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Reception – Advent!

06.12.24

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

Mrs Solakova

Nursery – 06.12.2024

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.

Photos from this week:

Important Dates

Wednesday 11th – EYFS Christmas Performance of ‘Mary’s Knitting’ – 10:00AM.

Friday 13th – Christmas Clothes Day – Children can come to school wearing Christmas jumpers, outfits, socks, hairbands etc

Monday 16th – Kris Kringle Presents due in

Monday 16th – Grandparents Tea and Carols – 09:30am. A parent or other family member may come if Grandparents are unable to make it.

Friday 19th – School finishes at 13:30.

Tuesday 7th January 2025 – First day of Spring term.

Monday 27th January – INSET Day – School closed.

Have a lovely weekend
Miss Taylor

Sharing the Good News with Year Six

It’s been another busy week for Year Six and it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

On Wednesday, our year six Caritas Ambassadors journeyed to Westminster Cathedral to join children from across the diocese to hear again the Christmas story .

Thursday saw the culmination of all our hard work as we shared the Christmas story ourselves in the key stage two carol service. The children we fantastic, acting out their roles, narrating the story and singing angelically.

Advent in Year 2

We are enjoying journeying through Advent with lots of different ways to show that we are preparing for the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day,

Dressing the Christmas tree
The Angel Gabriel to Mary came …
We created an Advent wreath with …
our Advent prayers.
Walking with a Year 1 partner to watch …
the KS2 Carol Concert,
We all had a branch each and put our class Christmas tree together.

Reception – Christmas preparations!

29.11.24

Hello children, parents and carers,
This week we’ve been busy spreading the Christmas joy and making sure that our room looks festive and all dressed for the coming celebrations . As you can imagine the children took an active part in the preparations. They decorated the Christmas tree independently, making sure everyone had a turn hanging a bauble. I think you will all agree that the tree looks amazing 🙂

Our home corner is also set for Christmas and the children were busy cooking festive meals for friends and family. Everyone had a great fun!

And of course the Christmas shop is officially open. It has everything you might need for great festive shopping! From bakery to toys and clothes, or if you prefer books and chocolates. We did our own price list and the children are using great counting and subitising skills to make sure they have the correct change 🙂

If you are thinking that all we did is playing you are wrong. In Little Wandle we’ve learnt 4 new digraphs and 4 new tricky words – she, he, of, push.

We also read super long sentences like: ‘It is a mess in this bag’. Thank you for your support and making sure that your children read at home too.

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:
Friday 06.12.24 – Reading morning 8:40am – 8:55am
Wednesday 11.12.24 – EYFS Nativity 10:00am
EYFS Nativity – Please send costumes in by Wednesday 4th December

Mrs Solakova

This week in year 4

Well done to everyone in year 4 for the huge collection of cakes last Friday. The children enjoyed their doughnut or muffin on Monday morning. I have ordered a set of model teeth and a cloth version of the digestive system to help with our current science learning.

After learning lines for the class assembly, it’s time to learn more for the carol concert – songs and some narrator parts. The children have been reciting both sets very well and we look forward to performing to you next Thursday, 5th December.

Thank you for writing beautiful prayers and presenting them beautifully in the class prayer book. This will go home to one family on Friday, to be brought back in the following Wednesday please. There are suggestions for writing prayers and examples of prayers for children in the little bag.

Names for Christingle will go home next week. Please use the £3 limit for the gift you buy, so everyone receives something similar.

The children all wrote very clear, well-thought out explanation texts about how an electric sharpener works. I never knew there was so much to it! The class has also been learning about teeth in science – a particularly fascinating topic when you are 8 or 9 and losing and gaining teeth!

I hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing the children again next week, with the start of Advent!

Year 3: Catholic Social Teaching

In our recent lessons on Catholic Social Teaching, we explored the principle of the Option for the Poor. Together, we reflected on key scripture passages and discussed meaningful ways we can make a difference in the lives of those in need.

Inspired by this, we created Advent calendars designed to encourage daily acts of giving and kindness for the less fortunate. Take a look at some photos showcasing the creativity and thoughtfulness of our work!

Nursery – 29.11.2024

This week in RE we thought about what a birthday is. Our birthday is the day we were born and will be the same day each year. We celebrated Kipper’s birthday in class. We had a party for him, wrote out invitations and made birthday cards.

This week we had a visit from Richard, the postman for this area. He told us all about being a postman and the jobs he has to do. He showed us some of the letters and parcels he had in his bag as well as a special machine he uses for scanning barcodes.

Other photos this week:

Have a good weekend

Miss Taylor

Getting ready for Advent with Year Six

This week, in RE, we have learnt about Advent as the Church’s season of expectation of the coming of Christ. We read in Matthew’s Gospel, “Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.”

We made our own Advent promises as we reflect on our lives and how we can move closer to God through the season. We displayed out promises as candles, reflecting out learning about the Advent wreath.

Reception – Prayer week!

22.11.24

Welcome to our blog this week.
The week started off with a very nice surprise…. snow on the playground! Well there was no other way but going out for snowball fight and building a snowman. The children were absolutely buzzing!

On Wednesday we all enjoyed a very interesting Hindu workshop. We learnt lots about Hindu religion and culture and also we were able to dress up, dance and play with different artefacts. Have a look yourself.

In Little Wandle this week we’ve learned 1 new grapheme and 2 new digraphs. We are talking more and more about digraphs (2 letters, but 1 sound) and the children are doing so well remembering them.

We also began reading words ending with -s, like cats, hits, maps. Please make sure you check your children’s orange books for new tricky words. This week we’ve learned to, go, into and no.

In Maths the children were introduced to the idea that all numbers are made up of smaller numbers, and these are referred to as the parts of the number.

I can see that 3 is made up of 2 and 1.
I can see that 2 is made up of 1 and 1.
How can you show 3 in two different ways?

Prayer week
This week we dedicated on writing a special class prayer:

Dear God,
Thank you for my family and my friends,
Thank you for helping me learn.
Please help everyone who needs your help
and make all children in the world be happy.
Please Jesus, stay in my heart and guide me.

Amen

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:
Friday 29.11.24 – No reading morning
Friday 29.11.24 – Dressing of the Christmas tree – Parents welcome

Have a lovely weekend!
Looking forward seeing you all next week!
Mrs Solakova