World Book Day
We had a fantastic World Book Day yesterday. There were so many imaginative outfits of lots of different book characters. The children enjoyed telling the class all about the character. Some children shared their book and talked about their favourite part.
Sponsored maths challenge
Just before the half-term break, we had a sponsored maths challenge in school. Mrs Walshaw has now counted the money and we’ve raised a fantastic total of £1290.92! All the money raised will be donated to our school charity- RSPCA. This is an incredible amount so a huge thank you for all your efforts in supporting your child find sponsors and practise their number facts.
This week’s bible story
‘We should learn to forgive.’ (Ephesians 4.32)
Read this story about Omar and his friend Freddy.
Reflection:
Forgiving helps friends to be friendly again.
Forgiving others makes us happier.
In the bible, it says ‘We should learn to forgive.’ (Ephesians 4.32). It doesn’t always mean it will be easy to forgive. It is something that we need to learn and something we will get better at.
Prayer:
Let us say together the prayer that Jesus taught us: The Lord’s Prayer.
In this prayer, we are reminded about forgiveness: ‘Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.’
This means that when we do something wrong we should ask for forgiveness and we should learn to forgive others when they do things that upset us.
Reading
Today, some children enjoyed reading our class novel, Teddy Robinson, to the class. They used a clear voice and made sure they had good voice projection to make sure they were heard by everyone.
Handwriting Policy
In Year 1 and 2 we teach pre-cursive (year 1) and cursive writing (year 2). We suggested to many parents in parents evening that this would be a good thing to practise at home. Here is the handwriting policy to help you.
e-books
Whilst transitioning to e-books your child has also been sent home a physical book to practice reading. Now that parents/children have been given sufficient time to adjust to e-books we will not be sending home a physical practice book to read. To practise reading at home your child will now use the e-books assigned using their Collins log in. Please get in touch if you are having trouble accessing e-books at home.
Internet Safety Talk
Sponsored number challenge
Tomorrow, all children will be taking part in our first sponsored number challenge for our school charity- RSPCA. Be sure to practise your child’s number facts so they’re ready to take on the challenge! Please can we have all sponsorship money handed in by Friday 18 February. Thank you for your support.
This week’s bible story
The son who left home continued: Luke 15: 11-32
This half term, our bible story that Jesus told was about the son who sold his share of his father’s farm he was to inherit and went off to the city intending to enjoy himself. You will also remember that, in the end, he decided it was a big mistake and went back home to beg his father’s forgiveness. Much to his surprise, his father forgave him completely and even threw a party for him. That’s where we left the story last time, but Jesus did not end it there – he also talked about the eldest son, who had stayed at home.
Read the story of the Lost son continued.
Reflection:
Consider the feelings of the father, the eldest brother and the younger brother at each stage of the story.
How many things related to our homes and families do we often take for granted?
Prayer:
Father God,
Help us to share gladly in the success of others.
When someone does well, may we be happy to congratulate them.
When someone falls, help us to comfort them.
Forgive us when we take things for granted and help us to appreciate all the good things we have.
Amen
Living and learning – staying safe
This week, our living and learning statement is – I can assess my own risks.
We started by looking at the definitions of the words danger and safe.
What is danger? A cause of harm or injury
What is safety? Keeping free from harm or danger
The children were shown a risk ladder and had to sort activities based on their level of risk.
This led to some lovely discussions all around what is a low risk, medium risk or high risk.
“I think answering the telephone is a medium to high risk because you might not know who it is. You should let a grown up answer the phone,” said Emily.
“I think going online is a high risk because someone might try to talk to you when they shouldn’t. We shouldn’t tell our name or address to anyone online,” said Christian.
“I think taking a bath is low risk if your grown up is there to keep you safe,” said Beau.
“I think helping an adult in the kitchen is low risk because they are there to watch and help you,” said Shae.
At the end of the session we came up with 5 top tips to keep safe at home.
- Always ask a grown up for help when cooking in the kitchen.
- Never touch a hot oven.
- Tidy your toys so you or your family don’t trip over them.
- If you need to use scissors, never run with them, only walk and hold them by their sharp end.
- Always ask a grown up if you can go online and never give out your personal information.