Weekly News Page 

Friday 28th February 2025

Headteacher's Welcome

I hope you all had a fabulous half term. It is lovely to finally see some sunshine and the spring flowers popping up around us. 

We've had a great first week back in school. This term we are focusing on the School Value of 'Perseverance'. On Monday, in our assembly, we talked about all the things that we are good at - there were lots of talents shared; bike riding, gymnastics, reading, drawing, singing, playing football, dancing - the list went on! We then talked about how we had ended up good at them - by trying and trying, even when things are tricky!

The children in Y1 and Y2 have been making 'Fabric Faces' as part of their Design and Technology learning. They have been exploring different materials and ways of joining materials including sewing - there was definitely lots of perseverance required here!!!

You can see more of our Fabulous Fabric Faces  here.

Sheffield Local Authority SEND Ofsted Inspection 

We have received official notification that Sheffield is now in an Area SENDAP (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision) Inspection Period. The inspection will commence on Monday, 24th February 2025, and will run for three weeks, concluding on Friday, 14th March 2025.

Purpose of the Inspection

The inspection will provide an independent and external evaluation of how effectively Sheffield’s local area partnership—including the council, education providers, health services, and social care—identifies, assesses, and meets the needs of children and young people with SEND.

Seeking Views from the Sheffield Community

To ensure the voices of children, young people, families, and professionals are heard, we would like as many people as possible to take part in the following survey:

Survey:-

 Sheffield Ofsted SEND Survey

 Parents' Evening  - Appointments will go live at 7:00pm on Tues 4th Mar

Tues 18th Mar - 3:30-6:30pm Parents' Evening

Thurs 20th Mar - 3:30-6:30pm Parents' Evening

The letter has gone out explaining how to book a Parents' Evening appointment. This is an opportunity to come and talk to your child's teacher about their progress. Appointments are for 10 minutes and can be booked via SchoolCloud (see letter for instructions). If you have any specific questions or concerns you would like to discuss please email these in advance. 

Please note if your child has a SEND review you do not need to book an additional appointment.

Please note there are no extra-curricular clubs on these days. ASC will run as normal.

Messages From the Teachers

Requests...please could we have...?

Year 1 & 2

• Cups Please - As part of our music unit of work next half term, we are going to be exploring elements of music using cups. Please could we ask that your child bring in a plastic cup if possible (along the lines of the size/strength of the small children’s IKEA plastic cups) that they can use in our music lessons and then bring back home to play if they so wish at the end of the half term. If the cup could be brought into school for w/c 10th March (or sooner if you wish) we can then source any extra cups needed for children who may not have one. Please write your child’s name on their cup if you would specifically like the same one back. 

For Y1 Science - only need for Year 1 but if you have any spares please send in!

• Kitchen Roll tubes - (for week 3) 
• Bubble Wrap - (week 4)  

Learning Information for this Half Term

Specific learning information for each year group has been uploaded to the Key Stage pages of the website. Please follow the links:-

Year 1 & 2 (KS1) This term the topic in Y1 & Y2 is 'Superheroes'

Reception (Foundation Stage) - This term the topic is 'People Who Help Us' 

Reception have already had lots of parents coming to talk about their jobs; it has been so interesting - thank you! 

Foundation Stage (Reception)  Information

In addition to the half term Parent Overview, there is also a Weekly Newsletter for parents of children in Reception which gives details of specific leaning each week in school and how this can be supported at home. 

This can be found each week on the Foundation Stage page of the website. Click Here.

Contact with Teachers 

If you need to contact your child's class teacher you may email them using the class email which is the name of the class as follows e.g. bears@nethergreen-inf.sheffield.sch.uk, koalas@nethergreen-inf.sheffield.sch.uk etc

Please do not expect an immediate response as teachers are teaching all day and are not expected to reply to emails during evenings and weekends. For a quick chat you can wait at the end of the day. For urgent messages please contact the school office. 

Dates for the Diary

Please see attached the Parent Calendar for this year. Please take a few minutes to take note of dates, including INSET and holiday dates, Parents' Evenings and Parent workshops to find out about learning in school and performances.  

Notes about the calendar: 'Friendly Friday' - every 4th Friday that the children are in school, parents will be invited into classrooms from when they open at 8:40am until when the bell rings at 8:55am. 

Fri 28th Feb - PTA Movie Night

Tues 4th Mar - Wonderdome Planetarium - KS1

Tues 4th Mar - 7:00pm Parents Evening booking live

Wed 5th Mar - PTA Uniform & Book Sale

Thurs 6th Mar - World Book Day

Fri 7th Mar - Friendly Friday Book Look - parents in class until 8:55am

Fri 7th Mar - Lemurs Trip to Concord

Tues 11th Mar - Amazelab Workshops - all classes

Tues 18th Mar - 3:30-6:30pm Parent's Evening

Tues 18th Mar - No extra-curricular clubs

Thurs 20th Mar - 3:30-6:30pm Parent's Evening

Thurs 20th Mar - No extra-curricular clubs

Fri 21st Mar - 2:00pm Rocksteady Concert

Tues 25th Mar - 9:15am Reception Spring Concert

Wed 26th Mar - 9:15am Reception Spring Concert

Fri 28th Mar - Last day of spring term

Mon 14th Apr - First day of summer term

Wed 16th Apr - PTA Easter Egg Hunt

Thurs 17th Apr - Easter Bonnet Parade with NGJS

Fri 18th Apr - Bank Holiday - Good Friday

Mon 21st Apr- Bank Holiday - Easter Monday

Wed 23rd Apr - Penguins Dance at Octagon

Weds 30th Apr - 9:30am NSPCC Online safety Talk - ONLINE

School Term Dates 2024-25

School Term Dates 2025-26

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