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We will aim to get outside whatever the weather so please make sure your child has a waterproof coat in school each day
Wednesday 6th March – World Book day – see below
Friday 15th March – Red nose day (more info to follow about dressing up)
Thursday, 21st March – Year 1 Performance, 9:30am – look out for costume slips!
We are still on the look out for the following:

• Colourful/floaty material (that we could use as butterfly wings).
• Plain child sized headbands or insect boppers (that we can make into antennae)
• Furry grey/brown material that we can cut to shape and pin onto costumes as squirrel tails
• Brown/black material that we could cut to make into bird wings
• Plain ish fairy wings – that could pass as bees!
• Thank you! Watch this space in case of any more requests….

World Book Day
Dress up as your favourite book character!

• Join in for Mrs Wood’s Wake and Shake from 8.30am on the Infant playground (please note this is weather permitting and all children MUST be accompanied by an adult and then taken to their classrooms for the usual 8.45am start time). Juniors welcome too!
• Bring in a printed photo of you ‘Reading Your Way. This could be reading a favourite book or reading in a favourite place, or perhaps reading whilst eating your favourite snack? It’s up to you how you show ‘Reading Your Way’.
• Take home your World Book Day book token to redeem a book from many high street stores and supermarkets.
  More information about World Book Day including how to redeem your token and support to encourage reading at home is available here: https://www.worldbookday.com/families/

Next week we will be making a fruit salad, We will be using some of the following fruits:
Apples
Bananas
Pears
Oranges
Kiwi fruits
Orange juice
Please let your class teacher know if there are any allergies.

English  

Phonics: Phase 5b – Alternative Pronunciations
Focus alternatives:  ow (snow)   ie (chief)   ea  (head)   er (her)
CEWs and spellings: many laughed because when what

This week we will be doing some lovely poetry activities around Mothers Day and focusing on activities all about reading and books in recognition of World Book Day.

Maths

Over the next 2 weeks we will be doing ‘mass and weight’ and ‘volume and capacity’. We will be doing these at slightly different times over the 2 weeks to allow us to share resources.

Mass and Weight
We will be using the vocabulary heavier, lighter, heaviest and lightest to compare the mass of different objects.
We will also be using balance scales and cubes to measure and compare the mass of objects

Volume and Capacity
We will be using the vocabulary full, empty, half full, nearly full and nearly empty to compare the volume of liquid in containers.

We will then be using cups to measure and compare the capacity of different containers.

Wider Curriculum

PE-  SHINE Outside Session 

PE – Practising dances for the play

DT – Cooking and Nutrition. Discuss the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to design a dish of fruit salad before making it next week. Learn about appropriate hygiene and safety with using knives.

Science – Discuss what food groups make up a healthy balanced diet.

R+WV – Look at the Bible story of  Easter- Look at the main events of the bible story. Remind the children that Christians are currently preparing for the festival of Easter and this time is called Lent as they prepare.

Music – Continue with learning songs for our play!! Read the story of the play through and discuss the characters. Ask the children about the different parts and ask them what they would like to play.

PSHE – Being Healthy Our PSHE and some of our science this term is all about what our bodies need to be healthy. This lesson will continue to form our science this week where we look carefully at the importance of staying ‘Clean and Healthy’.

Star of the week
Bluebell: Aviya
Daffodil: Kofi
Cherry: Cicco