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What do languages mean to me?

As Language Leaders we thought about what languages mean to us. Here are our ideas:

'Languages mean I can communicate with people and I can understand what they are saying in different languages.'

'Languages mean being an individual and when someone speaks in a different language, I find it interesting.'

'Spanish means to me learning something different to English. It is really fun and good if you travel. I love the way we learn through games. It is very enjoyable!'

'I think languages are important to me because when you go to a different country you can understand what they say.'

'I like Spanish lessons because I love playing the games and I like learning new things, and it is good for later life if you go to Spain.'

'Languages mean to me that I can learn different langauegs instead of learning just one. I also would be able to talk to people in different countries.'

'What do languages mean to us? They mean whatever language you speak, you can still communicate with everyone in the world. You can express your feelings by having someone to talk to and that means you won't be alone.'

Language Awards - Summer 2018

The Whitehouse Common Language Leaders have been keeping their eyes peeled for examples of good language learning all term. As a group they decided that they were looking for perseverance, a growth mindset, enthusiasm, resilience, participation and teamwork. Last week they awarded certificates, stickers and prizes to the children that they had spotted displaying these attributes.

Congratulations to Tevish, Poppy, Jessica, Thomas, Ananya, Callum, Thomas, Hollie, Olivia, Lucas, Sam and Aliya who were chosen. We hope that the Y6s will carry these skills forward into their new schools as they learn new languages, and that they will continue to be cheerful, enthusiastic, risk taking language learners.

Happy Hometime Club July 2018 Newsletters

Run 4 School 2018

Have you and your family signed up for the 2018 Run 4 School yet? Run 4 School is a family-friendly 5K event where you can choose to walk, jog, skip, run or sprint around Sutton Park! Many schools from all over Sutton Coldfield are taking part. Not only is this a brilliant way to get active and spend time with your family and friends, it helps raise money for both our school and a very deserving charity, The Norman Laud Foundation.

Tomorrow (Saturday 7th July) is the deadline for signing up. We currently have an impressive 113 people already coming along from Whitehouse Common, the second-highest number of participants from one school so far! If you'd like to sign up, the event is on Sunday 15th July and it starts at 11am.

For more information, including how to sign up, visit 'http://www.run4school.co.uk/'! Can we reach our goal of signing up 150 people before the deadline tomorrow? I think so!

newsletter 2nd July

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Health Week

We have had a fantastic Healthy Lifestyles Week. We have really enjoyed learning about so many different ways to keep our bodies and minds heallthy.

It was a tough task to choose a winner from the many fabulous tasty creations sent in from KS2.

KS1 really enjoyed their visits to the Life Bus and inspired them to make their own healthy smoothies and fruit salads.

We had many visitors over the week, including dentists, optometrists, yoga instructors, tennis coaches and Mr Horne who helped Foundation learn about personal hygiene. A big THANK YOU to our parent volunteers.

Happy Hometime Club June 2018 Newsletter

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Dazzling DT Day at Bishop Vesey

Yesterday, a group of pupils from our Year 5 and 6 cohort were given the opportunity to attend a pioneer DT day at Bishop Vesey Grammar School. The day was set up to forge links between a DT secondary provision and our primary approach to the design-make-evaluate process. The children were guided through the design procedure by Mr. Brown, the head of Design Technology at BVGS. From here the pupils used new technologies and techniques including; CAD design, laser cutting, using acrylic plastic, lining-up of layers and tapping of the holes. The building process was fantastic, with the end project being professional and well-constructed. The children experienced a secondary setting and were fantastically behaved and a credit to the school. Mr. Brown allowed the school to experience hands-on DT using specialist equipment. A wonderful opportunity!