I would like to share with you a letter that has arrived in school from the Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb.

 

 I would like to congratulate you, your staff and your pupils for the very high standard that your pupils in your school have achieved in writing and in mathematics for the 2016 key stage 2 assessments.

 

Your school's results, as published on 15 December, show that 100 per cent of your pupils attained the expected standard in writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2. This means that your school is in the top 1% of primary schools in England for attainment in writing and mathematics.

 

Thank you for your hard work and professionalism in producing such high standards and congratulations again to you and your staff for all you have achieved.

 

With best wishes.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Nick Gibb MP

 

 

 

 

This week the children of Northern have done us proud by doing one of the things they do best....helping and thinking of others! They have been very busy taking part in our Sign2Sing week which has involved lots of activities and fundraising. They have focused on finding out more about what it is like to be deaf and supporting the deaf health charity Signhealth by raising funds. Many of the children have been having a go at simple finger spelling and finding out how difficult it can be to lip read! Year 1 have learned how to sign the song 'I Can Sing A Rainbow' and higher up the school, children in Year 6 have followed the story of a 15 year old deaf boy growing up in Uganda and how life changes dramatically for him when he is finally given the opportunity to learn sign language. 

Our biggest events were held on Wednesday where the children came to school in non-uniform for £1 and we had a cake sale, the proceeds of which will all go to the charity Sighhealth. The whole school also gathered in the hall to sing and sign the official sign2sing 2017 song 'Together', which they have been practicing in their singing assemblies during the last few weeks.

Many thanks to all those who provided cakes and donations for this very worthy cause. Hopefully I will be able to let you knw how much we raised very soon!

Mrs S Egan

Today all of the children have had an amazing time learning about Chinese New Year and the celebrations around the Year of the Rooster. To help us to celebrate we have had a Dragon Dance workshop in school all day. Each class has had chance to learn and take part in different dances which are part of Chinese New Year celebrations. As the photos show, the children definitely had lots of fun!

On Monday 16th January, Years 4, 5 and 6 took part in a BBC live lesson to launch the BBC Radio 2's 500 words short story competition. It was hosted by Naga Munchetty and Benny Harwood. The special guest authors were Malorie Blackman and Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It was full of fantastic ideas and resources and every child thoroughly enjoyed the session and were left buzzing with wonderful ideas for their own 500 word story. As a result of this session, all of the children will be entering the competition - watch this space!