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Please scroll through and look at all the amazing enrichment opportunities the children have at Lady Bay Primary School.
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Be ready – Boys’ Cup match
Fri 14 Feb 2025The boys played in the Rushcliffe Cup this week against Edwalton. We were expecting a very tough game as we have played them a few times before. The boys were all excellent and played some superb football .We were victorious again beating Edwalton 8-1. Well done to all the boys.
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Enrichment and Be ready – 4S trip to Pizza Express
Fri 14 Feb 2025The children in 4S had a lovely trip to Pizza Express this week. It is so fantastic that businesses in West Bridgford offer our children the opportunities to take part in mornings like this. The children learnt how to make a pizza,
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Growing together – OPAL play
Fri 14 Feb 2025The OPAL team met this week to review steps made so far and to look at next steps. We discussed the successes to date and what we feel would improve our offering. We felt ensuing the wider play team had a complete understanding of each of the zones was essential and what we wanted tidy up to look like needed further explaining and exemplifying to the children. We have talked about rotating the sport to ensure children remain interested too. We have lots of new small world to add which will be coming soon. It was great to see so many happy and smiley faces at lunch. The boys below were very proud of their tower (which took them a long time) and Arjun was loving having a ride in the wheelbarrow.
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Be ready – Year 5 and 6 girls’ football tournament
Fri 14 Feb 2025The year 5 and 6 girls represented the school in two tournaments this week. On Saturday, the girls played in the district tournament. He girls were fantastic an won the tournament. They will be playing in the regional event later in the year. You can see photos and a report here at www.nottsschoolsfa.co.uk under the menu heading primary tournaments and U11 7-a-sdie 24/24 Autumn tournament. The also played at the Notts County tournament this week. The girls were once again amazing and represented the school brilliantly. The team reached the final and narrowly lost 2-0 against Greythorn. An amazing effort once again for the girl showing what a superb team they are.
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Be ready – Leadership opportunities
Fri 14 Feb 2025We have been inundated with applications from the children for the leadership opportunities we have in school. It is fantastic to see them all taking the roles so seriously and for writing excellent application forms. We have well over 100 to look through and read and will be giving the roles out next week. We are looking forward to seeing the children in their new roles.
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Be ready – Boys’ and Girls’ football
Fri 24 Jan 2025The year 5 and 6 girls and boys played football teams played St Edmund Campion this week. The Mrs. Hewitt took an additional development team. All three teams were fantastic and won their games. The boys won 4-0 against a very good team. The girls’ development team won 4-1 and the girls’ team won 8-1. All of the footballers showed our school values throughout and were fantastic as a team and behaved impeccably. Well done team Lady Bay
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Caring for each other – Assembly this week
Fri 24 Jan 2025We used our assembly to talk to the children about an opportunity coming up in school to become Young Interpreter. Mrs James leads on supporting children with an additional language in school and we are going to join the Young Interpreters. He role will include buddying up with new children starting school (whether they are from abroad or not) and taking new parents on tours to explain what we do at Lady Bay. The scheme helps develop confidence, communication and leadership skills. Children will have to apply to be a Young Interpreter and there will be training for the children and Mrs James cannot wait to get started.
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Growing together – OPAL play
Fri 24 Jan 2025It has been really lovely being out every lunchtime to se the different types of play happening in school. It is also really lovely to see the siblings and friends from across the school playing together too. There is such a lovely atmosphere at lunchtime now. Thank you to all the play team and in particular Mr Dearnley for their hard work so far.
The play team will be meeting on Wednesday to talk through the current provision and what the nest steps are to make lunchtimes even more fun. We have removed the paint from the craft area and are rethinking it at present as it is fair to say on Thursday there was a little bit of a mess in the reading hut.
We undertook some pupil voice this week and the vast majority of it was very positive about OPAL. Here is a section of the responses:
Tabitha in year 6 stated, “Dodgeball is really fun. The tyres make a good obstacle course.”
Ada in year 4 stated, “I like playing with anyone and the new things like the scooters, the suitcases, the music wall.”
A child in lower school stated, “I like all of the equipment. My favourite is making a den by far.”
We have also had feedback that some find it a bit frustrating that the equipment gets filled up quite quickly and this is something we are reflecting on to see what more we can get out for the children
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Be ready – Boys’ football tournament
Fri 24 Jan 2025The boys’ football team entered a tournament this week ran by Notts County. There were 7 teams from across the city and county. The boys played 6 games in the group stage. Winning 5 and drawing the final game. They didn’t concede a goal either. In the semi-final they won 1-0 winning the game by scoring a penalty. In the final, they played Barnaby Road, who they drew in the group stage with. The boys were excellent and won the final 2-1. The team will now represent Notts County in a Regional tournament in March (in Swindon!). A super effort from all the boys
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Growing together – School council
Fri 24 Jan 2025Our amazing school council (led by Mrs Coney) met this week to discuss issues they have noticed in school. The school council act as a conduit from all the children in school to Mrs Coney and have the potential to make real changes. Feedback from the council was as follows
- Councillors were very happy that their suggestion of jobs and additional responsibility around school was being met. They are looking forward to seeing their classmates take on new roles and felt encouraged that they were being listened to and their ideas acted upon.
- All members were really enjoying the frequent times table sessions and felt as though they were really helping their confidence and fluency. The range of strategies, games, chants and activities are keeping the sessions fun and engaging. Children can see this helping them in their daily maths sessions.
- Overall, the School Councillors fed back that their classes were really enjoying OPAL play. They loved the freedom to go anywhere and assess risks for themselves. The tidy up time is giving them increased responsibilities. Members felt as though while there are some aspects that still need sorting, they know that it is a long-term process. Many pupils are loving getting to see their siblings too. They are aware that all improvements they have, such as knowing when to go for lunch, are actionable and reasonable to fix.
