 5 have been learning to play the clarinet! Their teacher, Christopher Gibbons, is a former Yorkley School pupil. He remembers learning to play the recorder at school! Parents came to watch each class play a selection of tunes that they have learned, and th
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JUL
2017
Year 5 Taster Day at Wyedean
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Year 5 pupils had a varied day at Wyedean this week – Latin, D&T and rounders. They were surprised to learn that about half of the words in the English language have their root as far back as Roman times. In D&T the challenge was to build a ‘stomp rocket’ and
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JUN
2017
Bedtime Story with the teachers!
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Bedtime story during the Summer term has become a tradition at Yorkley. Children enjoy coming into school in their pyjamas, snuggling down with their friends to listen to a story. Hot chocolate and biscuits make it a real treat!
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JUN
2017
Sports Day Classes 1 and 2 with Playgroup
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Playgroup joined Classes 1 and 2 for their Sports during the afternoon, and had a race on the running track. It was lovely to see that each child in Class 1 had a parent on the sports field to cheer them on!
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