Prime Number Rap
Today, the class have enjoyed listening and singing along to a Prime numbers song. Listen at home!
Settling in and making friends
We’ve had a fantastic week in Foundation exploring our outside area in the sunshine. The children have been very interested in planting and digging so we’re going to prepare the garden for Spring next week by planting bulbs. We’ll be looking closely at a variety of seeds and cutting up fruit to find the seeds inside. If you have any packets of seeds that you can spare we’d love to use them at school.
Foundation 2 children had great fun in their first PE session this week. This term, we will be exploring using the space around us by playing various games. The children will need to bring a PE kit to school for our PE sessions after the half term holidays.
Please don’t forget our Early Reading meeting for Foundation 2 parents on Tuesday 26 September at 6pm. At this meeting, you’ll find out how we teach your child to read at school and how you can help at home.
We love to find out what interests your children at home so come in and tell us or jot it on our interest board. This helps us to plan meaningful activities for your child. If you’ve any questions about this, please speak to a member of the team.
Lots of exciting learning to look forward to!
Application to be a Peer Mediator
Some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils are writing away as I type, completing their application letter to become a Peer Mediator. A Peer Mediator’s role is incredibly important and they will be listening and supporting children on the playground to solve problems and play games with younger children to model taking turns and how to respond to each other appropriately.
The deadline for the application is Monday 25 September 2017. I hope to read some impressive applications!
Art in the style of Oliver Jeffers
This week, Years 5 and 6 have finished their art work. They sketched portraits in the style of Oliver Jeffers. They practised painting with water colours and they chose a page from their favourite books for a background. Here are the finished products!
Getting to know you
It’s been wonderful to see more smiling, happy faces as we welcomed our Foundation 1 children this week. Foundation 2 have been fabulous at lunchtimes and all of the class are settling well into school life. We are very proud of them.
We’ve been spending time talking about our favourite toys and activities both at school and at home, getting to know each other and continuing to explore our exciting classroom and outdoor space. The children have been adding their own artwork to the walls in the form of self-portraits and wowing us with their brilliant ideas and imaginations.
We now have a space on our Parent and carer notices board which gives a snapshot of the current week’s learning through photos and comments, so be sure to take a look at what your child has been up to!
Just a reminder that as the weather continues to trick us with sunshine mixed with heavy rain showers, it would be helpful if your child could bring in a pair of named wellies for the outside area (if they’ve not done so already). We go outside in all weathers and would like to look after those smart school shoes as best we can!
Swimming starting soon
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Swimming will be starting next Thursday, the 14th September, for all Year 4 children.
A full information letter will be sent out next week.
Thanks
Hello and welcome
Welcome back everybody to the new school year.
Let’s first introduce ourselves as we are both brand new to school. Mrs Richardson will be teaching the class Monday to Wednesday and has come from a very successful Leeds school.
Mr Mills will be teaching the class on Thursday and Friday and has joined us from Scholes (Elmet) – one of our federated schools.
It’s been lovely to meet the children this week and they have shown themselves to be a bright and happy bunch, eager to get on and learn.
Just a few points of housekeeping to keep you updated.
- Reading books will be changed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Try these activities with your child when you’re reading at home.
- PE will be Mondays and Thursdays. Check out the uniform policy to ensure your child has the correct kit.
- Homework will be given out every Friday to be completed by the following Thursday. Check out our updated homework guide for an explanation of homework this year.
Our class book at the moment is ‘Orion and the Dark’ written by Emma Yarlett. Her website is lovely and very child-friendly. Have a look with your child.
Check back weekly for more news and updates.
Mrs Richardson and Mr Mills
Welcome back to Foundation
It was lovely to welcome back all of our Foundation 2 children today. They all looked very smart in their new uniforms and greeted us with enormous smiles! We all had a very busy morning playing outdoors and exploring some of the new classroom areas.
We’d love to find out what your child is interested in. You can add your ideas to our new interests board, so that we can plan exciting learning experiences from these. We’re look forward to working with you to support your child’s learning journey this year.
First week back!
We’ve had a fantastic first week back to school. The children are already immersed in their learning and they have particularly enjoyed finding out about Growth Mindsets and how this can help with their attitudes to learning. We have started to read and explore our class book ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy’ and we have produced some sketches in the style of Oliver Jeffers.
Homework and spellings will be set tomorrow and must be handed in next Thursday.
Welcome to Year 1 and 2!
What a fantastic walk we had yesterday! Class 1,2 enjoyed walking around their local area and looking for the features they liked and disliked. This afternoon, they’ve looked at the physical and human features of Wetherby. Ask your child if they can point out to you a physical and human feature!
Don’t forget, PE is Monday and Friday. Also, look out for our first homework and spellings on the website tomorrow.