9 years ago
Posted on 07th Dec 2017 by Admin

Stone Age Day

We had lots of fun today and the children’s outfits were fantastic, thank you! The children have made stone age bread, torc bracelets and had a go at belt weaving (it was a bit tricky!) They also designed totem animal symbols for their tribes!

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9 years ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2017 by Admin

Class 1, 2 & 3 trip to the pantomime

Dear Parents/Carers,

The children are very excited about our trip to the pantomime tomorrow. Please can you ensure your child wears school uniform and brings a packed lunch (no glass bottles please). Children are allowed to bring a healthy snack for the interval.

Many Thanks,

Miss Barratt, Miss Edwards & Mrs Bowes

9 years ago
Posted on 04th Dec 2017 by Admin

Ofsted Inspection – 5th and 6th December

We will be inspected by Ofsted on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December 2017. Your child has been given a letter today with instructions on how to give your views about our school by completing Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, at: www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk.

At the end of the parent letter, there is also information on how pupils can share their views by completing an online pupil questionnaire at the following link: ofsted.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Pupil/10037869

We thank you and your child in advance for taking the time to provide your views which we value very much.

Mrs Johnson and staff

9 years ago
Posted on 03rd Dec 2017 by Admin

Maths

The children have focused on the Story of ‘The very hungry caterpillar’ and had fun working out how many actions they could do in one minute! The children made their own suggestions what actions to test – how many times they could write their name / how many numbers they could write, how many times they could touch their toes and reach for the sky, how many times they could run across the playground, take off and put on their shoes, how many duplo bricks they could attach together!

We also played the game ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf?’

9 years ago
Posted on 01st Dec 2017 by Admin

Class 3 Weekly Update

English: We began the week by doing some creative writing where we were writing a diary as though we were an explorer climbing Mount Everest. We did our writing and then spent some time editing and improving it. The Year 3 children have been learning about prepositions this week – on, underneath, next to, on top of etc and the Year 2 children have been practising their capital letters, punctuation and use of conjunctions.

Maths: We have continued our work on fractions this week. The children have been recognising fractions in a variety of different real life situations as well as in a variety of different images. They have been practising writing fractions, matching written fractions to images and also explaining how they know their answers are right – e.g. I know it is 1/2 because the whole has been split into 2 equal groups and 1 of the groups is coloured in.

Art: The children completed some space art work this week using wax crayon and ink.

PE: The children have continued their games lessons this week.

Alongside all of this the children have been spending time practising for their upcoming Christmas Concert.

9 years ago
Posted on 01st Dec 2017 by Admin

Class 3 Spellings – to be tested on Friday 8th December

Spellings

9 years ago
Posted on 01st Dec 2017 by Admin

Weekly News 01.12.17

Mrs Hughes

As some of you may already be aware, Mrs Hughes has not been in school for the past couple of weeks and will be off work on long-term sickness for several months. We are sure you will join us in sending Caroline our very best wishes and we are all thinking of her.

Pantomime Reminder

Just a reminder that children will need to bring a packed lunch for the pantomime next week – Classes 4 and 5 on Wednesday and Classes 1, 2 and 3 on Thursday. If your child is entitled to free school meals or the Universal Infant Free School Meals (Reception/Year 1/Year 2) please let the school office know by Tuesday morning at the very latest if you would like the school kitchen to provide a packed lunch.

Christmas Bauble Competition

Thank you for the baubles that have been returned so far. if your child wants to decorate the bauble they were given, it needs to be handed in at the school office by Friday 8th December. The Co-op will be judging the entries and announcing the winners the following week.

Christmas Concert Tickets

Tickets for the Class 3/4/5 Christmas concerts are now on general sale, priced at £2 per ticket. If you require tickets, and you are unable to get into school, please send money in with your child in a sealed envelope marked clearly with your name, the number of tickets required and for which evening. Thank you.

NSPCC Fundraising

Thank you again to everyone who was able to raise funds for the NSPCC. With monies sent in this week, the total amount raised by our school is £871.70!

Letters out this week

U11s football 06.12.17 – group of Y5/6 involved

Children’s advent workshop at Bicton Church – whole school

Stone Age Day – Class 4

*Letters for choir children involved in singing at St Chad’s/Barnabas Church/Co-op will follow next week

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

9 years ago
Posted on 01st Dec 2017 by Admin

Read Write inc – phonics

Segmenting and blending

This week the children have been revising their phonics knowledge of the sounds taught so far and have focused on – m, a,s,d,t

They have used magnetic letters to form and read cvc words using these sounds – dog , mad, sad, mat, sat, sam

Some of the children have had a go at writing short sentences – a dog can yap, a cat in a hat, sit on a hat, get a cat in a hat.

9 years ago
Posted on 01st Dec 2017 by Admin

Class 2 Weekly Update

English: This week Yellow and Green group have been working on their RWI books. Blue and Red group have been working independently on the story ‘The Jolly Postman’. They have written a letter to Goldilocks as Baby Bear, made a new poster for the Wicked Witch advertising witch supplies and written a postcard like the one in the story from Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have also learned how to change a verb to past tense by adding the suffix ‘ed’.

Maths: This week the children have been learning about 3D shapes (cubes, cuboids, cylinders, cones, spheres and pyramids). We have been looking at the shapes of their faces, their edges and vertices (corners).

D&T: The children made a wheel mechanism in D&T, this was to change the size of the wolf in the story Little Red Riding Hood – as they spin the wheel, the wolf grew in size.

RE: Class 2 have been thinking about the question ‘Why is Christmas important to Christians?’ and had a great class discussion. They have also been acting out parts of the Nativity story.

Nativity: Just a reminder that costumes for the Nativity are due in on Monday. If you need any support with supplying an outfit, please do not hesitate in coming to see me. Please could the children’s costumes be handed in, in a clearly labelled bag. Thank you!

Spellings: To be tested Friday 8th December 2017.

Spellings 1.12.17

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Edwards

9 years ago
Posted on 27th Nov 2017 by Admin

Science Autumn Walk

We had a lovely walk last Tuesday afternoon, around Bicton village. The children were looking for items that reminded them of Autumn. They then brought these back to the classroom to look at closely and have written some great, descriptive sentences about their findings.