Thank you to the school council and Mrs Rae for organising an amazing Monster Ball. The children had a great time.
No Pens Day!Â
We are taking part in No Pens Day! On Wednesday 27th November, All Souls is excited to be joining many other schools around the UK for a chatty day of fun and fundraising. This is where we need your help!Â
As part of No Pens Day, we are asking each pupil to bring an item of their choosing and tell their peers about it as part of the biggest-ever show and tell! This will give your child a chance to practise their communication skills, listen and talk to others in their class about something that matters to them. Here are some ideas to help your child prepare
- Point out some topics to help children connect with what they could talk about. For example: âYou know a lot about space. Perhaps you could do a space-themed show and tell?âÂ
- Examples â Give your children lots of ideas for what they might like to bring in or talk about. An object from home, a photograph or a favourite outfit! This could be about imaginary ideas as well. Perhaps they’d like to draw a picture to show â or chat about a favourite character, unicorn or sea monster.
- Name some people or places your children could tell the class about. For older children this could be someone inspirational theyâve learnt about at school. Their object could be a figure, a book, a postcard or a map.
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We are also asking each pupil to bring in ÂŁ1 for the childrenâs charity Speech and Language UK. These vital funds will help raise awareness about the 1 in 5 children in the UK with speech and language challenges.  You can either give ÂŁ1 to your child to bring in or clickâŻhereâŻto make a donation online. (Donât forget to write our school in the donation message!) You can also donate by scanning this QR code:Â
 Together, we can give every child struggling with talking and understanding words the skills they need to face the future with confidence.Â
Thank you for your continued support. Â
The Battle is well and truly underway between our house groups on
Times Tables Rockstars!
Although this has been set as homework for Key Stage 2 children, children in Key Stage 1 are also more than welcome to join in. This is a house group effort and all those who have contributed to the winning team’s score will receive extra play time after the competition has closed.
Follow the updates to the leaderboard below:
03/11/2024
WELL DONE NAZARETH!
01/11/2024
Nazareth have jumped all the way from 4th place to 1st and are now at nearly 10,000 points!
24/10/24
Bethlehem have jumped from 3rd place to 1st!
23/10/24
3 house groups are now into the 5000s, Jerusalem have shimmied into 2nd place and it is all very close!
22/10/24
All House Groups have more than doubled their scores in less than 24 hours and Cana have taken the top spot!
21/10/24
Bethlehem is currently at the top of the leaderboard but the scores are that close, that it’s still all to play for!
So, what are you waiting for? Stop reading and start rocking those times tables!Â
*Please check restricted times and rules of play*
The children in Key Stage 2 were lucky enough to enjoy a visit from Vicki and Tenisha from Be Internet Legends by Google to teach them all about how to become Internet Legends!
The interactive event taught us to be safer, more confident online explorers, whilst having fun along the way! The skills and behaviours we learnt will help us to navigate our online lives â helping us to learn to be Sharp, Alert, Secure, Kind and Brave.
Here is the game they mentioned you can play at home: https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_uk/interland
We want to say a big thank you to our PTA. We now have a set of class reader books for each class which will make sure a range of books are read to the children over their time at All Souls. We will be hosting a book fair in the new year and following this, we hope to be able to add to the Nursery, Reception and Year 1 class reader sets .
As part of our commitment to make maths exciting and high profile in our school, we are taking part in a friendly competition involving schools in England. The competition runs from 07:30 Tuesday 12th November 2024 to 19:30 Thursday 14th November 2024.
It’s all done online via play.ttrockstars.com.Â
Children can play in any gamemode with every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, earning themselves, their class and the school a point. The Times Tables Rock Stars platform will calculate the class average (the number of correct answers per pupil in the class who play during the competition hours, subject to a daily 60-minute limit (see below)). Winning classes in the school and in the competition as a whole will be the ones with the highest average.
To support player wellbeing, there is a daily time limit of 60-minutes per player. Once the player goes beyond 60-minutes of play on that day, they will still earn coins but will no longer earn points towards the competition.
In the spirit of the competition, please don’t play on their behalf but by all means encourage and support them to play their part!
Year 2 and 4 have had a fantastic day exploring exotic animals at West Midlands Safari park!
After a morning driving through animal habitats we stopped by some fantastic rides for an afternoon of fun.
A big well done to both classes for outstanding behaviour and a huge thank you to staff and parent volunteers for accompanying us.
We are officially working towards our Live Simply Award!
We are very proud to be working on this journey together and look forwards to joining with our parish community and all our families to achieve this award together.
Well done to the children who received a certificate today for Numbots or Timestables Rockstars! You were either the child who was the most active online in your year group, got the most answers correct or the person with the quickest speed on the pupil leaderboard!
Could it be you next week?Â
Log on to TTRS/Numbots to be in it to win it! Good luck!
Well that is it…. School year 2023 – 2024 is over!
We wish our Year 6’s all the luck and love as you move on to new schools and bigger adventures. You presence will be missed!
Goodbye Miss Grantham -we wish you all the best on your Australian travels!
Thank you to all our wonderful children who make every day bright. Thank you also to all of our families for your support this year. Your kind words, cards and gifts are appreciated as always.
All Souls is a very special place and it takes everybody in our community to make it that way, so thank you all and please stay safe and have the very best summer!
We look forward to seeing our children and families on September 4th 2024.
The All Souls team x
