Hope you had a great Easter. It has been a busy first week back.
In English we have been looking at non-fiction books.
In Maths we are learning to count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
19th April 2024
Nursery – 19.04.2024
Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely Easter break.
Some of the children shared with us on Tapestry the lovely things they did in the Easter holidays and it would be lovely if all the children could share some photos with us. If you haven’t done so already, please pop some holiday snaps onto Tapestry so the children can talk to us about what the did in the holidays.
This week and next we will be looking at the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. Lots of the children already know this story but it is a lovely way to start summer term and we have waited what seems like a very four long days but finally the caterpillars arrived in class yesterday. We will watch and observe them over this half term and hopefully before we break up for May half term we will have 5 butterflies.
This week we played in the hungry caterpillar tray and acted out the story during yoga.
Our new home corner opened this week – Pizza Parlour. The children can now make and serve yummy pizzas in the kitchen.
Our new role play also opened today which the children enjoyed spending time in.
The children have enjoyed being back together this week.
Library
The children will continue to go to the Library on Wednesday each week, the previous book needs to be returned before a new one can be taken out. The children will be now carrying their own book bag to the library this term therefore it would be helpful if the book bags only had their orange reading diary in them.
Important Dates
Bank Holiday, School closed – Monday 6th May
Half term – Monday 27th May – Friday 31st May
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Taylor
St Albans Cathedral – Wednesday 17th April
Reception – Happy Easter!
What a week!
Looking after the chicks, preparing for Easter and welcoming families for Easter egg hunt.
Today was the last day having the chick, but luckily they are going to a loving home. Miss Osman will keep them all in her garden and will send us little updates on how they are doing! During the week we took them for a walk, cleaned the tank and gave them food and water.
Thank you so much for joining us today for a lovely Egg hunt and Easter basket craft. It was lovely seeing so many of you joining us for this special occasion!
The children looked absolutely amazing wearing their Easter bonnets!!!
I hope you all have an amazing Easter holiday!
Mrs Solakova
Easter “Chique” and farewell to Miss Cartwright
Year 4 enjoyed seeing the chicks who were only born one week ago but already have adult feathers coming in!
Everyone is sad to say good-bye to Miss Cartwright and wish her lots of luck in her new ventures
Easter Week
Thank you for the wonderful work on the Easter Gardens. They were wonderful to have in the class, albeit for a short time.
Happy Easter from Year 4
It’s been a short but packed week. We finished reading “Odd And The Frost Giant”, which we all loved. The children wrote some great writing in the adventure story genre and when asked what they’d learnt from this, said:
“I’ve learnt how to write similes.”
“how to use dialogue”
“how to tell a story from a different point of view- from the “baddy’s” point of view”
One technique to get children talking and sharing ideas is hot-seating and we enjoyed using strategy to get closer to the characters in the story this week:
The children also really enjoyed experimenting with “Chrome Music Lab”, a fantastic piece of software to write melodies with lots of different apps which the children can use at home, if they choose to.
It was lovely to see parents at both the assemblies this week – the Stations of the Cross on Tuesday and Easter celebration on Wednesday. Well done to the children who won prizes for their careful, beautiful artwork. All the entries were stunning.
We are all sad to say good-bye to Miss Cartwright. In year 4, she has been more than the PE teacher as she has listened to readers, accompanied us on trips and generally supported the children in the school day. We will really miss her, but wish her well as she starts her degree. She has a brilliant future ahead of her and many other children will benefit from her teaching.
The office will inform all parents the details of netball club after we return from the holiday. It will start a few weeks into the summer term, with the start date and the day yet to be confirmed. When it does start any interested year 4s are very welcome to join. There are no more league games or tournaments now so the focus will be on playing together as a team and skill practice. I know that there are some very keen netball players which is fantastic there is a brilliant opportunity to build new, confident school team next year!
I hope you all have a lovely two-week break together, starting with celebrating the Good News of the Resurrection and then enjoying relaxing, seeing family, going on holiday or whatever plans you have to have a good time. I look forward to seeing everyone in April. Happy Easter!
Happy Easter from Year Six
As we reach the end of the season of Lent, our year six chaplaincy team led the school in solemn reflection through the stations of the cross.
Following our solemn Passion assembly, we got ready to celebrate the joy of Easter with the Easter art competition, organised by the chaplaincy team. Well done to Archie and Rukksika on your winning paintings!
The class have also been busy this week completing their playground design project in DT. I have been very impressed by the creativity and careful construction!
After such a short whirlwind of a term, year six are heading towards their final term of primary education: there is still much to learn and lots to look forward to.
Have a happy and blessed Easter!
Nursery – 22.04.2024 and 28.03.2024
Last week we continued looking at the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and had a go at making them, the children helped to sieve, mix, stir and roll!
We have also been keeping a close eye on the chicks in Reception. Last week we watched in excitement as they came out of their eggs and got use to their new surroundings. Yesterday we got to hold them before they go off to live with Miss Osman.
Summer term begins on Monday 15th April.
Have a lovely Easter break and a well deserved rest.
Miss Taylor
Year 2 wish you a very …
The children have had a very spiritual last few days of term while reflecting on each part of Holy Week. As the week has gone by, the children have retold the key events, including Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, the washing of the disciples’ feet at The Last Supper and his death on the cross on Good Friday in their own story booklets that they have thoroughly enjoyed illustrating. The children are very proud of their books, which they will finish by writing about Jesus’s resurrection when they return from a well earned Easter break.
The children should be very proud of their Easter gardens that looked tremendous when displayed for everyone to see at the Easter celebration. Here are the photos to prove it!
We all hope that you have a very happy and holy Easter, filled with love, faith and chocolate!