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9 years ago
Posted on 12th Sep 2017 by

Times tables

Here’s a fun game to help your child learn their times tables.

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9 years ago
Posted on 12th Sep 2017 by

A great start to the week!

Hello! 

Class 4 have been busy so far this week. On Monday, as part of our Novel Study, we explored information on what is required to make a suitable home for a pig (Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web). The children were asked to design a suitable home and annotate their drawings using descriptive vocabulary. There were some lovely designs!

Year 5 had a great session of Brass on Monday morning. They all enjoyed it and came back from the session full of smiles. Year 4 children began to explore a musical programme called ‘Ten Pieces’ which has been developed by the BBC. It aims to introduce the younger generation to classical music. We listened to a composition called ‘No Place Like’ which was composed by Kerry Andrews. More information can be found via this link BBC Ten Pieces

The children all tried hard in a mental arithmetic test on Monday – we worked through the answers, methods and calculations together. On Monday afternoon, the children had chance to practise their programming skills using the App ‘Scratch Junior’.

We all revised our numbers 0-20 in French. We listened to a funny song which helped us to learn numbers beyond 30 too. The children then played a couple of games on our school language programme called ‘Language Nut’.

During Class Worship, we explored a passage from Hebrews 12:1-2 which helped us to understand that life can be compared to a race. We must persevere (our Worship focus for this half term) and focus on our goals.

In English today, we used the laptops to research how to care for a pig in preparation for compiling an information leaflet. We had to think about the use of sub-headings to organise our research.

We revised the use of landmarked and unmarked number lines to place numbers up to 10,000 in order from smallest to biggest.

In PE we explored the use of movement such as stretching high, bending down, marching, side stepping and much more to put together a sequence of movements in small groups. This was done to music in the hall.

We started to look at Stone Age artwork this afternoon. We had a look through topic books to find out any information we could on the different methods and types of artwork carried out by people during the Stone Age – more to follow next Tuesday!

Well done Class 4 – you have worked really hard. 

Mrs Conde 

 

9 years ago
Posted on 11th Sep 2017 by

Read Write Inc – phonics

Today the children in Class 1 began the Read Write Inc phonics program.  We started with the letter ‘m’.

The children practised say mmmm (pressing lips together hard).  To help remember the sound and practise writing it we say ‘Maisie, mountain, mountain.’

More information about Read Write Inc can be accessed here :  http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/

 

9 years ago
Posted on 09th Sep 2017 by

Class 2 Weekly Update

We have had a brilliant first week back in Class 2 and the children have settled into the class routine very well!

English: The children’s English lessons this year are taught through Read Write Inc. The children begin each lesson with a speed sound (this week the sounds are m, a, ay and ee). We then get into our groups and spend time reading a book with our partner, the children are then given time to discuss the story before moving onto sentence work. We have been focussing on the correct formation of our letters, using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.

Maths: In maths this week we have been counting to 10 and 20 and learning how to create these numbers in a range of different ways, using play dough, cubes, bears, etc. The children have also been matching up numerals to amounts and writing numbers as words.

History: Our new topic ‘Toys – Past and Present’ has been a great success with the children enjoying telling each other all about their favourite toys! They have painted their favourite toys for a display outside Class 2 (in the role play area) and spent time Friday afternoon writing descriptive sentences. Just a reminder that the children have been asked to find out what an older person at home used to play with when they were a child, ready for our next lesson on Thursday.

Science: In Science we discussed the four different seasons and what sort of weather to expect. They then had an activity where they had to decide what clothes their character would wear in each season.

Spellings: The children have been given a yellow Spelling book to keep in their book bags. We will have a weekly spelling test on Friday mornings relating to the sounds they have been focussing on in phonics that week. We had a practise of our new spellings on Friday morning in preparation. Please could you continue to support your child at home with learning their new spellings on the sheet they have been provided with. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in coming to see me before or after school.

Spellings 8.9.17

Have a great weekend!

Miss Edwards

9 years ago
Posted on 08th Sep 2017 by

Class 3 Weekly Update

We have had a fantastic first week back in Class 3!

English: We have watched the beginning of the film ‘Up’ and the children have spent some time discussing and recording predictions of what they think might happen in the story. They have spent some time imagining what it would be like to be in the flying house and thinking about what they could see as they flew away. We used our ideas to write some expanded noun phrases about what we could see.

Maths: We have been focusing on Place Value this week. The children have practised counting in 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 10’s (Year 2 & 3) and 4’s (Just Year 3) this week through playing  games and completing puzzle activities. We have spent some time building numbers with equipment and matching numerals to written words. The year 2 children have focused on numbers up to 100 and the year 3 children have been focusing on 3 digit numbers.

History: The children have been introduced to their new topic of ‘Explorers’. We did a treasure hunt around the school to find clues about the two famous explorers we will be focusing on – Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus. The children then came up with some questions they have about these explorers and we will aim to find the answers to these during the course of our topic.

PSHE: We have spent some time creating our class rules and thinking about our hopes for the year ahead.

PE: The children have had a dance and a games lesson this week.

French: The children have been introduced to some simple greetings in French.

We have also spent some time talking about the reflection area in our class and how we can use it.

Well done for a brilliant first week Class 3! Keep up the good work!

9 years ago
Posted on 08th Sep 2017 by

Weekly News 08.09.17

We have had a lovely first week back and the staff have been amazed at how quickly the children have settled into their classes.

Pupil Premium Funding

If you are in receipt of certain benefits or if your joint family income is below a certain amount, your child may be entitled to free school meals. Registering for free school meals could raise additional funds for school to fund valuable support such as extended school provision or help with paying for trips.  Children in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 are also eligible as this is different funding to the government’s universal infant free school meals.  Please ask at the School Office for an application form or if you have any questions.

Website password

It is time to change our website password and children have been given a competition entry form to enter their suggestion for a new password.

Clubs

Please remember to check the website for the clubs that are running this half term. Football club is only running for Class 3 this half term but we hope to arrange sessions for children in Classes 4 and 5 in preparation for forthcoming tournaments that we have entered. Football club for younger children in Classes 1 and 2 may run later in the spring term.

Fish and Chip Lunch – Colouring Competition

The School kitchen is running a colouring competition to coincide with their Great British Fish and Chip Lunch on Thursday 28th September.  Entries should be returned by Friday 22nd September marked clearly with your child’s name and class.

Music tuition

Music lessons for children who have private tuition in school will resume next week. Keyboard is now on Monday and Wednesday and drums is on Thursday – please can children remember to bring their music books to school.

Purple Mash Online Learning

Children have been given their new log-in details today for Purple Mash, together with a parent information leaflet for children who have just joined the school. If you have any questions about Purple Mash or Mini Mash, please speak to your child’s class teacher(s).

Pantomime Visit

Just to let you know that we have booked tickets for the whole school to see the pantomime in December at Theatre Severn. Details of dates and costs will follow in a letter in the next couple of weeks. Please speak to the School Office if you have any questions in the meantime.

Letters home this week

website password competition – all children

Purple Mash – Class 1 and ‘new’ children

Fish colouring competition entry sheet

Forest Schools – Year 5

Secondary school applications – Year 6

 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

 

9 years ago
Posted on 08th Sep 2017 by

Class 3 Spellings – to be tested on Friday 15th September

8.9.17

Dear Parents/Carers,

The children’s spellings this week are linked to some work we have been doing in maths on matching numerals to written words. Therefore, the children’s spellings this week are all numbers.

Some assessments are currently being carried out, so please bear in mind that it is not unusual for your child to change spelling group over the course of the next few weeks as we assess their spelling needs.

We always emphasise to the children that spelling tests are just a part of their learning and that the most important thing is that they learn the meaning of words and are able to use and spell them correctly within their independent writing. With this in mind, when practising at home with your child it is helpful to ask them to write their spellings in sentences. I have sent home a practise sheet for each group so please feel free to use the back of this to do so.

Many Thanks,

Miss Barratt

 

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