6 years ago
Posted on 08th Nov 2019 by Admin

Weekly news 08.11.19

Spooky disco – thank you!

Thank you to everyone who came along to the disco and to FOBS and other adults who gave up their time to organise the event and help with the tidying up. It was lovely to see so many people there!

Children in Need dressing up day – Friday 15th November

Next Friday we would like all children (and staff!) to come to school and nursery wearing either pyjamas or something spotty – the choice is yours! We ask that children pay £1 each and all of the money raised will be donated to Children in Need.

We would also welcome donations of cakes and biscuits to sell at breaktime – please do not send anything containing nuts and we thank you in advance for your support.

Christmas card orders

Please can all Christmas card orders be returned by Monday, as we need to place the order by Wednesday 13th so that the cards are back in plenty of time.

Arthog residential

If you have not yet returned your deposit for your child to go to Arthog next June, please can you do so by next Wednesday as we need to give Arthog our final numbers at the end of next week.

SAVE THE DATE: Christmas Celebration Assembly – morning of Wednesday 18th December

This year, we are combining our Christmas performance with an end-of-term Celebration Assembly. Each class will perform part of The Christmas Story and we will also be presenting shields/cups for reading, writing, maths, PE and citizenship. The event has not yet been added to the calendar but it will start at 9:25 and we will provide an estimated end time once the children have started rehearsing their class performance.

Website password

The password has now been removed from the website, making it much quicker for you to access information and news. We are still awaiting a number of consent forms so, if you have not yet returned it, please can you do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

Cross country

A huge well done to all of the children who took part in the second cross country event at The Corbet School, and really persevered in the awful weather! Good luck to everyone who is taking part in the third race next Wednesday. The fourth and final race will be held on Wednesday 20th November.

Bicton quiz trail

There is still time for you to take part in the fabulous Shrewsbury town quiz trail, organised by Sian Tiplady. Priced at only £5, it’s a great way to spend a few hours solving the clues with family and friends whilst raising much-needed funds for Bicton school. Please speak to Sian or the school office, if you would like to buy a quiz trail booklet. There are some great prices to be won!

EYFS play area – polite reminder

Please can we ask that children do not use the Early Years play area after school, even if children are supervised. The facility is there for use during the school day only. Thank you.

Aldi Kit for Schools

Thank you to everyone who brought in Aldi stickers for our poster. We managed to complete it at the disco so it will be sent off next week. We will then be in with the chance of winning £20,000 so we will be keeping everything crossed!

Finally…

Please can children make sure they wear a coat to school now that the weather is starting to turn a bit chilly.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

6 years ago
Posted on 05th Nov 2019 by Admin

Forest School

6 years ago
Posted on 05th Nov 2019 by Admin

Read, Write Inc update

These are the letters we have covered so far this term. Please feel free to save and print them out for home use.

There is also plenty of information for parents and a link to buy a set 1 pack which includes the letter flash cards.

https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/

Spring Term 1 2020:

ch qu x ng nk ay ee igh ow oo long oo short ar or

The children will continue to work on segmenting and blending words made by the sounds covered so far. Children who are not yet secure with the Set 1 sounds, will take part in small focus groups to revisit those sounds.

Autumn term 2:

f e l h sh r j

v y w th z

Autumn Term 1:

m a s t d i n p g o c k u b

As we work through the letters the children segment and blend CVC words using the sounds covered –

green words 1

and play word time games – Word-Time-Book-1

Word-Time-Book-2

Word-Time-Book-3

Word-Time-Book-4

There are plenty of interactive phonics online that can support your child with their learning:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html

Teach your Monster to read is free for laptops and we are beginning to use it in class: https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

6 years ago
Posted on 25th Oct 2019 by Admin

New! Class 4 spellings for 08.11.19

Class 4 children impressed us with how they tried to learn their new spelling words in the last week of term but we have decided to revisit these spelling patterns and words when we return after the half-term holiday and we will retest children on Friday 8th November.

Here’s a reminder below of their spelling patterns / words.

Year 3 – Seals: Year 3 and 4 statutory words. The words chosen are a sample of these 100 words which we are using frequently in Class 4 this term. (See link below for the full list of words.) although, appear, decide, describe, different, difficult, group, material, notice, through.

Year 3 and 4 statutory spellings

Year 4 – Surfers: More words with /shun/ endings spelt with ‘sion’ (if root word ends in ‘se’, ‘de’ or ‘d’) e.g. expansion, extension, comprehension, tension, corrosion, supervision, fusion, conclusion, persuasion, suspension.

Year 4 – Waves: Words with the ‘igh’ phoneme e.g. bright, fight, high, light, might, night
sigh, sight, thigh, tight.

6 years ago
Posted on 25th Oct 2019 by Admin

New! Class 5 half-term homework

Class 5 children have been asked to complete a piece of science homework over the half-term holiday. Their task is to research Sir Isaac Newton’s work on light and colour and they can present their research in a format of their choice. We are looking forward to creating a display of what they produce!

The homework needs to be in school by Thursday 7th October and is entirely optional but house points will be awarded to any children completing the task.

6 years ago
Posted on 25th Oct 2019 by Admin

Weekly News 25.10.19

Well done to all of the children for their hard work since the start of term. It has been a very long half term and it was wonderful to hear them sharing their achievements on Thursday morning in Worship. We discussed what they are proud of, the challenges they have overcome and who has helped them when things are a bit tricky.

Just a reminder that we return to school on Monday 4th November and there will be no Year 5/6 Brass or drum tuition that first week back but keyboard lessons will take place as normal.

Polite request

Please can adults collecting and bringing children to school or nursery refrain from parking on the pavement on Bicton Lane, as this causes an obstruction and can result in parents and their children having to walk in the road. Thank you.

Website password

The password is due to be removed from the school website over the half-term holiday. If you do not wish your child’s photograph to appear on the website and you have not returned the consent form stating this, please can you do so as a matter of urgency when we return to school.

Parents of children who joined the school or nursery this term will have completed the consent form already and other parents were given a form in the summer term. Duplicate forms were sent out before we broke up for any children who we were still awaiting consent.

Aldi Kit for Schools vouchers

We have almost filled our Aldi Kit for Schools poster so if you have any vouchers please could you send them in the first week back so we can send our poster off. We are guaranteed to receive free sports equipment by submitting the completed poster and could be in with the chance of winning £20,000 to build a health legacy at our school as well!

Letters out this week

Corbet cross country event 06.11.19 – Years 3 to 6

6 years ago
Posted on 25th Oct 2019 by Admin

Gardening Day – CANCELLED

Due to the very wet weather, the gardening day on Saturday 26th October has been cancelled. A small group of parents will be doing some internal painting instead. Thank you.