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Communications
Transport Applications for Year 6 pupils who are due to start secondary school in September
Please find attached a letter and Transport Applications for current year 6 pupils who will be starting secondary school from September.
Friday 5th May
On Friday 5th May we will be celebrating the King’s Coronation with the Friends of Crowmoor and we invite all our Crowmoor families to come and join us too, for an afternoon of fun! Please see attached poster.
All children will have their dinner in school as normal on Friday and then from 1pm we invite all Parents/Carers to come and join us for an afternoon tea! The Friends of Crowmoor will be providing refreshments and families are welcome to bring their own picnics, very much like the Jubilee celebrations for those of you who were able to join us for this event last year.
If you would like to come and join us for this event, we would ask that you attend the school site for 1pm. When you arrive you will be shown to the area where you will be able to sign your child out. This means you will take responsibility for your child for the afternoon. Once your child is signed out for this afternoon you will not be able to sign them back over to the school, they must remain in your care.
If you are unfortunately unable to attend this event, your child will remain with school staff during the event.
During the event it is important all Parents/Carers comply with our Child Protection procedures and anyone who is seen not to be adhering to these procedures will be asked to leave the event.
Children are welcome to come into school on this day in non school uniform if they wish, we ask that they wear red, white and blue or colours of the Commonwealth.
There will also be a competition for pupils to enter if they wish “The best Crown” Pupils will be given some card in school and will be invited to make a Crown if they wish to be entered into the competition. Crowns are to be made at home and pupils are welcome to be as inventive as they like! All Crowns must include the child’s name and be bought to school on this date. There will be prizes on offer for the best Crown!
Bank Holidays
A reminder the school will be closed on the following dates
Monday 1st May
Monday 8th May
Sycamore Class Newsletter 21.4.23
Welcome back and we hope you had a great Easter break.
In English this week, the children have read a range of different speeches, delivered a speech and looked at features of a speech. Today we have looked at the difference between fact and opinion, and next week we will continue to look at features of a speech ready to write our own at the end of the unit.
In Maths, we have started our work on decimals. We have explored tenths as fractions and decimals, tenths on a place chart and number line, and dividing a 1-digit number by 10.
In RE, we have recapped why Christians celebrate Easter where children enjoyed acting out Holy Week and then looked at Pentecost.
In Science, we have been talking at what animals (including humans) need to survive and stay healthy and sorted foods into different food groups.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week was Ethan. He has come back with a positive attitude to learning and been trying hard. Ethan has also been reading at home. Well done and keep it up.
Daily reading and practising times tables and spellings really does make a huge difference to the children.
Yesterday, the children were given a letter about our trip to the prison. Thank you to all those who have returned them already.
The children will be given homework for this half term on Monday so please can they bring their homework books into school. Thank you.
We hope you all have a nice weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Davies
Hazel Class Weekly Newsletter 21.4.23
Hello everyone,
It has been lovely welcoming the children back after the Easter holidays.
This term we will be learning all about ‘How was Shrewsbury’. Which begins with our History, where we will learn about Crime and Punishment through the years. In Science this term, we will be learning all about Animals including Humans. Our guided reading book this term is ‘The Shepard who ate his sheep’, by Terry Deary.
On Wednesday 3rd May, we will be visiting Shrewsbury Prison, a letter was sent out on Thursday about this. Please ensure all letters are back by Monday 24th April, to insure we can order dinners on time.
This week in in English, we have started our unit on speeches. We have looked at a range of speeches and have looked at the features.
In Maths, we have finished our unit on mass and capacity. I am so impressed with how well the children have worked during this unit and the knowledge they have shown.
Just a reminder, P.E is on a Monday and Wednesday this term.
Well done to this weeks golden certificate winner, George. For coming back to school with a wonderful attitude towards this term. He has come back showing enthusiasm and kindness.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Bliss and Mrs Martin
Beech Class Weekly Newsletter 21/04/23
Well it’s been lovely to see all the children back after the Easter break and catch up on all their news. We have had a busy week settling back into our daily routine and have started to talk about our theme this term “I wonder what’s hot”. In contrast to last terms cold topic we will be learning about India and have already talked briefly about a few of the similarities and differences between there and where we live. We have explored an artefacts box on loan from the school library service and talked a little about what things we would like to find out more about – the animals, food, clothes, weather, hobbies and what school is like.
Our story for Drawing Club this week was “Elmer” by David McKee. The children have really enjoyed drawing and writing about Elmer, designing a pattern machine, a celebration cake and then what Elmer turns into when he eats the cake. The children have been trying really hard to write independently using the sounds they know, they just need to remember to use spaces between their words to make their writing easier to read and help them keep track of where they are up to..
In Maths we have been exploring numbers beyond 10, mostly 11-20 but some are starting to go beyond this using blocks of tens and ones and also representing the numbers on a ten frame. We are learning the number names but also the relevance of the numerals e.g. 11 is one 10 and 1, 15 is one 10 and 5 etc. The children are getting more confident as the week has passed and we will continue to work on this for the next week or so.
On Monday we also went on a Spring walk around our school grounds to see what’s changed and what’s growing. The children loved seeing all the new buds and blossom and enjoyed listening to the birds tweeting.
We have now received all the resources for the Brilliant Brushers programme and if their consent form was completed and returned they have their home kit in their bags today for use at home.
Just a reminder to please write in your child’s reading record when you hear them read at home. I know things can be very busy but please try to do this as often as you can. We are aiming for them to be confident and fluent readers so the more they read a book the more confident and fluent they will become.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Jones & Mrs Kenny
Chestnut Weekly News 21.4.32
It was lovely to see all the children and hear their news after the Easter break. Everyone has settled back into our class routines and is working hard. This week we have started work on our new class text ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. We have mapped out the story and done some role play to help us learn the story. We have been looking at adjectives and how they enhance the story language. We will be adding adjectives to our own writing.
In Maths we have begun our work on multiplication. We are looking at counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. Please support your child with this at home, by counting and singing songs (we have learned a couple in class)
In the coming week we will be tasting dips and dippers, please let me know if there is anything your child is allergic to.
We have reminded the children that they still need to practise their phonics and read their reading books each night. Please help them to do this as a little practise makes a huge difference.
Thank you and enjoy the weekend
Miss Roberts and Mrs Evason
Elm Newsletter 21.4.23
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a great Easter break.
This term we will be learning all about India. The children have already found India in an atlas and learned that it is part of the continent of Asia. Later in the term we will be taking part in some Bollywood dancing. Parents and carers will be invited to join in with their child’s dance session- look out for dates!
We have started to read ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling. The children are enjoying learning about the characters. They are identifying adjectives to describe and will be writing character descriptions for a display in school.
In maths, we have been measuring the mass of objects in grams and kilograms. The children have been using balance scales and reading scales with missing numbers. Please continue to help your child with learning their times tables fluently.
The children have shown what they already know about plants and have planted a sunflower seed. We will be watching these grow and recording their progress. We will also be investigating what plants need to be healthy. Can they survive without sun, water or soil?
A few reminders:
- This term, PE is just on a Tuesday.
- PE kit is a white t-shirt, plain dark shorts or joggers and a plain dark hoodie or school jumper.
- Book Bags need to be in school everyday.
- All pupils need a water bottle in school.
- All pupils with shoulder length hair or longer, need to have it tied back at all times.
This term will fly by as it is going to be a busy one! Thank you for all your help and support.
Mrs Dowell and Mrs Armstrong.
Oak Class Weekly Newsletter 21.4.23
Welcome back!
We have kicked off the new term diving deep into all of our new topics.
In English, we have begun our Adventure story unit. The children have focused this week on writing speech, as this was identified as an area all children needed to work on.
In Maths, we have begun our new unit on Shape. This week has consisted of us learning about angles and how to use a protractor. Efforts in Maths this week have been amazing!
In Religious Education this week, the children were particularly proud of their re-written interpretation of The Lords’ Prayer. And all children are excited about the new Science unit, where we are aiming to complete an investigation every week.
This week’s Golden Certificate Winner is Scarlett W. She has made fantastic efforts in Maths and continues to show improvement. She will take home the Oak Class Diary this week. Well Done Scarlett!
New homework for this half term can be found below, on the homework page and on the class information page.
PE for Year 5 is now back to only a Thursday, so please send children in with normal school uniform on Mondays.
New Mathletics has been set- due date 28.4.23
Have a great weekend
Miss Hipkiss and Miss Nicholas