Reception R.E

Next week, we are learning about what a Baptism is. Later in the term, we look at other naming ceremonies too. If your child has taken part in a Baptism, other naming ceremony or religious ceremony that you would like to share with us in class, then please do send in a photograph, along with some brief details about the event. It could be a ceremony they have attended, if not one taken part in for themselves. Ideally, photos to be sent via Evidence Me so that we can keep precious photos safe, but please do chat to us if this is not possible.

Thank you – the children will love sharing their own range of experiences with their friends.

The Reception team.

Year 1 Numbot Launch

Numbots Launch

Today we have had lots of fun learning how to use Numbots.  NumBots is all about every child achieving the “triple win” of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating. NumBots adopts the best teaching practises to take children from counting on their fingers, to adding and subtracting two digit numbers. NumBots is available to play via our website or mobile app, so your child will be able to learn maths at home or on-the-go, whenever suits your family. We hope you enjoy using this website to develop your child’s confidence in Maths. Each of the children has been issued with their own username and password to enable them to log in. Teachers will be checking to see how you all get on.

For further information please find the attached guides.

numbots_parent_guide

numbots_parent_letter

You can also watch this short video which gives you an overview of Numbots.

A Parents/Carers introduction to NumBots

You can access Numbots here: https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login/54290

We hope you have lots of fun.

The Year 1 Team

Lost property – passport

We have had a passport handed into the office that as been found on school premises.

Please contact the school office if you think this is yours or please inform anyone you think it may belong too.

 

Thank you

Treeific Tuesdays mighty Oaks

Treeific Tuesday for Mighty Oaks

Will be these groups below

Green, orange and red am

Yellow and blue pm

Reminder of older coats and wellies please.

Achievement Assembly

Friday 10th January 2025 

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school this week. We have lots of exciting trips, activities and learning planned for this term which we are looking forward to sharing with you.

On Thursday, children from Wenlock house enjoyed their House Celebration, where they took part in lots of activities including football challenges, parachute games and musical statues. We look forward to seeing which house will win next! 

 

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Miss Lowe’s class who have wowed her this week with their efforts in every lesson. They have given her infectious smiles every day and followed the BeSMART code beautifully. She’s so impressed with Team Awesome.  

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Katie for demonstrating excellent resilience and effort during our maths lessons this week. Eshaal for her superb attitude and enthusiasm for learning in all lessons. 

Year 5 achievers:  CJ for great effort in lessons and enthusiastically contributing to class discussion. Jazmin for her outstanding effort in all lessons; she even did extra homework about our science topic. 

Year 4 achievers: Boden for incredibly detailed note taking whilst preparing for a chance to shine.  Jacob for a fantastic start to 2025. He has really impressed the adults in his class with his positive attitude, perseverance, behaviour and homework.  

Year 3 achievers: Lucas for coming back to school with an amazing attitude to learning, trying his best and always being ready. Harry for making wonderful contributions to class discussions, always following the BeSMART code and finding the positives in every situation.  

Year 2 achievers: Zorawar for his efforts in all his lessons, a great attitude to learning and his blossoming confidence. Miss Hill’s achiever for consistent hard work, both in lessons and learning at home.   

Year 1 achievers: Caden for showing a real interest in The Great Fire of London and having completed extra research at home in preparation for the new unit. His vocabulary and articulation have impressed me so much! Mariyam for making excellent progress in Literacy and producing some lovely pieces of work.  

Year R achievers: Eesha for her wonderful work all week, impressing the adults with her fantastic phonics and independent learning activities!  Milo for a wonderful first week back after the holidays, working hard and especially impressing me with his counting in Maths.  

 

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle: 

Year 6 readers: Mr McFarland’s reader for trying a different style of book, reading over Christmas and every day this week. Mrs Stack’s reader for an amazing character letter for this week’s reading task. 

Year 5 readers: Mrs King’s achiever for achieving her first Platinum Award before Christmas and continuing to impress me with her reading during the holidays. Mr Jackson’s reader for reading consistently every week and for drawing little pictures to go with his reading comments.  

Year 4 readers: Noah for improving his number of home reads and writing a summary of his read each night.  Vlad for detailed descriptions of his reading at home and earning a platinum award each week! Great job 

Year 3 readers: Primrose for continuous efforts with reading at home. Marie for writing detailed comments in her reading diary.  

Year 2 readers: Emilia, for showing consistency in reading at home and writing her own diary comments. Isabel for consistent reading at home, writing her own comments and answering questions. 

Year 1 readers: Macey Grace is our super star reader for this week for amazing reading at home and always answering her questions to a high standard. Well done Macey. Molly for impressing us with writing her own comments in and reading lots at home- well done! 

Y5 Harry Potter trip – Tuesday 14th January

Harry Potter Reminders

Please see the reminders and updates regarding our Harry Potter trip next week on Tuesday 14th January.

  • Travel sickness: If your child suffers from travel sickness, please give them a tablet prior to dropping them off at school. Should they require an additional tablet for the return journey, please inform us via your child’s reading diary. We will then provide you with a medication form, which needs to be returned to school, along with the tablet in its original packaging.
  • Departure: The bus will be at the bus stop on Rock Road and not at school, so please bring your child here and stay with them until the adults arrive and allow them to enter the bus. Please note we will be getting on the bus at 6.45am and leaving at 7am. We will not be able to wait for children who are late. 
  • Lunch: Children need to bring a healthy packed lunch and drink with them (no sweets or chocolates as this can make children sick on long journeys). Please can lunches be in a small, empty backpack or in a plastic bag; children will need to go through security and carry their bags around with them all day. They will not need reading diaries or homework books.
  • Uniform: Children are to wear their school uniform, with comfortable trainers.
  • Gift Shop: There should be a small amount of time for children to visit the gift shop. Therefore, if you would like, your child can bring up to £15 spending money. Children will be responsible for looking after their own money all day which is why we have limited it to £15.

We will update you with an estimated time of arrival back at school via the website and social media. We hope for this to be by 6:00pm.

Thank you for your continued support.

Year 5 team

Welcome back Year 6!

Welcome back year 6! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas break.

  • Some updates for the Spring term:
  • PE for year 6 will be on a Tuesday (PE/Swimming) and a Friday (Crossbar).
  • Homework is due each Friday.
  • Children should be reading 5 times per week.
  • On google classroom, there are links to additional support for SATs, including SPAG revision and arithmetic.

Thank you,

Mrs Stack and Mr McFarland.