6 years ago
Posted on 06th Sep 2019 by Admin

Weekly News 06.09.19

On behalf of all our staff and governors, I would like to say a huge welcome to all of our new children and families. It has been a wonderful first week back, seeing the children settle in so well, and we are looking forward to lots of exciting things this term.

Universal Infant Free School Meals

Just a reminder that all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to free school lunches as part of the government’s Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme. Our current menu will be sent home in the children’s book bags next week and this is also available on our school website.

Parent Survey

Thank you for the responses received so far to the online annual parent survey. If you have not yet had chance to complete the survey, we would be very grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to do so.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JTLHQ88

The survey will close at 6:00 pm on Sunday 15th September and we thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey.

Letters out this week

House letters and emblem design template

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

6 years ago
Posted on 06th Sep 2019 by Admin

Class 3 weekly update – 6/9/19

Welcome back Class 3! The children have all had a great first week back and have all settled in well to class. This is what we have done this week…

English – In Read, write, inc the blue group have been reading ‘The Poor Goose’ and writing about winning. The pink group have been reading ‘The dressing up box’ and writing about dressing up. The rest of the class have been using the correct punctuation (capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas and apostrophes) in sentences and using pronouns to replace the noun in sentences to improve their writing.

Maths – Our unit is ‘Place value’. This week we have been counting to 100 / in hundreds, representing numbers to 100 / 1,000 and using part, part whole models to represent numbers as tens & ones and hundreds, tens & ones. They have been using equipment such as Base 10 to work practically during the lesson to support their understanding of number.

Science – This week we started our new topic ‘Light and Sound’. The children first of all discussed what they already know about light and had lots of fantastic ideas! They then looked at shadows and had lots of fun making shadows using a torch and a range of objects and going outside to find their own shadows!

RE – This week the children went outside and carried out a range of activities to identify ‘wow’ factors in nature. They started by listening to ‘natures symphony’ and had a go at making these sounds using resources from nature. Then they hunted for examples of nature and found lots of lovely colours.

Spellings- To be tested on Friday 13th September – 6.9.19

Please can they write some sentences in their spellings books using their list of spellings.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran

6 years ago
Posted on 06th Sep 2019 by Admin

Class 1 – Week 1

Class 1 children have had a super first week of school. All the children have settled in really well and we are really proud of them all.

This week has been all about settling into daily Class 1 and school routines and making new friends. The children were very excited on Wednesday to be put into School Houses and have the chance to meet older children in the same house.

Maths

This term Reception children will be concentrating on numbers 1 – 5 and Year One children on numbers up to 10. This week we looked at what 1 is – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjan6evga7g&list=PLsCbn8m6nYGYD9Ju5_ygJSUhaCRNGM8UT

and what happens when there is another one.

Year 1 children concentrated on looking at one more and number facts for 2.

Our song for Maths is 1,2,3,4,5

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?bbc=fishalive

Phonics

This week the children have looked at ‘m’ – Maisy mountain, mountain. The children have found objects that begin with sound, found the sound and practised forming the sound. m

Year 1 children concentrated on Word Time activities – segmenting and blending CVC words.

This Term our Topic is based on Nursery Rhymes. Please find attached an overview of what we will be covering for the term.

one two three four five

Next Week:

Tuesday – Forest School Session 1 of 6 (Children to come to school ready)

Wednesday – PE – Balance Bike Session 1 of 6. It would be useful if you could put a pair of jogging pants / long leggings into your child’s PE bag.

Have a lovely weekend 🙂

6 years ago
Posted on 30th Aug 2019 by Admin

Parent survey- correct email!

Many apologies but yesterday’s email about the parent survey should have asked if you could spare ‘a couple of minutes’ to complete it not ‘a couple of parents!’

We would be really grateful if you could complete the online survey below. The outcomes of the survey will support our staff and governors in our school improvement planning and we thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JTLHQ88

6 years ago
Posted on 29th Aug 2019 by Admin

Summer holiday news

I hope you have all had a wonderful summer and hopefully you are looking forward to next Tuesday 3rd September when we return to school!

Annual Parent Survey

As we did not get chance to send out a paper copy of our annual parents’ survey at the end of the summer term, we would be really grateful if you could a spare a couple of parents to complete the online survey below. The outcomes of the survey will support staff and governors in our school improvement planning and we thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JTLHQ88

After-school provision

Before- and After-school clubs/provision will restart next week, starting with Breakfast Club and Media and Film Club on Tuesday. The clubs will be updated on the website when we return to school and, in the meantime, please click on the link below for a reminder of our current extended schools provision.

After-School Clubs September 2019

School Uniform

Please could we request that all items of school uniform, including coats, footwear and PE kit, are labelled with your child’s name to avoid items being mislaid. Just a gentle reminder as well that trainers or pumps are not permitted as school shoes. Thank you.

Enjoy the rest of the holiday and see you on Tuesday!

6 years ago
Posted on 12th Jul 2019 by Admin

Year 6 Science Day at The Corbet

6 years ago
Posted on 12th Jul 2019 by Admin

Class 3 weekly update – 12/7/19

In English the children have been looking at the homophones their/there/they’re, two/to/too, hear/here and sea/see. They matched them up, look at the meaning of each word and used them in sentences to show the difference in meanings.

In maths the children have been completing a block graph. They gathered the information, recorded this onto a block graph and read the information to discuss questions such as ‘Which was the most/least popular choice?’ They also had a go at a maths investigation to combine different amounts to make a total. The problem involved counting in steps of 2, 3, 5 and 10 and combining them to make a total of 35 or 46. The children worked well together to use their skills and understanding and show all their working out using a range of methods, e.g. part-part whole model, bar model, drawings, using apparatus.

The children have been working on their DT project this week. They completed a taste testing activity where they tasted a range of Australian based food – vegemite, pavlova, Tim Tams, lamingtons and meat pies. They had lots of fun tasting these, some of which they enjoyed more than others! They have also been discussing ideas for a new pavlova recipe and thinking of alternative ingredients they could use to create a new recipe. They then used their ideas to design their new pavlova recipe, thinking about the questions: Who are you designing your pavlova for? What ingredients will you use? What equipment will you need? What will your pavlova look like? They had lots of interesting ideas and are all looking forward to making them next week!

Please can you bring in your ‘explorer’ costume for the celebration assembly next Wednesday. The children are welcome to come into school ready on the morning. Please could they bring in their uniform to change into afterwards. The children’s song sounds great – thank you for helping them learn this at home.

Today has been Miss Francis’ last day in Class 3. We have all enjoyed having her in class 3 and learning lots of new and exciting things. We are all very sad to see her leave and we wish her lots of luck in her new school.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran

6 years ago
Posted on 12th Jul 2019 by Admin

Weekly News 12.07.19

Year 6 Leavers’ lunch and assembly

If any Year 6 parents or guardians have not already ordered a school lunch for next Thursday, we need any remaining orders and payment in by 9:30 on Monday morning please. The Leavers’ assembly will start at 10:30 and run for approximately 40 minutes, after which time you are invited to stay for a drink before lunch at 12:00 pm. Thank you.

Football tournament

Well done to the girls’ football team who won the inter-schools tournament at Baschurch on Thursday afternoon. A big thank you to everyone who came to support the boys’ and girls’ teams and who helped out with transport.

Celebration Assembly – Wednesday 17th July

We look forward to seeing the children’s performances and celebrate their successes, on Wednesday morning at our summer celebration. Please can we ask parents and family members to park at the Village Hall, once the school car park is full, and we thank you in advance for your support with this.

Dinner money

Please can all outstanding dinner money and monies for next week’s dinners be paid in full by Monday 15th July.

Letters out this week

End-of-year reports

Library volunteers

We hope you have a lovely weekend and just a reminder that we break up on Thursday 18th at 3:15 pm. Thank you.

6 years ago
Posted on 08th Jul 2019 by Admin

Class 5 spellings to be tested on 12.07.19

Yellow

palatial

crucial

special

partial

financial

official

social

artificial

Green

officially

beneficially

artificially

partially

confidentially

superficially

commercialised

financially

socialised

antisocially

Orange

thinking

thought

though

thundering

thousand

thirsty

thief

theatre

6 years ago
Posted on 08th Jul 2019 by Admin

Class 5 weekly update

Well done to everyone in Class 5 on a fantastic action-packed week!

Last week in English the children finished their story writing. They have taken the events of our class novel and used them as a base for their work, building on the storyline by adding extra detail or changing small aspects of the plot to incorporate their own ideas, resulting in a more exciting adventure. The children have been challenged to think really creatively, using a wide range of punctuation and vocabulary to make their writing interesting and engaging for the reader.

In Maths we worked on rounding decimals to the nearest whole, tenth, hundredth and thousandth. We recapped the rules of rounding and used this prior knowledge to great effect with the children producing accurate work that was supported by detailed yet concise reasoning, explaining their calculations and the thinking behind their answers.

A big thank you to the children for their excellent participation levels on activity day and sports day. It was a remarkable effort because not only did you take part in lots of different activities that were quite challenging, especially in the hot weather, but you also played a crucial role in running the events by helping the younger children and taking on extra responsibilities to help all of the adults. You set a fantastic example last week and should be proud of your involvement.

This week in English the children are going to be working in pairs on play scripts. They will have a choice of which events in our novel they want to base their work on before planning, writing and performing collaboratively. In Maths we will be finishing off our unit of work on decimals and percentages.

This week we will also be going for our final swimming session and if you have any questions regarding the football tournament at Baschurch Village Hall on Thursday, please do not hesitate to pop in and see me either at the start or end of the school day.

Thanks… Mr Sudlow.

Acorns

Willow

Birch

Maple

Oak

Admin

Weekly News 06.09.19

Class 3 weekly update – 6/9/19

Class 1 – Week 1

Parent survey- correct email!

Summer holiday news

Year 6 Science Day at The Corbet

Class 3 weekly update – 12/7/19

Weekly News 12.07.19

Class 5 spellings to be tested on 12.07.19

Class 5 weekly update