This week has seen the start of our Forest Phase educational visits to the Gateway Café in Acomb. Next week and the final week of term, Forest and Orchard phase will be taking part in their visits to Acomb Library and Morrisons. I look forward to hearing all about these curriculum visits over the next few weeks. Phase Leaders and Class Teachers have worked hard to plan these to ensure that they are successful learning visits which extend, and build on, the learning which has been taking place in the classroom this half term.
On Thursday I attended the Ebor Heads Conference. Part of this was Shona Morgan, our Outreach Teacher, sharing the SEND training package, which Hob Moor Oaks offers, with all of the Headteachers. It was wonderful to be able to celebrate the good practice which we have in school, but also to signpost others to the training we can offer them. From the feedback, it sounds like Shona’s training will be very well attended in the future!
Shona and I also took the opportunity to visit Applefields to catch up with our Year 7 leavers after our Heads Conference. It was lovely to see not only the children who left us in July, but also those from the last few years. We visited over lunchtime so we saw lots of familiar faces.
On Monday, the drop-in session with Nicola Inglis, the CYC Short Breaks Coordinator, was very well attended by parents and carers. I am sure those who attended would agree that they found the information shared around the changes to the 100 hours very useful. If you were unable to attend the meeting and would like further information, please contact the school WEB team.
This week a letter will be sent out to our Year 6 families about the Year 6 Residential Parents Meeting which will be taking place after half term. Our Year 6 Residential takes place at Lea Green in Derbyshire during the spring and summer terms. Here’s a link if you want to see where our children visit for 3 days and 2 nights! https://leagreen.derbyshire-outdoors.org/
Have a wonderful weekend, hopefully the autumnal weather will stay sunny and warm.
