Vigo Infant School
Weekly Newsletter
No. 4
www.vigo-inf.hants.sch.uk
Attendance
The absence rate last week was 4%
this means that 42 days of
education were lost last week. This
is a definite improvement on
attendance rates for last year.
Thank you everyone. Remember
every day counts in a child’s
education.
There were 21 late marks last week
too. All children need to be in class
ready to start the school day at
8.45am.
Special Mentions
A very special well done to the
following children who were added
to our new “Special Mention” book
during Thursday assembly this
week. These are children who are
currently working extra hard to
make our school “the best place to
be”!
Kai Saunders
For great work in PE, trying again in
order to improve his skills
Archie Fisher Armstrong
For good sorting and a good
explanation
Maximus Reynolds Donley
For thinking carefully when
painting a picture of himself
Iksha Limbu
For trying hard and practising
writing her name
Caitlyn Lazaretti
For trying really hard to write her
name and practising on her own
Benjamin Bailey
For making new friends and always
being happy and cheerful
Noah Morgan
For making a fantastic model
Alec McCulloch
For trying really hard in the
rainbow room
Dennis Andrew
For working really hard in maths
Ty Fenton
For working really hard in maths
and reading
Tiffanyjane Scott
And
Finlay Wilson
For knowing the names of 2d
shapes
Medeina Astrauskaite Kempster
And
Shivleen Juneja
For always trying hard, listening
politely and getting on with work
sensibly
Taryn Hooley
For working hard to finish pieces of
work
Lewis Colwell for great work in
reading
Chloe Baker Ryan
For being very helpful to others at
the end of each school day
Individual Photographs
Arrangements have been made for
the school photographers to be in
school to take individual and family
group photos on Wednesday 3
October.
26 September 2012
All children will be photographed
individually please only complete
the attached slip for the following
reasons:If you DO NOT wish to have your
child photographed please return
the attached slip with the
appropriate box ticked.
If you wish brothers and sisters to
be photographed together please
return the attached slip with the
appropriate box ticked and your
children’s names and classes. We
are unable to include younger or
older siblings who do not attend
this school. Sorry.
Class Assembly
ZIG ZAG class parents
If your child is in Zigzag class don’t
forget that you are invited to class
assembly on FRIDAY this week.
Class assembly will be at 9 o’clock
in the hall so please drop your child
as usual then make your way to the
back door of the hall to take your
seat.
Please be aware that we are happy
to welcome younger brothers and
sisters
to
class
assemblies
(although we do appreciate it if
they can be persuaded to be as
quiet as possible!)
Class assembly will be followed by
an invitation to visit the classroom.
There is no room for buggies etc. in
classrooms. These can be left
outside or in the hall.
Please note that this is zigzag class
only this week, all classes are
timetabled for a class assembly this
term.
URGENT NEWS FOR STRIPES CLASS
AND ORANGE CLASS
be returned as soon as possible so
that teachers can fill out the
timetables.
This is your chance to meet with
your child’s class teacher, find out
how they are settling in and what
you can do to support them during
this school year. Please come if you
can.
We have looked at the similarites
and differences between ourselves.
Thank you to all the parents who
sent in family photographs. We
were able to discuss a little bit
about family history and draw a
family time-line. We also painted
pictures of our family.
Signs of the week
There are two signs for this week
We are really sorry to have to
change the dates of two assemblies
this term.
This is Jaycees family.
ORANGE class will now have their
class assembly on 19th October
We have carried out some science
investigations to find out more
about our sense of sight, touch,
taste, smell and hearing.
This is the sign for cauliflower
STRIPES class will now have their
assembly on 29th October
I do hope that parents will still be
able to come along to these class
assemblies. Apologies for the
disruption to diaries.
This is the sign for cabbage
ask your child to sign them with
you
Harvey is looking closely at the
flowers in the school grounds.
Curriculum News
Class of the week
Attached to this newsletter are
sheets giving details about the
topics chosen for each year group
for this half term.
These sheets also give ideas for
activities to do at home to support
your child during this topic.
We hope parents
information useful.
find
this
Parents Evenings
Don’t forget to return the letter to
make an appointment for parents
evening. You should have had a
letter on Monday which needs to
Each week one class will take an
opportunity to tell us a little about
what is happening in their
classroom. Look out for news from
your child’s class.
This week’s news is from Orange
Class:In Orange Class we have been
learning “All About Me”. We have
looked in mirrors and painted self portraits and written descriptions
of ourselves. This is Reagans selfportrait.
Here are the children tasting a
lemon. Not a favourite taste for
Harvey but Finlay and Jasmine like
the sour taste.
We have also been practising
writing our numbers and letters the
correct way round. We have been
counting forwards and backwards
to and from 20 and learning to add
and take away using groups of
objects.
All the children have settled into
year 1 very well and everyone is
working hard.
Well done to all the children who
have read at home and done their
homework