This week we have been very busy practising and filming our Christmas performance to share with you.  The children have worked hard to learn the songs and their lines.  Thank you for bringing in costumes for them to wear.  We have also been writing independently for assessment.  We are very proud of all the children and the super effort they have put into their work.  In maths this week we have been learning and practising our number bonds.

We have sent home a list of Christmas activities which the children can participate in next week.  Please dont buy anything extra!  There will be lots more Christmas activities throughout the week within classes.

Have a lovely weekend

We have had another busy week, in literacy we have been making information pages about our everyday superhero’s and drawing pictures about our favourite parts of the visit from Pc Jim and PC Jo. In maths we have been concentrating on the number 3 and using the vocabulary of 1st, 2nd and 3rd correctly in reception.  In Year 1 we have been learning number bonds and fact families within 10.  We had an amazing Superhero day and everyone looked fabulous dressed up! Enjoy half term and please remember to read and practise the phonics cards a little each day.

This week Year 1 have been using part, part whole models in maths to partition numbers.  Next week we will be looking at using these to complete addition problems.  In Reception we have been learning all about the number 1.  We have found objects and represented 1 using numerals, objects and words.  In literacy we have been looking at non-fiction books about every day super hero’s  and we have been identifying the features of these texts.

We had an amazing visit from The fire service, where we learned about the jobs firefighters do and fire safety.  We even got to use their hose! The pictures are all on tapestry.  Next week we will be having a visit from the police, maybe you could talk to your child about questions they might like to ask the police officers.

What a week! The Evil Pea kidnapped Charlie Bear and left him under the tree by breakfast club.  So we made wanted posters to help catch him.  We haven’t found The Evil Pea yet and when Miss Jones went to answer the phone, he trapped her in a big box, luckily the children found Miss Jones and helped her to escape.  Then when Miss Roberts went to tidy the music shed The Evil Pea closed the door and locked her in, the children found her and unlocked the shed.  Hopefully we will capture him next week!  We have also been painting super hero characters, making traps to catch The Evil Pea, problem solving in maths and having lots of fun learning.

Please remember to send your child’s free choice book to school each day so that it can be swapped regularly.  We also have a large number of cardigans and jumpers left in school with no names.  Please remember to name all of your child’s possessions.

Welcome back to school, it was lovely to meet all of the new children.  We hope they have enjoyed their taster mornings and are looking forward to next week.  Everyone has settled well into our new class.  Please remember to send a water bottle each day and to name all of your child’s possessions.  PE is every Tuesday and the children should come to school in their PE kits.

Have a lovely weekend!