We have had a very busy term and your children are all amazing! They have kept learning and kept sparkling. They have all had a successful term in Class 1 and everyone has made progress, thank you so much for all of your hard work at home, it really helps. This week children have enjoyed a marvellous Christmas lunch with everyone looking festive in their jumpers. Children have enjoyed wrapping pretend presents (wooden blocks) to put under our tree. We have been learning Feliz Navidad and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on the patio. 

The week ahead promises to be filled with wonder and good cheer. We are really excited to celebrate Christmas this year and we are going to make it extra special with lots of fun activities and special guests. We can not wait! We will be singing Feliz Navidad as a whole school, you can practice this song at home as well if you like.  As you all know we put all our efforts into our online Nativity  this year and we are sure it will bring a smile to your face as it has done for us. 

We wish you a very happy Christmas and a super New Year and very much look forward to working with your marvellous children again next year, when we are well rested. Take care, have a super break.

All the best

Ms Thoburn, Mrs Brand, Mrs Elliott and Mrs McArdle

Notices

Celebration Assembly

Our Reception Stars last week were:

Class 1 – Amaya Akhtar

Class 2 –  Evelyn Turner

Class 3 –  Eliza Choudhry

Nativity Songs

We hope that you all enjoyed the video of our Nativity songs that we sent out on Friday. If you have not been able to access it please let Mrs Browne know via the class 3 email. 

Next week we will be singing the Christmas song Feliz Navidad with the whole school. 

Christmas parties

Our Christmas parties are on Thursday afternoon. The children can wear their party clothes all day however we will still be playing outside earlier in  the day so please make sure your child has a coat and outdoor shoes.

Please provide your child with a small savoury party tea such as sandwiches and crisps. We will be providing cakes and drinks. We are expecting a special visitor during the afternoon.

Last day of term

As usual the last day of term is a non uniform day.

This week’s learning

Please click here to see the full plans if your child is in quarantine at home or waiting for a test result.

PSHE

Look after your wellbeing as the excitement and tiredness mount! Try a wellbeing activity each day:

• Monday – Feelings: Roll a dice and everyone make the expression for that emotion – or play in teams. Download: Christmas Race to the top
• Tuesday – Kindness: Tell someone why you are going to miss them in the holidays
• Wednesday – Try something new: Sit by someone new at lunchtime
• Thursday – Thankfulness: What made you smile today? Can you tell a Christmas joke?
• Friday – Mindfulness: Colour in strips of paper to make paper chains

Communication and Language

We continue to support development in this area by talking to the children about what they are doing, encouraging them to listen and to take turns in conversation. When watching something or reading stories we will ask questions to check that the children are actively listening and understand what is happening in the program or story. This week we will continue reading and talking about  the story ‘Spinderella’ by Julia Donaldson. 

You can watch the story being read here Spinderella by Julia Donaldson

Physical

Exploring Dynamic Balance further in PE

Enjoying a Christmas themed Yoga session

Literacy

This week we will continue reading the story ‘Spinderella’ by Julia Donaldson to talk about the ELLI ‘Spider’ and how it can help us to make connections in our learning. 

Phonics:

This week we will be recapping all the phonemes that we learnt so far.

We will use all the phonemes learnt so far to blend (read) and segment (spell) CVC words.

Tricky words:

We will also be recapping all ‘Tricky’ words so far that cannot be blended but need to be learnt by sight. Here is a list of the tricky words we have learnt so far:

I, no, go, the, to, into, he, she, we, me, be, was, you, they

Reading:

This week we will continue with our reading assessments.

Mathematics

This week we will be doing some assessment activities to check each child’s recognition and understanding of number facts to 10.

We  will also continue to explore different ways of using numbers to 10, making 10 in different ways, practising our calculation skills and recording number stories in our own way. This might be practically, pictorially, using marks and sometimes writing numerals. 

Understanding the World 

We will learn and sing Feliz Navidad as a whole school with some special visitors.

We will be listening to our friends talk about what their two week break will be like.

We will be exploring the Cbeebies Christmas games in ICT.