Story Writing Contest

The amazing Leicester Patron of Reading, Steve Skidmore, has launched his very own story writing competition especially for Off School!
Take your mind into an Imaginary world using the hints and tips Steve has put together in the series of four videos below containing great advice and ideas and watch Steve’s competition launch video with all the competition details you’ll need. There are great prizes to be won for each Key Stage (KS): KS1, Lower KS2, Upper KS2 and KS3!
Prizes include a signed book AND the opportunity to have your story read on video by Steve himself! 
Ready to take the challenge? Head to the Competition Zone on offschool.org.uk to enter! Your child’s entry can be submitted via the ‘Submit your Entry’ button at the bottom of the ‘Current Competition’ page. Either upload an electronic file of your story OR a photographed image of a handwritten story (ensuring that we can read this clearly).
Deadline for entries is Thursday 11th June at 12 noon. 
Good luck! 🙂

Good morning!

Shout out to all of my fabulous class who are either working really hard at home or in school! I was blown away by your work submissions yesterday. I am super proud of you all and I miss you all so much! Please keep it up!
Here are a few pictures of what my lovely lot have been up to!

Do you want to be on TV?

https://www.itv.com/citv/articles/dont-unleash-the-beast

https://shortaudition.com/Don-t-Unleash-The-Beast
Calling all 10-12 year olds! Mrs Ogle’s friend is creating a game for a new TV show on CITV and he needs 10-12 year olds to be a part of it! If you think you’ve got what it takes to be a problem solver on TV then please click the above link to apply.

You must be aged between 10 and 12 years old!

Weekly Class Hangouts

As we continue to teach a lot of our children online through either ‘Evidence Me’ or ‘Google Classroom’ we would like to extend our contact further by a weekly ‘Google Classroom Hangout’.

Every teacher will host a weekly class catch-up as per the details in the table below.

Please encourage your child to join this as regular contact with their friends and class teacher will help them continue to feel a part of their school community.  This will also support with the the safeguarding monitoring we are required to do during this time.

F1 Mrs Ibbertson Tuesday  2pm
F2P Mrs Price Monday 10am
F2S Mrs Shuka Monday (to start Monday 8th June) 10am
1L Miss Lister Tuesday 10:30am
1/2T Miss Topliss Wednesday 11am
2L Miss Lotysz Thursday 11:30am
3L Mrs Lewis Thursday 9:30am
3P Mr Pickering Friday 9:30am
4G Mrs Graves Thursday 10am
4W Mr Whitfield Wednesday 1:30pm
5B Miss Brogan Thursday 10am
5K Mrs Keegan Friday 11.30am
6B Miss Blackham Wednesday 10am
6H Mrs Haycock Thursday 10am
6Ha Mrs Coward Thursday 10am

Feel Good Friday

Here is this week’s Feel Good Friday! Thank you to all those who have took part! We are missing you all!

Our yellow T-shirt winner is….

Kyri!!!

I am so proud of you and the effort you are putting into your home learning despite internet access problems! You are a true superstar and it is so kind of you to be helping your sisters too! Please keep it up you superstar!

More fun in the sun!

Luke and Liam have been participating in an outdoor circuit and Charlie has been drawing and playing games! It looks like you’ve had lots of fun! Keep up with the challenges.

Remember to keep sending in your photos!

Look at these superstars! Cailey has been making breakfast for her brothers and Grace has been playing games with her sister! We love seeing what you all get up to as we miss you all so much! Remember to be involved in this weeks video you need to send your pictures in by 4pm Thursday. All you need to do is send us a picture/pictures of things you’ve been up to during lockdown!

Calling all budding artists! J.K. Rowling is inviting you to help illustrate The Ickabog for her. Every day when chapters of the story are uploaded, she will be making suggestions for what you might like to draw or paint to illustrate the story as it goes along. You should let your imagination run wild!

The best bit is, if you are between seven and twelve years old, your parent or guardian on your behalf can enter your drawings or paintings into the official competition being run by J.K. Rowling’s publishers, for a once in a lifetime chance to be featured in The Ickabog book, which is published in November. The competition is now open in the UK!

Details about how to enter, the prize and the terms and conditions are all on the website link below.

https://theickabogcompetition.com/