Story Jar Winners

12th March 2021Mr Bennett
12.3.21 Story Jar Winners
We would like to say an enormous well done to all of the children who participated in our story jar competition for World Book Day. We were so impressed with the photographs which were sent in and it was incredibly difficult to pick our favourites.
Congratulations to our two winners:
Key Stage 1 winner: Pippa
Key Stage 2 winner: Dexter
Each of our winners have been awarded with a bedtime story gift bag containing a new book and everything they need for a cosy evening tucked up reading. We hope you enjoy them!

Looking back: No screen day 5th March

9th March 2021Mr Bennett

On Friday 5th March, we turned our screens off and went back to basics. Mrs Mackay organised some fab activities for all of the children in school around science and the outdoors.

Year 3 tended to the Mortimer Woodland – clearing up dead foliage and watering the trees.

Year 5 turned over the Minibeast garden and applied fresh soil as well as planting 10 begonias.

Whole school including Nursery – every child planted a bulb to be cared for at home to mark the end of Lockdown 3 and looking forward to a brighter future with every child back in school.

Athletics Clubs – KS1 & KS2 starting this week!

8th March 2021Mr Bennett

We are delighted to say that our athletics club are restarting this week.

KS1 – Year 1 & Year 2

We’re pleased to announce we’ll be continuing our KS1 Athletics club this half term for year 1 & 2, starting 10/03/21.

See sign up letter below

KS2 – Year 3 & Year 4

We’re pleased to announce we’ll be continuing our KS2 Athletics club this half term for year 3 & 4, starting 12/03/21.

See sign up letter below

 

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7.3.21 The Big Return…

7th March 2021Mr Bennett

7.3.21 The Big Return…

*As sent via email

Uniforms are washed, school shoes polished and alarms set…tomorrow sees the return of ALL pupils back to Mortimer Primary School. We know nerves will be jangling and hands held tightly as the start of school approaches. Rest assured we are ready for every child to return and we can’t wait!

We hope you and the children enjoyed the No Screen Friday and hopefully we can forget Remote Learning/Home Schooling for a good while now.

Tomorrow is the first part of the roadmap to ‘normal’ and we can all play our part. Please can parents social distance whilst dropping off and picking up, whilst also wearing masks if possible (adults only).

If you have any concerns or questions, please just get in touch (see below if you’ve missed the return details).

Enjoy your Sunday, stay safe and we will see you tomorrow!

Parent Hamper Raffle

Thank you to everyone who purchased entries to the spring parent raffle and helped us raise £587. That is fantastic and will all go back into providing excellent opportunities for all children.

The winners!

1st –  Lenix Meah

2nd – Teddy Keedy

3rd – Aris Livadaru

 

We have set out all the practicalities in our earlier emails/posts for tomorrow, but if you’ve missed anything then please see the links below:

Details about our return on Monday 8th March

https://mortimerprimary.co.uk/2-3-21-return-to-school-march-8th/

Latest News: Mission 2 Mars & Story Jars

https://mortimerprimary.co.uk/latest-news-from-mortimer-3-3-21/

World Book Day 2021 – Radio interviews and Staff Bedtime Stories!

https://mortimerprimary.co.uk/world-book-day-2021/

 

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Latest News from Mortimer – 3.3.21

3rd March 2021Mr Bennett
Mortimer Primary School
Excellence for all
Latest News from Mortimer – 3.3.21
Welcome to this latest news update! Despite everything going on around us, there is still lots to enjoy!
In this edition:
Mission to Mars Winners
World Book Day
Parent Spring Hamper Raffle
Lunch Payment Reminder
Mission to Mars We are hugely impressed with the fantastic designs, models and projects that were completed both at home and in school during Mission to Mars Week. There was a fantastic standard of work produced across the school and it was a really difficult task to choose our winners. After much deliberation, we chose the following children whose work was out of this world
In-school KS1 Winner: Lucy , 2ES In-school KS2 Winner: Sophie , 6RD
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Remote KS1 Winner: Jack , 1CS Remote KS2 Winner: William , 3JDo & Charlie 5HA
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World Book Day: Story Jar Competition
It is World Book Day on Thursday 4th March and we would for love you and your families to join us in celebrating by taking part in our Book Day competition. We would like your child to create a ‘Story Jar’. The challenge is to decorate a jar so that it represents a favourite book. We encourage children to be as creative and imaginative as they like! This competition will be completed at home and is open to all of pupils and families, regardless of whether they are remote learners or attending school. There will be a KS1 and KS2 winner. 

When your child’s entry is complete, please post a photograph of their story jar in their online Google Classroom or to the learning platform used by your child’s year group (Dojo, Tapestry), with your child’s first name and class, or they can bring a photograph of their finished story jar to school on Monday. The winners will be announced early next week. We can’t wait to see your entries! Good luck!
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Parent Spring Hamper Raffle
There is still time to get your raffle tickets bought for the parent hamper. Three prizes on offer. Tickets are £1 and are available through Parent Pay. All funds will go back into supporting our pupils in their education. The raffle will be drawn Friday 5th March. 

Lunch Reminder
All school dinners need to be booked by the Wednesday of the week before. Please book and pay for your lunches by the end of today (3.3.21) for next week. Lunches can be booked in advance. 

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2.3.21 Return to School March 8th

2nd March 2021Mr Bennett

Dear parents/carers,

Following the announcement of schools fully reopening, we would like to share our plans with you.

Mortimer Primary School will fully reopen on Monday 8th March and we look forward to seeing all children back in a full bustling school!

We have attached a full overview of our plans, with most elements staying the same since we started the year back in September. Please note the following.

  • School times remain the same as pre-Christmas.
  • Children should be in uniform.
  • Lunches need to be booked the week prior and by Wednesday via Parent Pay.
  • We ask that parents wear face coverings when on site dropping off and picking up children.
  • Staff are asked to wear face coverings in school when not able to social distance with other adults. This does not affect staff when teaching.

Again, we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the parents who have worked diligently to keep your pupils working at home. We know how hard this has been and we are so proud of how our pupils have engaged with the set work. You all deserve medals. No doubt it will be strange for the pupils who have been in school since January seeing the class rooms full and their class mates back at school. But what a great sight it will be!

Let’s hope this is the start to life returning to normal!

From all the staff – thank you for your support throughout these challenging times. It is appreciated.

Ps. As you drop your children off on Monday, please don’t cheer too loudly as you leave

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1.3.21 Emails to parents

1st March 2021Mr Bennett

1.3.21 Emails to parents

We will be sending our first emails to parents tomorrow. (Tuesday 2nd)
The first will be a test sent at 9am, please check your junk and spam filters.
The second will be in the afternoon and have some news about our Mission 2 Mars winners!
You can still get your email address to us, but you will be included in emails after tomorrow’s messages.
Simply fill out the Google form https://forms.gle/iFc5iwooUpWNea1v6
Thanks for your support.

1.3.21 A little update and a little help

1st March 2021Mr Bennett

1.3.21 A little update and a little help

Welcome to a new month and what a significant one it looks to be!
RETURN TO SCHOOL
We will be sharing more information regarding our opening on the 8th March. We will share the details as quickly as we can, but in the mean time please get booking school dinners by Wednesday!
READING BOOKS
We are still missing a lot of reading books which were loaned out during this and previous lockdowns. Please can you return these books asap as we are now heavily down on our numbers.
For Reception it is the Dandelion Launchers books, which are the Initial Phonics ones that we use. It is really important that these are returned.
Please can you bring to the office or return them with your child.
Many thanks for your help.
MISSION TO MARS
Thank you much for engaging with the Mission to Mars week long project. Children had great fun both in and out of school. Winners to be announced very soon!

25.2.21 Parent Hamper – Don’t miss out

25th February 2021Mr Bennett

25.2.21 Parent Hamper – Don’t miss out

Check out the amazing prizes on offer all for the price of a single pound!
We have 3 prizes to give away!
The raffle will be drawn on Friday 5th March so please purchase your tickets in advance. Who wouldn’t love these to help celebrate school reopening fully?
All money raised will be added to the PTA fund to enhance the children’s education.
Entries can be paid for via Parent Pay. £1 per entry.
Prizes have been kindly donated by Mortimer staff.
Thank you for your support.
1st Prize
2nd Prize
3rd Prize

24.2.21 Reading Update

24th February 2021Mr Bennett
24.2.21 Reading Update

World Book Day

On Thursday 4th March, we will be celebrating World Book Day. We have some great activities planned for our pupils which we will share with you over the coming week. To ensure that all children are able to claim their free book, an online voucher is being offered which can be printed off or shown on a mobile (please check individual stores’ terms and conditions first).
The token can be found at the following link: https://www.worldbookday.com/…/01/booktoken_PrimaryUK.pdf
There is a great range of books on offer and something to appeal to children of all ages. We hope your child finds something of interest to get stuck into!
N.b. We are not dressing up this year.

Mortimer Primary Spring Book Club

Following on from the success of our autumn book club, we are once again inviting parents to browse the online selection on offer at Scholastic. We are celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 4th March, and what better way to celebrate than choosing some new books to enjoy? Also, for every pound you spend, Scholastic will donate 20p for us to purchase books for your children to enjoy at school.
There is a huge range on offer and some excellent bargains to take advantage of. The closing date for online orders is Sunday 7th March. All orders will be delivered to school and distributed upon our pupils’ return.
Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support. Our book club can be accessed at this address: https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/mortimer/digital-book-club