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​Book Fortnight has been a great success in school. The children enjoyed the usual excitement of dressing up as their favourite book character and we had some amazing entries for the competition. The reading den, Charlie Bucket’s house leading into the chocolate factory, allowed classes to come together in a cosy and calm environment for them to share a class read. The den always supports the overall theme for book fortnight and encourages a great deal of discussion around the chosen focus story which this year was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Read dating allows the children the opportunity to share books that they have enjoyed with their peers and learn about new books that may appeal to them.

​The children also enjoyed texts exploring the themes of hunger and the use of food banks. These texts allowed the children to develop their skills of empathy – putting themselves in the shoes of others. There was also great excitement around preparing food related to the themes in the books they were reading such as creating fruit lollipops, soups and pasta dishes. Key skills for food preparation were learnt and the children certainly loved the end products!  The children also learnt about the importance of food composting and how we can then use the compost in the summer term to support our outdoor learning projects.

The launch of Stockport Book Awards has now created a buzz around reading and the children are already discussing this year’s texts and bringing in art pieces that they have created in response to their reading. We look forward to this continuing over the coming weeks.
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Thanks to all the parents and carers who support Book Fortnight by providing costumes, support home learning competitions and spend time reading with your children on a regular basis – it does all really help to ensure our children develop a love of reading.

Dear Parents,

During this half term and the first part of the summer term, we will be delivering Relationship and Sex Education for Years 1 - 6.  These lessons will take place as part of our PSHE curriculum.
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If you would like to view the Relationship and Sex Education materials that we will be using, then you would be more than welcome to request this.  Please could you contact your child’s class teacher to do this.  We feel that it is important the children take part in these sessions as part of our on-going programme of personal and social and health education.  I would like to emphasise that all themes covered are taught in an age-appropriate way.  Key themes explored within certain year groups are as follows:

If you would like to discuss anything further please do not hesitate to talk with your child’s class teacher, Mrs Adnett, Miss Garrett or Miss Wood.  If you do not wish your child to take part in these sessions, then please can you let Miss Wood know in writing that this is your decision.  We will of course make alternative provision for your child during this time.
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Yours sincerely
Becky Wood