170 days ago
Posted on 17th November 2023 by A Shadbolt

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.

177 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.

198 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.

205 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

212 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.

219 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.

226 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 😊

233 days ago
Posted on 15th September 2023 by A Shadbolt

Beech Newsletter 15.9.23

Hey!

Another lovely week in Beech class.
We have been learning all about The Three Little Pigs, we have been busy drawing our favourite characters and houses, cutting and sticking the story sequence, practising writing our names and even building some super strong pig houses!

In phonics we have learnt S A T P. We have been saying the phoneme and writing the graphemes too.

We have been put collecting things that show us that it is getting autumnal outside and have been mixing primary colours to make the right secondary colours for the leaves.

Well done to all the children this week, they are really settled and are starting to find their feet and follow the routines of school life. A big WELL DONE to Spencer for being the golden certificate winner this week. Spencer makes great choices, encourages others to make good choices and has done some great work in English this week. Well done Spencer!

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny and Mrs Millichamp.

240 days ago
Posted on 8th September 2023 by A Shadbolt

Beech 8.9.23

WOW – What a lovely first week 🙂

I am beyond proud of how well all of the children have settled in this week. They have all been fantastic listeners and showed great manners, kindness and politeness. Looking forward to cracking on with phonics, writing and math next week. They have all shown great attitudes to learning so far which I am sure will continue.

This week the golden certificate has gone to the whole class for settling in so well, but they have all taken home a ‘well done for your first week’ certificate too. So proud of all of the children.

This term we are exploring Traditional Tales and looking at All About Me.

Can you please send into school next week a picture of your child as a baby, we are then going to look at how they have changed to the children they are today. A printed one would be great but you can send one to beech@crowmoorschool.co.uk.

Reminders – can you please send your child with a water bottle, make sure they are in their PE kits on a Friday and that they have everything labelled – thank you :).

Have a lovely weekend – enjoy the sunshine!

Miss Shadbolt, Mrs Kenny & Ms Millichamp.

242 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.