Well done to all the children in year 4 who participated in the carol concert. Once everyone had braved the rain, the singing was fantastic and the narrators spoke clearly and with fantastic diction. I am sure that all the adults are as proud as I am of the children’s achievements.
There is one more ukelele lesson this term and two more swimming lessons. We will do end-of-term checks on spelling and times-tables too. I’ll let you know how the children get on so they know what to work on next.
The children have all got their “KrisKringle” names (except for two children who weren’t here on Monday: I have their KrisKringle names waiting for them on their return).
Let’s hope the forecast isn’t as bad as expected this weekend and we can all enjoy the Advent activities.
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.
This week we thought about a special day that is coming up – Remembrance Day. We talked about why we wear poppies at this time of the year as we remember the soldiers who fought in the war.
The children had a go at creating their own poppy which are now on display in the foyer.
In RE this week we thought about welcoming a baby in to a family and the joy and happiness a new baby brings to a family. We role played welcoming a baby in to the world.
Other photos this week
Reminders
As the weather starts to get colder, all children need a winter coat as well as hat/gloves/scarf which all need to be named.
Library books need to be returned each Tuesday so the children can borrow a new one.
You can now apply for a reception place at St Adrians. You will also need to fill out a supplementary form.
In RE this week we moved onto our new topic Baptism. We discussed how the children have been welcomed into the St Adrian’s community and the children were excited to talk about the school badge on their jumpers. We made welcome cards and a welcome poster to put up in nursery
After half term we will continue our work on Baptism, it would be lovely to see photos or any other special items from the Nursery children’s own Baptism. This can be a candle, special card, photo, blanket or gown. They will be shared with the class and then safely returned home.
This week we started our Foundation for Phonics lessons, each week we will look at a different initial sound, our initial sound this week was ‘s‘ . In the box there was a snake, scissors, strawberry, sellotape, soup, a scorpion and many many more things. If you find something at home beginning with the ‘s’ sound let us know, upload what you find to Tapestry!
We went back out into the school grounds this week to collect leaves so we could make crowns for today’s assembly. The children have worked really hard for the past two weeks learning the words and actions to ‘Crunching through the leaves’. Well done Nursery for a fantastic performance this morning in front of the entire school, all the staff and lots of lots of grown ups! Thank you again for all the donations.
Other photos this week:
Half Term Activities
Please upload any half term activities to Tapestry so we can share in class.
Reception Applications
Applications open next Friday, 1st November, you can You will also need to complete a supplementary form.
Today, our school proudly wore red to stand united against racism, demonstrating our commitment to equality and inclusion. We were inspired by the ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ campaign, joining together to say a collective “no” to racism in all its forms.
Harvest Donations
We are still accepting harvest donations and kindly ask that all contributions must be brought to the school by Friday, 25th October. Please see the image below for a list of suggested donation items.
The classroom is looking very cheerful with the children’s posters about classes of words around the walls. Hopefully, this will help them remember the different definitions of nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Last Friday the children made pinch pots to create Greek pots. They will paint them with Greek-style pattern or pictures.
Please remember to bring in donations for the Harvest Festival next Friday. The children are looking forward to performing their song to you.
The children wrote some thoughtful, perceptive versions of “The Varmints” this week. We talked about the importance of proof-reading, for both correcting errors and for looking for improvements in the writing.
This week we started our new book Owl Babies which some of the children already know. We talked about the characters, the setting and what happens in the book. The children are beginning to join in with the repeated refrain ‘I want my mummy’. We will continue to look at this book over the next few weeks.
We also watched a video version of the story:
Our small word tray now has the Owl Babies in so the children can act out the story with their friends.
In RE this week we looked at our family photos and told our friends who is in our family which the children enjoyed, the photos are now displayed in the quiet room for the children to look at and talk about.
On Wednesday morning we went out on an Autumn walk to see what we could find outside, the children had a clipboard and had to tick off what they could see. We saw pine cones, a pumpkin, berries, twigs, lots and lots of leaves but no squirrel. Keep a look out for one in your garden.
Other photos this week
Today we wore red to support ‘Show Racism the red card’ and made a red flag.
Reminders
We are a nut free school and have children across the schools with allergies – please check lunch box items before sending them in to school.
Harvest Festival
Donations welcome, please send in by Friday 25th October.
Nursery will be going to the assembly next Friday at 9:00. We will be singing a song with reception.
Reception Applications
You will need to apply for a reception place at St.Adrians. Application opens Friday 1st November and closes on the 15th January. You will also need to complete a supplementary form. I have got some of these in Nursery – please ask if you would like one.
This week in maths we looked at matching. Matching buttons, matching shoes and matching towers. On Wednesday morning we were given a welly boot and had to look in the playground for the one that matched!
Other photos this week
Family Photos
Thank you for sending in family photos, the children love looking at them. Next week in RE the children will be talking about who is in their family so please send a photo in if you haven’t done so already.
Library Books
The children were excited to take home a library book this week. Please read the book at least once a week. Books need to be returned every Tuesday in order for a new one to be taken out.
Important Dates
Harvest Assembly – Friday 25th October – Nursery will be singing a song.
Half Term – Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November.
Individual/Sibling photos – Thursday 14th November
Children in Need Day – Friday 15th November
EYFS Nativity Performance – Wednesday 11th December – 10:00AM.
We loved reading the fable The Midnight Panther, as its powerful moral reminded us to embrace our unique qualities and celebrate differences instead of trying to fit in. Inspired by this message we crafted our own fable, each with an important lesson as its core.
Hello and Welcome to St. Adrian’s Reception Class! It has been lovely to get to know your children and hear all about the wonderful experiences they’ve had over the summer holiday. I feel very lucky to be able to spend this academic year with all of them!
This 2 weeks we purely enjoyed each other company, exploring the classroom, finding out where things are and how to put them all away at the end of the day. The children were very good lining up, waiting for their lunch and then clearing their trays. They were superstars listening to the rules and trying their best! I am already very proud!
In the classroom we explored the different areas. We were camping with our friends, played with the sand, read books in our Autumn reading corner and sang songs. Every morning the children had different busy fingers activities.
In the garden the children were very helpful and everything now looks absolutely amazing. Plants have been looked after, grass has been cut and playground was cleaned. Well done children! We also picked some carrots, beans and tomatoes
On Friday we had our very first PE lesson and everyone enjoyed playing parachute games!
Please make sure that your child has a full, named PE uniform, placed in a named school PE bag. It would be great to spend some time teaching your children how to be independent dressing and undressing. Of course, myself and Mrs Reid will always be ready to help if needed.
I hope you have an amazing weekend! looking forward seeing you all next week! Mrs Solakova
