Noticeboard
- School is closed to most pupils on Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th July 2023 due to strike action.
- Returning school books – Please ensure that all reading books, reading for pleasure book corner books and library books are returned to your class teacher by Tuesday 4th July (date changed due to school closures on strike days). Thank you for your cooperation.
- Summer Reading Challenge – Children are invited to join in the Bristol Libraries Summer Reading Challenge. Please see information in this week’s bulletin for more information or: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk. Please bring in your medal (named) on Friday 8th September so that we can celebrate your summer reading achievements. We’re also setting a ‘Get Caught Summer Reading’ challenge for all children. Please bring in a photo of you enjoying reading with anything, or anywhere that feels like summer to you!
- If your child completes one of the sides of their bookmark, please alert your child’s class teacher.
- Children need to bring their book bag into school every day. If they do not have it on a Monday, they will not be able to have a new reading book.
- We would like you to support your child to hold their pencil correctly when they are using them at home. Children should be using a tripod grip. Click here to see a BBC Bitesize video about how to hold a pencil.
- Please do not allow your child to play with the resources that are on the Reception patio in the morning. These have been carefully positioned and are there to support your child’s learning during the school day.
Celebrations
This week, the children have loved solving word problems in our Maths lessons. They have been writing number sentences to show whether the problem is add or subtract.
The children went to their new classrooms with their new teachers this week. They explored the new resources and enjoyed spending time there!
You may remember a few weeks ago, we had noticed a birds nest with eggs in above our Sensory Garden. This week, we noticed the egg had hatched and there is now a chick! The children have been so interested to follow the process. We are wondering when the hatchling will leave the nest….!
Star of the Week
- Daffodil –
- Daisy – Daniel
- Buttercup –
Tapestry – Observation request
The focus this week is: Religion and World Views. Can you think of any good ways to live? It could be being kind and helpful to others, or doing things to take care of our world. Please send us a picture of you doing one of the things you decide. You could even make a poster and draw a picture of your idea.
Click the links below to find out how to add observations from different devices.
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This week’s learning
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We will continue to talk about moving to Year 1 in September, with an emphasis on looking forward to the new and exciting things in store.
Communication and Language
This week, each class will choose a minibeast that they would like to find out more about and choose a book which is about the chosen minibeast.
Word of the week: duration
Physical Development
Thank you to everyone who supported last weeks amazing Sports Day, our children really enjoyed themselves. This week we will be practicing our agility and ball control skills.
Literacy
This week we will become masters in our phase 4 phonics. We will be focusing on reading and writing words with adjacent consonants including: pl, pr, sc, sp, sk, sw, tr, tw
Common exception words: little, one
Writing: This week we will be writing facts about a minibeast.
Maths
In Maths, we are going to continue to solve word problems e.g. I had 4 coins in my pocket and I found another 3, how many do I have now?
Understanding the World
We will be finding out about a different minibeast in each class and recording our findings in different ways. We will be continuing to support discussions about change.
Religion and Worldviews
Continuing our big question, “How should we live our lives?” We will learn about the two most important things Jesus told people to do: Love God, and love other people.
Expressive Arts and Design
This week we will engage with the last music lesson of ‘Minibeast Calypso’, we will be performing our musical performance as a class.