20th September 2013

Reception 

This week in Reception we have been looking at the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  The children have talked about the story and then started to tell their own stories. 

We have been learning lots of songs to help us with our learning... If you haven't heard our 'days of the week' song.. Ask your child to sing it for you! :0) 

On Tuesday we had a visit from an author... Jeremy Strong. He talked to us about the funny books he writes. 

We had our picture taken for the Echo on Wednesday... We will let you know when it will be in the paper. 

Thank you to those parents that have made an appointment for parents evening next week. We are looking forward to talking to you about how your child has settled in to school. 

Have a good weekend. 

Year 4

4L and 4E have had a very exciting week, participating in lots of wonderful activities. 4L have been searching for bugs and their habitats during their outdoor learning session and were excited to talk about the fox den.  The school was very lucky to have a visit by the famous children’s author Jeremy Strong. He read an extract from his book ‘Cartoon Kid’ and the children were able to ask lots of interesting questions.

In year 4 we have now started to read ‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King. The children thoroughly enjoyed building a den on the school field. Everyone took part and worked together as a team. It was great sitting inside the den after it was made! 

Year 5

Year 5 have had a fun week in science, it started with a big BANG! We have weighed air, think about how you might weigh air then ask us about it. We have started reading our class books. It has been lovely to see lots of children reading beautifully out loud to the class. We have been learning lots of new and unusual words. In P.E we played our first game of lacrosse, the teachers were impressed by how quickly we learnt the new skills. It has been a good week for everyone!

13th September 2013

Nursery

With lots of new children starting in nursery it has been a very busy week.  The children are settling  well and especially enjoyed PE when they got to use the crash mats.  Please remember to label all your child’s clothing.  Our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions will commence Friday 27^th Sept and will be for girls.  Next week we shall looking at our names and rolling dice. 

Year 3

This week year 3 have had a lot of fun writing poems. We have been looking at list poems and have been stretching our imaginations to come up with the most unusual and individual ideas as we could. We have begun our project on The Romans and have found out lots of disgusting facts. Did you know that the Romans used to eat flamingo tongue and afterwards would brush their teeth with mouse brains! Eugh! In maths we have been learning about place value and partitioning numbers. The children are becoming very confident with place value now and some children were thinking about numbers with millions! In science we were looking at light and shadows and the children are really looking forward to experimenting with the torches and other equipment. Next week we will be visited by the author Michael Rosen so the children could look at books written by him over the weekend.

Year 4

Welcome back to Year 4 children and parents! 4E and 4L have had a great start to the new term and have already learnt a lot and had some fun. The term has started with a ‘Poetry Week’. The children have been busy reading and writing poetry. Some of their favourites were by the fantastic poet ‘Michael Rosen’ who visited our school last year.

Year 4’s new science topic is ‘Habitats’ and this week and next week Year 4 have had the chance to go out into the school grounds to explore the wildlife we have there. Some of 4E have already discovered a red ant’s nest, a bee’s nest and even two slow worms!

We can’t wait to discover what 4L will find next week!