Just a little reminder that it is PE tomorrow. (Friday) Children should attend school in their PE kits and earrings must be removed as per school policy.
Beech Class Bulletin
Beech Class Weekly Newsletter
This week we read the book ‘One Snowy Night’ by Nick Butterworth. The children had great fun making predictions earlier in the week about what might be coming up through the floorboards into Percy’s hut. I must admit, we were relieved to find it was just a mole rather than some of their larger (and scarier!) predictions! They also made a super job of writing labels and captions for Percy the Park Keeper.
In phonics this week we learned the sounds ‘oo’ (zoom to the moon), ‘oo’ (hook a book), ‘ar’ (March in the dark) and ‘or’ (born with a horn) and the tricky words was, you and they.
In maths we have been learning about one more and one less as well as developing our subitising skills. We have been practising recognising the smaller numbers within a number to work out how many are there altogether. E.g. I can see 3 and 1 so it must be 4. I can see 3 and 2. It’s 5.
During our topic sessions we have been looking at maps, including aerial maps and used Google earth to find school and share our journeys to school. Some children then drew maps of their journey to school, thinking about the significant features they pass on the way. The children have also enjoyed exploring ice and frozen characters, working out the best way to release them.
Next week I will be holding a phonics session for parents on Thursday morning at 9am, to share how the children learn to read with the Little Wandle Phonics Scheme and answer any questions you may have about supporting your child with reading at home. It would be great to see you there.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Jones & Mrs Kenny
Beech Class Weekly Newsletter 12.1.24
Our first full week has flown by, reading the story “Kipper’s Snowy Day” by Mick Inkpen and drawing and writing about our favourite part.
In phonics we have learnt four new sounds ‘ai’ like rain, ‘ee’ like ‘sheep’, ‘igh’ like light and ‘oa’ like goat. The children have been working on their blending skills by sounding out each word before blending to read it then reading the word again to build up their fluency.
In Maths we have learned about zero and have been learning to represent numbers to 5 in lots of different ways as well as recalling the different ways to partition each one.
As part of our learning about What is Cold we have been talking about the seasons and how the weather and environment change during winter. We have talked about our own feelings about and experiences of snow and enjoyed exploring the ‘snow’ in class, making prints like Kipper from the story with the people and animals.
We have also been talking about where we live and looked at maps of the UK and the world, identifying the coldest parts of the planet and learning about some of the creatures who live there.
Just a little reminder that PE is on MONDAY and FRIDAY until February half term so children should come to school wearing suitable kit please. Please also remember they should have their book bags and reading records in school every day. If they are missing anything please let us know and we can arrange to replace them. It is so important that children are practicing their reading skills daily so they can become confident, fluent readers.
Have a lovely weekend,
See you Monday.
Miss Jones & Mrs Kenny
Beech Class Weekly Newsletter 5.1.24
Well Happy New Year and welcome back! It’s only been a couple of days but the children are starting to settle back into routine and have adapted easily to the changes in staffing. I have enjoyed spending the last two days getting to know them and look forward to getting to know them better and learn a more about them as term progresses.
In Phonics we have been recapping all the Phase 2 sounds and tricky words and will start Phase 3 next week. We will be learning four new sounds each week and also some new tricky words. It is important the children keep reviewing sounds and tricky words that they already know so they become confident and fluent readers so please look out for resources that will be sent home in the next couple of weeks to support with this. They have all completed drawings and independent writing about their Christmas holidays today, trying hard to use their phonic knowledge and form their letters correctly. They have also quickly learnt two poems from The Poetry Basket – Chop! Chop! and Popcorn! I was very impressed with how quickly they were able to recite them as a class and we will continue to learn to recite more poems from the Poetry Basket over the year.
In Maths we have been recapping what we learnt last term about all the numbers to 5 and how they are made up of other numbers, using the Numberblocks episode ‘Whole of Me’ to help us remember how to partition through song. We will begin our next unit learning about 6,7, and 8 on Monday.
From Monday we are having an extra PE session just for this term with the coach so PE will be on Mondays and Fridays up until February half term.
If you have any queries about your child’s learning, please feel free to drop me an email on beech@crowmoorschool.co.uk
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Jones, Mrs Kenny & Mrs Evason
Letter to Beech Class parents
Please see attached letter sent home at end of term.
Change of Teacher – Beech Class
15-12-23 Beech Newsletter
Hello everyone!
Can you believe it, the last Friday of the Autumn term and what a term it has been. It has been such a privilege to see your children blossom over the last term, those once nervous faces are all know happy, settled and learning lots of new things.
We have been busy finishing off the first phase of our phonics learning and are now ready to learn lots of new sounds after Christmas. The children are all trying really hard to segment and blend when reading in class. Can I please encourage you to be reading the decodable book your child brings home at least 3x a week. It is the repetition of familiar texts that improve accuracy and fluency. The link below is a short video from Little Wandle (our phonics scheme) to support parents and carers with blending at home. If you can, please give it a watch so you can continue to support your child at home.
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/#tabnametabHowWeTeach
In Maths, we started the week by looking at 4 sided shapes. The children had great fun fishing for shapes in the water tray, hunting around the classroom for squares and rectangle and using shapes to make pictures. We ended the week by looking at Day & Night routines. It was great fun listening to what the children get up to in the mornings and evenings!
In English, we have read the story of Winnie the Witch meeting Santa. The children loved this story and liked the link from our fantasy topic to the celebration of Christmas. They have all been trying super hard with their letter formation and spelling of simple CVC words. Very proud of them!
We have been very lucky to have received some very lovely new resources in Beech class. The children have loved exploring the snow in the tough tray and finding Winnie’s belongings with the tweezers, decorating a Christmas tree, building sleigh’s for Santa and designing a Christmas dinner for Winnie and Santa. We have also finished our unit of Seasons. The children have really enjoyed looking at the different seasons and have finished off the topic with creating some lovely art work of ‘trees in the seasons’.
Well done to Ronan who is the golden certificate winner this week! Keep up the hard work!
Finally…. we have had the most special visitor today….
FATHER CHRISTMAS CAME TO CROWMOOR!! He was pleased to say that all of the children have been very good and are on his nice list! Even Myself, Mrs E and Mrs Kenny have made the nice list – we are all VERY excited!
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
See you on Monday morning!
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs E.
Beech Newsletter 8-12-23
Good afternoon.
We want to start by saying a massive thank you to all of the children for the wonderful performances of Whoopsy Daisy Angel. They all worked super hard and did us super proud. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Lots of festive cheer in Beech class this week.
We have learnt the new phonemes nk, ng, sh and th. The children all know these digraphs and recognise that it is two letters to make one sound. Please please encourage your child to read and blend at home. Even encouraging them to spot sounds they know will help them. Some children have got blending packs in their book bags tonight, please use these to segment and blend simple words. Every little helps.
This week our book was Zog by Julia Donaldson. The children have drawn some amazing dragons and have even started to write short sentences in their books. It is great to see how much more confidence they have when writing.
In maths we have finished looking at number bonds to 5.
The children have enjoyed using compare bears to see what numbers go together to make 5!
Well done to Lavinia who is our golden certificate winner this week for her fabulous efforts as Whoopsy Daisy Angel 😇! Well done Lavinia.
Enjoy the weekend.
See you at the Christmas fayre!
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.
1.12.23 – Beech Newsletter.
Happy December everyone!
Hope you have all kept cosy and warm at home. It was rather chilly at school today!
A very busy week – it has flown past! We have learnt how to add a ‘s’ to simple words to show we have more than one of something. Eg; cats, hats, socks, dogs. We have also learnt the digraphs ch and qu (2 letters – one sound). Really impressed with the segmenting and blending in Beech class. They are all trying really hard. Keep up the hard work children!
Our book this week was “we are going on a bear hunt’. The children have drawn some amazing pictures and really impressed us with their independent spelling of big and bear. We also have had great fun acting the story out! The children all worked together to think of the most suitable actions for each part of the story.
In Maths, we have continued our work on the numbers 4 and 5. We have looked at the composition, more than and less then. We had great fun in the role play shop selling current ones using the nursery rhyme to help us! One current bun in the bakers shop, round and fat with a cherry on top….
We have been super busy practicing our school Nativity. Thank you to those who have sent in costumes. Can you please check your child’s book bag to make sure they haven’t got a letter lurking about their costume. Most of the children are all sorted but some do need plain black leggings and top or plain white leggings and top. We are looking forward to seeing you at the performances on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The afternoons this week have consisted of lots of art activities, song practice for the Nativity, construction afternoons and lots of role play. We have been very fortunate to have had some lovely new resources brought for Beech class and the children have LOVED playing with all the new things. Very proud of how well they have looked after and respected the new toys. Well done team Beech.
We wondered how many of you had a visit from a cheeky elf this morning? Looking forward to hearing all about the mischief they may have been causing!
Have a lovely weekend!
Keep warm – it’s going to be a chilly one.
See you on Monday.
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.
Beech Newsletter 24.11.23
Hello everyone!
Another lovely week in Beech. Our time together is zooming past and we are enjoying every minute. This week has been jam packed with learning, activities and Nativity rehearsals.
In phonics, we have learnt v w x y.
The children have all got letter formation and pronunciation sheets for the phonemes and graphemes learnt this week. Please encourage the children to do these at home. We have been checking reading diaries and there have been lots of reading at home! Please can you encourage your child to read 3x a week with an adult or older sibling and note it down in the yellow reading record. This will allow us to then change their books. Thank you.
In English, we have looked at the book “Stickman” by Julia Donaldson. The children have drawn some great pictures of Stickman and his family tree and thought of lots of ways we could rescue him from the fireplace. They all had a go at sounding out Stickman in their books as they recognised the digraph ck. Very impressed with all of their hard work this week.
In Maths, we have been looking at 4 and 5. We have looked at how 4 and 5 can be made using different amounts and then added together. We used lots of practical activities to learn all about the composition. Here is an example of the part whole model splitting 5 up.
We have done lots of practising for our Nativity play, please can you ensure all costumes are in by next Friday. We have looked at ways we can keep the environment safe for Stickman and his family tree. The children shared some great ideas about keeping the world safe eg; recycling, not setting fires, watering the trees in the hot sun and not littering. We also explored the Divali festival. We made rangoli patterns in the coloured sand, made temples in construction and designed henna hand art. We talked about how other cultures celebrate different occasions and compared them to ones we celebrate.
A letter has been sent home tonight regarding the new ‘Parent Pay’ system. Please make sure you look at it and set your accounts up ready for Monday. Thank you.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.
Beech Newsletter 17-11-23
Hello!
Another lovely week in Beech class. We can’t believe how fast the year is going. We have been working super hard practising the Christmas play. So proud of the children – they are really trying and the singing has been fabulous!
In Maths, we have been looking at recognising 4 and 5. We have been looking at how to make 4 and 5, how to subitise 4 and 5 and how to form the number 4 and 5. A lot of the children have also started to notice that 2+2 = 4 and 2+3=5. We have looked at the idea of number sentences.
Our book this week has been “Room on the Broom”. We have been busy drawing the witch, the animals and designing a super snazzy broom to get around! They have all drawn a fabulous dragon as well this week. The children have started to write CVC words independently like cat, dog, big and hat. Next week we are looking at the book “Stickman” – if possible can the children all bring in a stick on Monday/Tuesday so we can make our own Stickman family – thank you!!
Guided reading has been going really well this week. Can I please ask you to keep reading with the children at home. They need to read the book 3x a week in order for us to change it and have it noted in the yellow reading record. Next week some of the children will be bringing home a set of blending words and a list of CVC words to help them with their blending. Please encourage and support your children with this. Reading opens the door to the world 🌎.
We have had great fun looking at winter this week. It’s been lovely to hear all the things the children love about winter and the weather changing. We had a go at making snowflakes using PVA and glitter.
Was lovely to see them all dressed up in spots for Children in Need. Thank you for the support.
Congratulations to Nyah, who is the golden certificate winner! Nyah has been trying so hard with her blending and independent writing. She’s always been reading lots at home! Keep up the good work! Well done!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.
