Welcome to Term 2!

Competitions

Over half term we have 2 competitions for children to work on

Mascot competition (see the newsletter from 13th October for full details)
The winner’s design will feature on our school online safety rules and be displayed in every classroom throughout the school. We really hope you will show your support for this competition and can’t wait to see all of the designs that the children come up with! Here are just a few examples of previous entries for inspiration!

To enter:
-Children can design a mascot using any medium they wish – ICT, drawing, sticking, painting… or any other way they choose. Be creative like the ELLI unicorn! 
-The competition is open to KS1 only (with the idea that we will run the competition every 2 years, so current Reception will have a chance to enter when they are in Year 2)
-Entries should be emailed or handed to your child’s teacher by the deadline of Monday 6th November.

Firework Competition (click the image to get a copy)

Upcoming Key Dates

Monday 30th October – First Day of Term 2
Tuesday 31st October and Thursday 2nd November – Parents Evenings

Daily Wellbeing

Monday – Connect – Make a funny face – add expressions to this face shape
Tuesday – Take Notice – autumn colouring sheets
Wednesday – Be Active – Warm up activity
Thursday – Keep Learning – Learn to say Hello in a different language
Friday – Give – Tell us about someone who was kind to you today, and they might get a sticker!

English

Phonics – Thank you to all of you who attended our learn a long last term!

Writing
Linked to History:
Study significant events beyond living memory – The Gunpowder Plot
Children will work independently and then as parft of a group to write a newspaper article about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot. They will research the event and then write an articloe that will be included in a class newspaper. Why are there not any photos of the event? How do we know what happened? Write the article to include facts and in the past tense (as if it had occured yesterday!) Children will then work in groups to think of headlines and to draw pictures to go with the report.

Formal Handwriting session

Reading
Non – Fiction Focus
Complete questions to assess comprehension of text about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.

Maths

Addition and subtraction
Add and subtract 10s 
Add 2 digit numbers (not across a ten)
Add 2 digit numbers (across a ten)
Subtract a 2 digit number (not across a ten)

Wider Curriculum

SHINE PE
PE

R+WV- Christian marriage – Wedding at Cana Bible story

Geography – We have a special assembly from the ‘Active Travel to School’ team. After our assembly they will lead a session with each class talking about the initiative and why it is important for our health and for the environment.

PSHE – Celebrating differences – Boys and Girls

Music – To use the voice to follow a melody and to have the experience of using some simple tuned percussion instruments to accompany singing.

Art – To recreate a sketch like Turners Castles using pencil and water colours. Use the sketches made on the trip to adapt and extend. During ELLI time the children will have the oppurtunity to experiment with a range of media to complete some ‘firework art’.

Science – Which fabric is the stretchiest? Small experiement to explore which material is the stretchiest! How can we make it a fair test?

Maple Class – Hudda

Sycamore Class – Jasper

Reading for the Stars!

Bronze Award

Sycamore Class – Tom James
Maple Class – Joe T