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Spring Term 2016 Tuesday 5th January 2016 – Thursday 24th March 2016 (Half term –  15th – 19th February 2016) Staff Professional Development and Training Days in 2015 / 2016 Spring Term 2016 Monday 4th January

Due to the Local Authority’s re-organisation of age ranges in Dunstable, all middle schools are to be closed and Streetfield Middle School will close in August 2016.

As always Streetfield will continue to put its children and their childhood first, we will ensure that every child can become the best that he or she can be academically, socially, emotionally and physically.

We will focus on ensuring that each child will be properly prepared for their transfer to secondary school in September 2016

We will do this by pursuing our ethos of Explore, Discover, Enquire and Apply. There is the National Curriculum there is the so-called new curriculum and then there’s the ‘Streetfield Curriculum’ – designed exclusively for the children and families that we have in our school.

We will continue to pursue ‘real’ education and build on our unique extended curriculum to enhance the cultural, spiritual and democratic understanding of all pupils in preparation for modern life in the United Kingdom.

In 2014/15  our ‘British Heritage’ trips to London visited landmarks such as St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Millennium Bridge and then to see one of the children’s favourite stories of all time brought to life on Drury Lane – ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl. These trips were reinforced with visits to Buckingham Palace, The Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and Trafalgar Square and, with our outing to see ‘War Horse’ in the West End, these whole school opportunities built on the visit from our M.P. and local councillors and introduced all children to the democratic processes of Great Britain in a practical and meaningful way just before the general election.

In addition we enhanced our school curriculum with in-school visits of:

• The Enigma Machine from Bletchley Park
• Lee Sullivan – Artist in Residence
• Jonathan Stroud – Author in Residence
• World War 1 Day
• ‘Paralympian’ Ian Rose visit
• ‘Mad Science’ Days
• The circus came to Streetfield with circus skills training and a Big Top

And our whole school trips to see:

• Into the Woods in the Dunstable Grove Theatre
• The pantomime in the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
• The fabulous production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
• Whole school Trip to Broadstairs (Sand Sculpture Competition)
• Sulgrave Manor
• Hitchin British Museum Victorian School
• Whipsnade Wildlife Park
• LEGOLAND

Our continued high profile and successful involvement in sporting activities in our local community resulted in our being awarded the GOLD AWARD for the third year in a row. The Key Stage 2 Sport Premium funded our outdoor adventurous play area, dance and martial arts studio and our ambitious target to ensure that we compensated for all those Year 5 pupils who left their previous school without learning to swim.

This, our final, year will witness us pursue even grander ambitions.

In addition to developing a true love of lifelong learning, developing our literacy, numeracy and scientific skills as well as our inquisitorial skills:

This year every child will have free keyboard lessons and be taught how to read, write, play and compose music on a keyboard with a one hour lesson every week.

This year using our Sports Premium money every child will be taught three new and unfamiliar sports.  In the Autumn Term we all learned to ski, in the Spring Term we will hone co-ordination skills through ‘circus skills’ training and in the Summer Term either golf or archery.

This year we will explore our local environment and record the historical importance of our town and its environs.

This year we will each learn the essential social skills to become a happy and contented adult with aspirations. All the skills that will make other people want to be our friend. All the skills that will help us make sure we can achieve co-operation from all those we come into contact with.

This year we will learn how to become emotionally resilient and develop a strong sense of self-worth.

This year we will prepare every child for their personal future by enabling an insight into the world of further training, education and work and ensure that their transition to secondary school will be as harmonious and trouble free as is possible.

Our enhanced curriculum for the Autumn Term included:

• Celebration of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
• The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe come to Streetfield
• Wrigglies (exotic animals shop from Dunstable) came to Streetfield to hold a workshop
• A walk on Blows Down
• A walk from Dunstable Downs to Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
• Fund Raising for McMillan Cancer Support
• Learn to Earn – a vision for a personal future for each child
• A visit to the British Museum in London
• A visit to see the ‘Lion King’ in London and the London Eye
• A contribution to the town’s Armistice Day  Service
• Weekly skiing lessons in November and December
• ‘A Christmas Carol’ theatre visit
• Entertaining elderly residents in Dunstable with homemade food, cards and singing
• A visit to Woburn Safari Park

For the Spring Term, in addition to preparing pupils for national tests in May and proceeding with our pacey and packed curriculum, we plan the following:

To continue with our very successful:

• daily Tai Chi
• daily singing
• daily meditation
• specialist keyboard tuition

programmes as these have proven to improve feelings of self worth, levels of concentration and general well-being.  In addition we plan:

• Further exploratory walks into the local countryside to put our geographical skills into perspective and practical use
• Historical walks to investigate Dunstable Town and its environs
• To hold a Holocaust Memorial Service in the school
• A visit to Milton Keynes Theatre to  see Gangsta Granny
• To have a special visit in school regarding geology and the study of rocks
• A visit to the nearby Tring Museum as part of the Natural History Museum
• To hold our very own Streetfield CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) Day
• To create our own commemorative book for World Book Day
• To create and market our own chocolates as a business enterprise and to
• To revisit and entertain our retired  friends at Dukeminster Court

So, it will be very busy.

This will be a formative term where we further develop and consolidate our learning, social and emotional skills – it will also be one of fun and enjoyment. Here’s to an exciting and fruitful 2016.

There may yet be more and the website is periodically updated so please check back regularly – everything you need to know is under the tabs at the top of the page.

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Mr. D. Tinch Acting Headteacher Tel. 01582 661342 Email: