Message from the Executive Headteacher
In this first week of the half-term, as we enter the second half of the school year, we introduced our value of focus. For the next five weeks, in both schools, we will be exploring ‘Courage’ and what it means to us. At Pathway Primary Federation, ‘Courage’ means that ‘we embrace new and challenging experiences.’ Our challenge for this week has been linked to a timely reminder that being courageous does not mean that we are never afraid. F. D Roosevelt once said ‘courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something is more important than fear.’ I challenged the children to consider a time when they have overcome feelings of fear or nervousness to do something great. This week, we welcomed our School Improvement Adviser (SIA) from the Local Authority, Mr John Rowe, to both of our schools. I spent Tuesday morning (Morda) and Wednesday morning (Whittington) discussing our school development plans and sharing the wonderful work that is taking place in our schools. Mr Rowe was very impressed with what he saw and was especially complimentary about the conduct of our children when visiting lessons. The challenge and support that he provides is of great benefit to our schools. Elsewhere this week, a huge well done to our Year 6 Dodgeball team at Whittington who, after success in the local tournament, this week came 1st in the regional competition! I was very pleased to be able to meet with Liz Jermy (Foodbank Manager) on Friday to discuss our working relationship. I’m honoured to be a trustee at the Foodbank and appreciate the incredible work that they do in our community. They are very proactive and have even provided both of our schools with toothpaste and toothbrushes to give out to children! We’ll end the week with a flourish today, with #HotChocFriday and our end of week Celebration Worship. Deserved positive recognition for brilliant children. Enjoy the weekend. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher MORDA We have launched full steam ahead into the half term’s learning. This half term our humanities focus is geography. The Bluebells class are looking at the world from above. Their topic ‘Out of this World’ teaches the children to use aerial views and simple maps to look the school, Morda village, the UK and the world continents and Oceans. In their Mantle of the Expert drama, children travelled to the moon at looked at the earth from space. In the Daffodils Class, the children are studying the city of Liverpool UK City study Liverpool looking at the settlement and land use. They are particularly focusing on the environmental issues around Liverpool’s waterways and tourism. The class have also been helping to protect local natural habitats in their Mantle of the Expert Drama. The Roses class have become a team of Eco Tourism planners. Their challenge is to plan an eco-friendly tour of Europe, visiting many of the beautiful natural environments, bustling cities and important landmarks on the way- but trying to make sure that tourists do this in a way that doesn’t damage the environment. Meanwhile, the Shamrocks class have begun to study how mountains are formed and look at mountains ranges around the world, exploring mountain biomes and the impact of humans on these areas. Several of the classes have enjoyed special Mantle of the Expert (MoE) sessions with Luke Abbott (international MoE trainer) this week. He has been very impressed by the children’s thoughtful dramatic learning. Our assembly core value this term is ‘Courage’ and we have all begun to think about what courage means to us at Morda. We decided that courage was not the absence of fear, but doing or trying something that is a bit scary because it is an important thing to do or learn. We decided that at Morda ‘We embrace new challenging experiences’. With this in mind, some of year 5 and 6 went for their first swimming lesson on Thursday. Everyone enjoyed their first swimming lesson everyone tried very hard regardless of their previous experience and any worries they may have had about the session. I’m sure they will make fantastic progress under the careful guidance of Mrs Jermaine-Jones, our expert swimming coach! Wishing you a very happy weekend Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School
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