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20 September 2019 

Gardening Club - Help Needed 

Unfortunately, Mei, who has taken the lead with running the gardening club, is no longer able to run the club.  We are therefore looking for volunteers to help Mrs Hill run the club during lunchtimes.  If you are able to offer some support in running this wonderful club, please contact the school office for more information.

Disco

A disco has been booked for Friday 18^th October.  Further details to follow.  The Year Two team have also arranged a raffle which will be drawn on this day.  If you can support the raffle in any way, please contact either of the Year Two teachers; Miss Bolton or Miss Smart.

Year 1 Roundup

Year 1 have been busy settling into their new surroundings very well. They have been discussing class rules and the expectations of being in Year One!

In class they have been producing some wonderful creations based upon the book 'The Rainbow Fish' drawn and written by Marcus Pfister a Swiss author and illustrator. They have been painting , making fish masks, creating wax resist scenes as well as making animals from the story with playdough.

In Phonics we have learnt the sounds ‘igh’ (fly high) and ‘ow’ (blow the snow) and have been using our new sounds when reading and writing. 

In Maths  we have been counting forwards and backwards within 10 and have been representing numbers using a variety of objects including counters, cubes, counting bears and Numicon.

Year 2 Roundup

Miss Smart and Miss Bolton have been incredibly impressed by the effort the children have put into their home learning task this term! The children have been been asked to talk to their grandparents about the types of toys they may have played with when younger. We have discussed what the children learned and they have produced some amazing posters.

In English the children have been developing their retelling skills using techniques like echo reading (adult reads then the children copy) to learn the story ‘Toys in Space’ by Mini Grey. The children then sequenced the key events and then retold the story in their own words to the class. The children loved having their own take on what had happened in the story!

In maths the children have loved being introduced the to the Times Table Rockstars app on the school iPads, the app is used throughout the school, and children are encouraged to compete against each other to earn 'coins' for practising their times tables.

Year 3/4 Roundup

In Year Three and Four English this week, the children have been using thesauruses to find synonyms of words to help us describe a Stone Age setting.

In Year Four maths this week the children have been looking at place value and understanding the value of each digit and used a range of concrete resources to help us!

This year we are looking at the art work of Roy Lichtenstein an American pop artist who created his art work with dots. We have been creating our own self-portraits, in the style of Lichtenstein, carefully using dots with pens and pencils!

Year 5 Roundup

Over the past week, the children have begun their topic ‘What did the Roman’s do for us?’. So far, they have learnt about the invasion of Britain, the Roman army and Hadrian’s wall. The children have been taught the topic so far through oracy. This means they have been asking lots of questions, having lots of discussions (while developing their discussion skills) and have been using their teacher as a guide to help them to be active learners and find things out for themselves. 

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School Lunches

Please note that if your child's lunch account is greater than £10.00, you will need to provide a packed lunch each day until the arrears have been cleared.