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Weekly News Page Friday 14th March 2025 |
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Headteacher's Welcome It has been Science Week this week! The children have had a super time engaging in all sorts of science activities and experiments. On Tuesday, we had a visit from Amazelab, who did an exciting assembly to start the day with the whole school and then visited each class for a workshop on chromatography. We even had a visit from the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, who came to see some of the exciting Science happening in school! You can see more of our Science Week fun here. |
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Parents' Evening Tuesday 18th March - 3:30-6:30pm Parents' Evening Thursday 20th March - 3:30-6:30pm Parents' Evening Please arrive via the main entrance for Parents' Evening. Children's books will be in the hall; you are welcome to come early to look at these before your appointment. Please remember that appointments are 10 mins, so if you have any pressing issues you wish to discuss, please email your child's class teacher in advance so they can ensure there is time in the meeting to respond to this. Please note there are no extra-curricular clubs on these days. After School Club will run as usual. Tuesday: No Taekwondo or Yoga Thursday: No Choir or Forest School |
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Perseverance - The Sheffield Half Marathon!
 This week, as part of our focus on our school value 'Perseverance', Mrs Hawkins talked to the children about challenges and how sometimes we have to really persevere to achieve things. On Sunday 23rd March Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Hunter will be doing the Sheffield Half Marathon. Mrs Hawkins talked about how this is a really big, difficult challenge and that through lots of hard work, determination and perseverance, we are hopeful that we will get to the finish line! We also talked to the children about why we have decided to do this personal challenge and the achievement that will come with completing the race (hopefully!). We are also both hoping to raise money for charities.
Mrs Hunter is raising money in memory of her sister in law, who sadly passed away last year from sarcoma; the Special Needs school that she worked in are raising money to create a sensory garden in her memory.
Mrs Hawkins is running as part of a team raising money for Weston Park Hospital, which supports vital research and treatment for cancer patients in Sheffield.
We know that most of you will already know someone who is taking part and may be running yourselves, but if you would like to support us in our challenge, you can come along on the day to cheer us on or make a donation using the links below.
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Road Safety Day Wednesday 19th March, is a national road safety day organised by the road safety charity, Brake. During school time, the children will be discussing aspects of road safety.
To promote this important event, our Junior Road Safety Officers will greet you on the gates on Wednesday morning with information and reminders about safe road travel.
The Junior Road Safety Officers are also running a colouring competition. Entry forms will be sent home to complete and return to school. The JRSOS will judge all entries, and a small prize will be awarded.
See here for more information
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PTA NEWS
Rainbow Raffle: Many thanks to those of you who have already made donations for the Rainbow Raffle. We will be collecting donations until 21st March. Donation colours for each year group are as follows: Reception: Red, Orange or Yellow Year 1: Green, Blue or Purple Year 2: Pink, Gold or Silver Raffle tickets have been sent home in book bags. Please fill in the purchaser’s name and telephone number on each ticket and return it with the cash payment to the Office Team by Friday, 21st March. The raffle will be drawn on Thursday 27th March. Easter Egg Hunt: We’re planning an Easter Egg Hunt for Wednesday, April 16th. It's now live to book via ParentPay. Summer Fair: After Easter we’ll be turning our attention to planning the annual Summer Fair which will take place on Friday 20th June – a date for diaries! Next PTA Meeting: Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday 25th March, 19:45 at The Florentine. Please do join us if you can. Thank you for your continued support! The PTA Team If you have any questions, comments or want to get involved in the PTA, please message us at nethergreeninfantschoolpta@gmail.com. |
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Messages From the Teachers Reminder: Please could Reception children bring in their clothes for the Spring Concert by Weds 19th March. The letter explaining what to bring is here. Most parents have booked tickets - if you have not booked yet please do so ASAP as we will be releasing any spare tickets next week. Reception Weekly Newsletter - 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. |
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Active Homework
Active Science!
After what has been a super "Science Week' in school, it's time to put your science skills into practice!
Investigate what makes the best Cup and Ball Toy.
Your Science skills can be used to experiment: the best material, the easiest or trickiest length of string/or size of cup, the number of times you can catch the ball in 1 minute (is the oldest person in your house the most accurate?! Does a week of practice improve your score?). These are just some investigation ideas to get you started, we're sure you can think of some more!
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Have you got any old scooters, toy prams or pushchairs that you no longer need? Our Butterflies class would love to have more wheeled toys to play with. If you do have any please bring to the school office. Thanks!
 
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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.
Tues 18th March - 3:30-6:30pm Parent's Evening Tues 18th March - No extra-curricular clubs Thurs 20th March - 3:30-6:30pm Parent's Evening Thurs 20th March - No extra-curricular clubs Fri 21st March - 2:00pm Rocksteady Concert Tues 25th March - 9:15am Reception Spring Concert Tues 25th March - 7:00pm Clubs go live via ParentPay Wed 26th March - 9:15am Reception Spring Concert Thurs 27th March - Rainbow Raffle prize draw Fri 28th March - Last day of spring term Mon 14th April - First day of summer term Wed 16th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt Thurs 17th April - Easter Bonnet Parade with NGJS Fri 18th April - Bank Holiday - Good Friday Mon 21st April- Bank Holiday - Easter Monday Wed 23rd April - Penguins Dance at Octagon Thurs 24th April - Class photos Thurs 24th April - 2:45pm Y2 dance performances in the hall Weds 30th April - 9:30am NSPCC Online Safety Talk - ONLINE Fri 2nd May - Friendly Friday - parents in classes until 9:10am Tues 20th May - SEND Sports Morning in school Wed 21st May - Y1 & Y2 Sports Day Thurs 22nd May - 2:00pm Reception Sports Afternoon in school Fri 23rd May - Last day of half term |
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