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Weekly School Newsletter
Our Christian Values Homework
At the end of each month we are going to be setting a homework task based on our Christian Value for that month. This is for you to look at, discuss and explore as a family.
As our Christian Value in November’s Worship was Love, we would like you to create a piece of work to show what love means to you and your family. This can be presented however you like and is due in on the 12th December.
Rabbits Weekly Round-Up – 29.11.24
In English this week we have gone back to our class book ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. We have read up to the part of the story when Plop watches the fireworks. We used our senses to describe the fireworks. We started the week listening to a poem called ‘Fingers’ from ‘A Great Big Cuddle’, we then used the model of the poem to write our own about fireworks. Year 1s had to focus on using ‘and’ to join words, and Year 2s had to include adverbs in their poem.
In Maths this week, the Year 1s have been looking at subtraction. They have been subtracting by taking away/ crossing out and subtracting by counting back on a number line.
The Year 2s have been learning ways to add two-digit numbers together. We looked at using the base 10 equipment to help us and then moved onto written column addition.
On Wednesday this week we took part in ‘No Pens Day’, it was a chance for the children to put their pens down, talk, listen and take part in lots of pen/pencil-free activities, all while raising awareness for Speech and Language UK.
Rabbit Class LOVE show and tell so we took some time this morning to share and listen to each other.
Then we learned some sign language, we worked out how to sign our names and some of us even tried to start using sign language to communicate secret messages!
We practised ‘What’s your name?’ and then practised signing our names. Check out the videos below to see how we got on…
For Maths, we got into partners and each person had to cut out six 2D shapes. We sat on the carpet back to back, and one partner had to make a picture with the shapes, we then had to describe to our partner where to place their shapes and they had to try and make the picture the same without looking!
In Geography, we continued our work on ‘Hot and Cold Places’. We explored the features you may find in three different locations: Antarctica, a hot desert and a rainforest.
In Science, we talked about the different seasons. We thought about how we would describe the weather and we also talked about what happens to the trees in different seasons.
Homework this week is to practise the songs and words for the nativity. The lyrics have been stuck into homework books and can also be found by clicking on the link above. Spellings for Year 1s are /er/ as in herb & /ir/ as in bird, Year 2s spellings are /y+oo/ as in flute and /y+oo/ as in statue. The handwriting sheet has been stuck into homework books but can also be found by clicking on the link above.
Next week, we will be doing our final practises for the Nativity play and we will be joining people all across the UK in dressing up as elves to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s Society on Wednesday 4th December – we will be in the full festive spirit by Friday!
A reminder that forest school will be on Thursday next week, so everyone should come in PE kit on Tuesday and Year 1 should come in forest school clothes on Thursday.
Weekly Celebrations – 29.11.24
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 Devon for ‘Love’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Respect – Devon is a fantastic role model for our younger children. In particular, it is noticeable how well she sings in worships, as well as how sensibly she sits on the benches and how she behaves in general.
Year 5 Isaac for ‘Wisdom’ – Isaac has had a great week. He represented our school fantastically at church on Thursday. He has contributed great ideas and he has been showing good improvements in his class work!
Year 4 Calvin for ‘Friendship’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Calvin is a great asset to Dragonflies. They are a great friend to all, always offering to help. Calvin tries hard in everything they do, especially more recently mastering editing work and remembering capital letters.
Year 3 Kohen for ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Kohen is a lovely member of Dragonflies who tries his hardest in all subjects. He is always willing to answer questions. This week Kohen has tried especially hard to improve his handwriting. Keep up the hard work.
Year 2 Delilah for ‘Love’, ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Delilah is a fantastic role model in Rabbit Class. She is also doing a fab job in our nativity practise – she always knows what she should be doing and is good at organising others too.
Year 1 Oakley for ‘Perseverance’ – Oakley has been working so hard to improve the presentation of his work. His handwriting is getting better everyday. Well done Oakley, Miss Horton is very proud of you!
Reception Oscar for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Oscar works hard and always challenges himself to improve and learn new things. He is developing some super thinking skills.
Bumblebees Peter for showing ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Peter has made good choices this week and has shown love to his brother.
Bumblebees Noah for showing ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Noah has shown love to his brother, he has shown trust to his peers and wisdom in his learning.
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
GOLDEN BOOK AWARDS
Congratulations to the following Golden Book winners (from class work and stars)
Other achievements…
Mwaita has received a badge from Rainbows. She has been learning about their new patron HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh.
Hallie has received a ‘player of the month’ award from her coach at football training. A fantastic achievement!
Roly has received the N.S.P.C. Mo Edwards Mini Beginners Boys Cup for overall achievement during the year just off lead rein. Amazing!
Althea has received an award from her dance company. Althea was telling us all about her street dancing and all the different moves she can do – great work!
Harry has completed his 100m in swimming, a great achievement Harry!
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Owls Experience Advent workshop
Yesterday, Owl Class went to church for a Y5/6 workshop centred around Advent and the meaning behind it. The children listened so well and learnt lots, and were incredibly respectful to all the church helpers. Well done Owls!
Homework – 28.11.24
Please practise our nativity songs, if you have been given a script to bring home please practise your lines. Try and see if you can learn some of the lines off by heart!
Spellings – 28.11.24
Year 1: /er/ as in herbs, /ir/ as in bird
- herb
- person
- perch
- desert
- expert
- bird
- shirt
- girl
- twirl
- first
Year 2: /y+oo/ as in flute, /y+oo/ as in statue
- flute
- cube
- costume
- computer
- used
- statue
- Tuesday
- argue
- value
- rescue
Owl Class No Pens Day 2024
We have had such a lovely day in Owl Class taking part in No Pens Day. The day is centred around Speech and Language UK, who raise awareness for children who experience difficulties with spoken language, communication and listening. The day has consisted of lots of communication games, tasks without being able to speak and a huge show and tell in the afternoon. Owls responded so well to the activities, showing a brilliant understanding of the importance of different types of communication. Well done everyone!
The Parenting Team will be delivering free Understanding Your Child from toddler to teen and Understanding Your Child SEND from toddler to teen groups from January 2025.
These 10 week groups aim to:
- Promote understanding of children’s behaviour within the context of developmental issues
- Promote the development of parent/child relationship
- Increase confidence and self-esteem in both parents and children
- Give parents a strategy for repair when things go wrong
- Promote reflective, sensitive and effective parenting
The team are also offering free SLEEP TIGHT groups from January and February 2025.
These 5 week workshops cover:
- Recognising the role of sleep hygiene to improve sleep
- Identifying causes of sleep issues and appropriate practical strategies to try
- Completing sleep diaries and identifying potential sleep issues
Owls – Peace Posters
With our ties to Liverpool, Owl Class spent some time at the end of last week creating some peace posters which convey what peace means to them. These are going to be sent to the Beatles Museum in Liverpool. Well done everyone.
