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School Meals

28/2/2025

 
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For those with children on school meals please can we remind you to make sure you
pre-order your child's meal on School Grid. This can be done in advance or up to the night before.
 
Meals are prepared based on the pre-orders so if we have a large number of children that don't like/want what has been pre-ordered for them there isn't always the option for them to choose something else. If you are unsure your child may like the option for the day we do now have a sandwich option that you are able to pre-order instead. 
 
Thank you for your support with this.

Year 3 & 4 Newsletter 24/02/2025

28/2/2025

 
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Spring Term:
​‘When do I? Where do I? ’

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back! We hope you all had an enjoyable and rest- ful break! Last half term, we worked incredibly hard across the curriculum! Our clever children have continued to work their socks off and we are so pleased with the work they have produced and the enthusiasm they are showing in their own learning.

When do I? Where do I?
The children have been working hard and have already pro- duced fantastic work. This term there is a history and ge- ography focus across school. With the title of our quest being ‘When do I? Where do I? We are stepping into the shoes of historians to make comparisons between the past and present and as geographers to explore our local and national areas. This term children have taken on the role of Junior Government Ministers!

Year 3 have been exploring sports and leisure, learning about the impact football clubs, such as Stockport County, have on their local area. We have plotted routes on maps, created our own questionnaires to interpret data and used compass points and coordinates to locate places. We loved our trip to Edgeley Park and we have also visited the Na- tional Football Museum to learn more about pioneering figures, such as Lily Parr. We took part in a workshop, ex- plored the exhibitions and even got to take part in a penalty shoot out! In our workshop, we got to explore primary and secondary sources and we loved impressing the staff with our fantastic knowledge!

At the beginning of the term, Year 4 stepped into the shoes of a Hazel Grove soldier, as they were enlisted into WW1! They have explored how and why the war started and have created their own timelines to retell the key events in their own words. They have compared maps of German territo- ries, before and after the war, and have used their historical and geographical understanding to keep evacuees safe, by suggesting the safest locations for them to stay. Year 4 are very much looking forward to their trip to the Stockport Air Raid Shelters in March, where they will explore the impact that the war had on those nationally and how evacuation impacted daily life.

Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their read- ing skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleas- ure. To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be recorded in their reading records. This will be checked daily, during the school day.

Book Fortnight
As we return to school, it is the start of our whole school Book Fortnight. We will start the fortnight with the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
This year, our theme is food poverty and hunger. Each year group will look at a range of age appropriate books to help develop an understanding of the importance of eating a balanced diet to keep healthy, why food is important and how we can reuse and repurpose food items.

Cooking
Alongside our reading focus, each year group will be looking at an aspect of Design Technology, (cooking and nutrition).
Year 3 and 4 will be identifying food groups, discussing what we need to make a healthy diet and exploring the ori- gins of our food. We will also be designing and making our own soup, using our slicing, cutting, chopping and grating skills.
Each class will get the opportunity to design, prepare, make and taste make a dish which includes fruit or vegetables. Children will look at health and safety when cooking and use different skills when making their dishes. School will be providing the ingredients for these lessons.
Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns about allergies whilst cooking.

Read dating
For Read Dating we ask the children to bring in to school their favourite book from home, to share with their peers. The children will have the opportunity to share their book and discuss why and what it is they enjoy about their book. This could be a story, a non-fiction text, a cook book or even an atlas. Year 3 have enjoyed their session already!
Reading den-As in previous years, our Library will be transformed into a magical reading den. All children across the school, will get the chance to reading in the den with their class, across the fortnight. This year’s den will be The Bucket’s house from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Once the children step inside, they will be transported to the inside of the chocolate factory.

Please see the grid at the bottom of the Newsletter for key dates for Book Fortnight for Year 3 and 4.

Home Learning Competition
For home learning, we would like to ask the children to create their own book character from a repurposed or unused healthy fruit or vegetable.
Also, we would like the children to write a label for their book character, telling us who their character is and also display their name and class on it. Once the competition is over, the fruit and vegetables will be put into our school composter, which wil then in turn be used to grow more fruit and vegetables in school. Entries need to in school on Monday 3rd March. Please see Mrs Adnett's newsletter for ideas.
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Miss Garrett
​KS2 Phase Leader
Key Dates:
Monday 24th February 2025
Book Fortnight begins
Tuesday 4th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 5th March
Dress up day for World Book Day
Thursday 6th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Friday 11th April
School closes for the Easter Break

Year 5 & 6 Newsletter 24/02/2025

28/2/2025

 
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Spring Term:
​‘When do I? Where do I? ’

​Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back! We hope you all had an enjoyable and restful break! Last half term, we worked incredibly hard across the curriculum! Our clever clogs have continued to work their socks off and we are so pleased with the work they have produced and the enthusiasm they are showing in their own learning.

When do I? Where do I?
This term, the children have taken on a very important role as Junior Ministers to help support the Government in mak- ing decisions for our country. Year 5 have been Transport Ministers, looking into our railways and water  systems. Year 6 have been Equality Ministers, looking into fair and equal rights for all, by delving into history to look at how unfairly children, women and people of different ethnicities were treated. This role will continue into the next half term.

Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their reading skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleasure. To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be record- ed in their reading records. This will be checked daily, during the school day.

Book Fortnight
As we return to school, it is the start of our whole school Book Fortnight. We will start the fortnight with the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
This year, our theme is food poverty and hunger. Each year group will look at a range of age appropriate books to help develop an understanding of the importance of eating a balanced diet to keep healthy, why food is important and how we can reuse and repurpose food items.

Reading den
As in previous years, our Library will be transformed into a magical reading den. All children across the school, will get the chance to reading in the den with their class, across the fortnight. This years den will be The Buckets house from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Once children step inside, they will be transported to the inside of the chocolate factory.

Cooking
Alongside our reading focus, each year group will be looking at an aspect of Design Technology (cooking and nutrition).

Year 5 and 6 will be exploring seasonality and dietary requirements, modifying recipes, and looking into cost effectiveness. We will do this through designing and making our own pasta sauce, using our a range of techniques and skills. Each class will get the opportunity to design, prepare, taste and make a pasta sauce dish. School will be providing the ingredients for these lessons. Eat your heart out Jamie Oliver!

Please speak to your childs class teacher if you have any concerns about allergies whilst cooking.

Home Learning Competition
For home learning, we would like to ask the children to create their own book character from a repurposed or unused healthy fruit or vegetable.
Also, we would like the children to write a label for their book character, telling us who their character is and also display their name and class on it. Once the competition is over, the fruit and vegetables will be put into our school composter, which wil then in turn be used to grow more fruit and vegetables in school. Entries need to in school on Monday 3rd March. Please see Mrs Adnett's newsletter for ideas.

Please see the grid at the bottom of the Newsletter for key dates for Book Fortnight for Year 5 and 6.
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Miss Garrett
​KS2 Phase Leader
Key Dates:
Monday 24th February 2025
Book Fortnight begins
Tuesday 4th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 5th March
Dress up day for World Book Day
Thursday 6th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Friday 11th April
School closes for the Easter Break

Parent's Hub - Year Group Info

27/2/2025

 
Hello everyone

We've fixed some broken links in the Parent's Hub section. You can now easily access the timetables and learning overviews for each year group.

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Dodgeball Report

27/2/2025

 
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Last night, a group of Year 5 and 6 children attended the Stockport Dodgeball Finals, at Bramhall High School. It was a very fast paced tournament, and even though we lost our first game, we managed to come first in our group. 

Through teamwork, reliance and communication we battled on, getting better with every game, confidence growing. Overall we came 2nd out of all the schools in Stockport, losing extremely narrowly to Pownal Green. There is a chance that we could go through to the Greater Manchester Youth Games and represent Stockport, we will be notified about this in due course. Congratulations to the children who took part, they should feel very proud of themselves.

​Well done Norbury!

Year 1 & 2 Newsletter 24/02/2025

24/2/2025

 
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Spring Term:
​When do I? Where do I?

​Dear Parents and Carers,
​
Welcome back! We hope you all had an enjoyable and restful break!
 
Last half term, we worked incredibly hard across the curriculum! Our clever clogs have continued to work their socks off and we are so pleased with the work they are producing and the enthusiasm they are showing in their own learning.
 
When do I? Where do I?
The children have been working hard and have already produced some fantastic work. This term there is a history and geography focus right across school. With the title of our quest being 'When do I? Where do I?
 
We are stepping into the shoes of historians and geographers to explore and learn about the past, present and area around us. The children have taken on the role of Junior Government Ministers. Year 1 have looked at areas of education and how schools have changed over time. Year 2 have looked at areas of transport and how these have changed.
 
Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their reading skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleasure. Every classroom has a reading area for our children to enjoy and an adult in school will hear them read each week. To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be recorded in their reading records.

This will be checked daily, during the school day. We are also encouraging the use of our online reading platform, Bug Club for the children to read a range of books and develop their understanding of what they have read.
 
Book Fortnight
For the next two weeks, we will take part in a whole school Book Fortnight. We will starting the fortnight with the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
 
This year, our theme is food poverty and hunger. Each year group will look at a range of age appropriate books to help develop an understanding of the importance of eating a balance diet to keep healthy, why food is important and how we can re-use and re purpose food items.
 
Read dating
We would like the children to bring in their favourite book from home, into school to share with their peers. Please ensure the book is clearly labelled with your child's name and class. Children will have the opportunity to share their book and discuss why and what it is they enjoy about their book. Please see the grid below for the date when your child will need their book in for read dating.

Home Learning Competition
For home learning, we would like to ask the children to create their own book character from a repurposed or unused healthy piece of fruit or vegetable. Also, we would like the children to write a label for their book character telling us who their character is and also display their name and class on it.

A fruit box will be available on the KS1 playground for families to help themselves to a piece of fruit or veg to use. Once the competition is over, the fruit and vegetables will be put into our school composter, which will then in turn be used to grow more items in school.
 
Entries are due in on Monday 3rd March.
 
Reading Den
As in previous years, our Library will be transformed into a magical reading den. All children across the school, will get the chance to reading in the den with their class, across the fortnight. This years den will be The Buckets house frin Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Once chil dren step inside they will be transported to the inside of the chocolate factory.
 
Design Technology
Alongside our reading focus, each year group will be looking at an aspect of Design Technology (cooking and nutrition).
 
Year 1 will be investigating different fruits and vegetables. This will lead to the children designing and making their own fruit kebabs in school.
 
Year 2 will be investigating different vegetables and how they can be cooked. This will lead to the children designing and making a roasted vegetable pizza.

​Please speak to your childs class teacher if you have any concerns about allergies whilst cooking. Please see the grid at the bottom of the Newsletter for key dates for Book Fortnight for Year 1 and 2.

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Mrs Turner
KS1 Phase Leader
Key Dates:
Monday 24th February 2025
Book Fortnight begins
Tuesday 4th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 5th March
Dress up day for World Book Day
Thursday 6th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Friday 11th April
School closes for the Easter Break

Headteacher's Newsletter 24/02/2025

24/2/2025

 
Dear Parents and Carers,
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I hope you all had a lovely half term break.  We are looking forward to working with your children again this half term. The half term begins with our Book Fortnight with many exciting activities planned for the children.  We then return to our Quest – Where do I?  When do I?  

Website
Our new website is now live – thank you to the Parents’ Association for part funding this.  We hope this will help to improve communications between home and school as well as celebrate the many things that are part of Norbury life. Newsletters will now be posted on the website rather than emailed to you.  We will send a text alert when a new letter is available.  

Governing Board
Following a recent recruitment process, we are delighted to welcome Ruth Rawsthorne and Miriam Bentley to the Governing Board.

Visit from Lisa Smart MP
We were delighted to welcome Lisa Smart to school on 7th February.  She had a tour of the school, met with some representatives of the School Council and led an assembly for the children in Years 1 – 6.  She was genuinely interested in our school in terms of our successes but also some of the challenges we face in the world of education.  We are hopeful that this relationship will continue.
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Parents’ Association News
The recent disco raised an amazing £1511.  Thank you to those families who supported this event.  Thank you to the PA for the Valentine’s sweet treat – the children and staff appreciated this.  The Parents’ Association have organised a costume swap before our World Book Dress Up Day on Wednesday 5th March.  Please see the PA website for further information www.norburyhallpa.co.uk.  The Easter egg challenge will be returning – look out for details coming shortly.

PE kits
Please could I remind you that that PE kits shouldn’t include branded items – we appreciate your support with this.  The PE kit is as follows:
Indoor games kit

  • Black shorts
  • White T-shirt
  • Black pumps
  
Additional outside kit for colder weather
  • Trainers
  • Tracksuit or jumper and jogging bottoms (any plain colour no logos)    
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​Thank you for your continued support
Best wishes
Becky Wood
      
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Dates for your diary (these can also be found on the Parents Hub)

​Monday 24th February
Return to school
Book fortnight begins

Tuesday 4th March
Parent / Teacher meetings

Wednesday 5th March
Norbury’s dress up day for World Book Day 
Nursery Parent / Teacher meetings

Thursday 6th March
Parent / Teacher meetings

Wednesday 19th March
School Council fundraising event – odd shoe day

Monday 24th March 
Y4 to visit Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Tuesday 25th March
5N to visit Ewden Water Treatment works

Wednesday 26th March
5H to visit Ewden Water Treatment works

Friday 11th April
School finishes for the Easter break

Educational visits for Nursery, Reception and Year 2 will take place in the summer term.

Year 3 & 4 Newsletter 24/02/2025

24/2/2025

 
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​Spring Term:
​When do I? Where do I?


​Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back! We hope you all had an enjoyable and restful break! Last half term, we worked incredibly hard across the curriculum! Our clever children have continued to work
their socks off and we are so pleased with the work they have produced and the enthusiasm they are showing in their own learning.
​
When do I? Where do I?
The children have been working hard and have already produced fantastic work. This term there is a history and geography focus across school. With the title of our quest being ‘When do I? Where do I? We are stepping into the shoes of historians to make comparisons between the past and present and as geographers to explore our local and national areas. This term children have taken on the role of Junior Government Ministers! Year 3 have been exploring sports and leisure, learning about the impact football clubs, such as Stockport County,
have on their local area.

We have plotted routes on maps, created our own questionnaires to interpret data and used compass points and coordinates to locate places. We loved our trip to Edgeley Park and we have also visited the National Football Museum to learn more about pioneering figures, such as Lily Parr. We took part in a workshop, explored the exhibitions and even got to take part in a penalty shoot out! In our workshop, we got to explore primary and secondary sources and we loved impressing the staff with our fantastic knowledge! At the beginning of the term, Year 4 stepped into the shoes of a Hazel Grove soldier, as they were enlisted into WW1!

They have explored how and why the war started and have created their own timelines to retell the key events in their own words. They have compared maps of German territories, before and after the war, and have used their historical and geographical understanding to keep evacuees safe, by suggesting the safest locations for them to stay. Year 4 are very much looking forward to their trip to the Stockport Air Raid Shelters in March, where they will explore the impact that the war had on those nationally and how evacuation impacted daily life.

Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their reading skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleasure.
To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be recorded in their reading records. This will be checked daily, during the school day.

​Book Fortnight
As we return to school, it is the start of our whole school Book Fortnight. We will start the fortnight with the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This year, our theme is food poverty and hunger. Each year group will look at a range of age appropriate books to help
develop an understanding of the importance of eating a balanced diet to keep healthy, why food is important and how we can reuse and repurpose food items.

Cooking
Alongside our reading focus, each year group will be looking at an aspect of Design Technology, (cooking and nutrition). Year 3 and 4 will be identifying food groups, discussing
what we need to make a healthy diet and exploring the origins of our food. We will also be designing and making our own soup, using our slicing, cutting, chopping and grating
skills. Each class will get the opportunity to design, prepare, make and taste make a dish which includes fruit or vegetables. Children will look at health and safety when cooking and
use different skills when making their dishes. School will be providing the ingredients for these lessons. Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any
concerns about allergies whilst cooking.

Read dating
For Read Dating we ask the children to bring in to school their favourite book from home, to share with their peers. The children will have the opportunity to share their book
and discuss why and what it is they enjoy about their book. This could be a story, a non-fiction text, a cook book or even an atlas. Year 3 have enjoyed their session already!

Reading den
As in previous years, our Library will be transformed into a magical reading den. All children across the school, will get the chance to reading in the den with their class, across the
fortnight. This year’s den will be The Bucket’s house from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Once the children step inside, they will be transported to the inside of the chocolate factory.

Please see the grid at the bottom of the Newsletter for key dates for Book Fortnight for Year 3 and 4.

Home Leaning Competition
For home learning, we would like to ask the children to create their own book character from a repurposed or un- used healthy fruit or vegetable. Also, we would like the children to write a label for their book character telling us their character is and also display their name  and class  on it. Once the competition is over, the fruit and vegetables will be put into our school composter, which will then in turn be used to grow more fruit and vegetables.  Entries need be in school on Monday 3rd March.  Please see Mrs Adnett's Newsletter for ideas.
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Mrs Garrett
​KS2 Leader

​Key Dates:
Monday 24th February 2025
Book Fortnight begins
Tuesday 4th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 5th March
Dress up day for World Book Day
Thursday 6th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Friday 11th April
School closes for the Easter Break

Year 5 & 6 Newsletter 24/02/2025

24/2/2025

 
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Spring Term:
​When do I? Where do I?

 Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back! We hope you all had an enjoyable and restful break! Last half term, we worked incredibly hard across the curriculum! Our clever clogs have continued to work
their socks off and we are so pleased with the work they have produced and the enthusiasm they are showing in their own learning.

When do I? Where do I?
This term, the children have taken on a very important role as Junior Ministers to help support the Government in making decisions for our country. Year 5 have been Transport
Ministers, looking into our railways and water systems. Year 6 have been Equality Ministers, looking into fair and equal rights for all, by delving into history to look at how unfairly children, women and people of different ethnicities were treated. This role will continue into the next half term.

Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their reading skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleasure.
To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be recorded in their reading records. This will be checked daily, during
the school day.

Book Fortnight
As we return to school, it is the start of our whole school Book Fortnight. We will start the fortnight with the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This year, our theme is food poverty and hunger. Each year group will look at a range of age appropriate books to help
develop an understanding of the importance of eating a balanced diet to keep healthy, why food is important and how we can reuse and repurpose food items.

Read dating
We would like the children to bring in their favourite book from home, into school to share with their peers. Please ensure the book is labelled with your child's name and class. Children will have the opportunity to share their book and discuss why and what it is they enjoy about their book. ​Please see the table below for the date of read dating for your child.

​Reading den
As in previous years, our Library will be transformed into a magical reading den. All children across the school, will get the chance to reading in the den with their class, across the
fortnight. This year’s den will be The Bucket’s house from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Once children step inside, they will be transported to the inside of the chocolate factory.

Cooking
Alongside our reading focus, each year group will be looking at an aspect of Design Technology (cooking and nutrition). Year 5 and 6 will be exploring seasonality and dietary requirements, modifying recipes, and looking into cost effectiveness.
We will do this through designing and making our own pasta sauce, using our a range of techniques and skills. Each class will get the opportunity to design, prepare, taste and make a pasta sauce dish. School will be providing the ingredients for these lessons. Eat your heart out Jamie Oliver!

Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns about allergies whilst cooking.
​

Home Learning Competition
For home learning, we would like to ask the children to create their own book character from a repurposed or unused healthy fruit or vegetable. Also, we would like the children to write a label for their book character, telling us who their character is and also display their name and class on it. Once the competition is over, the fruit and vegetables will be put into our school composter, which with then in turn be used to grow more fruit and vegetables.  entries need to be in school on Monday 3rd March.  Please see Mrs Adnett's newsletter for ideas.

Please see the grid below for key dates for Book Fortnight for Year 5 & 6.
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Miss Garrett
KS2 Phase Leader
Key Dates:
Monday 24th February 2025
Book Fortnight begins
Tuesday 4th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 5th March
Dress up day for World Book Day
Thursday 6th March
Parent Teacher meetings
Friday 11th April
School closes for the Easter Break

Nursery Newsletter 13/02/2025

13/2/2025

 
Dear Parents and Carers,

​The children have had a great half term and have been enjoying their learning through our whole school quest, ‘When Do I?  Where Do I?’   They really showed interest in looking at and thinking about old toys that you and their grandparents used to play with.  In circle time, we talked about ‘Where do I live’’?  encouraging the children to talk about their families and their homes too.  

Mental Health Week gave the children opportunities to join in with a range of activities to help them begin to recognise and share their feelings.  We also talked about our friends and collectively, created a collage ‘kindness garden’ which now enhances our role play home area. This week, we have enjoyed listening to a colour poem, which helps children begin to connect their emotions and emotion-words to feelings and colours.  

Next half term, we will be starting off with Book Fortnight.  It would be lovely if the children could bring in a favourite book to share.  Please make sure their name is in their book and I’ll endeavour to read them all with the children over the course of time!   As nursery is very much part of the main school, we will also be celebrating Book Character day.  Children are welcome to dress up in their favourite book character clothes, but please don’t feel you have to buy anything special for this event.  I have a good collection of dressing up clothes here in nursery, if needed.
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Later in March, the school council are aiming to raise money and donations for Stockport Food Bank and Make-a-Wish charity.  They are asking the children to wear ‘odd shoes’ on this day.  It sounds fun to do, but please could you make sure that footwear is even as they are still learning to coordinate their movements and I don’t want the children to feel off balance.  Perhaps you could add different things to trainers or wellies eg coloured laces/bows, tie in/tape on a small toy? It’s up to you!

Thank you so much for your continued support, 

The Early Years Nursery Team
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Dates for your diary
Monday 17th February to Friday 21st 2025
Nursery will be closed for February half term.

Monday 24th March – Book Fortnight begins
 bring in a favourite story book to share

Tuesday 4th March, Wednesday 5th March and Thursday 6th March
Parents Consultations 

Wednesday 5th March
‘Book Character’ Day 

Wednesday 19th March
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‘Odd Shoes’ Day – School Council Fundraiser

School Nurse Drop In 05/03/2025

11/2/2025

 
​Good morning, 
 
Our school nurse Steph is holding drop in sessions on Wednesday 5th March.
 
The school nursing service are able to support and advise on all aspects of child health, development and parenting including – sleep, healthy eating and behaviour. If you would like to make an appointment with our school nurse to discuss one of these matters please email me directly by Friday 14th February. 
 
If you would like advice or support regarding toileting Steph will be happy to take the details to pass on to the continence team. 
 
Please email [email protected] with your child's name, date of birth and a brief note of the area to be discussed. This will remain confidential but it allows Steph to be prepared. 
 
Please be aware that these sessions are very popular and we will make our best efforts to accommodate all. 
 
 
Kind regards, 
 
Julie Rice
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Non-Uniform Day 14/02/2025

10/2/2025

 
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School Council 10/02/2025

10/2/2025

 

Fundraiser 19th March

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Dear Parents and Carers,
 
We are holding a fundraiser on Wednesday 19th March to support Stockport food bank and Make-a-wish. We would like each child to bring in £1 and a tin or food item of your choice. On this day we would like everyone to wear odd shoes. (The crazier the better!)

A bit about the charities:
We are supporting Stockport food bank to provide three days, nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people. On the other hand, Make-a-wish is part of a global movement that grants life changing wishes that have the power to turn tears into cheers.
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We thank everyone for your support. We can’t wait for this exciting day to come!
Many thanks,

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School Council

Book Fortnight

10/2/2025

 
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A reader for pleasure is more likely to be happier, healthier, to do better at school.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Book fortnight is a special two weeks in school designated to raising the profile of reading for pleasure and helping the children to recognise the importance of reading. Reading for pleasure opens up new worlds for our children. It gives them the opportunity to use their imagination to explore new ideas, visit new places and meet new characters. Interestingly, reading for pleasure also improves children’s well-being and empathy. It helps them to understand their own identity and gives them an insight into the world and the views of others.

This year, book fortnight will run from Monday 24th February and our focus for book fortnight is around hunger and food poverty. Through exploring books around these topics the children will have the opportunity to empathise with others and understand why it is important to eat a healthy balanced diet. We will be using Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a stimulus for this theme, exploring the characters and their actions in this story. We will also link our Design and Technology learning about food to this theme and the children will be designing, making and evaluating their own food creations!
 
Home Learning
In addition, during this fortnight, the children will also be involved in many other activities to promote a love of reading. For home learning we would like the children to create their own book character from a healthy fruit or vegetable. We would also like the children to write a label for their book character telling us who their character is and also displays their own name and class on it.
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Competitions always create a real buzz about books and the children always enjoy sharing their creations.

Once these are completed, we will then display these in school, and we will award prizes for each class. We would like the children to complete their creation and bring it into school for the week beginning Monday 3rd March where they will be shared and discussed in class and prizes will be given for creativity.
 
Dressing up day
On Wednesday 5th March the children can come dressed as their favourite book character or they can wear their own clothes. Again, this provides the opportunity to discuss different book characters and share ideas for reading. The PA are arranging a costume swap ahead of World Book Day where parents will be able to bring in unwanted/outgrown costumes and they will then set up a stall after school for people to make a donation for a new outfit before the big day. More information on this will follow shortly.
 
Read Dating (Year 1-6)
The children will also be asked to bring in their favourite book. This is so that the children can participate in an activity where they share these books with each other, promoting them to their classmates. The children need to be able to discuss their book and why they really enjoyed it. The idea is that during this session the children will hear about at least 30 different books that they might also potentially enjoy. Your class teacher will be sending out a note informing you on which day your child needs to bring in their book.
 
The children will also be involved in many other activities during book fortnight such as visiting our reading den on the theme of Charlie and Chocolate Factory and other quizzes and reading competitions. We hope the children enjoy all the activities we have planned for Book Fortnight and also have plenty of opportunities to read for pleasure both in school and at home. We will be sending out further suggestions of exciting reads for you child during our Book Fortnight.

Best wishes,
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Bridget Adnett 
Deputy Headteacher/English lead

Headteacher's Newsletter 03/02/2025

3/2/2025

 
Dear Parents and Carers,

This half term is moving at pace and the children have achieved many things in the four weeks since our return to school. We have unfortunately had a lot of our children unwell but we are hoping as we nudge towards spring, we are healthier.

Children's Mental Health Week
Thank you to those of you who attended our coffee morning for Children's Mental Health Week this morning. This will be a focus of learning for the children across this week. This is the link to the official website for the week if you would like to explore this further - https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/. School staff are obviously willing to discuss anything related to children's mental health with you.

Parent Teacher Meetings
Parent and teacher meetings are scheduled for Tuesday 4th March and Thursday 6th March. For Nursery parents there is an additional session on Wednesday 5h March in the morning. We will be using the online booking system again for you to be able to book appointments. The system will go live later today and we will send a text to inform you that appointments are available for booking. If you have any queries about how to use the system, please contact our office team. For parents of children in Mrs Matthews' class we will not be taking bookings at this point. We will look to arrange appointments as soon as possible. If in the meantime, you would like to talk to us about your child, please either contact myself or Sian Murphy.

Parents' Association News
The movie nights were well attended and raised £750. Thank you to the PA team who cooked for the children and thank you to the staff team for supervising the children. We have a school disco this Thursday with a 'Love is in the Air theme. The discos are on Thursday 6*h February - for Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2 the disco is from 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm and for Years 3 - 6 the disco is from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. The entry cost is £3. For more information, please see the PA website (www.norburyhallpa.co.uk). Friday 14th February will be a non-uniform day as it is Valentine's Day. The children can come in something suitable to mark the day or just something they find comfortable to wear. Please bring a £1 cash donation to support the PA.

Parking
Our School Council have been working hard to encourage responsible parking around our school. You will have noticed that we have cones in certain locations to deter parking. Shortly, you will be seeing banners go up to support this initiative. The School Council held a competition for the children in school to design a banner. Well done to Oakley in Year 2 who was the winner.

Safeguarding
Safeguarding our children at Norbury Hall is at the heart of all we do. Please do not be offended if your children attend Norbury Tinkers after school and school staff will not let you enter the building to pick them up. It is important that you use the Norbury Tinkers doorbell so that they can supervise the collection of your children.

Website
We are in the process of updating our school website and we are very nearly ready to go live. We are very pleased with how the new site is looking. Once live, we would welcome your feedback. There are statutory items that have to go on a school website but we want the new website to be informative for our current parents and carers as well as parents or carers who may be new to our school. Your feedback will help us to achieve this. We will send a text to inform you when the website is available.

Primary Sports Coaching - February Half Term Holiday Club
Please see the following message from Primary Sports Coaching:
Primary Sports Coaching Limited are delighted to be running our established multi sports holiday course at Norbury Hall Primary School this February Half Term.

The course will be led by PSCL's coaching team who work every day in primary schools delivering lunchtime ports, after school clubs and PE lessons.

Jordan Fletcher will be leading the course. Jordan is qualified sports coach and can normally be found delivering sports sessions at St Pauls Primary School in Withington. Jordan will be supported by Amy Shipton who the children will know from lunchtime sessions and after school club at Norbury Hall Primary School.

If you would like to attend our fantastic holiday course please book soon as places are limited (https://primaryscl.coordinote.cloud/project/60548)
Our ethos is to provide a fun and exciting experience for all children that attend our holiday clubs. We want every child to experience a variety of sports and help them create a lifelong love of sport and physical activity. PSCL Holiday Courses are a registered Ofsted provider, all of our settings are on the voluntary part of the childcare register.
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Key Information
Monday 17h February - Friday 21" February
Boys and Girls aged 5 - 12 years old can attend PSCL Holiday Courses. Children currently in reception can attend specific courses from 9am - 12.45pm. They are not able to access our early drop off.

Times and Prices of Courses
Children can be dropped off from 9am. Children can be collected from 3.30pm.
Standard Day - £22
Reception Child Day - £14
Sibling Discount
Discounts are available for siblings attending together. Please use discount code 'SIBLING25' to reduce the cost to £19.50 per child per day.

Week Discount
When you book a 5 day week use our discount code 'FULLWK' to discount the price to £100 per week

Wrap Around Care
Early drop off - 8am - 8.55am = £3.50 per child, per morning Stay and Play - 3.30pm - 5pm = £4.50 per child, per afternoon.

Thank you as ever for your support.
Best wishes
Becky Wood
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Useful Dates

USEFUL DATES
SPRING TERM 2025


Tuesday 14th January
Movie night for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

Wednesday 15th January
Y6 visit to Quarry Bank Mill

Thursday 16th January
Movie night for Years 3 – 6

Monday 3rd February
Launch of Children’s Mental Health Week with a coffee morning

Thursday 6th February
School Disco

Friday 7th February
Lisa Smart MP visiting the school

Thursday 13th February
Y3 visit to the Football Museum

Friday 14th February
School finishes for the half term break

Monday 24th February
Return to school
Book fortnight begins

Tuesday 4th March
Parent / Teacher meetings

Wednesday 5th March
Norbury’s dress up day for World Book Day

Thursday 6th March
Parent / Teacher meetings

Monday 24th March
Y4 to visit Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Tuesday 25th March
5H to visit Edwen Water Treatment works

Wednesday 26th March
5N to visit Edwen Water Treatment works

Friday 11th April
School finishes for the Easter break

​Educational visits for Nursery, Reception and Year 2 will take place in the summer term.

Nursery Kindness Garden –Children’s Mental Health Week

3/2/2025

 
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The children across the nursery have been busy creating a Kindness Garden together. 

We talked about what made us feel happy and how we can make each other smile in circle time!
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​The children explored a range of materials to make their flowers and then had lots of fun painting, cutting and sticking and finally adding sparkles and glitter to this masterpiece!
 
We hope our Kindness Garden is enjoyed by all those who are visiting our school, as it will be displayed in the school hall.
​The Early Years Nursery Team
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