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Weekly School Newsletter
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.
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 “Stickman” 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.
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 ‘Parent Pay’ 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.
Oak Class Weekly Newsletter 24.11.23
Let’s start off by looking at the end our week last week:
We had a fantastic day for Children In Need. See below for a photograph:
Also, a BIG thank you to Indie’s Grandma for making and donating our very own Pudsey Bear!
This week in English, we have looked at and created our own Oak Class World War 2 poem. The children worked in groups to collaboratively create 2 verses each for our poem. They all focused on a different area of the war and had to ensure the rhyming pattern and rhythm were kept the same throughout.
In Maths, we have continued to work with tricky fractions! We found comparing fractions with different denominators particularly tricky, but with more practice, the children can now confidently order and compare fractions including mixed numbers!
During our Science this week, the children worked in groups to test air resistance. They were challenged to create a working parachute using different materials to test which had the most air resistance acting upon it. We linked and discussed our ideas linked to gravity; how the mass of the material affected the gravity acting upon it, making it fall to the floor faster. Super impressed with the discussions this week!
Today was our last session of swimming, so back to normal next week!
Our Golden Certificate Winner is Rosie! She has worked extremely hard during Maths this week. She has, also, shown off her knowledge and skills at home by completing some extra work on fractions! Keep up the hard work Rosie. Well done!
Have a great weekend
Miss Hipkiss and Miss Harris
Hazel Weekly News 24.11.23
This week Hazel Class have been enjoying reading our class text and linking it to our knowledge of WW II. We have also written our own predictions for what will happen next in the text. We arre looking forward to finding out who will be correct next week. We have been practising our times tables and division facts. We are getting much quicker with our recall of these fact families. In art we have been mixing colours and making colour palettes. We will be using these to paint pictures next week.
Remember we are off to Cosford Museum on Wednesday, the children will need to bring their pack lunck in a ruck sack as we are out all day. This means we will have PE on Monday and Tuesday next week.
Enjoy the weekend
Miss Roberts and Mrs Davies
New Signing In System
There is a new electronic signing in system in reception.
All children who arrive late to school or leave school or return to school must be accompanied to the office with an adult. This must adult must now sign the child in and out on the system.
If you need any assistance with this please ask Mrs Clorley or Mrs Garbett in the office for some assistance.
Parent Pay
All children will be coming home with a Parent Pay activation letter tonight. It is very important you go on and activate your child’s account because from Monday 4th December, we will no longer be accepting cash and cheques in school.
You are able to go on as soon as you have activated your account and start making payments. However, please note debts/credits won’t be uploaded until next week.
Children will continue to order their dinners in school as normal.
If anyone needs any support with setting up their account or if anyone has any concerns with regards to the school becoming cashless, please speak to the office.
Please see how to make a payment video below:
How do I make a payment? – Parent Support (parentpaygroup.com)
How to register for a School Gateway account – Parent Support (parentpaygroup.com)
HAF-Christmas Holidays
Leaflets are coming home today for those eligible children for the Christmas holidays. If you do not receive your leaflet with the code please contact the office asap.
Please see details below:
HAF Winter 2023 What’s On Guide
Please see further information below:
Winter Holiday Fun in Shropshire with HAF (Holiday Activities & Food) – Bookings Open!
Bookings are now open for the Winter Shropshire HAF (Holiday Activities & Food) programme.
Shropshire Council is working with local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to run an exciting holiday programme this winter, Shropshire HAF (Holiday Activities and Food).
There are free places available on the programme for children and young people aged 4 (reception class age) to 16, who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals. There are also a limited number of free places available for children and young people living in areas of high deprivation and/or from low-income households, who are not in receipt of benefits related free school meals. These children and young people can be referred onto the programme by a professional. Places are also available for Ukrainian families, currently staying in Shropshire with host families.
From 21st December 2023 to 5th January 2024, eligible children and young people are invited to take part in a range of fun activities, happening at over 40 holiday clubs from across the county.
There is something on offer for everyone including sports, arts, cooking, forest schools and other exciting opportunities. Free nutritious meals will be provided at each session, as well as information to benefit the whole family.
The Winter What’s On Guide and details of how to book are available online here.
Some of the holiday programmes also include paid spaces for children and young people who are not in receipt of free school meals. Kirstie Hurst-Knight, Portfolio Holder for Children and Education, said: “Over the summer holidays, over 2,800 eligible children and young people, took part in a wide range of exciting and engaging activities at 64 holiday clubs from across the county. 98% of children and young people enjoyed the activities on offer at the clubs, with nearly 95% wanting to attend more holiday clubs in the future. “Again, providers are offering fantastic holiday clubs this winter. I’d like to encourage all eligible families to book onto HAF and have fun over the holidays. There is a huge range of activities happening, with free meals provided at each session.” For more information on HAF in Shropshire, for a copy of the What’s On Guide and to sign up to the HAF e-news, click here. |
Please contact the HAF Programme Co-Ordinators – email: haf.programme@shropshire.gov.uk
Sycamore Class Newsletter 17.11.23
The children really enjoyed observing what happened to the eggs in different types of drinks for our science investigation this week. We were trying to investigate to see if sugary drinks caused tooth decay. Yesterday, we took the eggs out and observed closely and noticed the eggs in water and milk had stayed the same, but the egg in cola had turned black and the egg in orange juice had white specks on. We then looked at how we can look after our teeth, and the different types of teeth humans have and their functions.
In English, we have been looking at setting descriptions. We have been looking at using adjectives and figurative language: similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole. After analysing a text and writing a setting description as a class, we tried to write one on our own.
Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Holly. She has really impressed us this week in English, where she has given thought out answers in our reading sessions and used some great descriptive language in her writing. Well done!
In Maths, we’ve been looking at multiplying and dividing by 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12. We have talked about how we can use the times tables we know, to help us with those we are not yet confident with.
Next week we will be doing some food tasting in our Design and Technology lessons. Please make sure we are aware of all food allergies by Wednesday. Thank you.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Fairclough, Mrs Brunyard and Mrs Bayliss
Chestnut Weekly Newsletter 17.11.23
Another week closer to Christmas! All the children are working hard to learn their new phonemes and graphemes. The English language makes it really difficult as there are so many different ways to make the same sound.
They have learnt:
- e-e as in these
- ew as in chew
- ie as in shield
- aw as in claw
Next week we will ‘Grow the Code’ – as you can see below, it’s getting tricky!
- fried, time, child and light all have a different way of making the /igh/ sound
- acorn, make, tray and train all have a different way of making the /ay/ sound
- groan, home, bone and open all have a different way of making the /oa/ sound
- each, sweet, these and belief all have a different way of making the /ee/ sound
- grew, blue, moon and tube all have different ways of making the /oo/ sound
In maths we have completed our block on Addition and Subtraction. Next week we will be learning about shape.
The children have enjoyed pretending to be the lion in our ‘Katie in London’ book to write diary entries. They have written in the first person and tried really hard to spell new words.
Please remember that PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Have a restful weekend,
Mrs Dowell, Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Savory
Hazel Class Weekly News 17.11.23
Another busy week! We have enjoyed continuing our class text and the children are all becoming more confident in using their reading to answer questions. We have been working on character descriptions, using the information from our text. In maths we have been completing multiplication and division problems. We have been grouping and sharing to find the inverse. We have made circuits using bulbs, wires and batteries. The children were amazing at working out how to set up their circuit and which materials would conduct the electricity.
Thank you to everyone in Hazel class for making such an amazing effort for Children in Need today.
Remember PE is Monday and Wednesday until Christmas.
Enjoy the weekend
Miss Roberts and Mrs Davies