This Week at Pathway 26/2/24

Message from the Executive Headteacher
 
Another courageous week of learning in our schools!
 
We’re all enjoying this shared value of ‘Courage’, which to us means we embrace new and challenging experiences.
 
Discussions this week have been to encourage getting out of our comfort zones to do something new. Quite often, when we think of courageous acts, something physical comes to mind. Overcoming a fear of heights, for example.
 
These acts clearly do take courage, but so do smaller acts that aren’t so clear and obvious. Having the courage to ask a new friend to play, or to admit that you are wrong, or to ask for help, are all things that we should value as part of an exploration of this value of focus.
 
I hope that you’re able to find some time to discuss this at home this weekend.   
 
Elsewhere this week, I had the pleasure of joining Bluebells class, at Morda, on their visit to Xplore. Playing the role of bus driver, it was a pleasure to observe the conduct of our children and the excellent manners that they demonstrated.
 
Being polite and having good manners are a focus for us in our schools this half term and it’s particularly noticeable that, when out in the community, our children consistently receive praise for their politeness and good manners.
 
Well done everyone! Let’s keep up the good work!
 
Next Thursday is World Book Day, with lots of reading-themed fun in our schools. We aim to make this manageable for parents and I’d like to remind that dressing up for the day is supposed to be fun, optional and inexpensive. Please don’t feel the need to go out and buy new costumes especially for the day. 
 
Enjoy the weekend.
 
Mr Carl Rogers
Executive Headteacher
  
​Morda                                                                     
Understanding money in the real world is an important skill to learn at a young age. This week a team from Xplore Wrexham came in to help our children learn more about money and the importance of budgeting and saving. All classes took part in fun, interactive sessions: playing games to help them to recognise money, learn how to save money and understand how a building society and bank accounts work. They also talked about earning money - maybe by doing some chores at home!!
 
On Tuesday, Bluebells Class visited Xplore, the scientific discovery centre in Wrexham. They had a lovely time learning how things worked and having lots of hands-on experiences. The class took part in a space workshop and fired rockets to space, looked at the materials needed for spacesuits and life in space. All of the children were very well behaved and had a great time. Thank you to the parent helpers who accompanied the children.
 
All the classes have a geography focus this half term and children have been doing lots of map work in their geography lessons. It has been great to see how knowledge of mapping develops through the school, from using simple drawn local maps and plans, to using globes and atlases, to finding information from political, physical, topographic and climate maps to using detailed aerial photographs and Ordinance Survey maps.
 
The Shamrocks class have been learning about the mountains of the world. In their Mantle of the Expert lesson, they became a Mountain Rescue Team and rushed to help a climber who had become injured on the mountainside. Check out the class blog for the full, exciting, dramatic story! The Shamrocks pupils have also produced excellent information texts about mountains.
 
Our school council presidents have been busy thinking of ways to improve playtimes. They have ordered new play equipment from money raised on our Sleep Week Pyjama Day. They also plan to organise a ‘Morda’s Got Talent’ competition in the summer term. Watch out for more information!
 
Have a great weekend.
 
Mrs Helen Chapman
Head of School