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5th March 2021
Welcome back to school for our summer term!

Welcome back!
           We really cannot wait to welcome you all
              back to Southdale next week!
           It has certainly seemed like a long time and
               we could not be more proud of how you
               have continued to shine during lockdown!

             Whether you are feeling a little nervous
             or super excited to be back next week, be
             assured that we will do all we can to
              make sure next week is really special!

                See you all on Monday!

World Book Day!

           The Masked Reader!

    We absolutely loved our masked reader challenge and hope you
    did too. There were certainly some tricky ones! We hope you
    enjoyed listening to the different stories and that you had some
    fun guessing! Well done for having a go! Mouse (AKA Mrs Mohebi)

    So, who was behind each mask?
    Mouse - Mrs Mohebi
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    Unicorn - Mr Fox
    Narwhal - Mrs Gibbons
    Tiger - Mrs Skipworth
    Panda - Miss Ryan
    Cow - Miss Freeman
    Dinosaur - Mrs Dundon               Chinese Dragon - Miss Stott
    Polar Bear - Mrs Randall            Shark - Mrs Jones
    Octopus - Miss Dyer                 Giraffe - Miss Smith
    Penguin - Mr Biltcliffe             Skull - Mrs Thomas
    Monkey - Miss Dryhurst              Chicken - Miss Mallas
    Koala - Mrs Garnett                 Lion - Mr Nash
    Dog - Mrs Wilson                    Alien - Mrs Gray-Batte
    Owl - Mrs Helliwell                 Cat - Mrs Partington

Baking with Miss Woolley

              rclass with Miss Woolley
A baking maste

What a super way to celebrate
the end of lockdown! Miss
Woolley’s lesson saw you
having a go at baking your
own Victoria Sponge Cake!

Oh my goodness, the photos
you sent in certainly made us
feel hungry and we only wish
we could have shared your
cakes with you!

If you haven’t had a go yet, then
this could be a lovely weekend
activity!

Thank you Miss Woolley - you
are a true Southdale Star for
sharing your baking skills with
us!

Wonderful
                 World BookWriting!
                           Day!

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Year 5 and 6 have been reading The High-
wayman poem and have produced some
fantastic writing based on it - it was simply
to fabulous not to share!

Joe P 5EZ
It was a stormy, hideous night. It was like a dark, ominous
shadow
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          was looming over the desolate moor. The strong,
muscular wind ripped the bare bones off the twisted,
gnarled trees as fog descended slowly up to the purple
moor. The thunder roared like a hungry lion, lightening
stroke the wet, cobbled path. Slamming down was the
monstrous rain, meanwhile the grey, black clouds huddle
together like a gang of threatening wrestlers. Occasionally,
the moon reflected on the old wonky path. In the gloomy
distance came a man who had always been more violent
than a soldier. He had a sword and pistol on his hip, he kept
riding, riding, riding.

Wonderful Writing!

              Superb Writing

Henry A 5EZ
Above the purple moon, an ominous and sinister shadow materialised and
engulfed the desolate land. Contorted trees hung in despair as a cascade of
rain impaled the sodden ground. The thunder roared like a lion. Wind
shrieked, lightning struck. Snaking in between the roots of the trees was a
denseL fog. Meanwhile colossal clouds billowed like a giant. Moonlight occa-
sionally glared on the path creating tiny pools of light. Over the peak of the
hill came the rider. Tlot, tlot, the highway man who carried a pistol came
riding, riding, riding……

Harry P 5EZ
The sinister darkness descended over the gloomy lifeless moor, swallowing
everything in its path. The crooked trees that look like witches fingers hung
in despair as the wind howled like a hungry vicious werewolf. Thunder yelled,
lightning thrashed. Piercing through the clouds was the moon. After the last
strike of lightning, the fog slithered through the uneven tree roots like a
hissing anaconda hunting down prey whilst the sky flung down a menace.
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. Over the brow of
the hill the Highway man who is extremely dangerous came riding, riding,
riding with a pistol in his hand ……..

Wonderful Writing!

               Superb Writing

Dylan H 5EZ
A barbaric darkness swarmed the taunting and terrifying lifeless moor. The fog
cloaked the moor as fallen and daunting trees hung with moss covering it like
thick ivy. Wind roared, hail penetrated the cobbled ground. Mocking grey clouds
huddled in the sky. The moon could be seen occasionally through the night. Tlot,
      L highway man carries a pistol in his pocket and wears a sparkly velvet coat
tlot, the
who came riding, riding to the old inn door.

Joshua T 6ZR
Black. Pitch black. Terrorizing the helpless hostage hamlet, a malevolent torrent
of darkness infected every household with its plague of blackness slicing through
twilight gloom. The dazzling moon was a shimmering beam of hope tossed upon
the desolate cloud filled sky. Elegant ribbons of moonlight illuminated the dim,
dusky fog, which sprawled itself across the breath taking landscape. However this
peace and beauty wold be short lived for up in the sky a torrid storm (which
would reign terror on the countryside) was beginning to brew.
Angered by the ignorant town, the cloud released countless droplets of rain,
which cascaded down and saturated the violet moor. Perfect purple heather was
strewn across the jaw-dropping scenery. Beauty in the eye of the storm. Worried
wind whistled woefully as it danced gracefully through the trees. The trees were
magnificent wooden skyscrapers looming powerfully over the measly land, a
rickety entwined pathway led to a shadowed figure. Some think the figure was
evil; others think he was kind and compassionate.

Wonderful Writing!

    Superb Writing
      Rebecca B 6ZR

      Thunder crashing, wind thrashing over the indigo moor.
      Darkness creeping, grey clouds weeping
      On top of the polished cobble floor.
      Let me in! Screamed the rain
      Above the shrouded inn.
      Now the landlord with no daughter
      A funeral was within
      The covers still now red
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      This was the night that poor Bess had died
      Mist prancing, moonlight dancing
      Beneath the droopy maize fields
      Floods breaching, carriage wheels screeching
      The land the storm now wields
      Soon the land – lord with no daughter a funeral to be within
      The shutters still open
      The sheets still unchanged
      The finlock soon at her side
      This would be the sorrow night that poor black-eyed Bess had died
      Lightning waking, shutters shaking
      For all that had happened tonight
      Windows shattering, door handles clattering
      All in the morning light

Achievements

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Term dates 2020-21

                           Autumn Term 2020

Monday 7 September                INSET DAY

Tuesday 8 September               School opens

Thursday 22 October               School closes for half term

Friday 23 October                 INSET DAY

Monday 2 November                 School opens

Friday 18 December                School closed for the Christmas Holidays

                            Spring Term 2021

Monday 4 January                  School opens

Thursday 11 February              School closes for half term

Friday 12 February                INSET DAY

Monday 22 February                School opens

Friday 26 March                   School closes for Easter Holidays

                           Summer Term 2021

Monday 12 April                   School opens

Monday 3 May                      BANK HOLIDAY

Thursday 27 May                   School closes for half term

Friday 28 May                     INSET DAY

Monday 7 June                     School opens

Friday 23 July                    School closes for Summer Holidays

Monday 26 July                    INSET DAY

Safeguarding

Mrs K Partington
Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs R Mohebi
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs R Randall
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Miss R Mallas
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mr V Foster
Safeguarding Governor