2021-22 Issue 23

Tuesday 3rd May 2022

Arbourthorne Maker School - MakerHome project!

Last week we were delighted that colleagues in our pastoral team, Jayne Cooper
our Artist in Residence, Alison Buxton from the University of Sheffield and some
families and pupils started the very first ‘MakerHome’ session in school!
A big thank you to all the families who came along!

Star Attendance:

Congratulations to… Headteacher’s

Pupil of the Week:

★ FS/KS1 Winners: ★ KS2 Winners: Blake - Y5RC

FS2CN/ZF - Team tiger Y6CM - Team beluga
95.2% 96.1%

I have chosen Blake this week for

being friendly and polite - your lovely
wave was good timing! Thank you
for showing the Core Values in
Well done to all those families and pupils who are really
action!
working hard on their attendance in school!

Important Dates and Reminders

4th May - Concord Sports Centre sports session - The Hive
6th May - Y1LC cinema trip - attendance celebration!
9th May - Hive visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Wednesday 11th May and Thursday 12th May - FS2 visit to Graves Gallery and Winter Gardens
16th May - Y1 visit to Heeley City farm
17th and 19th May - Parents Evenings - letters to book appointments with your child’s teacher will
come out to you soon.
18th May - Manor Fields Fun Run
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we are thoughtful. we are respectful, we care, we are a team, we have self-belief, we have a voice, we are determined, we aim high!
Very well done to one of
our Y6 pupils, inspired
by the learning in her
weekly Latin class and
history learning - this
home learning is
stunning! #aimhigh

Y6 are loving their

drumming session with
Keith each week. They
are working together to
create a soundtrack to
go with our end of term
performance, which they
Y1 have been will perform live at the
learning about Montgomery Theatre
multiplication this later in the year.
week and have
been making
arrays to solve
problems!

Fs2 had a great time on our walk to Norfolk

park. We looked for and found many signs of
Spring and Summer. We had great discussions
about deciduous and evergreen trees and tried
to remember the different flower names.

We ended our walk with a play in the park.

Well done to the Y5 children

who took part in the Christ's
Hospital Maths Challenge at
Cutlers' Hall last week. The
children made Arbourthorne
so proud, with one team
coming 9th out of 48 schools.
Math-tastic! Big thanks to
some Y6 children who helped
mark the maths too

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 Y4 showed real #determination in this week’s
MAKER Tinker Time. We became

we are thoughtful. we are respectful, we care, we are a team, we have self-belief, we have a voice, we are determined, we aim high!
programmers and used the website Twine to
code our own basic video games! We were so
resilient in our debugging - our maker
mindsets shone!

Y2 have had busy

week, working as
team with Sheffield
United during our P.E.
sessions this week
and we have been
exploring school with
Buddy the dog!

Y3 took on two engineering challenges this week: making the tallest tower
and the strongest tower out of pegs and lolly sticks.

Just before Easter break, the Nursery children were supported on an Easter egg hunt
by their adults. They had lots of fun hunting for the eggs and exchanging them for
chocolate eggs. Children also wore and paraded Easter hats made both at home and
in Nursery. We finished off the session singing ‘Chick, Chick, Chicken’ to our adults.

An Even Better Arbourthorne - News!

AEBA would like to share some amazing photos we have taken recently of Our Healthy Hideout! We
want to take this time to say a HUGE thank you to the children of the school and families of
Arbourthorne that have completely transformed this space and that continue to look after it every
single week! We love being outdoors with you all and we can't wait for the warmer weather so we can
grow more, eat lots of yummy fruit and vegetables and have more fires in the fire pit.

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 Website of The Week
Science Kids
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

Fun science and technology for kids.

Q: What did one tectonic

E
W plate say when he bumped
VE !
LO ING into another?
A D
RE A: Sorry! My Fault.
This is one of the bedtime books in Mrs.
Nowill’s house this week. It’s a brilliantly
funny book about the world’s bravest .
scaredy cat. There’s a copy of it in the Sports Challenge
vending machine waiting for anyone who is
awarded a Sparkle and Shine certificate this
week!

Did you know...

Hummingbirds are the only birds
who can fly backwards!

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Remember you can V E
access TT Rockstars on a
computer or tablet at This week’s maths challenge is... MATHS!
home. If you are not sure
of your log in details ask
your teacher or see Miss
Hollows
Can you improve your
rock status?

TIMES TABLE OF THE MONTH

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