Windmill Primary School

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Our school summer fayre will be taking place on Saturday 6th July. If you are interested in booking a place for a stall, please email [email protected]. Please feel free to share!

Happy 'National Thank a Teacher Day' to ALL our wonderful staff working here at Windmill Primary School! 🥳

Your nurture, care and support for all our Windmill children doesn't go unnoticed and is massively appreciated! 🏫

Today we recognise our school leaders, teachers, teaching assistants and all support staff; inclusion, office, lunchtime, caretakers and cleaners. 🥰

Want to join us and say a HUGE thank you to the staff that care for your child/ren? Head over to the 'Thank a Teacher' website using the link below to send a FREE e-card and put a huge smile on their face. 😁

https://thankateacher.co.uk/thank-a-teacher/thank-a-teacher-form/?utm_source=SendACardRuthLueQeue2024&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=NTATD2024&utm_id=NTATD2024

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Wednesday 19th June is 'National Thank a Teacher Day', recognising ALL staff working in UK early years, schools and colleges; school leaders, teachers, teaching assistants, and all support staff such as lunchtime supervisors, caretakers and cleaners. 🥰

Want to send a wonderful message to the staff that care for your child/ren? Head over to the 'Thank a Teacher' website using the link below to send a FREE e-card and put a huge smile on their face. 😁

https://thankateacher.co.uk/thank-a-teacher/thank-a-teacher-form/?utm_source=SendACardRuthLueQeue2024&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=NTATD2024&utm_id=NTATD2024

You can send a card anonymously if you prefer and you can choose whether to send the e-card now or schedule it for Thank a Teacher Day!

When was the last time you had your Blood Pressure Checked?

Pop into the Live Well Hub at Brookside Central on Thursday 13th June for a Free Blood Pressure check.
Get to know your numbers 💓

Brookside Central Community Centre
Brookside Community Noticeboard
Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council
Forum 50+
Telford Mind

Wednesday 19th June is 'National Thank a Teacher Day', recognising ALL staff working in UK early years, schools and colleges; school leaders, teachers, teaching assistants, and all support staff such as lunchtime supervisors, caretakers and cleaners. 🥰

Want to send a wonderful message to the staff that care for your child/ren? Head over to the 'Thank a Teacher' website using the link below to send a FREE e-card and put a huge smile on their face. 😁

https://thankateacher.co.uk/thank-a-teacher/thank-a-teacher-form/?utm_source=SendACardRuthLueQeue2024&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=NTATD2024&utm_id=NTATD2024

You can send a card anonymously if you prefer and you can choose whether to send the e-card now or schedule it for Thank a Teacher Day!

📣 FREE EVENT 📣

We have a passion for reading here at Windmill Primary School! 📖🔖

Without the ability to read, so much of the curriculum can be inaccessible for children. That is why we prioritise reading throughout our school. We want children to enjoy reading, become fluent and build a rich vocabulary.

📚 Next Saturday, 15th June, Author Bryher Mackenzie and Illustrator Gillian Eilidh O’Mara are launching their book 'The Night Whale' at Southwater Library between 1-2:30pm. 🐋🐳

With a reading, Q&A, signing and crafts - Book your free place today: www.ticketsource.co.uk/telford-wrekin-libraries 📚

Telford & Wrekin Libraries
Southwater Telford
Bryher Mackenzie
Gillian Eilidh O’Mara Artist

Telford & Wrekin Council

After a terrific but tiring swimming session we are doing our Maths lesson on the laptop today. 🏊🏻‍♀️➕➖✖➗💻

Throughout the week we have been looking at decimal numbers and have been practicing multiplying and dividing them by 10, 100 and 1000. So today is a Blooket session to see how much we've learned!

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🌟 Join Our Team at Windmill Primary School! 🌟

We're excited to announce three fantastic job openings in our nurturing school environment:

- Class Teacher
- Classroom Support
- Nursery Classroom Assistant

If you're passionate about supportive an inclusive learning atmosphere, we want you on our team!

Apply now and help shape the future of our amazing pupils.

📅 Application Deadline: 12 noon 17th June 2024
📅 Interview Dates: 25th, 26th, and 27th June 2024
📅 Start date: 1st September 2024

👉 Apply Now:
Class Teacher: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/145745/EDV-2024-WPS-36818
Nursery Classroom Assistant: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/145745/EDV-2024-WPS-08626
Classroom Support: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/145745/EDV-2024-WPS-17209

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Classroom Support - Windmill Primary School, Brookside, Telford, Shropshire Closing date: Midday, Mon 17th Jun, 2024. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

Class 11 had a great maths lesson yesterday! The weather was beautiful so they took their lesson outdoors!

They used bead strings and a die to derive addition and subtraction facts with decimal numbers. ➕➖✖➗🎲📿

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🗓 SAVE THE DATE AND BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE - SATURDAY 15TH JUNE 2024 🗓

University of Wolverhampton TELFORD Campus are hosting a Family and Community Day consisting of educational and fun activities! 😁

There are STEM workshops in Anatomy, Build a University in Lego workshops, also Chinese Brush painting and origami workshops. We have activities for Nursing, Paramedic Science, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. 🧱🖌👂🏻👩🏻‍⚕️🚑

They also have Engineering activities with change the wheel challenge and a race simulator. Exotic Zoo are delivering a one hour animal show, there is a Chinese dragon dance performance, face painting, a fire engine, sports activities, food and more. 🏎🐍🦉🦇🦨🐢🦜 🚒 ⚽🏈🏉🍟🍔🌭🍎🍉🍩

Entry is FREE but do please book via the QR code on the flyer. There is plenty of parking on the campus. 🚗

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Next Sunday 'The Shropshire Megafinal' is your local regional stage of the UK Chess Challenge, one of the largest junior chess tournaments in the word. ♟

This tournament is for junior players regardless of home location who were born after 31/08/2005.

For more information and to enter click here: https://www.shropshirechess.org/junior-tournaments/shropshire-megafinal-2024/

Further information about the UKCC can be found on their website:
https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/

📣 FREE EVENT 📣

We have a passion for reading here at Windmill Primary School! 📖🔖

Without the ability to read, so much of the curriculum can be inaccessible for children. That is why we prioritise reading throughout our school. We want children to enjoy reading, become fluent and build a rich vocabulary.

📚 Next Saturday, 1st June, Author Frances Wong will be at Southwater Library between 1-2:30pm promoting her new book 'Lexi Walker and the Secrets of Issak's Stave'.

She'll be running a session on how to write science fiction stories too! Book your free place today: www.ticketsource.co.uk/telford-wrekin-libraries 📚

Telford & Wrekin Libraries
Southwater Telford
Frances Wong

Telford & Wrekin Council

This week our 'Staff Star of The Week' goes to 4 members of staff! 😱🏆🌟🥁

Mrs Gain, Miss Jenks, Mrs Martin and Miss Welch! 🏆🌟🥳👏🏻

Mr Gibbons said: 'The effort they all put in at Long Mynd was excellent and the children absolutely loved it!'

Their other shared nominations were all very similar but summed up well by saying; 'For giving the Year 4 children an unimaginably valuable and treasured time away, which they’ll remember for the rest of their lives.'

Thanks team, you're all absolute shining stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Have a fabulous half-term break everyone!

Ok, so the weather's not looking great for half-term BUT there are SO many benefits to children being outside and engaging in physical play.

'There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing' as the saying goes. ☔

So this half-term, switch off the consoles and get outdoors! Just some of the benefits include:

🌦Boosts creativity
☂Builds emotional intelligence and wellbeing
🌧Improved mood
🌈Better concentration
☔Exercise
🌂Increases attention span
☀Builds confidence
⛅Social development
🌤Cognitive development
🌥More advanced motor skills
🌞Better sleep
🧴Encourages exploration and activates a child's sense of wonder
🕶Boosts self-esteem and independence
😎Promotes problem solving

So what can you do next week? 🤔 Find out more and book & Wrekin Council's May half-term leisure activities here: https://indd.adobe.com/view/799252e5-dfec-4c97-8745-126e526a26d4

Class 11 made the most of today's dry weather and went to do some maths outside. ⛅

They discussed the Vitruvian man and measured their body parts using cm and m. 📏🦵💪

We've had a vey busy week with class 9 and 10 children this week...

We have been stranded on an Island, captured by pirates and had to become one of the crew. 🦜🏴‍☠️

The children wrote a story about their adventure on an island with a volcano, created treasure maps, ships using sticks and dipped their feet in paint to make footprints on the sand. 🌋🗺⚓🦶🖌

Yesterday year 5 spent some time in the teaching kitchen! 👩‍🍳🍽

They chopped, sliced, diced, fried and served some DELICIOUS fajitas! 🤤

Last week, Year 4 attended a drama workshop at The Telford Langley School. 🎭

The children produced a short play in groups based on evoking the emotion 'fear'. 😱

They explored props and lighting as well as some games which focused on facial expression and body language. 🎥💡

Did you know, you can collect 9 Blue Peter badges?!

A Blue Peter badge is a special award given to people who appear on the show, or can be earned by posting in an application. Applicants must be 5 to 15 years old.

Badge owners, with a valid badge card, can gain free entry into over 200 Blue Peter Badge attractions around the country such as theme parks, zoos and castles. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/attractions

You can earn badges for:
💙 Blue badges are awarded for sending in interesting letters, stories, makes, pictures, poems, good ideas for the programme, and for having appeared on Blue Peter.

📚 Book badge
The exciting new Book badge, was designed by one of the UK’s best known illustrators, Sir Quentin Blake; who you might know from bringing to life characters such as Roald Dahl's BFG and Matilda!

To earn your badge, share your thoughts on a favourite book, draw a character or scene and tell us about other books and writers that you love.

💚 Green badge
Green badges are awarded for showing us how much you care about nature, the environment and sustainability and telling us what you do to help to protect our planet. Earn your Green badge by answering our super-sustainability questions and uploading your photos and artwork inspired by nature and the environment.

🥈 The Silver badge
The Silver badge celebrates kindness and doing something for others. You could be doing something to make a difference in your community, speaking up for what you believe in, or helping a friend.

💜 Purple Fan Club badge
Purple Fan Club badges are awarded for joining the Blue Peter fan club and answering some questions about the show and the website.

🎙 Music badge
The Music badge is a very special badge, designed by superstar Ed Sheeran. It's awarded to those who show off their passion for music by learning a new instrument or being part of a musical performance.

⚽Sport badge
The Sport badge is awarded for getting active and trying a sport that you have never tried before.

🧡 Orange badge
Orange badges are given to winners and runners up of Blue Peter competitions. To have a chance of winning one of these badges you have to enter a Blue Peter competition, which only run during certain times in the year.

🥇 Gold badge
Gold badges are very rare indeed. Each year only a few are awarded in exceptional circumstances for outstanding achievements, for example being solely responsible for saving someone's life, or showing amazing and unique bravery, courage and citizenship.

Find out more information on how your child can apply for their badges here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges

Have you earnt your 9 blue peter badges?! If so, we'd love to see them!

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