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8 years ago
Posted on 19th May 2017 by

Weekly News 19.05.17

The Corbet Diamond Festival

We hope to see some of the children at The Corbet on Saturday afternoon, where the local primary schools will be singing together – the children sounded amazing this week in assemblies when they practised the song!

Class 3 Parents’ Lunch

Class 3 children are looking forward to parents and guardians joining us for lunch next week – we hope you can join us.

New Parent Governor

We would like to welcome Mr Louis Southin as our new parent governor.

Head lice

We are aware that there are cases of head lice in school again. Please could we ask you to check your child’s/children’s hair and treat as required.  Long hair should be tied up or back. Thank for your cooperation with this.

N-CAT Research Study – Years 3 to 6

We are expecting a representative from Reading University in school next Thursday to meet with the children for whom we have received completed surveys and parental permission forms.  If you would still like your child to take part, please return the survey and permission form by Tuesday 23rd. We still have a few surveys at the school office if you have mislaid the original information pack.

Class 4 Visit to Liverpool

Please can all remaining permission slips and outstanding contributions be returned by Tuesday 23rd. We rely on parents’ voluntary contributions towards trips such as this and without them School does not have the funds available to arrange class visits.

Letters home this week

Parent governor election

Have a nice weekend.

Mrs Johnson

8 years ago
Posted on 15th May 2017 by

Class 3 Outdoor Learning

Dear Parents/Carers,

Just a reminder that your child will need to bring a raincoat and wellies (or trainers that they don’t mind getting wet) to school this week. These will need to stay school all week so that your child can take part in our English and Maths lessons outside this week.

Many Thanks,

Miss Barratt

8 years ago
Posted on 14th May 2017 by

Gardening Day – THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who came along and helped at the gardening day on Saturday.  It was a fantastic day and, thanks to all the groundwork, gardening and painting that was done, the wildlife garden is really taking shape.  One more day should do it!

Thank you to FOBs for serving refreshments throughout the day, to the Co-op for their generous donations and to people who brought along cakes and snacks to keep everyone going.

8 years ago
Posted on 12th May 2017 by

Class 3 Outdoor Learning Next Week

Dear Parents/Carers,

Next week we are doing some outdoor learning linked to both our English and Maths work. We are planning to go out whatever the weather so please can your child bring in suitable clothing to school. The weather is set to be quite changeable throughout the week so it would be good if your child could bring clothing suitable for both wet and warm weather – wellies, raincoat, sun hat and sun cream. I have asked the children to bring in their clothing on Monday and leave it in school until Friday. The children still need to wear school uniform each day.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Miss Barratt

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8 years ago
Posted on 10th May 2017 by

Class 4 Homework

Class 4 will be bringing home a new piece of homework today, revising the use of commas in writing.  Please encourage your child to complete their homework as independently as possible.

This homework is due back on Monday 15th May.

Thank you!

Miss Carr

 

8 years ago
Posted on 09th May 2017 by

Disabled parking spaces – polite reminder

Please could we ask you not to park in the disabled parking spaces in front of and alongside the school, unless you have a blue badge or you have mobility difficulties.  We have a number of parents/grandparents who need a disabled parking space as close as possible to the school building, especially at the end of the day.  We are aware that these spaces are frequently being used by adults who do not need a disabled space so we thank you in advance for your cooperation with this.

8 years ago
Posted on 05th May 2017 by

Class 3 Homework – Due in Friday 12th May

This week I have sent home some maths homework relating to column addition. We are due to revise both column addition and subtraction next week so revision at home will definitely help them with our lessons next week.

Below are copies of the homework should your child loose their sheet. They should remember which one they were given.

Sheet 1 – Column Addition using pictures to develop understanding (no carrying involved).

Picture Column addition (no carrying)

Sheet 2 – Column Addition with numbers (no carrying)

Column addition no carrying

Sheet 3 – Column Addition with numbers (with carrying)

Column addition with carrying

Feel free to support your child as necessary. In class we focus on using the correct place value terminology when using column addition. For example:

324

+542

We would say 4 add 2, 20 add 40 (or 2 tens add 4 tens), 300 add 500 (or 3 hundreds add 5 hundreds) – this reinforces to the children the place value columns each number is in to deepen their understanding of the method.

If you have any questions please feel free to pop in and ask.
Please can children hand in this homework by Friday 12th May.

Just a side note – some children requested two pieces of homework because they were unsure whether they could remember how to carry or not.  I have allowed them to have two but have made it clear they are not expected to complete both sheets, they can if they want to but they are only expected to complete one. I have explained that they may want to have a go at maybe 3 on the no carrying and if they are confident they can stop and have a go at the carrying sheet.

8 years ago
Posted on 02nd May 2017 by

Gardening Party Saturday 13th May

Are you free for a few hours on Saturday 13th May?  If so, we would love you to join us at our next ‘all hands on deck’ gardening party!

We still have lots of planting to do, fences to be painted and play equipment to be reinstalled, as well as plenty of other jobs, so your help is much needed.  If you would like to take part in the event on 13th May, please could you sign the contact list in reception or speak to myself or one of the FOBS committee.  We would like to know who is coming so we can prepare the tasks and organise refreshments.

Even if you weren’t able to join us at our previous gardening day a few weeks ago, you may remember seeing the photos on the website and it really was a fantastic and very productive day for all those involved. We are hoping that this next event will help us finish as much as possible in the wildlife garden so that the children can start to enjoy it!

Thank you in advance for your support.

8 years ago
Posted on 27th Apr 2017 by

Years 3 – 6 Research study

Get Involved in a National Research Study!
 
Our school is taking part in a national research study about child anxiety funded by the National Institute for Health Research.  We are hoping as many families as possible with children in Years 3 – 6 will get involved.  The research team from the University of Reading are really keen for a broad range of families to take part, including those with children who are confident, those who are anxious and those in between.   We are sending home information about the research study, together with some short questionnaires.  You can also find out more about the research, agree to take part and complete the short questionnaires here: 
 
As a way of saying thank you, the University of Reading will provide our school with £1 for each complete set of returned questionnaires (parent, child, teacher) – so it’d be great to get as many families involved as possible!