11 years ago
Posted on 21st Nov 2014 by Admin

Empty Jars

If you have any spare, empty, jam/coffee jars (or the like) we would be very grateful if you could donate them to Class 4 to help us with some art work we will be doing. It is not neccessary for them to still have the lids.

Thank you in advance – it is very much appreciated!

Miss Barratt

11 years ago
Posted on 21st Nov 2014 by Admin

Class 4 Spellings – to be tested on Friday 28th November

Group 2

Words with ‘i’

Group 3

Words with ‘ai’

Phase 6 phonics group

Words with ‘i’

Group 4 & 5

Words ending ‘sion’

describe

quite

quiet

crisis

strike

identify

admire

require

divide

invite

Tricky Words:

children

I’m

said

again

grain

snail

plain

raining

painful

complain

Tricky Words:

children

I’m

describe

quite

quiet

crisis

strike

identify

admire

require

divide

invite

division

invasion

confusion

decision

collision

impression

revision

mansion

11 years ago
Posted on 19th Nov 2014 by Admin

Fruit tasting

Today Class 1 read ‘The very hungry caterpillar’ and tasted all the different fruits that are found in the story. They had lots of fun using their senses to desribe how they looked, smelt and tasted.

11 years ago
Posted on 18th Nov 2014 by Admin

Old Christmas Cards

As part of our RE topic this half term, we are looking at how artists have portrayed The Christmas Story. If you have any old christmas cards, particularly ones with an image relating to The Christmas Story, I would be very grateful if they could be given to Class 4 to help us with our RE topic.

Thank you.

11 years ago
Posted on 14th Nov 2014 by Admin

Class 2 superhero fancy dress

A big well done to class 2 for a brilliant fancy dress day! You all looked fantastic!

11 years ago
Posted on 14th Nov 2014 by Admin

Children In Need

We had lots of fun dressing up as Superheroes today!

11 years ago
Posted on 14th Nov 2014 by Admin

Class 5 News 14.11.14

Numeracy

At the start of the week we used the knowledge that 30cm is (approximately) 12″ to find other equivalencies. Children quickly got the hang of this and could convert any metric lengths I gave them to inches/feet and inches. They then practised converting from metric to imperial by measuring their heights in centimetres then converting to feet and inches before checking their answers against a conversion graph created by one group.

For most of the week we have focused on time and have used real-life problems to practise finding time intervals and reading 24-hour clock times on train timetables.

Children have been given maths homework linked to finding time intervals which is due in for Monday. Their task will reinforce what they have already covered in class but , if they need adult help to complete it, please can you make a note of this on their homework for me and I will look through it with them next week.

History

We have focused on Life in the Trenches this week and children were set an independent research task to learn about an aspect of trench life which they are interested in. Their chosen topics included illnesses, first aid, food supplies and how and why the trenches were built.

Literacy/R.E./PSHE

This week children have written in different areas of the curriculum. After watching a live assembly from The Tower of London on Monday afternoon, they used this experience to help them write about their feelings and emotions on the afternoon of Remembrance Day. Some of their comments were quite breathtaking and showed maturity far beyond their years. Today I gave them the starting line, “If I could be…(a person of their choice) for a day, I would…” As well as writing in role as the hero they had dressed up as today, several children also chose to take on less-obvious roles and explained how they would strive for world peace, an end to hunger and cures for all diseases. Again, many of their comments were incredible and showed selflessness and a real desire to help others.

Class 5, I’m so proud of you – keep it up!

11 years ago
Posted on 14th Nov 2014 by Admin

Class 5 spellings to be tested 21.11.14

YELLOW

GREEN

PURPLE

RED

ei spelling pattern

weird

weirdly

weirdness

receive

received

receipt

deceive

deceived

ceiling

seize

neither

conceited

receive

receipt

deceive

deceitful

seize

seized

ceiling

weird

neither

conceit

perceive

receive

receipt

deceive

deceived

deceiving

seize

ceiling

neither

conceited

perceive

receive

receipt

deceive

deceitful

inconceivable

seize

ceiling

11 years ago
Posted on 14th Nov 2014 by Admin

Weekly News 14.11.14

Children In Need

Thank you for your support with our fundraising efforts today for Children In Need. The children (and staff!) looked fantastic and we are so grateful for the efforts put into the various outfits/costumes. We raised over £200 from the donations for non-uniform, the cake sale and the sale of Pudsey ears! This is an amazing effort and we will confirm the actual total on Monday.

Collecting Children from Clubs

Please could we ask that children are collected from the Hall on Mondays after Dance Club and not from the playground. We have reminded children that they are not to go back to their classrooms but to wait for parents/grandparents etc to collect them from the Hall.

Punctuality

We have seen an increase in the number of children arriving late in the morning. Please could you ensure that your child is at School for 8:55 when the bell goes as the School’s punctuality figures are monitored closely by the Local Authority as well as children’s attendance. Thank you in advance for your support with this.

Classes 4 and 5 Carol Service

This year we have decided to hold a Carol Service where children in Classes 4 and 5 will perform in Bicton Church on Thursday 18th December at 6:30 pm. Miss Barratt has started to rehearse with both classes this week and we would be grateful for your support to help your child learn the carols and any readings they are given (to follow in the next couple of weeks.)

Buttons needed

If you have any old buttons, please could you leave them at the Office for a project that Class 3 are doing. Thank you.

Letters Home this Week

Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics at The Corbet (for children who are involved)

Y3/4 Football at Sundorne Sports Village (for children who are involved)

Scholastic Christmas magazine

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Johnson and staff

11 years ago
Posted on 11th Nov 2014 by Admin

Home link book reminder

Please could you ensure that any messages regarding clubs/picking up time are written in your child’s home link book each day. It is important for us to know if another person is picking your child up at home time and whether your child is attending clubs. If you child is to regulalrly attend a certain club every week, please could you write this in the home link book so that we can update our records. If there are any changes to arrangements, then please also let us know in the home link book.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs L. Conde