Value of the Month- July

Thank you for all your support with the value of the month for June, which was Honesty. Throughout June, children learnt the importance of being truthful to others; being truthful to themselves; doing what’s right regardless of who’s around and being someone others can trust.

Our value of the month for July is Reflecting.

Providing opportunities for reflection is an important part of school and home life. It is important that children are given the chance to reflect upon their learning, school and life experiences.

What is Reflecting?

  1. To think carefully or deeply about something.
  2. To look at ways to make changes or improvements.

Suggestions for parents to work with children at home:

  1. Talk with your child about ‘reflecting’. Try to answer: ‘What does reflecting involve?’ Discuss some examples.
  2. As your child is approaching the end of this academic year, it is important that they reflect on all the positives and negatives they have encountered over the year. Discuss with your child what has gone well this year; have they met a certain challenge or target? What steps did they take to achieve it?
  3. Also discuss with your child what they feel they need to improve on. Perhaps it could be that they need to read regularly at home or have a positive attitude towards their work.
  4. Has something happened this year that they wish they had handled differently? Discuss with your child what they could do next time if faced with the same situation.

Please let your child’s teacher know if we can celebrate any work from home, in school. Feedback on the values and what you do at home is really valuable to us and we really appreciate all your support.

If you can support us in any way, please get in touch via the school office.

Crossbar holiday club information

To register your interest for the Crossbar holiday club in the summer holidays, please use the link below.

http://www.crossbarcoaching.schoolipal.co.uk

For any queries regarding the holiday club, you can contact Crossbar via Facebook, email admin@crossbarcoaching.co.uk or call 01952 677965

Phase 4 Phonics Activity Idea

Hello everyone. Here are some more activities to help you build on your Phase 4 Phonics skills. I hope you enjoy having a go at them!

Using the blends and pictures given, can you complete the words below?

tr      dr      gr      cr      br

I _ _ ush my hair.

The red _ _agon breathes fire.

The Queen wears a beautiful _ _own.

This _ _ass is very _ _een.

We see lots of _ _ees on our nature walks.

Can you now have a go at unscrambling the words below? (they contain the same blends). Use the clues to help you.

nairt     (London has underground ones!)

evdir    (You need a car to do this)

worg    (Plants do this, and so do you!)

onyacr  (You might use these to create a work of art)

oomrb   (These are handy for tidying up the floor)

Crossbar Holiday Club

Dear parent / carer

Crossbar will be running a Summer Holiday Club at Newdale Primary School on Weeks 2, 3, 4 & 5 of the school holidays and booking will be live this afternoon online at http://www.crossbarcoaching.schoolipal.co.uk where you will need to register as a parent adding your child/children before booking your place.

The club is open to 4*-11 year olds (*4 year olds must have already started school And currently in reception) and will run from 8.30am until 4pm for one fixed price of £15 per day. Your child will need to bring a packed lunch, suitable clothing and plenty to drink.

Crossbar will email all parents again before the clubs commence with instructions for dropping off and picking up your children to ensure this is done in a safe and controlled manner.  There will be no provision to arrive at our clubs without pre booking.

Thank you for your patience whilst we have been working closely with the school to ensure that the club can run with minimum risk to both your children and our the Crossbar Staff.

Please see Our Safety Poster attached. We will be following guidance from government, department of education and the out of school alliance so if anything needs to change, then we will keep you informed at all times.

If you have any questions or queries you can email admin@crossbarcoaching.com or call 01952 677965 between (9am-4pm)

 

Vision Statement 2020- 2021

Dear parents / guardians,

Miss Cook and the Governors will be reviewing the school’s vision statement for next year.

As parents and carers, we would welcome your comments and ideas around the new copy, which is below. Please respond by Friday 3rd July.

Vision Statement 2020-21

Kind regards

Phase 4 Phonics Activities Ideas

Happy Tuesday everyone! Thinking back to the blends and words we focused on yesterday can you unscramble the following?

ehpl      (We all need this sometimes)

lofw      (They howl at night time)

kmil      (This is good for teeth and bones)

pelst     (The cat did this when he was tired)

ettx      (I used my phone to send one of these)

Next, can you write a word to match the pictures?

The orange is cut in _ _ _ _.

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  hovers high in the sky.

Autumn leaves can be seen in the month of S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This picture shows the number _ _ _ _ _.

Another resource you can use to build confidence with Phase 4 Phonics is the website Phonics Bloom. Today I have included the link to another fun game called Alien Escape, let’s see if you can manage it and don’t forget to have fun!

Copy and paste the following link to take you directly to the game;

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/alien-escape?phase=4

 

Phase 4 Phonics game ‘Odd and Bob’.

The link below will take you to a Phase 4 phonics game that the children are familiar with from playing at school. This link is to Phase 4, however, the website offers many games for the Phonics Phases 1-6 enabling you to focus on any phases you need a little extra practice on. They are a great resource and the children really do enjoy them.

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/odd-and-bob?phase=4

Phase 4 Phonics

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Here is a little challenge to help you along with your Phase 4 Phonics. Using the pictures and missing blends given, can you complete the sentences below? Once completed, why not extend the activity by creating your own sentences, writing them in chalk, painting them, or any other method you can think of? Can you think of any other words that contain these blends? Can they be found in any books you have?

lp      lf      lk      pt      xt

A kind friend will he_ _  you when you are sad.

The mi_ _  is ice cold and as white as snow.

The cat sle_ _  peacefully on the mat.

I sent a te_ _  on my new phone.

The wo_ _  howls through the night.

Phase 4 Phonics Activity Idea

Can you complete the below sentences using the sounds and pictures given to help you?

st      nd      mp      nt      nk      ft      sk      lt

The de_ _ ist will check my teeth.

I will use the li_ _.

The hot sun is me_ _ing the ice cream.

The sa_ _ is a beautiful golden colour.

The ship is si_ _ing in the big blue sea.

A count Dracula called Mr. Va_ _ire.

The lunchtime staff wear a ve_ _.

You need to whi_ _ the cake mix.

Perhaps you could challenge yourself and see how many other words you can come up with using the Phase 4 blends!