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Dear North Tawton Families and Friends, As I teach and visit classes I am always impressed with how focused the children are on learning. This week our classes have been getting stuck in to their new history and RE topics, discovering ne books in English lessons and securing number facts in maths. Our Year six pupils have completed assessments in reading, maths and spelling, punctuation and grammar so we can target exactly what they need to learn this year. I enjoyed hearing children practicing songs for the Whiddon Down Music Festival and seeing children outside (between rain showers!) with our SAINTS coaches. In nursey, I was struck by how quickly and easily our newest school members have settled into the rhythms and routines of their early school experience. Nursey is the foundation of all we learn, and it is always a delight to be part of their hands on independent discovery. As I watched them explore their learning environment, engage with adult led activities and choose their own, I remembered this poem, by the American minister Robert Fulghum from his book All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (Kindergarten being the American word for nursery, from the German ‘Children’s Garden’) “All of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned… Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Give them to someone who feels sad. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day. Take a nap every afternoon. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.” I also reflected on the advice form Roald Dahl - newer grow up, always down! Our nursery is a wonderful space! If you know people with pre school children, please encourage them to contact the school for a visit. FONTS – Friends of North Tawton At the FONTS AGM we elected a full committee: Chair – Philippa Crisp Vice Chair – Lucy Barzotelli Secretary – Becci Arscott Treasurer – Wayne Arscott Thank you to these volunteers and to those who attended to make sure they could be elected! I am delighted that FONTS will continue to run, with your support they can organise activities and events to raise money and build community. Please follow on Facebook to keep up with FONTS news. Thank You! Thank you to the Fountain Inn for choosing FONTS for the pub quiz month ad raising a much appreciated £90 Attendance  Congratulations Acorns, Beech, Willow and Sycamore for being over 98% Unfortunately, we have had some bugs doing the rounds. Hopefully our poorly children and feeling much better now. Clothing With the weather reminding us that Autumn is around the corner, please make sure children come to school every day with a jumper / cardigan and a waterproof coat! Please write names in clothes! This will help us make sure clothes are returned to the right children and reduce our collection of lost property. Congratulations Congratulations to Team NT who walked from Barnstable to Braunton (over 10 miles) on Sunday morning to raise funds for our local charity Families in Grief. Here they are at the end of the walk - still smiling! Thank you to all who sponsored them.  Dates for the diary
Dates in red are new or times have been confirmed. We will add events to this a term ahead to give parents plenty of notice to make at0rrangements to attend. September 📚 Class Meetings Monday 16 at 5pm – Parents of Y4 / Y5 Hazel Tuesday 17 at 5pm – Parents of Y6 Sycamore 🤝 Tuesday 17 at 7pm - FONTS MEETING at The White Hart, North Tawton 🎶 Thursday 19 - Whiddon Down Music Festival 📸 Friday 20 - Individual and Sibling Photographs with PerriKhoo Photography October 🍂 Thursday 24 at 2pm - Harvest Service at the church 🧑🌾 Half Term - Scarecrow Trail ⭐ Monday 28 - Sunday 3 November - Half term break (inclusive) November 📚 Monday 4 - Back to school December 🎅 Sunday 1 - Santa Run 🎶 Thursday 12 at 2pm - Christingle Service led by Y6 pupils at the church 🎄 Friday 13 - Christmas Market at North Tawton Church from 3.30pm 🎅 Tuesday 17 at 2pm - Christmas Performances by Reception, Y1 and Year 2 🎅Wednesday 18 at 4pm - Christmas Performances by Reception, Y1 and Year 2 🎶 Thursday 19 at 10am - Carols in the hall ⭐ Monday 23 - Monday 6 January - Christmas Holidays (inclusive) January 📚 Tuesday 7 - Back to school February ⭐ Monday 17 - Sunday 23 - Half term break (inclusive) 📚 Monday 24 - Back to school March April ⭐ Friday 4 - Monday 21 - Easter Holidays (inclusive) 📚 Tuesday 22 - Back to school May ⭐ Monday 5 - May Day Bank Holiday ⭐ Monday 26 - Sunday 1 June - Half term break (inclusive) June 📚 Monday 2 - Back to school July ⭐ Wednesday 16 - LAST DAY OF TERM ⭐ Thursday 17 onward - Summer Holidays Wishing you all a great week ahead Tara Penny Principal Comments are closed.
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