Willow
Beech
Welcome back! The Summer term in any school is always fun but
for willow Class this year it is going to be particularly busy and hectic
with all the outdoor activities we can do now that we have the
warmer, sunny weather!
Welcome back! I hope you had a good break with your families.
Thank you for bringing in milk bottles - we still need a few
more. We have a growing collection of milk bottle tops also,
please continue to bring these in if you can.
Yesterday we had our first session at Quayside Gym in Bridgwater.
The children were a little nervous about going out of school on the
coach as it was not something they had done before but all of them
had a great time! They were split into three groups and had lessons
in trampolining, gymnastics and Parkour with their excellent
coaches.
In maths this week we have been looking at number and place
value. This is a key skill. By the end of year one children are
expected to be able to count forwards and backwards within
100. I have sent home a worksheet so you can practise at home
- there is no need to hand this in, but practise at home is
important. Really practise counting backwards from a multiple
of 10 - this is much harder for the children to grasp as both the
ten and unit/one changes 60, 59, 58...
I am sorting through the photos so please do look at the website
next week to see what they were up to! As they children went
home in their PE kits, please do make sure that these are brought
back in to school next week so they can be used again on Thursday.
Enjoy the sunshine this weekend!
In literacy we have been looking at information books. The
children will be creating their own information books
throughout this term to give you lots of information about
being 'green'. It would be brilliant if you spent some time
talking about or researching how we can be 'green'.
Have a good weekend.
Hazel
I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter holiday, welcome back to
the summer term.
In Hazel Class this week we have been learning to read and write
instructions. In doing this, we have started to make a money box
using paper mache, following instructions independently (apologies
for any mess, it is only flour and water). We have completed
another maths assessment this week and we will be continuing to
review these and the skills needed.
Maple
Welcome back everyone, we hope you all enjoyed a good
break. This week we have been finding out about how far our
food travels during a visit from the 'Fork to Plate'
workshop. For homework please could children bring in and
empty food wrapper which shows the country of origin for
our food miles display. Next week we will be weighing in
Maths lessons, so any practice at home with a weighing scales
whilst cooking would be of value to the children.
General part of the letter please:
Please ensure that your child has a PE kit in school, unfortunately
we did not have enough spares for everybody yesterday.
Lastly, PLEASE bring a drinks bottle!
Sycamore
Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed the break.
We are settling back into routines, so the following is intended to
clarify current routines and expectations:
there will be at least one maths activity on mymaths each
week. Times tables will continue to be tested on a Friday.
I will set one piece of written work each Friday, to be returned by
the following Thursday.
Spellings are being sent home today, to be tested on Thursdays.
Thank you for your support!
This week we are welcoming two teachers from Parikrma
School in Bangalore, India. Anitha and Bharathi will be visiting
all the classes, working alongside the children and sharing
something of their school with us all. We hope that this will be
and interesting and enriching experience for us all.
Oak
Good to be Green - Oak class need carrier bags of many
different colours for a DT/Art project.
Year 6 fund raising continues until the end of April. Once again
thank you for all your support.
Cross Country competition - letters are out today for the
children involved, but this is the last meeting.
SATs preparation - please make sure your children are
continuing to use and complete their SATs Buster book. The
answers were supplied with the book so parents can give their
children immediate feedback. Reading and timetables focus are
an absolute must in readiness for SATs.
A SATs timetable is now available on the school website.