Remembrance Day
We observed a minute of silence this week on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour.
Golden Star
Well done to our most recent Golden Star.
Fiddly Finger Stay and Play
We have a stay and play session on Thursday 14th November. We will be running two session (9-9.30am and 2.45-3.15pm).
The focus of this session is “Fiddly Fingers” which will concentrate on the important muscles needed to develop an effective pencil grip. At the session you will be able to join in with the activities with your child, many of which you can replicate at home.
Please let your child’s class teacher know if you are able to come along. We look forward to your visit.
I can use OS maps
Today, year 5/6 studied OS maps. We learned about how the scale of the map can help us to find out the distances between places. The scale on OS explorer maps is 1:25000. This means every 4cm on the map is worth 1km on the ground. At home you could explore scales on different maps: Google maps or Earth, OS maps or even What3words from last week’s Learning.
Living and Learning: Apologising
This week’s Living and Learning statement is:
I apologise when I need to.
This week, Year 1 and 2 children have discussed the importance of apologising when they need to. We talked about a time when we’ve apologised and how it made the person feel.
Sometimes, accidents happen. We discussed how it is important to say sorry to make the other person know you didn’t do it on purpose. This is often the first step to make the other person feel better, especially if your mistake made them feel sad or hurt.
Having good manners is respectful. Recognising you have done something wrong and then apologising shows you are being respectful and following our school rules.
Sleeping Beauty trip
We are looking forward to our trip to see Sleeping Beauty. The letter is below. Please return to the office as soon as possible. Thank you.
Dear parents/carers
The Key Stage One Team have arranged a visit to see Sleeping Beauty at the Carriageworks Theatre on Tuesday 26 November 2019. We will be reading various traditional tales and this is a great opportunity for the children to compare different variations of the story. Seeing and experiencing a story first hand will also help when we do the follow-up drama, art, writing and reading activities in school.
Children should arrive at school in school uniform at the normal time. We will be leaving around 9:15am and returning before the end of the school day. Children will need a packed lunch on that day. Please complete the slip below indicating if your child would like a school packed lunch or if they will be bringing their own.
The cost of the visit is £17, which includes the coach and ticket to the performance.
Please note, although payments for school visits are voluntary, if we do not receive enough voluntary contributions, this trip will have to be cancelled. The school does not have sufficient funds to subsidise children who have not paid. However, if you have particular circumstances that you wish to discuss individually, please contact the school office – we may be able to set up a payment plan or help in other ways.
Thank you for your support,
Kind regards
Key Stage One Team
Home Link – Put your coat on…
Our outside area is open in all weathers and at the moment, there’s certainly no playing out without a coat. It’s just too cold and wet!
Over the next two weeks, we’d like you to help your child to learn to put on their own coat. For children that can already do this, please work on learning to zip it up independently. We’ll be looking out for children that can put their coat on by themselves and also fasten their zips up and we’ll give out certificates when they achieve it.
We’re always looking for ways to help children become more independent. Other self help skills that you could help your child to work on include putting on and fastening their own shoes (try to avoid laces!), blowing their nose and learning to wipe themselves after they’ve been to the toilet. It’s hard work being three!
Tricky words
Your child has been learning tricky words. A tricky word is a word you can’t sound out – you just have to know it! Please continue to support your child to learn the tricky words on their word boxes.
So far we have learnt the, I, no and go. We have been playing lots of games to help us remember the tricky words. Here are some examples you can play at home.
Tricky word BOO
Preperation: Write the tricky words and the word BOO on individual pieces of paper and fold into a cup.
How to play: Take it in turns to take a word from the cup and collect the words you can read. If you get BOO you have to put all your words back in the cup. The person with the most words at the end of the game wins!
Splat
How to play: Use a fly swatter to hit the words. Your partner has to say the word as you splat it.
Golden star
Well done to our golden stars this week!
The golden star is a very special badge given out at golden assembly. The golden stars this week got their star badges for making good choices, following the school rules and being kind friends.
Let’s keep children safe and talk about PANTS!
We have been talking about pants again! Children love talking about pants and find them funny but we use it in school to deliver a serious safeguarding message. The NSPCC have created some fab resources for us, and you, to use when teaching our children how to keep themselves safe. Ask your child about the PANTS rule and sing along to the catchy song!
