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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 đ! 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 âsâ 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 âwe are going on a bear huntâ. 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 topâŠ.
We have been super busy practicing our school Nativity. Thank you to those who have sent in costumes. Can you please check your childâs book bag to make sure they havenât 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 – itâs 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.Â
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 âStickmanâ 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.Â
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 âParent Payâ 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 canât 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 âRoom on the Broomâ. 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 âStickmanâ – 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 đ.
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We have had great fun looking at winter this week. Itâs 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. Sheâs always been reading lots at home! Keep up the good work! Well done!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.
10th November – Weekly Newsletter.
Good evening,
We have had a great first week back in Beech class. It was lovely to hear about all of the Halloween activities you all got up too and the fireworks that you had all seen. Was great to share the excitement with the children.
In phonics this week we have been busy recapping the sounds that we know and have really emphasised on the segmenting and blending process. Please encourage your child to blend at home. The children all need to be reading their decodable books 3x a week at home and it needs to be jotted down in their reading diary by an adult or an older sibling. Once itâs been read 3x we can swap it for them.
Maths has been circles and triangles. We have been on a circle and triangle hunt in our outdoor area. We had a go at making our own art based on Wassily Kandinsky. We then moved onto looking at positional language. We took some teddies out around the classroom. We put them over the table, under the chair, next to the bin, near the door and behind each other and in front of the door. Please encourage to use this language with your children.Â
We have been super busy in the afternoons, we have looked at Makaton symbols and how to communicate with children who do not use the language we do. We have looked at what clothes to wear in the Autumn and how to keep warm now the weather is changing. We also had a long chat about how the nights get darker earlier. We started our new music block about Traditional Tales, we have even started to use musical instruments.
In honour of Remembrance Day, we read the story âWhere the Poppies Now Growâ. We talked about how the poppies now grow on the fields of Flanders in France and Belgium where the war once battled. We then made our own collage poppies that we have turned into a lovely display in our hallway.Â
Congratulations to Dominic, who is our Golden Certificate winner this week. Dominic has made some fantastic choices this week, has been trying so hard to segment and blend his words and has been doing some great work in English and Maths. Well done, Dominic đ.
The first week of December will be the week that we do our Christmas Nativity play. We will be sending out role lists and things we may need next week. Thanks for your support.
Have a lovely weekend. See you on Monday morning.
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.
Beech 20.10.23 – Newsletter.
Another week has flown by! Time really does fly when youâre having fun and we have lots of that in Beech class.
We have been busying segmenting and blending in phonics this week. Encouraging the children to segment each sound and then blend them back together to read the word. If you can also encourage your child to do this at home and write down youâve done this in the reading diaries we would be super grateful!
In English we have looked at the story of âThe Three Billy Goats Gruffâ. The children have loved drawing naughty trolls, magic bridges and inventive ways to cross the poisonous river. The children are all trying so hard with pencil grip and letter formation. Very proud of their efforts this week.
In Maths we have been looking at 1,2 and 3. Seeing how they are made up, what things can be grouped into 1,2 and 3 and looked at varying representations of the numbers. We have started to subitise (The ability to look at a small number of objects and instantly recognise how many objects there are without needing to count). The children have all shown good subitising skills.
We have been celebrating Black History Month. This week we looked at Alma Thomas and Sir Frank Bowling (famous artists) – we looked at lots of their paintings and then had s go at recreating them. The children really enjoyed getting artistic and have shown great understanding of the different methods used.
Well done to Arlo who is our âGolden Certificateâ winner this week. Â Arlo goes above and beyond to be helpful in class, always tries his best and is really trying to segment and blend new words! Well done Arlo – well deserved this week.
Looking forward to seeing you at parents evening on Monday and Tuesday.
Have a nice weekend, letâs hope the rain stops and if not lots of splashing in puddles in wellies!
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.
Beech 13.10.23
Happy Friday everyone!
A very busy week in Beech class this week.
In phonics we have learnt the new phonemes: h, b, f and l.
The children are all trying so hard with the sounds and I am very impressed. Please encourage your children to recognise sounds in words around the house.
Maths has seen us explore patterns. We have used the compare bears and the beads to make and copy patterns and then to see how amazing they were they all had a go at an independent finger painting pattern. Very impressed! We also looked at clapping patterns and dance patterns.
Our book this week has been Jack and the beanstalk, the children had great fun building a new castle for the ogre out of junk modelling and looking at the life cycle of a beanstalk. Many of them were pleased to tell me that the beanstalks we planted together in the summer are growing.
Over the past week we have introduced âplay doh discoâ to our weekly timetable. This encourages fine motor skills and muscle strength in the hands to help develop pencil grip and control. The children have loved it.
All children have received a letter about the âbrilliant brushesâ tooth brushing scheme. Can I please ask you complete the green consent form and return it ASAP, as we would love to start this in class.
Parents evening letters have gone out this week. I have had lots returned already and the early appointments are going fast. Can I encourage you to return the letter early next week to determine your time.
Can I please remind you that PE is on a Friday. The children need to be in black or navy blue bottoms, a white top and a navy or black jumper/hoody. Thank you.
Well done to Gracie T who is the golden certificate winner this week. She has worked to hard in her writing and is really engaging in the phonics work in class. Keep up the hard work Gracie!
Have a lovely weekend everyone! Letâs hope it stops raining! See you next week.
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp
6.10.23 – Beech
Hello everyone – happy Friday!
We have had a lovely week in Beech class. The children are really settling into the routines and know what is going on during the school day.
We have learnt the following graphemes and phonemes:
ck- sock
e – elephant
u – umbrella
r – rainbow
Please encourage children to sound out words at home.
The children all have a reading book and a reading diary in their book bags. If it is a âdecodable bookâ the children will be able to read it to you. If it is wordless encourage your child to talk about the pictures in the book. Please note down any time you read with your child in the reading diary – it really does make a difference.
In Maths, we have been looking at bigger, smaller, taller, shorter, heavy, light, full and empty. We have had great fun measuring things and finding out what things in the classroom weigh more. All of the children had great fun telling Mrs Kenny she was shorter than Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Millichamp!!! We all enjoyed the water based activities looking at different containers being full, half full/empty and empty
Gentle reminder – can earrings be taken out before school on a Friday please, this will ensure they donât get lost. They canât be taped over and in-line with school policy and the guidance from the PE Association they need to be removed for safety. Can all jumpers and cardigans please have their names written in? We are getting lots of them muddled up – thank you.
Well done to Mikey who is our golden certificate winner. Mikey has really tried his best across the week, with a great attitude to learning. He has also really tried in phonics and English and has been practising âcrocodile fingersâ for his pencil grip. Well done Mikey! Very proud :)!
Enjoy your weekend.
See you bright and early on Monday.
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.