Welcome to our last blog of 2024! It is hard to believe that we have completed a full term of school. It has been such a pleasure to get to know everyone. This week we enjoyed a lovely Grandparents tea morning and we even went again on the stage to perform our favourite songs from ‘Mary’s Knitting’.
We also baked delicious cookies and made an exceptional hot chocolate with cream on top! We had lots of fun guessing our KKs and receiving our presents.
Thank you very much for your generosity this Christmas and thank you for your massive support this term. The amazing progress the children have made is really showing your dedication and effort.
And Finally…. Finally, it is goodbye to 2024. A very important year for all of you who have had a child start ‘big school’.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope you have a wonderful time over the break.
This week the enjoyed having their grandparents and family members in to help them with some arts and crafts and to listen to the Christmas songs that they performed at their Nativity. Thank you so much for coming.
Miss Rowson and I would like to thank you all for the lovely cards, gifts and Christmas wishes we have received, we hope you have a lovely Christmas and a well earned break. The children have worked very hard this term and we are very proud of how far they have come since September.
Please could all bookbags have a keyring on them so children can identify them when getting ready for home time.
In January we will start going up to the library. The children will be taking their book bags so can you make sure that they are emptied each week so they are easier for the children to carry up. The children will not bring home a book on the first day back as I know they will want to spend time chatting and playing with their friends so we will start going the following week.
Recption Applications
The deadline for applying for a Reception place at St.Adrians is 15th January. You need to apply online and fill in a supplementary form and hand into the office.
Important Dates
Monday 6th January – School Closed – INSET Day
Tuesday 7th January – First day back
Friday 10th January – Reading Morning, 08:45 – 09:00 in Nursery classroom.
Monday 27th January – School Closed – INSET Day
Monday 17th- Friday 21st February – Half Term
Friday 4th April – Last Day of Spring Term – 1:30pm Finish
Wishing all Nursery families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We have had a lovely December and enjoyed many events while journeying through Advent in preparation for the celebration of Jesus’s birth on Christmas Day!
The Year 5 children led the class brilliantly in a celebration of the Word that focussed on Advent and the meaning of this important season.
A creative group called Electric Umbrella came to school to lead us in song and it was a great way to celebrate diversity and have fun together.
Rock Steady performed their Christmas concert and we all thoroughly enjoyed joining in with the Christmas tunes.
Finally, Father Christmas found out that we had all been nice, not naughty this year and so deserved a visit from him during our Christmas party day. What a smashing way to get ready for Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone and we wish you a very Happy New Year!
Congratulations to all children for a brilliant performance! What a treat it was to watch them perform so amazingly, singing songs and acting. All the hard work has paid off and I am sure you will all agree that they were absolutely smashing! Well done EYFS!!!
Big round of applause for our excellent shepherds and wise man!
A big round of applause for fantastic Mary and Joseph and narrators!
A big round of applause for smashing stable animal, innkeepers, angel and Bethlehem star!
A big round of applause for superb sheep!
Friday was another fun day. Christmas jumper day was definitely a hit and the children really enjoyed the special meal. The dining hall looked amazing and you could hear a lovely festive music :).
And finally … We’ve had a special visitor. Someone who came all the way from North pole. Can you guess? Well done…it is Santa. The children were very kind to him. They gave him some milk and cookies and sang christmas songs!
Dates to remember: Grandparents Christmas Carols and Tea – Monday 16.12.24 at 09:30 am Term finishes 13:30 on Friday 20 December Spring term starts on Tuesday 7th January 2025
What a week it has been! At the start of the week we spent a lot of the time in the hall rehearsing for our Christmas Nativity and they were all superstars on Wednesday morning when they finally got to show you what they have been working on – the children were fantastic!
This week we talked about the Nativity story a lot. I read the story and used the characters to act it out – as I read, the children sang the songs from our Nativity.
Today we dressed up in our best Christmas clothes
And then we had a surprise visitor….
Thank you for the yummy chocolate treats Santa!
Please remember to bring your Kris Kringle presents in on Monday if you haven’t done so already.
The children have worked so hard this week and Miss Rowson and I are so proud of them, here’s to the last week 🙂
Looking forward to Grandparents Tea and Carols on Monday – Please arrive at the office at 09:30. If a grandparent is unable to make it a parent or other family member is able to come!
We have been busy, getting creative, this week in DT. Learning to use a pattern and to sew using blanket and running stitches, we have all made a felt stocking to hang on our tree. Next week, we will be applying our skills to create a tree decoration of our own design!
The baubles the children have decorated and brought in look stunning on the Advent promises display. The Kris Kringles are accumulating at the Christmas tree and it’s very tempting to have a squeeze and try to guess what is in each one. It’s also a time for showing little acts of kindness which can cheer up the chilly, damp days.
In RHE the children have been learning about how they are all unique and that God is always there for them. Everyone is born to love, to be loved and to make a difference. Here the children are singing to song for this topic.
We have also been practising carols for the grandparents’ tea next week. We’re looking forward to seeing grandparents and any other relatives on that day.
The children all looked amazing and festive in their Christmas jumpers – every one was different!
Thank you very much to Luisa, Serena’s Mum, who came into class in her capacity as a dentist to share knowledge of teeth cleaning and hygiene. The children crunched a blue “plaque reveal” tablet to show where old and new plaque was on their teeth; and then cleaned it off. Luisa shared lots of important information about how to avoid sugar and how to keep teeth strong throughout a lifetime. What she told us married with what we found out in our investigation this week – Coca-cola erodes the layers of teeth and so does orange juice, because of the sugar and acids in them.
The children performed brilliantly in their Christmas play this week and they should be very proud of their enthusiastic singing and wonderful acting. Every single line was delivered clearly as the children reflected on the true meaning of Christmas and had great fun too!
Hello children, parents and carers, What a busy, busy week. We talked about Advent, practised on stage for the performance, role played the Nativity story and wrote letters to Santa! Our playdough table turned into bumpy road with Mary and Joseph, wise men and shepherds. The children were singing the Nativity songs while playing and had a great time exploring what’s on the table:
Our small world area turned into a Nativity scene and the children are now able to retell the christmas story, make books and role play the Christmas story with their friends.
Our Letters to Santa were such a hit. What a great way to practise blending, segmenting and handwriting… all through play. The children are more and more confident using what they know. I can’t be more proud.
In Little Wandle last week we were learning how to read words with ‘s’ at the end: cat -s, hat -s, bag -s, etc. The children are getting more and more confident blending 4 sounds together. We also learnt 3 new tricky words:
This week it’s assessment week and we will be busy checking for any gaps. Then we will be revisiting all phase 2 sounds and tricky words until Christmas.
Last Friday we took part in a very special Dressing of the Christmas tree assembly. Well done to Evie and Kanon for being so sensible and helping Mrs Porter to decorate the tree. You did a smashing job 🙂 In class we thought about Advent and how to be more like Jesus during Advent. We wrote our Advent promises and also picked a Special Christmas friend. The chosen name is in your child’s reading record.
This week is going to be a very important one! We were preparing props and learning how to use the microphone. The children are very, very excited to show you everything they learned in the last couple of weeks.
We are very much looking forward seeing you all on Wednesday 11th December at 10am for a very special performance. We’ve worked very hard and I am sure you will love it!!! Please be reminded that the deadline for the outfits was 4th December.
And finally but not least, congratulations for all your hard work and motivation! You truly deserve the awards, red sash and golden rosette!!!
Dates to remember: EYFS Christmas Performance: Wednesday 11.12.24 at 10:00 am Christmas Jumper Day and Reading morning – Friday 13.12.24 Grandparents Christmas Carols and Tea – Monday 16.12.24
This week we have spent a lot of time rehearsing for our Christmas Nativity ‘Mary’s Knitting’, Nursery have now been on the stage and have sat very well while waiting for the songs to come on! We hope you can join us on Wednesday 11th at 10:00am to watch, the children are all very excited that they will see you there.
In maths this week we have been working on repeating patterns, we have been doing this every day.
In RE we talked about the beginning of Advent and what that means. We lit the first advent candle.
