169 days ago
Posted on 10th November 2023 by A Shadbolt

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 it’s 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.

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 “Where the Poppies Now Grow”. 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.

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 😁.

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.

190 days ago
Posted on 20th October 2023 by A Shadbolt

Beech 20.10.23 – Newsletter.

Another week has flown by! Time really does fly when you’re 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 you’ve done this in the reading diaries we would be super grateful!

In English we have looked at the story of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. 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 “Golden Certificate” winner this week. 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, let’s hope the rain stops and if not lots of splashing in puddles in wellies!
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.

197 days ago
Posted on 13th October 2023 by A Shadbolt

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 “play doh disco” 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 “brilliant brushes” 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! Let’s hope it stops raining! See you next week.
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp

204 days ago
Posted on 6th October 2023 by A Shadbolt

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 “decodable book” 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 don’t get lost. They can’t 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 “crocodile fingers” 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.

211 days ago
Posted on 29th September 2023 by A Shadbolt

Beech 29.9.23

Hello everyone – hope you’ve all day a nice week.

A real autumnal week in Beech class. We have enjoyed looking at the crispy leaves, seeing the raindrops and the squirrels have been super busy in our outside area. We had great fun painting the silhouettes of autumnal objects. This is showing the great colour mixing and the careful panting of the silhouette.

In phonics we have done g o c k. The children have all got the next letter formation practice sheets in their book bags. Please make sure they are practising. The children have also got wordless books in their bags, can you please encourage your child to share the story with you at least 3 times per week and can you note down that you’ve done this in the reading diary. Encourage your children to recognise sounds that they know. The more time they see it the more confident they will be.

In Maths this week we have finished sorting, comparing and matching. The children have been so good at organising them into different groups, heights and sorts. Please encourage your child to talk about their learning at home 😃.

The children really enjoyed categorising materials this week. They shared some great vocabulary during the activity.

Well done to Elijah, for winning the golden certificate this week. He has show some excellent listening skills, great maths work and has been trying super hard to write and form his letters.

Have a lovely weekend.
See you next week.
Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny & Mrs Millichamp.

215 days ago
Posted on 25th September 2023 by Mrs Dowell

Phonics Resources for Home.

Beech (Reception), Chestnut (Year 1) and Elm (Year 2) are fully immersed into the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised Phonics Scheme.

If you would like to purchase flashcards to support your child at home, they can be found at the following link:

Phonics Flashcards

There are also games and tips on how to use them here:

Phonics Games with Flashcards

218 days ago
Posted on 22nd September 2023 by A Shadbolt

Weekly news in Beech 22.9.23

Happy Friday!

Another lovely week in Beech class this week.

The children have really started to settle and enjoy life at Crowmoor. A big well done to all of the children for coming in so well with the new ‘drop off’ system. Lots of happy smiley faces.

We have been super busy writing all about Little Red Riding Hood – all of the children have created fabulous shopping lists of things they would take to Granny to make her feel better. Lots of beautiful flowers and bars of chocolates .

In Maths, we have been organising, matching and sorting a variety of items in different groups. The keywords this week for maths are match, same and different. Ask your child to find things that match over the weekend – you’ll be surprised how many off socks they find!

In phonics, we now know s a t p i n d. The children are all trying super hard and both saying the phoneme and reading the graphemes. Please encourage your children to complete the letter formation sheets that are in their bags.

Please write in the reading diaries every time you get your child to share their wordless books with you. They know the patterns and how they work. Please encourage them to read over the weekend and at least 3 times per week. We will change the books next week.

If your child has come home in any of the school spares can you please get them back to us ASAP, we are running very low…. many many thanks 😊.

HUGE WELL DONE TO … ELLIE!! Who is our golden certificate winner. She has shown some amazing writing skills this week, always shares with others and goes above and beyond to keep our classroom tidy! Thanks Ellie, big congrats!

Any concerns please email – beech@crowmoorschool.co.uk

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp 😊

234 days ago
Posted on 6th September 2023 by A Shadbolt

Tapestry and PE

Hello,

We have had a lovely first few days in Beech class.

Tapestry – All email addresses that were given on induction day have been added to the system and you should all receive an email. If you don’t or did not give your email address in, can you let me know so I can update and link.

PE- This will be on a Friday, can you please ensure your children are coming into school in their PE kit that day.

Many thanks,

Miss Shadbolt.

280 days ago
Posted on 22nd July 2023 by Miss Jones

Tapestry – downloading your child’s journal and related media file

Please see letter below detailing how to download your child’s Tapestry journal and related media file.

End of year 2023

If you have any issues accessing this please let me know via the class email beech@crowmoorschool.co.uk

Miss Jones

281 days ago
Posted on 21st July 2023 by Miss Jones

Beech Weekly Newsletter 21.7.23

So here it is the end of the Summer Term! The last few weeks have been so busy and gone so quickly I can barely believe it. The children have continued to make us proud right up to the end of term with their great attitude towards their reading, writing and maths and their behaviour at the assemblies and other events we have had recently.

We spent some time this week looking back at all they have learned and how much they have changed since starting in September. We hope you have enjoyed looking back at their English/Drawing Club books as much as we have. It’s so easy to forget where they started on their journey last year so always great to look back. We are so proud of them all, as I’m sure you are too.

Next week I will be closing down their Tapestry accounts so will generate the journals and a media file of photos and videos. A letter will be posted on here to explain how to do this and you will have a few weeks to do it so please don’t panic. Just let me know if you are having any issues with it. You can still contact me on the Beech class email beech@crowmoorschool.co.uk next week if needed.

Finally I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you all for all your support over the year, with your child’s learning, attending events and the many kind words that are passed on via the playground and email. Also for the lovely cards and gifts this week, so very kind and thoughtful and most appreciated. Thank you so much.

Although I will be in Year 2 in September, I will only be next door to the children in their new class and will see them on the playground and around school every day and will definitely be hearing how they are getting on.

I hope you all have a wonderful summer break (let’s hope the weather remembers it’s meant to be summer too!) and will look forward to seeing everyone in September.

Miss Jones