Well here we are almost at the end of November and our first Nativity performance is less than a week away! Despite our mid-week electrics blip we have had a super week reading the traditional story Chicken Licken in Drawing Club between practising our songs and lines for Nativity too.
We have also been practicing reading simple words and sentences in phonics whilst we continue to complete assessments as many children are still lacking the confidence to blend independently. It’s really important they practice their sound cards and read their phonics regularly so they become confident to sound out and blend the words. The more they read their books the more they will begin to recognise familiar words and will re-read short sentences fluently.
In maths we have been learning about number bonds with the Numberblocks through the episode The Whole of Me where they sing a song about their parts and the whole number. The children have really engaged with this and used the singing strategy as we have tried to embed and recall the bonds for 2,3,4 and 5 over the week.
We have also been making some super decorations for the school Christmas tree.

See if you can spot them next week when you are in to watch the performances.

Thanks again for all the information returned about parents, grandparents etc. We have been sharing them this week comparing things now and then and I’m hoping to incorporate some old favourite stories and animations to Drawing Club next term for the children to experience.

Please remember to return the slips for the performances so we know how many to expect for each performance. We look forward to seeing you then.

If you have any questions about any of the above, please let me know via the class email beech@crowmoorschool.co.uk or catch me on the playground at the end of the day.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Jones, Mrs Kenny & Mrs Evason

What a lovely but VERY busy week we have had. My apologies for the lack of newsletter last week, we were having connectivity issues and the previous week I was unfortunately off.

This week we have been celebrating Friendship Week by sharing some lovely stories about friends, thinking of ways to be especially kind, as well as how we can REACH OUT to someone if they need a friend and we have also created a door collage as part of the whole school initiative:

The children all drew their pictures of themselves and the clouds all contain their ideas about what good friends do.

We have now learnt all the sounds in Level 2 for phonics and have spent the week recapping them, practising writing the sounds, reading words and short sentences. It is really important that the children practice reading their sounds every day and read their books as much as possible. Next week we will be carrying out some assessments to see which sounds or skills they still need to work on.
In Drawing Club last week we watched Pink Panther. The children found it hilarious and were really good at talking about what happened even though there was no speech. This week we read Rosie’s Walk by the wonderful Pat Hutchins and learnt words such as clatter, scarper, creeping, covered, immersed and oblivious. I’m always amazed how quickly the children pick up the vocabulary and love to hear them using it in their play independently. 😊
In maths we have met number 5 and have been looking at the composition of 5 as well as the other numbers. We have been learning to follow the three rules to count accurately and how to subitise 5 (recognise it without counting.)

We have had a super day today for Children in Need and everyone looked fabulous. We’ve put our class photo on Tapestry for you all to see.

I’m sure the children have already told you about our nativity and their role in it. We have started practising and will continue to do so next week. The dates have been on the website for a while but if you’ve not seen, it will be an afternoon performance on Thursday 1st December and a morning performance on Friday 2nd December. Letters will be coming out soon with details of times and tickets.  Please DO NOT worry about buying outfits.  We already have plenty of outfits in school so the children will only need something to wear under them. They have come home with a letter tonight detailing their role and what they will need.

Thank you to everyone who has returned the information about parent/grandparents childhoods. It is most appreciated and really useful for the children to find out about. Thank you.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Jones, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Evason