This week at Pathway 15.4.24

Message from the Executive Headteacher
 
We’ve had a really productive week in our schools with our curriculum focuses picking up pace. We’re very fortunate to have such exciting opportunities for learning, though this is of course no accident. Each school was worked really hard to make sure that our curriculum themes are exciting, purposeful and engaging. This term’s history focuses are a great example of this.
 
In each of our schools, a consistent approach to the management of behaviour, with an emphasis on good relationships and positive recognition are highly valued. Our three school rules are known by all of our children and help us to keep everyone safe and happy in their learning.
 
This half term, our focus for behaviour is ‘purposeful silence.’ Each of our schools has a wonderful working buzz that we are very proud of. Throughout the school day children are chatty and noisy in a wholly positive way. We would never want to be the sort of schools that have silent corridors or unsmiling children who are frightened to speak to friends and adults that they meet. Whilst we value the atmosphere that we have worked hard to develop, we also know that times of quiet are really important and, children tell us, needed to support effective learning.
 
In order to have a vibrant learning environment, we need to know that our children can be silent when we need them to be. To this end, we will be using purposeful silence to our advantage this half term. This means that all children will be using short periods of quiet to benefit us in our learning. For our youngest children this may just be a few moments, and for our oldest children this means that we will aim to use really quiet and focused times in class to support effective learning. This will of course be undertaken in our own ‘Pathway’ way, which means that it will be celebratory and in no way punitive. Please do try using short periods of quiet and home and see how you get on!
 
Oh Thursday of this week I had the pleasure of joining both of our schools for the third cross-country event of the year. Everyone gave it their all and were rewarded with some excellent performances. Well done to all involved.
 
Have a wonderful weekend.

​Mr Carl Rogers
Executive Headteacher
 
 
Morda                                                                     
 
In this week of sunshine and showers, pupils have been working hard on their new topics and enjoying getting out in the sun whenever we have had a break in the weather.
 
Our new lunchtime choir club started on Monday, led by Beatrice Floyer-Acland, a professional singer and music teacher from Shropshire Music Services. It was wonderful to hear the lovely singing coming from the STEAM room. We hope that the choir will be able to learn some songs to perform later in the term.
 
Throughout school, children have been producing some wonderful writing inspired by our MoE drama and topics.
 
The Bluebells class discovered a strange large egg in their classroom. Having realised this was a lost dragon egg, the children were desperate to make sure the egg was safe, so they wrote posters and  letter to the dragon mother about the lost egg, so she could retrieve it . When the children came into class on Wed morning, it was clear that the dragon had visited! There was chaos– dragon slobber on the floor, chairs overturned etc.  The dragon mother had visited and taken back her egg! We had wonderful engagement from children and parents in this dramatic adventure!
 
In the Daffodils, children are working hard on fantastic presentation, and have begun to write about the Victorian Morda Workhouse. Children already know a huge amount about the conditions inside the workhouse, they have been working in role as children in the workhouse.
 
The Roses Class are a team of historical programme writers, commissioned to make a video about the Anglo-Saxon in Britain. We have been transported to the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Ridge in October 1066. We used paintings of the battle, images from the Bayeux Tapestry and extracts from Tony Bradman’s book Anglo-Saxon Boy to help us recreate the battle. Children then wrote some wonderful in role descriptions of the event.
 
Meanwhile, the Shamrocks class have been inspired by an animation to write character and setting descriptions as they work towards their end of key stage writing portfolio.
 
In science, across the school, pupils are working on plant growth and living things and their habitats. Some children have been planting seeds, others have been observing the effect of different conditions on plant growth.
 
On Thursday, our hardy Morda Cross Country Running Team competed in the mud and rain at the Marches School. Children ran really well and were a credit to the school. A great team effort for Team Morda!
 
Our behaviour focus this term is ‘Purposeful Silence’.  In our busy, happy, bustling school, it is important to have the opportunity to reflect or work in silence sometimes. We are working hard on having some silent reflective times in our worship and in class.
 
Have a lovely weekend.
 
Mrs Helen Chapman
Head of School