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9 October 2024

Match funding

Match Funding

Did you know that many companies offer their employees Matched Fund Schemes, whereby employers match money raised by a given charity. 

For an introduction to what Matched Funding is, please have a look at the  national PTA website for more details- http://www.pta.co.uk/

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8 October 2024

Bread Baking for Harvest

What a fantastic few days we have had creating bread loaves for our Harvest celebrations.

We worked in our house teams to design and create the loaves to take to church. 
We can’t wait for you to see them.

 

 

 

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7 October 2024

Easy Fundraising

Support Our Fundraising While You Shop

Help the PTA raise free funds when you shop online!

The Howard School PTA have teamed up with Easyfundraising. We currently have 87 supporters and have raised £3043.56! 

Every time you make a purchase from a variety of companies through…

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4 October 2024

Egyptian Drama

We had lots of fun this afternoon in the outdoor theatre retelling the story of Osiris in our history lesson.

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4 October 2024

Which habitat is my animal best suited to and why?

Year one and two have been learning about biomes. They have spent two weeks exploring three biomes (rainforest, desert and tundra) and the animals that can live there. This week they wrote about how their animal was adapted to its habitat. Great learning everyone!

 

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4 October 2024

Fighting fit firefighters

In science, Reception have been looking at people who help us. This week they have looked at the brave job of a firefighter. They learnt that firefighters have to be fit and created some exercises that firefighters might do to help them stay fit and healthy. 
 

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3 October 2024

Investigating how to protect our eyes and skin from UV rays

Today we used UV beads to test out how we can protect our eyes and skin from the sun. We tested different factor suncreams to see if they protected the beads and used layers of different transparent materials to investigate how sun glasses protect our eyes.

 

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3 October 2024

PTFA Sensory garden

Our school’s new sensory garden has already become a hub of excitement, learning, and teamwork! These last few weeks, the project has really begun to take shape as PTA parent volunteers and children have started to plant up the garden. Thanks to generous donations and the dedication of our school…

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3 October 2024

Our first fundraiser

Our first back-to-school fundraiser was a fun filled Silent Disco! With neon decorations lighting up the hall and headphones glowing in the dark, the event had a lovely buzz and lots of excited children! 

 A big thank you goes out to our PTA volunteers who helped run the event. From setting…

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Image of Our first fundraiser
3 October 2024

Our first fundraiser

Our first back-to-school fundraiser was a fun filled Silent Disco! With neon decorations lighting up the hall and headphones glowing in the dark, the event had a lovely buzz and lots of excited children! 

 A big thank you goes out to our PTA volunteers who helped run the event. From setting…

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3 October 2024

PTFA Sensory garden

Our school’s new sensory garden has already become a hub of excitement, learning, and teamwork! These last few weeks, the project has really begun to take shape as PTA parent volunteers and children have started to plant up the garden. Thanks to generous donations and the dedication of our school…

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3 October 2024

Safe and Sound

Year 5 had a great time at the fire station on Thursday. They learned how to stay safe in the home, near water and out in the environment plus how to be responsible citizens. 

 

 

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